Do you want children?
There once existed a time in my life where the notion of bringing a child into this world held as much certainty as the presence of my brother at my side. The question of my desire in the matter scarcely crossed my mind.
But things have since changed, Anonymous. Even had I possessed the slightest sliver of confidence in my own suitability as a parent, I would not have wished for my family name—nor for the curse that it bears—to carry on to another generation. Allowing for such a thing to happen would be not only thoughtless, but indeed cruel.
No; the name of van Zieks shall die with me, and the world shall be all the better for it.
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hii!! if you're taking requests, can I ask for giggling while kissing for Pierre and Felix? 👀
this is 20,000 yrs old [ three ish months], but new laptop, im gonna try writing again. let's goooooooo.
Felix eyed his boyfriend with a frown.
No.
Well, that was an exaggeration -- it was impossible to eye his boyfriend, with a frown or anything else (!), with the stacks of books and paperwork that was piled upon the stilted desk that Pierre was tucked behind.
On it's own the old, wooden piece of furniture would stand as a whale in front of a shrimp a flounder in the face of Felix, who was currently standing one moderately-high platform below it, but today there was also the aforementioned paperwork.
He supposed that all the books and the paperwork weren't the newest factor. After all, the "antique" was one of Nat's most prize possessions in the warehouse study. It was something something something some-kind-of-natural-reddish-tree, something something Edwardian [or was that Gregorian? wait ... wasn't that a song?], something something something a classic. And it had been VERY expensive something something.
Somehow Ava hadn't blown her top off. [And Felix had seen that price tag; he would've been able to buy himself a new beanie everyday of his life for the next 100 years. He's pretty sure. He's fudging the math, but it was something similar.] Maybe it was because the desk seemed to do what Nat had promised; stow away a boatload of paperwork. Maybe it was because, as almost always, Ava couldn't deny Nat anything -- so long as it didn't counter a mission.
Maybe -- Felix didn't know. Felix had quickly dismissed the desk as soon as he'd seen it, sooner -- if he remembered right. It was boring and it wasn't as if he was allowed to use it. He was pretty sure that the only two people allowed even within a few feet of that thing were Ava and Nat. Or. He had been.
He supposed that was the benefit of being Nat's other bestie --- and normally Felix couldn't help but coo over his Natikins finding someone who was equal to her in nerd; but sneak pictures of how animated his boyfriend looked whenever he engaged Nat in a conversation about some dead guy who once wore togas.
Maybe that was because he could actually see his boyfriend when he was doing those kind of things. Pierre had been at this for HOURS. At this rate, Felix was certain he might die of boredom by the time a certain detective remembered to come up for air. This wasn't an exaggeration! -- Felix knew from experiencing Pierre at the station just how focused his bae could be.
Felix let out a dramatic huff. A loud one.
And for a moment, he thought might've been enough -- but it turned out the shuffling was just because Pierre had dropped his pen.
In that moment, Felix disliked pens as much as he disliked paperwork and desks. Luckily, for Pierre, and for himself, Felix wasn't someone easily deterred.
He knew of one assured way that could distract attention to what deserved Pierre's focus the most -- his lips at the moment. He tok the steps up the platform and stood before the desk. He carefully - after all, he may be reckless but he wasn't malicious - placed his hands in front of the things on the desk and pushed himself up with the strength of his flattened palms [and vamprisim]. Then he leaned forward and placed a kiss on Pierre's bowed head, before settling himself back down to the ground quietly.
He bit back a giggle as he heard the muttered confusion. And he waited. Before he did it again. When he was certain that Pierre's attention was upward, he darted to the side of the table and leaned forward to --- well, the plan had been to lay a kiss on the back of his boyfriend's neck or at his ears, but instead of looking upward, Pierre was looking right at him with those brown eyes that always proceeded to steal Felix's breath. And, at the moment, proceeded to cause Felix to lose his balance.
He couldn't help but feel a little smug when Pierre's hands reached out to grab him instead of the paperwork they'd both ended up knocking against. So smug, he took advantage of the situation and pecked a kiss on Pierre's forehead before he settled down in his boyfriend's lap as said boyfriend tightly pulled him close. Though, when he apologized for the mess he meant it.
Pierre's form was tense but Felix knew he meant it when he said, "I don't you to worry about it. I can fix it in a matter of minutes. If anything, I'm the one who owes you an apology, not the other way around." At Felix's frown, he continued. "I've been ignoring you, haven't I? For the past --"
Felix caught his face fast, delighted in how the newly growing beard bristled against his hands, and kept Pierre's attention on him. He knew if Pierre would caught the time, he would end up feeling awful - they were working on work/life balance - and that wasn't what Felix was here for.
"Then start now." He insisted; a small, warm smile quirked his lips.
At that, for a moment, it wasn't just Pierre's posture that was rigid bu his typically serious expression became more firm than usual. And for a moment Felix worried that the mood might get ruined, if Pierre chose to ignore his words.
But muscle by muscle, Pierre eased in his grip -- his own smile teased at the corner of his mouth as he murmured, "You're right -- I shouldn't waste more time. How about this for repayment?"
Felix was about to say something -- but it died in his mind, it vanished before it could reach his tongue, as Pierre leaned forward and pressed two kisses on his head. Instead of at the crown, as he had done for Pierre, but at each of his temple. One the second kiss, he teasingly nudged the edge of the beanie on Felix's head upward with the tip of his nose. Felix's suddenly hammering heart slowed, slightly, when a giggle tumbled out his mouth. The sound morphed to snickered amusement as Pierre kissed dead center at his ear. "Gross." Felix joked.
He laughed louder when Pierre kissed his chin. Laughter slowly melted into something warm when Felix got all the kisses he had been desiring -- and then some. Slowly and teasing. Warm and heart-fluttering. Sweet and all his. Kisses upon kisses until Pierre's lips found his.
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