Room 614, the Arms Hotel, Sunday morning

[momslilassassin]

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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"Sometimes I get stupidly jealous," Ben murmured, kissing Ender's neck.

[endsthegame]

"And yet," Ender murmured, "I'm still not tired of you."

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"And Novinha and I are never, ever going to get along," Ben whispered.

[endsthegame]

"I know," Ender said, smoothing his thumb over Ben's spine.

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Ben let out another sigh, relaxing under Ender's hands. "But if you want to spend our lives based on Lusitania, I'm with you. I'm always with you."

[endsthegame]

"I don't know yet," Ender promised quietly. "It's just the way it is, now, and I am as close to content as I could get."

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Ben smiled at him, resting his chin on Ender's chest. "And that means an awful lot to me."

[endsthegame]

Ender touched his cheek next. "And if I ever had any second thoughts, I wouldn't have let them push us into getting married," he teased.

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Ben laughed. "They were pretty pushy about that," he agreed, "but at least the bishop knew what do with 'married', even if I'm not exactly a blushing bride."

[endsthegame]

"I don't know," Ender teased, "You still blush nicely."

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Ben, of course, blushed. "Shh."

[endsthegame]

"There we go." Ender kissed his cheek. "I'm also pretty sure that by Lusitanian standards, I'm not allowed to divorce you. So you've got that one in your back pocket."

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Ben did not make a comment about Novinha's sham of a marriage, which, he felt, was quite big of him.

"Well, whoever leaves has to take the children," he teased.

[endsthegame]

"Now that would probably start a war," Ender mused, "So let's not."

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Ben kissed him again. "Fine, but only because you asked nicely, and I love you."

[endsthegame]

"I get a lot done that way," Ender said, kissing his jaw.

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"You really, really do," Ben said, sounding fond. "Stop making other people fall in love with you."

[endsthegame]

Ender sighed. "Ben..."

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Ben kissed his nose. "Kidding, love. I know you don't do it on purpose. They just see what I do, and can't help loving it too."

[endsthegame]

"Just as long as you remember," Ender said, kissing his jaw again, "There's only one co-dad among that number."

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Ben closed his eyes and just allowed himself to feel. "Sorry if I've been forgetting lately."

[endsthegame]

Years later, and Ender still didn't quite like this language-- but it was true in the sense that Ben's lizard brain would comprehend.

"I'm yours," he said softly, soothingly. "Okay?"

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Ben nodded, clinging tightly.

[endsthegame]

Ender hugged him close, too. "All yours," he murmured, sliding his fingers back up and down Ben's spine. "For the rest of our lives."

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"And that better be another few thousand years the way your galaxy counts it," Ben mumbled into Ender's neck.