[Mem Share] Not Alone

[unbreakable_king]

[OOC: Slightly nsfw thanks to adult situations and less than sufficient amounts of clothes.]

It's movement that stirs him from his sleep, which, after the night he's had, is pretty impressive. Rhy hums to himself as he rolls onto his side and watches as Alucard, by the dim light of the moon and stars through the windows, rises from Rhy's bed. Even in this light the man's tanned skin and rich dark curls of hair are stunning. Rhy can't help the stirring he feels in his body.

"Surely you don't mean to slip away through my window at this hour," Rhy muses, his voice light and teasing as his lover circles the bed, stopping only long enough to find his discarded pants and pull them on.

"Now now, my sweet prince, do you truly feel me so cruel a man as to leave you to your lonesome?" his beloved's voice nearly purrs as smart fingers move about the laces of his pants. "I merely wished you show you something."

Oh? More show and tell? The young Maresh heir delighted at the very idea, and he too slipped from amid the silken sheets of his bed, pushing through the rich curtains around it to find the nearby table where he knew he'd left a robe. The thing is pulled on even as he watches Alucard Emeric, roguish nobleman moving right to the doors to Rhy's patio and opening them. They are as silent as a breeze as they swing open, and his lover turns just enough to hold a beckoning hand out to Rhy. It would be rude, and foolish, not to accept. Rhy moved to catch the hand in his own, and found himself pulled swiftly against the older man's strong body. This close it was a wonder that he could breathe at all, and when he did he could smell the spice of Alucard's cologne, the natural musk of his skin, and under that the heavy mixture of sweat and sex. Oh what a temptation this man ever was for him.

"And one would hope that you meant to show me more than the glory of your bare skin," the prince chuckled, looking up to meet the quick, flashing wit of his lover's eyes as he was guided into the balcony with a side step.

Neither of them were appropriately dressed for this, and Rhy didn't care. From here the red light of the Isle River washed over them, and to look at the crimson of it lighting Alucard's skin was a temptation all its own. Rhy wished to lean in, to lick and suck and chase at the glory of that light. Instead he found himself being turned out toward the city and the myriad lights, both of oil and magic, that twinkled next to the powerful crimson of the local Source.

"What do you see, my pet?"

"Lights. The same lights there are every night."

The comment earned a chuckle, low and rich and sweet in that way that made Rhy want to press against his body, his lips, his hands. Instead he stayed watching, Alucard's hands on his shoulders, holding him toward the city.

"Each of those lights, my darling? Lives. A handful, at the least. Lives that one day shall be in your hands."

"Our hands," Rhy countered. "You will be at my side for that, will you not?"

Those hands on his shoulders turned to arms wrapped around his waist, and lips at his neck, kissing and sucking. Rhy shivered and pushed back against the firm, hot body, felt the growing firmness of Alucard's desire against his body.

"Of course, my darling. Of course."


[And a few minutes after the memory is up there, enjoy a very annoyed looking video of Rhy Maresh himself.]

Before anyone wonders aloud over the promise. He was not.

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[of_bokthersa]

I'm sorry that he didn't stay.

[Seregil gets it, he sounds like he gets it.]

[unbreakable_king]

He disappeared for several years, actually.

[Rhy was still bitter over that. And Alucard still wouldn't tell him why. He professed love and devotion, and had quit his bed in the night, never to be seen hide nor hair of for years.]

[of_bokthersa]

Did he return to you the same?

[Seregil hadn't lost his lover in the same way. Korathan hadn't disappeared, he'd just abandoned him. Iilar had been an idiot child's nieve fantasy.

He hoped this man had at least regained his lover.]

[unbreakable_king]

No. But he did not return to the same man he had left.

[Rhy was darker, less vibrant, more prone to risks now. What Rhy didn't know, even now, was that his lover's father had driven him away for his sexuality. Which was just ridiculous.]

He... came back an applauded hero, after sailing under my nation's flag as a privateer.

[of_bokthersa]

I'm sorry that you lost him. Would you like a distracting drink?

[Look, he and his not-quite-husband know two ways of handling trauma. Sex and drinking.]

[unbreakable_king]

[A drink? Oh dear, Rhy is ALWAYS happy to get a drink. Especially as a distraction. But the other option for distractions are also good.]

Oh yes. Very much yes.

[of_bokthersa]

[Seregil won't be offering sex, but alcohol will certainly be on the table, as will gambling and pillows.]

Then come join us in our dome.

[They have the best alcohol.]

Audio - UN: detwatts

[gadaboutdetective]

[Such an intimate moment, one he was absolutely not accustomed to seeing. But also a moment that suggested that they were a happy couple. A good match. It’s... disappointing to hear that the man hadn’t kept his word. Llewellyn can’t fathom why that would be, not based on the memory alone. Still, he knows well enough how complicated people can be. How easily they can just decide to leave regardless of their ties to a person. So he responds a short while later with a slightly awkward, gentle tone.]

