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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"I said almost," Ben said. "Don't trust the sturdiness of the ones back home and we'd never, ever hear the end of it if it went wrong..."

He kissed slowly along Ender's jaw. "But I love getting to take my time, too."

[endsthegame]

"You could just reinforce the bed," Ender reminded him, sounding faintly amused. "But I'm not going to argue with slow."

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"Might be worth it just for Kol's mortified expression," Ben said, kissing Ender.

[endsthegame]

Ender smiled. "Brat," he said, sliding his hands down to Ben's behind.

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Ben let out a little sigh. "Always," he agreed. "Gets you to smile."

[endsthegame]

" A selfless brat, at that." Ender smiled and gave him a little squeeze.

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"Not that selfless," Ben said, rocking his hips up.

[endsthegame]

Ender gasped softly, his hands sliding to Ben's hips. "Sentimental?" he offered.

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Ben smiled up at him. "I just know you."

[endsthegame]

Ender cupped his cheek. "You're beautiful when you do that," he said softly.

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"When I do what?" Ben asked, resting his cheek more heavily against Ender's hand.

[endsthegame]

"Smile like that," Ender said, sliding his thumb along Ben's cheekbone.

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Ben smiled again. "Guess I haven't been recently, huh?" he murmured.

[endsthegame]

"Not as much as I'd like," Ender said quietly.

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Ben kissed him again, softly, and let it linger. "There's just been...stuff," he said. "You know. Feels like the walls are closed in a bit."

[endsthegame]

"Want to talk about it?" Ender asked.

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Ben sighed. "Well, it's hardly a secret that Kol can't stand me."

[endsthegame]

"He loves you," Ender said. "It's certain opinions he can't live with."

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"Like how he doesn't have any kind of obligation to my home galaxy?" Ben replied, sighing heavily.

[endsthegame]

"Yes," Ender said. "You're not going to talk him out of it, Ben."

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Ben rested his head against Ender's. "It's going to end badly."

[endsthegame]

"Maybe," Ender said. "But it's not up to us to decide that for him, and fighting him... Well, you remember what you were like at that age."

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"Stubborn and dumb as a rock?" Ben offered, making a face.

[endsthegame]

"And cute," Ender said, "But yes."

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"Well, and three-quarters in love with you," Ben said, "but that's not going to help Kol much."