Room 204 [afternoon]

[momslilassassin]

Ben didn't have classes on Wednesdays, so he normally went out on a nice long run before climbing the Rocky Bits (yes, for fun, and yes, without safety equipment), so it wasn't entirely unheard of for him to come home with a few scratches on his arms or legs.

Today, though, he was limping heavily and cursing under his breath about big sharp teeth and stupid kriffing bunnies.

He was a Skywalker. Of course something had tried to eat him.

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[momslilassassin]

Ben sucked a little noisily at the spot just under Ender's earlobe. "Wonder how the Maw would've changed if I'd just admitted to myself why it bothered me when Rolund was flirting with you," he murmured.

[endsthegame]

"I don't know," Ender replied. His voice broke halfway in and he reached up to tangle his fingers in Ben's hair. "Though I'm not sure it would have gone well if you'd tried to do something about it."

[momslilassassin]

Ben arched up against him in reply. "Because I was a little crazy at the time?"

[endsthegame]

"And because I would have turned you down." He kissed Ben to take any remaining sting out of that answer.

[momslilassassin]

"Mmmm," Ben replied. "That would have been a mistake. I'm astral." He sent a pulse of reassurance through the Force anyway, and held on a little tighter.

He didn't like the idea of not having Ender this way.

[endsthegame]

Ender snorted. Then shook his head, and murmured, "You did try, once."

He pressed a kiss to Ben's throat.

[momslilassassin]

"In my defense, you'd scared the poodoo out of me," Ben said, tilting his head a bit to encourage Ender with that sort of activity.

[endsthegame]

"Before that," Ender said, then got terribly distracted by all the skin for a moment.

[momslilassassin]

Ben groaned and scraped his nails along Ender's spine. "Sex pollen stuff doesn't count."

[endsthegame]

"Still not what I meant," Ender murmured, "But you made it pretty hard on me back then, too."

He'd totally left that open for Ben to make a joke. Be grateful, Ben.

He nipped down on Ben's neck.

[momslilassassin]

Ben laughed (because he was a dork) and slid one hand up Ender's leg. "When do you mean, then?"

[endsthegame]

"During the summer," Ender said. "You reached out for me once."

He took the hint and reached down to undo the zipper on his pants.

[momslilassassin]

"I reached out for you a lot, kreetle," Ben murmured, working the button on Ender's pants. "I moved into your bed after the Maw."

[endsthegame]

"I still don't know why I let you do that," Ender admitted. He pushed his pants down his hips. "Besides that I'm a masochist of some kind. I wanted to reach back rather badly."

[momslilassassin]

Ben's fingers grazed along the newly exposed skin. "I always thought it was because you liked someone around when you woke up from your own nightmares," he murmured.

[endsthegame]

"Actually, I don't," Ender said, dropping down next to Ben so he could get his pants off without injury. "I'm not really fond of people touching me without permission, or trying to crawl into my space."

Ben was just a strange exception.

[momslilassassin]

Ben dropped a kiss on Ender's chest in reply. "Then I'm glad you've made an exception for me."

[endsthegame]

"You seem to enjoy being in my space a lot," Ender said, kicking his pants off the bed.

[momslilassassin]

Ben nodded, nipping at Ender's neck. "I feel safe with you. I always have."

[endsthegame]

Ender rolled back in closer with him, sliding his arm around Ben's waist. "I'm glad," he said honestly.

[momslilassassin]

Ben kissed him softly. "As complicated as life gets--and it gets really complicated--I never, ever doubt you."

[endsthegame]

Ender smiled at him - a small thing, just a tiny upwards motion of the lips - then slid his leg between Ben's.

A moment later, he nudged his nose against Ben's, too. Nothing to say to that.

[momslilassassin]

Ben ran his thumb along Ender's cheekbone and kissed him again--this time not so softly.

There were all kinds of soft, squishy emotions threatened to spill out and he didn't want to scare Ender off.

[endsthegame]

Ender's hand slid down to cup the swell of Ben's behind, and he made a satisfied noise against Ben's mouth. "I know," he murmured, then kissed Ben again.