[It had been a troubling day thanks to both of them enduring Jinx's versions of demandinginformation from both himself and Richard within hours of each other. His day hadn't gotten much better as he weighed his options, and he knew that Jinx wasn't going to stop until she forced one or both of them to admit their association regardless of reassurances.
It was also in that long pondering session that Silco realized how much he was protecting Richard. He was loyal enough to protect and provide benefits to allies, but he had never done so against Jinx before unless it was temporary to protect her as he investigated. But this?
He had come early in the morning hours, slipping in and announcing himself so that Richard had no need to attack him before he had shed his clothing and joined the younger man wordlessly in that bed. He had buried his face against the back of Richard's neck, curled an arm around his lover and willed himself to catch a few hours of sleep before he had to be up and out to upkeep their thin-veiled ruse to the world. What followed was a few winks of sleep between pondering how hard he was going to fight for this, the ability to surrender, to be briefly vulnerable, to have a secret he didn't have to share...
Silco sighed and unwound himself from the warmth of Richard's body and rose to nurse the fire back to life. That done, instead of pacing, he convinced himself back to Richard's bed but remained sitting up watching the flames grow and consume the wood.]
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It was also in that long pondering session that Silco realized how much he was protecting Richard. He was loyal enough to protect and provide benefits to allies, but he had never done so against Jinx before unless it was temporary to protect her as he investigated. But this?
He had come early in the morning hours, slipping in and announcing himself so that Richard had no need to attack him before he had shed his clothing and joined the younger man wordlessly in that bed. He had buried his face against the back of Richard's neck, curled an arm around his lover and willed himself to catch a few hours of sleep before he had to be up and out to upkeep their thin-veiled ruse to the world. What followed was a few winks of sleep between pondering how hard he was going to fight for this, the ability to surrender, to be briefly vulnerable, to have a secret he didn't have to share...
Silco sighed and unwound himself from the warmth of Richard's body and rose to nurse the fire back to life. That done, instead of pacing, he convinced himself back to Richard's bed but remained sitting up watching the flames grow and consume the wood.]