[ the sharp bite he wants doesn’t come, sasuke’s words instead measured with careful thought. he tames his panic into something manageable, his chest rising in a steady cadence. ]
in your life, you have never lain with a woman or a man?
[ he doesn't know what to make of these words, that sasuke is lesser experienced than even him. it makes him think there's no way he would have laid hands on him without knowing, not in that way. it makes him think that a man desperate and stupid and untouched would think nothing of taking something unearned. that has been his experience in arles. ]
does your cock work?
i will meet you at the midwinter banquet in radiance. you and i, alone. you will bathe in the pool of sanctification so i know your shadow will be silenced. those are my terms.
[The question meets frustration, then subdued by a private breath. It's as he should expect Laurent to reply, and so it won't offend him; he has given his piece. Whether it comes with any reassurance of intentions he cannot tell.]
Fine. I accept those terms.
[Radiance is the last place he would choose to be, but for this he will make the exception.]
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in your life, you have never lain with a woman or a man?
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[A conservative upbringing and lack of education make the topic somewhat treacherous, but here he is, trying.]
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does your cock work?
i will meet you at the midwinter banquet in radiance. you and i, alone. you will bathe in the pool of sanctification so i know your shadow will be silenced. those are my terms.
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Fine. I accept those terms.
[Radiance is the last place he would choose to be, but for this he will make the exception.]