Room 614, the Arms Hotel, Sunday morning

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It was positively decadent, sleeping on a soft mattress without worrying about mosquitoes, bickering teenagers, annoying co-workers, or potential planetary eradication...

So Ben was sleeping in today. Mmmm. Sleep.

[OOC: For Ender!]

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"Forgiven," Ender murmured. He slid his arm around Ben's waist and kissed him back.

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"Mmm, no interruptions today," Ben murmured.

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"We could even go for another nap," Ender said. "Fancy that."

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"Or we could tire ourselves out and then take a nap..." Ben suggested.

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Ender let out a little laugh. "I kind of want to say something like 'you haven't changed'," he said, "But of course you haven't. I saw you eight hours ago before I fell asleep."

He kissed Ben's shoulder.

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Ben let out a happy sigh and pulled Ender on top of him. "This bed is astral. Can we take it back with us?"

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"I don't think we can even take the clothes on our backs with us," Ender said, cupping Ben's cheek. "Sorry."

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Ben closed his eyes and leaned into Ender's hand. "It's okay."

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"Now I'm relieved," Ender teased.

Then he leaned in and kissed him.

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"You're such a brat, I have no idea why I put up with you," Ben teased, resting his forehead against Ender's.

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"I keep Kol distracted when you want to take Nat out for skimmer 'repairs'," Ender said, smiling up at him.

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"There's that," Ben said, "but I also keep the boys distracted while you and Val go fifteen rounds on archaic Buddhist philosophy."

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"So we're both still useful to one another," Ender mused, "That's not a terrible basis for a relationship."

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Ben smacked Ender gently on the ass. "And you're still pretty hot. That helps."

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"You know these looks are going to fade eventually," Ender teased, kissing him again.

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Ben kissed him back. "Well, eventually, but then my eyesight might be shot too."

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Ender laughed. "But I'll always be pretty in your memory," he said. "I can live with that."

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"Good," Ben said. "It's been almost thirty years, give or take a few centuries. I'm not going anywhere."

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"Please don't put it like that," Ender murmured, "Or we'll get distracted planning our anniversary party."

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Ben laughed and nipped Ender's lower lip. "Since we're both such party people."

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"Like the entire planet isn't going to show up regardless of whether we're party people," Ender said, smiling against his mouth.

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"The entire planet shows up because they're just that bored," Ben said. "And because they're busybodies who are far to invested in what Speaker Skywalker and his family are up to."

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"We're interesting people," Ender said. "And I don't mean that in the smug sense."

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"True," Ben said. "And they needed someone else to talk about."

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Ender sighed. "This is not particularly sexy, you know," he said.

He'd mostly given up hope that he could ever convince Ben to be rude about the Lusitanians, but in bed was where he drew the line.