[Family drama was unfortunately part and parcel of having Jinx as a daughter, as she created numerous disruptions simply with her being. In Zaun, it had been excellent and even worked to allow him to establish himself as he built her up along with his empire. He was so focused on his stranglehold of Zaun and seeking trade routes and people to buy to allow expansion that there had been no time to 'meet' someone.
He had never actually pondered the possibility back in their world, but death then coming here had slowed his life down. He had to work to build his empire back up, and he had less associates to spread his webs out and had to do so personally. And family drama had followed him, but he could deal with that because it was personal for them and an annoyance to him.
Now he was sharing Richard's bed, and he found himself enjoying the younger man's company. Oh he recognized that the Duke was a danger to him both physically and in the future if motivation for ruling took over, but if anything that made what they had even more intriguing. Richard was a strange broken puzzle who somehow found comfort in a monster like him on a different level than he had with others.
He was drawn from his thoughts and his gaze regressed from that thousand mile stare as he felt the younger man stir next to him and a hand on his own. He sighed from his nose and shifted to stretch his shoulders that had stiffened from sitting in one position too long. Then he moved to lay down next to Richard again, pressing his forehead against the younger man's temple.]
We need to talk. It's safe to assume that Jinx is making accusations at you; she's been doing that to me for the last few days. [Good morning with that heavy topic. He closed his blue eye and gave Richard space to wake up now that he had set the stage.] She's... a handful when she's jealous and thinks I have secrets from her. [To say the least.]
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He had never actually pondered the possibility back in their world, but death then coming here had slowed his life down. He had to work to build his empire back up, and he had less associates to spread his webs out and had to do so personally. And family drama had followed him, but he could deal with that because it was personal for them and an annoyance to him.
Now he was sharing Richard's bed, and he found himself enjoying the younger man's company. Oh he recognized that the Duke was a danger to him both physically and in the future if motivation for ruling took over, but if anything that made what they had even more intriguing. Richard was a strange broken puzzle who somehow found comfort in a monster like him on a different level than he had with others.
He was drawn from his thoughts and his gaze regressed from that thousand mile stare as he felt the younger man stir next to him and a hand on his own. He sighed from his nose and shifted to stretch his shoulders that had stiffened from sitting in one position too long. Then he moved to lay down next to Richard again, pressing his forehead against the younger man's temple.]
We need to talk. It's safe to assume that Jinx is making accusations at you; she's been doing that to me for the last few days. [Good morning with that heavy topic. He closed his blue eye and gave Richard space to wake up now that he had set the stage.] She's... a handful when she's jealous and thinks I have secrets from her. [To say the least.]