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<\/p>\nby Yuriaredaku (\u7950\u91cc\u3042\u308c\u62b1\u304f)
\nillustrated by erli<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, if you\u2019d just wear black, we\u2019d have to do laundry a whole lot less!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been over this,\u201d Adric said, roughly dragging his sweaty dirt-stained shirt off and throwing it on the ground with a damp smack, followed quickly thereafter by his mud-encrusted boots and trousers. The air on his bare skin is hardly refreshing – what little breeze there is just highlights how sticky and covered in muck he is. This summer has been a humid one, full of sudden cloudbursts that have toppled trees and left roads washed out. Road that had to be cleared if one were to travel a day\u2019s hike from one village to the next.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense! Why would anyone choose a white uniform? Do your employers wish to showcase sweat stains?\u201d Out of the corner of his eye, he sees Leo nudge Adric\u2019s discarded shirt with grimace. \u201cAlso, this one-size-fits-all thing is ridiculous. Your shoulders are too broad for this thing, you\u2019re already ripping the seams.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBlack is too hot for the summer,\u201d Adric argues half-heartedly, carefully stepping over the rocks and into the lake. The blessedly cool water laps around his ankles, the sudden difference in temperature making him shiver. With a shout, he dives in, the waters closing around his head and cutting off the rest of Leo\u2019s rant.<\/p>\n
The water muffles everything – the pungent, earthy scent of fresh mud, the burn of the sun on his skin, pulling all sound back to echo as if from a great distance. He pulls his arms and legs in, and then pushes out, lazily breaking the surface of the water to suck in air, before twisting back down into the water, eyes opening to take in the shifting light, and a few scrubby green plants gamely clinging to the sandy bottom. More plants, and probably fish, lurked in the deeper waters, but he has little interest in going far. He hunts about for a bit, bobbing to the surface for air and then back to down just for the fun of it, before heading back to the shallows.<\/p>\n
His mood much improved, Adric swims back to the rocky outcrop with long lazy strokes, dipping under the water and popping up again with a grin on his face.<\/p>\n
Leo, having perched his skinny ass on a rock right by the shoreline, stares at him grumpily. \u201cNow you\u2019re just showing off.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be a snot,\u201d Adric says, letting his feet find the bottom and scrubbing roughly at his face and armpits. \u201cYou\u2019d be in here too, if you\u2019d helped at all in moving that tree.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a scout, not a grunt. I made sure we didn\u2019t get ambushed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody\u2019s going to ambush us for clearing the road.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t know that! This is why I\u2019m the brains, and you\u2019re the brawn.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adric crosses his arms and straightens his back, meeting Leo\u2019s gaze squarely. \u201cAs the more educated member of this party, I resent that.\u201d<\/p>\n
They stare at each other for a few seconds before Leo looks away, eyes falling to Adric\u2019s abandoned shirt. \u201cI should burn this,\u201d he says thoughtfully, reaching out to pick it up with pinched fingers.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDon\u2019t you dare,\u201d Adric says, making waves as he take a quick step forward. \u201cI am not doing the rest of this patrol shirtless!\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, this only seems to encourage him, a slow grin spreading across his face.<\/p>\n
\u201cOy! You want to ogle me shirtless, you can do it right now,\u201d Adric tells him, plowing forward until he\u2019s close enough to snatch the shirt from Leo\u2019s hands. \u201cYou promised your weird wouldn\u2019t compromise my professionalism.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re playing around in the water,\u201d Leo says, dipping his fingers in the lake and flicking drops at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m washing! This shirt!\u201d Adric exclaims, pointedly wringing the garment out.<\/p>\n
\u201cStop that, you\u2019re just stretching it out in weird places.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adric hands the shirt back without a fuss when Leo holds out a hand, leaving his rocky perch and shuffle closer to the water to purposefully scrub at the fabric. \u201cNext time we should just roll you around in the mud so the shirt gets stained evenly – hey! I\u2019m being serious here!\u201d he protests, hiding behind the shirt as Adric sends a splash of water his direction. \u201cIf you want to be a pansy about it, you can just take the shirt off first.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always about getting me shirtless, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. And I take my duties very seriously.\u201d Leo lowers the shirt enough to wink at him, before holding the shirt back up to examine his work with narrowed eyes. Behind him, Adric notices that his pants have already been rinsed, and most of the mud scraped from his boots. His pack, which he had haphazardly tossed aside, has been propped up next to Leo\u2019s smaller backpack.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeo.\u201d Adric moves forward to gently cover the other man\u2019s hands with his own, water running in rivulets to drip off his elbows. Leo looks up at him in surprise. \u201cThank you,\u201d Adric says softly.<\/p>\n
