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bakerstreet2024-08-19 01:53 pm
reversesock) wrote in bakerstreet2024-08-19 01:53 pm
Clean up
Personal hygiene is just that - personal. By the time we've come to a point in our lives where we notice that the concept exists and we should be prudent about it, we can take care of ourselves. There are also many practical reasons why we don't involve other people in this process. We're not too keen on showing off parts to be cleaned that are private in most contexts, and there's definitely an ingrained aversion to showing so much soft, fleshy skin. Hot water or a sharp razor could spell dangerous with a capital D should they come into the hands of someone with a vendetta against you. No need to be extra vulnerable.
So, if you're involving another person in your cleansing routines, it must be someone you trust. Not only that, but it's most likely someone you're comfortable with and likely at least somewhat open to being intimate with. You may not be dropping all your clothing in front of them, but it's still you opening yourself up to touching and closeness unparalleled in more "usual" moments.
Established and burgeoning couples (or not-so-couples) can bond through this showing of care and good faith. Will you like being pampered and find the attention endearing? Or will things go terribly, terribly wrong?
...you never should have let them near that shaving cream.
- Comment with your character and preferences.
- Smut is not required. Mention if you want/don't want it.
- Reply to others and use the RNG.
- Comfort: You've decided to pitch in a helping hand to get your partner to unwind, and warm water or suds may do the trick.
- Romantic: The sole purpose of this endeavor is to set a lovey-dovey mood. No shame here!
- It Started Out Platonic...: What a good pal you are, volunteering to give your friend a good scrub. Of course, you didn't count on the cute way she squirms as you scrub her back or how he blushes when you shampoo his scalp.
- No Choice: Currently, you're unable to clean yourself up. That means that you need assistance, and it might as well be the person you lov- tolerate the most.
- Open: You have trust issues. Actually, you have backlogs of trust issues. Still, you want to show the person you love that you're willing and trying to change for them, and what better way than letting down your walls and having the assist in your grooming?
- Shave: Whether it's your face, your legs, or...your other places you've decided to shave, there's a certain intimacy involved in letting your lover do it for you. Let's hope they won't leave you looking like you got into a battle with a book with the paper cuts to prove it.
- Reluctant: They want to get you clean. You don't want to show off your body at all. It's injured, it looks weird, what if they don't like it...
- Forced: You love them, you really do, but you won't kiss them if they continue to look like an unwashed hobo clown. You have to draw the line somewhere, and if they won't take action, you will.
- Beat Up: You've been trampled in a fight. Your partner isn't about to let you wallow around in your own mud and blood.
- Hair: Some find that there's nothing quite as soothing as getting their hair washed or brushed. Of course, those with more luxurious locks may find any hair care a burden, so the assistance is appreciated.
- Make Up: They think you're beautiful already. See how they'll paint you up when they get
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A lot had changed after he'd gotten brainwashed, among other things the fact that he needed to use memorization puzzles to keep his cognitive function from declining. Considering the extent of the brain damage he'd been left with he supposed he should consider himself lucky that he wasn't a vegetable.
Still, he supposed not all missions lent themself to reading or writing reports, focusing on a puzzle, or other such things.
"I mean, you better not be. I am an amazing cook."
Finishing the shaving the right side of Theron's face, he directed him to turn his face to get started on the left.
"A healthy sex life is also part of being a normal couple, but I think we've got that part covered already. If HKs could blush, I think the pair who've decided to stand guard outside of our quarters would have turned permanently red, actually."
He'd heard them have a few conversations that were not exactly typical of droids. It was kind of funny.
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Theron found it hard to go back to eating ration bars after tasting Aden's food.
He turned his head to the other side, giving Aden, and his razor, access.
"Let's be glad that HK units aren't one to gossip."
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Aden was more determined now to add making lunch boxes for Theron to his to-do list. It was nice to be able to do something for him. Even if it was just something so small as to send him off with a nicer meal than ration bars. And researching recipes that would be easy to bring along and that would also stay good for a while would be interesting too.
"Well, I don't think they particularly need to either," He said, pulling the razor away briefly so he could shift about in the tub and settle down straddling Theron's lap, squeezing soft thighs around his hips as he leaned in to deliver a gentle bite to his collarbone and soothing it with his tongue, "I have a tendency to leave a lot of marks on you, after all."
And sometimes in spots that would be hard for Theron to notice but easy for others. The HK units certainly heard them often enough, but other people were still aware of his and Theron's relationship because of Aden's tendency to leave hickeys on him.
"Considering that I am the most possessive little bitch queen in the galaxy."
He brought the razor back to continue working on shaving him- leaving more marks on his lover could wait until he was done.
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"I swear Lana gives me dirty looks every time I come to a meeting with a hickey." Probably something about it being unprofessional, or just not wanting to know what Aden got up to in private.
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Theron was an attractive man. Surely there were people in the Alliance who had their eyes on him, who weren't as in the know that he was taken. Aden trusted Theron to turn such people down, of course, but he really would prefer if they never even approached him in the first place. He wondered when he had turned into such a possessive person given that he had been all for open relationships in the past.
"Tell her that I said that she has permission to take a long stroll off of a short pier next time she gives you a dirty look."
She never did that to him when he arrived to meetings, after all. And Aden had a tendency to put any mark Theron left on him on display. He supposed it was because he was the Commander that she chose not to comment on it.
