Tragedians AU

[ay_my_lord]

Continued from here.

*surprised--so seldom kissed in public, let alone with this particular flavor of desperation* You're sure you're all right?

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[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

Housekeeping, of course, but there are other priorities and I would like to make time for them, too.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

Like what?

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

That's -- what I mean to ask. *embarrassed slightly* I can schedule my own priorities well enough -- my own work, my own leisure. What would you foresee as a mutual priority for us?

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

Spending time together would be nice ... I'll be busy a lot with rehearsals after work, and I wouldn't want to miss you.

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, in addition to the dinners, once a week or more frequently, we can agree to have dates -- to do something together with the formal and final intention of enjoying one another's company, so that we don't fall out of the habit. *-- is already thinking that's probably a stupid idea, but*

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sounds wonderful. *squeezes his hand* And ... well, I guess I'm still figuring out what turns you on ... would it excite you, if we scheduled time for sex? So that it would be orderly?

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

*aahblushes -- talking about sex at the table! well, he never!* I don't know that it would excite me --

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

Would it be nice?

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

It might be.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

Okay. *lets go of his hand, and finishes his fake bacon* Is there anything else you'd like?

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

That seems to be it. Thoughtfulness, willingness to take responsibility, respect for privacy, with time for intimacy. *what, he's not impossible to live with*

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

I can do that, I'm pretty sure. It's mostly what we're trying to do, now.

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

I suppose it is.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

*smile* Didn't you think of it like that, before?

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

I didn't think of the analogy. I suppose I assumed the future would be an altogether different thing from the past -- the inverse of the inductive fallacy.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

Well--I guess it's also possible it could be a different thing.

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

It's more assuring to think that it isn't.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

Because you're happy?

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

Because I'm in love *blushing* and I'd like to remain in love. It's assuring to think that we're still the same people, that we've had this way of relating to one another, and -- that won't change once we've moved in together.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

*smile* That's the sweetest thing I've ever heard you say.

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

*blushblush* Don't be absurd.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

I'm not. It's really nice when you can say things like that, and you don't feel like I'll laugh at you or tell you that you can't feel that way or something like that.

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

You won't?

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

Of course not. *smile* I might laugh, but not at you. Just because it makes me happy.

[mostlyrhetoric.livejournal.com]

I do aspire to make you happy.