Aboard the Mrs. Morgan [a month after last time]

[momslilassassin]

Game night had gone without a hitch (well, other than the argument Ben had in his halting French with a colonist trying to skip Park Place in Monopoly) and he and Ender were now heading back to their room after a brief stop for ice cream and drinks in the mess.

"That was fun," he said, bumping his shoulder into Ender's. "Movie night next?"

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[endsthegame]

Ender smiled. "I can cope with that," he said. "It might even be educational."

But right now he was going to kiss Ben since he insisted on being close...

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"You would think so," Ben replied with a little laugh, running his fingers through Ender's hair and settling in more tightly against him.

[endsthegame]

Ender slid his fingers into Ben's hair in turn. "They're only just introducing the characters that will soon be killed off," he said lightly. "So I think we can waste a few minutes..."

By making out, for instance. Like so.

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Ben's favorite part of movie night!

"This isn't wasted time," he argued softly. "This is an extended hello."

[endsthegame]

"I didn't know you were such a big fan of greetings," Ender said, running his thumb over Ben's cheekbone.

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"Only with you," Ben replied. "No one else gets horizontal hellos."

[endsthegame]

Ender laughed softly. "There's some wordplay in that," he said. "Maybe you should try poetry."

Not right now, though, since hellos had to be said.

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"I'll leave that to you instead," Ben murmured between kisses. "Kuso, you feel good."

[endsthegame]

"I'd like to say it was on purpose," Ender said, "But I've been doing paperwork and talking to colonists all day."

And so maybe occasionally not seeing Ben all day led to an inclination towards long hellos on his part. Who knew.

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"Sexy," Ben said with a little laugh, tugging on Ender's shirt.

[endsthegame]

Ender leaned back so he could strip that off and toss it at their dresser. "Hush," he said. "Unlike you, I can't think of any flowery ways to say 'I missed you'."

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"I missed you too," Ben replied, kissing Ender's collarbone.

[endsthegame]

Ender smiled, tugging on Ben's shirt next. "Then it's a good thing I'm not going anywhere for the next twelve hours."

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"But this movie's not nearly that long," Ben teased, dropping his shirt onto Ender's.

[endsthegame]

"Might have to put it on pause then," Ender said. "Just to make it last."

He kissed Ben again.

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"Hate to miss the dialogue," Ben agreed, rolling on top of Ender as onscreen someone was yelling about a twister coming down the road.

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"It'd be a terrible crime," Ender agreed, running his fingers over Ben's back.

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Ben moaned softly and flailed for the remote, turning the movie off and the stars over Fandom on.

[endsthegame]

"Romantic," Ender commented, glancing briefly up at the ceiling.

But only briefly. He had better things to do with his face.

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"Wouldn't we need music for it to be that romantic?" asked the guy who'd never once turned music on for this.

[endsthegame]

Ender snorted. "Let's cut that thought off right there before you try something," he said, sliding his fingers along Ben's scars.

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"I could pick good music," Ben protested without any heat to it, going back to sucking on Ender's lower lip.

[endsthegame]

"I don't think so," Ender said, sliding his hands down to cup Ben's... assets.

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"Mmm," Ben sighed. "You're making a persuasive argument."

[endsthegame]

"Well, I'm a gifted speaker," Ender chuckled. "Mm. Hi."