"We're all adults here and this isn't the Imperial military. If she wanted to stay somewhere where rules and regulations are sacred she should've stayed with the Empire."
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Some of the younger recruits had made eyes at him before, but had never been so bold as to do anything about it. And the older recruits likely knew that he wasn't available, or were already in relationships. Theron also wasn't terribly social, so that curbed any potential suitors.
"The Republic wasn't much better on that front either."
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He wouldn't do that, of course. He didn't particularly like tattoos and thought that it would be ruining Theron's naturally good looks. Plus he was perfectly happy leaving marks on him with his mouth and his nails and depending on his mood, whatever lipstick he was currently favoring. A subtle touch of black lipstick on a part of Theron's clothes he wouldn't inspect too closely was always good after all.
"I suppose that's true of every military really. Still... It's not like the alliance is as formal as all that."
They had people from all walks of life, after all. Military personnel, former civilians, smugglers, thieves, terrorists, scoundrels. Sith and Jedi and those who were neither. The alliance was a collection of a lot of different people from a lot of different walks of life. And that also meant that so long as it wasn't a question of blatant disrespect, it was fine to be more open about things like relationships and coming into meetings with a hickey or two.
He finished shaving Theron's face then and put the razor aside so he could sit back and admire him, reaching to caress his face, "I am serious, you know. Lana shouldn't be holding you to a higher level of formality than she does me. It's not like she doesn't know that we're together and if she can't stand to be reminded of it, I think she should go out and get laid herself."
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He always seemed so disappointed whenever Lana turned his advances down and jealous whenever she expressed interest in someone else. Nothing to really ponder about though since aside from getting Lana out of his and Theron's hair, he didn't really care what she did or didn't do.
"Though the most important thing here is that I think it's fine for you to show up to meetings with the marks I've left on you on display."
He brushed his fingertips along Theron's jaw as he spoke, admiring his good looks for a moment- eyes taking on a distinctly soft look reserved for Theron alone, then leaned in to press a kiss to his cheek, then his jaw, then his neck, lips finding their way to a spot he knew to be sensitive so he could nip at his skin gently at first and then once more a little more insistently- though he was quick to soothe it with his tongue.
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Even if he was sure that Gault and Hylo snickered about it when they thought nobody was listening. Like Gault had never shown up with his shirt untucked.
Theron leaned into the hand, then tilted into the kisses, even gasping a little at the bite.
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The augmentation to his teeth that left them somewhat sharper than a Chiss's teeth should be worked wonders when it came to leaving evidence of where his mouth traveled without the need to bite too hard.
"Looks like you'll be getting to practice telling people to mind their business pretty soon. We do have that meeting tomorrow morning..."
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"We just got clean and already you're having dirty thoughts."
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He pulled back just enough to look up at Theron from beneath long eyelashes, with an expression equal parts desire and mischief, "When we take baths together I think about us fucking until the water goes cold and sloshes out of the tub from our movement."
Leaning back in to continue nipping at his neck, he hummed softly, "During meetings I think about you holding me down by the hair and railing me in front of everyone."
He nipped at Theron's collarbone next, leaving an angry red mark there that he soothed with his tongue, "When I'm working on reports I like to imagine having you sitting in my chair beneath me and riding your cock while I work. Or having you in my lap, riding me, depending on my mood."
It was a rare sort of mood but it happened.
"And whenever you're the one busy working I imagine slipping beneath your desk and putting my mouth to work... When you're on calls too. The thought of you trying to control your breathing, control your noises, trying to keep your voice steady..."
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"I think I'd never get any work done at that rate. And then who would filter your mail or get you the good intel? In fact, I'm surprised you get any work done if that's what goes through your mind."
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When he'd still been in Intelligence he'd had to get good at both, after all. His work and his true thoughts existing in perfect unison even though they were two very different extremes. A pleasant face that hid hateful thoughts, filthy curses echoing through his head translated into spoken polite and flowery language that wouldn't incense even the most rage-riddled Sith.
He trailed his kisses and nips down lower to Theron's chest, happily leaving more marks on him- tilting his head to ghost those sharp teeth over a nipple, before dragging his tongue over it, gaze flicking briefly to the way his lover was gripping the edge of the tub like his life depended on it.
"I mean, you've never noticed when I've had dirty thoughts during meetings before, have you? I do have them often."
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When Aden bit his nipple, this time Theron's grip on the tub faltered and he sank below the water, to his neck, with an obscene moan.
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As for him looking spaced out, Aden figured he'd need to get some more practice in with looking focused even when he wasn't. It was a Chiss's pride to be unreadable after all- even if Aden had somewhat deviated from a typical Chiss in order to better communicate with the people of the Empire.
Nothing to focus on now though as he instead focused on the man before him, letting out a giggle as he moaned and sank into the water. That moan was obscene and it echoed off the tiled walls of the bathroom, and he couldn't help but look entirely too pleased at that, "I do adore how sensitive you are."
He leaned in then, delivering a bite to the sensitive skin just beneath Theron's ear, and moved his hands to his lover's chest, dragging his nails over it gently, trailing his fingertips over his nipples given how well he'd reacted to the feel of his mouth there.
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When Aden leaned in for a bite, Theron shuddered, threatening to put his entire head under the water at this rate, his body practically turning into jelly under Aden's ministrations. One of his hands came up to stroke Aden's hair, fingers tangling in the dark locks.