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animatedsmoke) wrote2016-11-12 12:03 am
animatedsmoke) wrote2016-11-12 12:03 am
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Who: Ky Kiske, Potemkin
What: New York New York
When: AU (Carvaka + Fables/The Wolf Among Us)
Where: New York
After so much struggle and work to force change on the universe, to have it show some acknowledgement to their efforts or make the barest turn toward their survival, it was change that came on them instead. Like an interstellar probe finding a star among millions, without any foreshadowing or warning a single dimension made itself known to discovery, and that was the moment when the inhabitants of Between found a world that had survived the death of the universe. At last there was some place that didn't resist life to exist on it, or resent it. The planet was alive, populated, growing, and distinctively Earth. But it was still not their Earth, and one could feel the difference with every moment taken in it. It was palpable in the air breathed, the sunlight felt, the mood of the sky. That was before even including interacting with the inhabitants, who turned out to be separate down to the physical definition of humanity.
It's not what anyone wanted. It's not what anyone asked or wished or dreamed for. But it is new chance, a fresh start, and in its purity of experience it is unfamiliar to everyone, which is both terrifying and equalizing.
Ultimately the tantalizing possibilities outweigh the undesirables. No one could bring themselves to refuse the hand. After years of waiting, the confidence had been instilled that nothing better would come, and that this escape was truly the chance of a lifetime. With the deal made, now they must deal with it.
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Potemkin throws a bus schedule or four on the nearest flat surface in front of Ky, the folded paper making a slap on the speckled plastic table that is audible even among the incessant sound of traffic outside. Potemkin doesn't add any words to his offering, expecting that the noise will get Ky to look up from whatever he's doing, and makes his way to the refrigerator. He had gone through a bureaucratic ordeal today, and these pieces from a Take One bin are the most significant fruits of his labor. Potemkin has a deep well of patience, but he seeks to refill it when it's drunk from.
It would be a miracle if Potemkin could fit in any form of public transportation (that isn't airship), but as shown by his flippancy he didn't pick those up for himself. Ky Kiske looks normal, at least, he will be able to pick up work, and look through both Fable and Mundie employers to do it (and maybe even someday hold a political position in Fabletown). A job anywhere in this city means some sort of commute. As for Potemkin, who stood out even in the world he was born in, he'll figure it out on his own.
Not that he has all the time in the world to do that, rent comes in a month.
What: New York New York
When: AU (Carvaka + Fables/The Wolf Among Us)
Where: New York
After so much struggle and work to force change on the universe, to have it show some acknowledgement to their efforts or make the barest turn toward their survival, it was change that came on them instead. Like an interstellar probe finding a star among millions, without any foreshadowing or warning a single dimension made itself known to discovery, and that was the moment when the inhabitants of Between found a world that had survived the death of the universe. At last there was some place that didn't resist life to exist on it, or resent it. The planet was alive, populated, growing, and distinctively Earth. But it was still not their Earth, and one could feel the difference with every moment taken in it. It was palpable in the air breathed, the sunlight felt, the mood of the sky. That was before even including interacting with the inhabitants, who turned out to be separate down to the physical definition of humanity.
It's not what anyone wanted. It's not what anyone asked or wished or dreamed for. But it is new chance, a fresh start, and in its purity of experience it is unfamiliar to everyone, which is both terrifying and equalizing.
Ultimately the tantalizing possibilities outweigh the undesirables. No one could bring themselves to refuse the hand. After years of waiting, the confidence had been instilled that nothing better would come, and that this escape was truly the chance of a lifetime. With the deal made, now they must deal with it.
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Potemkin throws a bus schedule or four on the nearest flat surface in front of Ky, the folded paper making a slap on the speckled plastic table that is audible even among the incessant sound of traffic outside. Potemkin doesn't add any words to his offering, expecting that the noise will get Ky to look up from whatever he's doing, and makes his way to the refrigerator. He had gone through a bureaucratic ordeal today, and these pieces from a Take One bin are the most significant fruits of his labor. Potemkin has a deep well of patience, but he seeks to refill it when it's drunk from.
It would be a miracle if Potemkin could fit in any form of public transportation (that isn't airship), but as shown by his flippancy he didn't pick those up for himself. Ky Kiske looks normal, at least, he will be able to pick up work, and look through both Fable and Mundie employers to do it (and maybe even someday hold a political position in Fabletown). A job anywhere in this city means some sort of commute. As for Potemkin, who stood out even in the world he was born in, he'll figure it out on his own.
Not that he has all the time in the world to do that, rent comes in a month.
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He moves his hand along Ky's arm and brings up his other on the opposite side, so that both go under Ky's arms and to his waist.
"Let me hold you," he asks softly, opening his hands.
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"Of course," he says as he slides himself across Potemkin's body. It's a significantly easier task than usual. Even though the man beneath him is still larger, he isn't impossibly so. And with Potemkin's changes, it only takes a little adjustment on Ky's part to fit comfortably against his partner. He practically nestles against him, resting his hands on Potemkin's broad shoulders.
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With Ky right in front of him, Potemkin puts his hands around Ky's waist first, stroking him in the same way like he did with just his wrist earlier. Potemkin feels a pang of embarrassment, because there was a time when this would mean he was about to grapple the knight into submission. But the government agent who would always act first for his country is now a lovesick kitten under the power of the king.
His hands move further up, pressing more and more against Ky's skin until Potemkin finally throws his whole arms across Ky's back. Potemkin embraces Ky as his arms are going over his shoulders, overjoyed that he can truly hold Ky with all of his body.
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The wholesomeness of the embrace melts his heart. Ky practically sinks against the curves of Potemkin's chest, resting his head in the crook of the man's neck. From Potemkin's enthusiasm, he can assume this is a first as well; an all-embracing and intimate hold that presses them close together. A gesture that others took for granted.
God, a man this gentle and loyal did not deserve to be deprived of such contact. Ky's fingers curl against Potemkin's shoulders. He never realized how unfair it was for the other man.
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Potemkin sighs and rolls his head to bump into Ky's, slow and leisurely like he's lost himself in a good dream. He bends down and kisses the nearest part of Ky, which happens to be his bare shoulder. It doesn't end at that, and Potemkin backs off just the slightest bit, to make his way down Ky's collarbone with kisses.