That’s... unfortunate. You both seemed happy together.

It’s beautiful though... mm... your world.

[He’s giving Rhy the option, to talk about one thing or the other. He knows this is a personal memory, one the network had shared without permission. He’s trying to keep his word on prying for answers that his friend might not want to give.]

[unbreakable_king]

[Definitely overly intimate. And Rhy just has to process it. That it's shared. That was why he made the light comment. Well, the annoyed one. He just... hated to have to remember it in such detail.]

We were happy once. Now we are both very changed men. I fear he shall go to sea again, even now that he is close enough for me to reach. And my city is beautiful. The crimson of the river is divine.

[gadaboutdetective]

Well, I hope that he reaches back, then...? That he surprises you and stays. It seems a poor choice to walk away from something as warm and close as what you had.

[It’s an honest opinion, Llewellyn can’t help but want to see the people around him happy with the ones they want to be with. Maybe it was because he cared, maybe it was because he wasn’t sure that he could ever have that, it was probably both.]

I’ve never seen anything like it? We have uh— we have beauty in my world, in some parts of it... But nothing like that? The river it— the light of it glowing is quite pleasing. It makes the night seem less dark.

[unbreakable_king]

[Rhy sighs, wishing he could reach for Alucard. Damn. He loved that man, and having him close again had ached. He's risked his life to find his lover and... And now he was left waiting. Waiting for home. Waiting for Alucard Emery.]

Warm and close. That describes Alucard so very, very well. He was a very special man. And frankly, if it was deemed I was unsuitable for the throne, it would have fallen to him, to his family at least.

[Though his love's brother would have made a horrid king.]

The light of the river is magic. The Isle is a great Source. My castle stands astride it. There's reason the colors of the Maresh family are Crimson and Gold. A chalice filled with the light of the river. My people are very lucky for it.

[gadaboutdetective]

Mm... It’s a rare thing, to find someone who you can connect with so well as that.

[And he certainly hoped that when Rhy made it home that he would be able to find that closeness with his heart’s desire again. It’s not pleasant. To want that with someone and be unable to do anything about it.]

Oh— I suppose that would make sense, then. I just thought the colours suited, never gave much thought to the meaning behind them... Is the water enchanted, or are magic glowing rivers natural?

[He’s quite taken with the idea, Llewellyn wasn’t fond of nightfall and the dark that came with it.]

[unbreakable_king]

[Ah, but he hasn't had a chance to connect with the man since. Except that one night, when Alucard had snuck into his room, and of course when he found him on the ship. Oh what a thing that had been.]

He could see magic. It's a very rare gift back home. I'm not sure he'd want me after the taint he has seen in me. But others tell me he never left my side when I nearly died again.

[Oh dear, he needs to move on from this. It's unfair to Llewellyn to talk about his lost love when the man could never have such love in an open manner.]

It's not enchanted, it's just... like that. A place of power. Magic, in its purest and uncorrupted form, beats red. Like the blood of our bodies. And we beat in time with it, for the whole of our lives. And when we die, we return to it.

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[relance]

I'm sorry that lovers are assholes and don't do the shit that they promised.

[unbreakable_king]

You and myself both, my friend. Cheers to that.

[relance]

Sounds like a good excuse to get wasted and do dumb shit.

[unbreakable_king]

You are not incorrect. And rather prophetic of what the next several years of my life was dominated by.

[relance]

Do you need to do it again?

[unbreakable_king]

I suppose that, at this moment, it would be a welcome distraction from the intimacy of my bedchamber, and body, being shared with strangers who have not earned that state of dress.

Private Audio

[11calls]

What happened to him? Was he the one who tried to control you?

Do you need a drink?

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[unbreakable_king]

No, he was not. The ones that sought to control me were the Dane Twins from White London. Rhy was...

[Oh the wistfulness in his voice. From a man who was so free with his attentions and flirtations, it's VERY different. Truly he is smitten with Rhy Maresh, even now. Even when he's so angry.]

I could use quite the drink, my dear. He left, very shortly after that evening. I woke up and he was not in my bed. He was not anywhere. Later when he turned it up it was in time to take a privateer commission from my father and go to sea. I hadn't seen him for three years until he showed up on my shores again, and snuck into my room.

Re: Private Audio

[11calls]

Wow. Do you want to come to my office? Tell me about him?

[unbreakable_king]

I am not certain how one tells the tale of a man like Alucard Emery.

But I would welcome the offer if you wish to see me stumble.

[11calls]

I’ll make sure you get home safe my friend. Or I can come to you.

[unbreakable_king]

Ah, the dangers here concern me not. I meant more stumble linguistically, for words do not do him justice.