Leo\u2019s mouth opens – and then closes as he looks swiftly away, a blush coloring his pale cheeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did all the hard work,\u201d he finally says, jerking his hands back and fussing with the shirt, laying it flat on the rock beside him.<\/p>\n
Adric smiles at him. \u201cYou work hard too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot as hard as you,\u201d Leo mutters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I\u2019m taking a break now!\u201d Adric lets himself fall back into the water with a splash, and then pops up again. \u201cYou should join me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not dirty.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCome on,\u201d Adric says, languidly smoothing the surface of the water with his hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a hot day, you\u2019re wearing black\u2026 the water\u2019s nice and cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
But still Leo hesitates. \u201cI don\u2019t like swimming.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adric laughs. \u201cIt\u2019s not that deep! Besides,\u201d he adds, holding his wet arms out to Leo and moving closer. \u201cYou can hold onto me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUgh,\u201d Leo says, but he comes easily when Adric tugs, warm arms wrapping around Adric\u2019s neck and letting himself be pulled into the water.<\/p>\n
\u201cCold!\u201d he gasps, dry lips brushing against Adric\u2019s. Adric chases them, pressing his wet lips against Leo\u2019s, hot and chapped, kissing once, twice, before he can\u2019t help himself and grins, and Leo\u2019s lips mash against his teeth. He softens the collision with his tongue, shallow licks at first, nudging and nibbling until Leo opens up to him, tongue sliding across tongue.<\/p>\n
Leo pulls back with a gasp and a laugh. \u201cLet me breath,\u201d he says, resting his head on his arms, half floating and still clinging to Adric. \u201cNot all of us have gills.\u201d Adric digs his feet into the loose sand, content for the moment to be a solid anchor as Leo breathes in and out. Leo\u2019s breath is hot against the skin of Adric\u2019s damp neck – and so is his tongue, as he licks Adric below his ear. \u201cSalty,\u201d he murmurs, and lifts his head again to smirk at Adric. \u201cCan\u2019t leave the washing to you at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m hopeless brute,\u201d he agrees easily, and tightens his grip to throw them both underwater, Leo\u2019s eye\u2019s widening as he tries to twist away, too late.<\/p>\n
When he emerges, Leo is glaring at him and sputtering, his hair come undone and fanning out in the water like the pale leaves of some strange vine.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look like a mermaid,\u201d Adric tells him, though what he\u2019s actually thinking is, you look beautiful<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Leo finds his feet and rises to his full height. \u201cI will drown you,\u201d he announces calmly, which is all the warning Adric gets before the lanky elf launches himself into the offensive.<\/p>\n
Caught off balance, Adric just barely manages to twist to the side, but Leo is already moving in, his hips low and close to throw him \u2013 but the uneven, shifting sand makes him stumble, giving Adric an opening to grab him by the shoulders and shove them both of them under the water again. But his slippery hands can\u2019t hold onto him, wet skin sliding over wet skin, Leo angling up and over to grapple his back as Adric comes up gasping for air, only to be toppled under again, water shooting up his nose and burning at the back of his throat when he breaks free, laughing. Splashing forward, Adric finally manages to catch Leo from behind, tightly wrapping both arms around him, one by his shoulder, the other low over his hip.<\/p>\n
\u201cGot you,\u201d he says, panting.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot for long,\u201d Leo promises, already wriggling, testing for a weak point.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s true. Leo\u2019s tenacious and resourceful. His escape is inevitable, unless\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cStay,\u201d Adric suggests, pressing a wet kiss to the side of Leo\u2019s neck. He plants another one just above it, a few wet strands of Leo\u2019s pale hair sticking to the side of his face. Leo stills, though his body remains taunt, wired for action; still ready to finish what he\u2019d started.<\/p>\n
Adric loves to do this \u2013 push Leo, goad him into action and then press himself up against that tall and lanky body, his physical power that\u2019s so easy to overlook, feel the shifting muscles and warm skin.<\/p>\n
Adric loosens his grip on Leo\u2019s shoulder to gently encircle his lover\u2019s throat, water dripping over his skin and tracing wet lines down his collarbone. There\u2019s little power in the hold \u2013 Leo could easily pull away, break free from Adric\u2019s hand on his hip, now loosening to gently trace whorls on Leo\u2019s upper thigh.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a familiar game, Adric winding him up and then making a paper-thin bid for control, a wordless request to let him sooth the fire he\u2019d stoked with kisses and touches.<\/p>\n
