#𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. secondflame ( clive ft. theo ) ━ i saw home in your eyes / and found love in your smile

[tripleflames]

“Wait—uh—do…do that again.”

smut dialogue prompts / @secondflame

Theodore oft wonders about and even questions the strange twists and turns his life seems to have taken of late. Becoming a dominant, having to grapple with that power, the strength of Leviathan's emotions and instincts on top of his own, the fact that his eikon and Clive's eikon somehow have a deep enough history, a romantic one at that, it's made being around the other man a lot more complicated than it already was considering his crush.

Well― at least complicated up until recently.

If there is one turn in his life he'll not question, he thinks, it would be this one.

His mouth drag a lazy path down Clive's throat to chase the flush that's slowly spreading from his cheeks down to his chest, delighting in the way Clive's pulse jumps beneath his tongue, the soft whimper it draws from parted lips, the way Clive shudders beneath him, muscles of his abdomen clenching beneath the touch of Theodore's palms as he slowly runs his hands up and down Clive's side.

He's so fucking reactive, it is honestly addictive. Heady also, to know he's the first one to draw these noises from the other man, to coax these kinds of reactions out of him. The first to find out what exactly will have Clive tense up, what will have him shudder and moan, which touches will have his eyes glaze over with arousal and full lips part on desperate, hitched breaths, what needs doing to get him to relax.

He's finding out things about himself too, at that. He'd never thought he would be happy simply kissing someone as an event in and of itself, without it necessarily leading to something more. That was before Clive came into the habit of crowding him against walls or shadowed corners to do just that; like he somehow couldn't get enough now that he'd gotten a taste of how much he likes it. Theodore doesn't think he's ever been this fucking charmed by anyone's eagerness to kiss him and naught else, given that each one of those occasions left him deeply aroused and in need of several cold baths.

And this foreplay. Dragging it out rather than racing to the main event. Theodore never much had the patience for it, too quickly frustrated with arousal and need. With Clive, however, he thinks he could likely do this for hours on end. Map out the span of his body with hands and lips just to find all the spots that will turn him wild.

" You are so beautiful, " He murmurs against the crook of Clive's jaw, kissing it gently when he hears his lover whimper at the praise. " So good for me. " He feels rather than sees Clive pull at the sheets as he shudders anew, hips bucking up slightly, the brief friction making Theo bite down on his bottom lip with a firm reminder he's trying to take this slow lest he overwhelm Clive completely.

He moves his hands up, bracing himself with one arm so he can look down at Clive's face, fingers brushing his bangs back from his forehead ere carding through those dark, tousled strands of hair. Hazy blue eyes flutter open and look at Theo with naked want, leaving Theodore slightly breathless ( again ) at the sheer beauty of his lover. If he had trouble looking away from him before―

His thumb gently brushes over one of Clive's hardened nipples. The reaction is instantaneous. Theo's eyes widen at Clive's startled moan, at the way he tenses and shudders beneath him, hips stuttering on another roll. Blue eyes roll up, lashes fluttering shut and Theodore will likely dream about this moment for quite some nights because fuck―

He doesn't need to be asked twice when Clive's gaze snaps to him, tone almost shy, bashful, like he's embarrassed by his own reaction, for wanting more of it.

Theodore leans in to catch Clive's lips in a brief, but tender kiss, smiling into it when his lover immediately surges up and into it. He hovers close, smiling wider at the way Clive squirms when his thumb rubs a slow circle around the same nipple without really touching it. " And how would you like me to? With my fingers, like before or― my mouth? "

[tripleflames]

@secondflame asked: “Breathe, breathe, it’s gonna be okay.”

If this is what it was like to own the power of an eikon, then Theodore could well do without.

It's not even so much the pain that splits apart his skull to the point of nausea, the way each priming comes with such a wave of raw energy it leaves him nigh completely drained and weak in the aftermath, not even truly the lack of control over both body and emotions in and of itself, the latter certainly pulling him every which way.

No, it is those moments where Leviathan feels so close 'neath the surface of his skin, where Theodore looks out through his own eyes like he is seeing through a blurred window, struggling to hold on to his faculties, and doesn't seem to recognize the people looking back at him. His friends. Clive. Even his own sister.

Though 'tis especially Clive that seems to bear the worst of the brunt of Leviathan's rage for reasons neither of them have truly been able to discern yet.

" F-fuck, " his stomach revolts yet another sudden surge of tempest, lungs desperately calling for air. His skin flickers erratically with the glow of his eikon's might, the struggle to somehow gain control of it leaving him feeling weak, trembling.

At first, his Clive's hand cupping the back of his neck feels like a blessing, soothing and familiar, but then, the crux of his issue arises anew.

Theodore gets but a few deeper breaths of air following the command in his friend's tone ere the throb behind his eyes suddenly intensifies to a spike and an irrational surge of rage nigh fills him to the brim, a snarl sounding at the back of his head.

How can you claim 'twould be okay when it is you who ruined us, traitor?

His body jerks away from Clive's hand then, like he's but a puppet held on strings and the voice that hisses from between bared teeth is irrecognizable as his own: " Don't touch me. "

For a moment, 'tis as if the very ground around his feet ripples like a pebble tossed into water and then, as quickly as Leviathan had risen to the fore, the eikon disappears and Theodore is left gasping yet again, slumping forward. " I━ I'm sorry. Clive, " He eventually manages to press out. " I don't ━ I don't know what's happening. "

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