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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"Make sure you tell Kol twice," Ben murmured, kissing him. "He won't hear it if I say it."

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"I promise," Ender said softly.

He nipped very gently at Ben's bottom lip.

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Ben melted against Ender, finally starting to relax.

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"Turn around," Ender whispered in his ear.

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Ben let out a low little noise and turned.

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Ender smiled and straddled him - it was the easiest way to give Ben a back massage, after all.

He dug his fingers into the tight muscles of Ben's back.

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Ben let out a groan. "Kuso, that feels good."

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"Relax, love," Ender said, working his thumbs against a knotted mess of tenseness.

So help him, he'd get Ben to stop worrying for just a few hours, at least.

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"Keep doing that and I will," Ben said, making himself comfortable on the pillow.

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Ender leaned in and kissed the back of his neck. He did, in fact, keep doing that.

"We'll stay in bed a while longer," he said softly, "And then we'll go get a big lunch."

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"And a very small ice cream," Ben mumbled. "Kark, I miss good ice cream."

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Ender smiled ruefully. "Sorry Jane ruined our chances at getting a decent shipment of dairy cows," he offered, still kneading Ben's muscles, moving lower on his back.

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"I haven't forgiven her for that," Ben said, laughing softly.

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Ender slid his fingers along Ben's flank, maybe slipping them just a bit towards more ticklish places.

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Ben wriggled a little. "Tease."

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Ender pressed a kiss against Ben's spine, just below his neck. "I thought I told you to relax," he teased.

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Ben whimpered and tried to relax again. "Sorry. You feel good."

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Ender smiled, sliding his hands back up to rub gently over Ben's shoulders this time, lingering over the old, now mostly faded scars. "Feeling good is okay, too," he murmured.

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Ben sighed contentedly. "You know how to make me feel better, kreetle. Always have."

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"I love you," Ender said softly. "Everything will be okay, love."

He pressed another kiss to Ben's spine, a little lower.

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Ben shivered. "Keep talking."

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Ender had his own worries - about the impending destruction of Lusitania, far away as it might still be, about whether the Formics and the piggies would co-exist - but taking care of his family had become his first priority over the years, especially now that he had finally given the Hive Queen a home.

"We have a family," he said, "We're together. We're alive. And all three of these kids love you. It'll be okay."

He slowly kissed his way down as he spoke.

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Ben closed his eyes. "And we'll come up with something brilliant and not have the planet destroyed?"

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"We're pretty brilliant," Ender said softly. He kissed the dip of Ben's back. "And worst-case scenario, we have another fifteen years ahead of us, together, and Kol will be stuck with us."

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"He'll be thrilled," Ben replied, stiffening up again.