Under his hands, Leo shivers and stays, shoulders relaxing.<\/p>\n
\u201cGot you,\u201d Adric whispers, but this time it\u2019s a promise, kissing the side of Leo\u2019s face as his own cock stirs and lengthens. He lets his hand drift inward from Leo\u2019s thigh to find the growing swell of erection under the water, traces it lightly through the thin, water-soaked cloth before gently pressing back down to rub it against the heel of his hand, repeating the motion as it fills and hardens beneath his strokes.<\/p>\n
Kisses now forgotten, Leo leans back against him as Adric strokes him in earnest, patiently tracing waves under the water until Leo\u2019s erection is straining against the fabric, and he\u2019s making high-pitched, abortive little pants with every touch. Adric squeezes lightly, and Leo whimpers, the sound loud against the quiet lapping of the water as Leo arches into his touch. Now achingly hard himself, Adric tries to thrust up against him, but the resistance of the water dampens his momentum, and his cock chaffs against the fabric clinging to Leo\u2019s butt.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe you make fun of my shirt,\u201d Adric growls, shoving Leo\u2019s waistband down around his thighs impatiently, hands moving to bracket Leo\u2019s hips and pulling him down, thrusting against the warm cleft of his ass. \u201cThese shorts of yours are obscene.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leo groans, tone combative, but without coherent words. When he squirms and twists in his arms, Adric loosens his grip as Leo brings them face to face, immediately going in for an unending kiss that has his lips tingling. He sets his hands on the curve of Leo\u2019s ass, pulling them together again so cocks rub up against each other under the water, sparking pleasure, and now they\u2019re both groaning, toes curling in the sand. They find a steady rhythm, the water tickling their waists, and Adric knows he won\u2019t last much longer.<\/p>\n
When Leo works his long fingers between them and wraps around both of their dicks, his touch hot and electric, it\u2019s already too much \u2013 Adric comes with a grunt, hips jerking as he spills thickly into the water and over Leo\u2019s hand, which stills and then releases his oversensitive cock.<\/p>\n
When he catches his breath, Adric takes Leo\u2019s rigid cock in his hand, rubbing his thumb over the velvety head and stroking steadily enough to set the water slapping against his arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour turn,\u201d he whispers. \u201cCome on, you contrary, gorgeous thing. Let me hear you, you know how sexy you sound\u2013\u201d<\/p>\n
Leo shudders and tenses, cock jerking in Adric\u2019s hand as he cries out and comes, clouding the water. Adric milks him through the aftershocks, little spurts from his softening cock that make Leo whimper and twitch.<\/p>\n
They wash each other off slowly, hands rubbing on skin, before wading back to shore hand in hand, only losing contact with each other once they\u2019ve emerged from the lake. Cooled by the water, the sun is now a pleasant warmth on his skin.<\/p>\n
Adric stretches languorously, feeling clean and content. \u201cNap time?\u201d<\/p>\n
Leo smacks him lightly. \u201cThat was enough of a break. Besides, you\u2019ll get a sunburn.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSays the palest elf this side of the mountain!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd my complexion is eternally grateful for skin charms,\u201d Leo says cheerfully, pulling his wet hair up and pinning it back. \u201cBut since my magic is self-kind only, we\u2019d best get you back under the trees – we\u2019ve got six more miles to cover before we set up for the night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adric lets his face crumple in disappointment. \u201cYou are a harsh taskmaster.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leo snorts and throws his clothes at him. \u201cHere, your clothes are close enough to dry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adric pulls his pants on halfway, and is squeezing into the shirt when Leo kneels in front of him, nimble fingers tugging up the flaps of his trousers and lacing him up, fingers lingering suggestively.<\/p>\n
Spent as he is, Adric\u2019s cock tries to give a feeble twitch. \u201cSuch service,\u201d he murmurs, unwilling to look away.<\/p>\n
Leo, still on his knees, smirks up at him. \u201cI also do undressings,\u201d he says, giving him a gentle pat. \u201cAnd did you know, sometimes when I\u2019m in a particularly good mood, I can undo all these laces with just my mouth?\u201d<\/p>\n
Adric gulps. \u201cFascinating,\u201d he manages. \u201cAnd what might put you in such a good mood?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaking camp before dark.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adric looks up at the sky. \u201cRight! Let\u2019s get moving.\u201d He offers Leo a hand up before swiftly striding over to yank on his boots. \u201cDon\u2019t want to dilly-dally too long!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRight behind you,\u201d Leo says, shouldering his backpack and strapping on his daggers. \u201cFiguratively, of course. You up for a brisk pace?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m up for any pace you set,\u201d Adric promises, hoisting his own pack and reeling his lover in for one more quick kiss. \u201cProvided it gets us to camp before sunset.\u201d<\/p>\n
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