#extract I just wrote directly in the askbox I have to admit

[kingofthering]

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I guess I might have unexpectedy been spending time thinking about the WR universe lately so let's have an extract from Barcelona.

Valentino watches Marc, waiting for his reaction. Marc has always prided himself in his ability to differenciate the on-track and the off-track stuff. Valentino watches the switch operates in front of his eyes for the first time.

Marc's shirt goes and Valentino's eyes are immediately drawn to the expanse of skin in front of him, trying to catalogue the ways in which Marc has changed since the last time Valentino saw him like this. There is a bruise above his left hip and a redness that Valentino refrains himself from asking about just under Marc's right collarbone.

Valentino doesn't expect Marc to straddle him, doesn't expect Marc to place both of his hands on Valentino's cheeks, doesn't expect Marc to tilt his head up and kiss him.

Valentino has never been good at predicting Marc's moves. It's something he's both adored and hated about him ever since they met. Something he'll probably never make his peace with, either.