[Milliways]: Breaking the dry spell

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus is trying very hard not to just drag Steve up the stairs to their room. Despite having been waiting in the bar, he hasn't been spending much time here at all. It made him think far too much of Steve, and the drawings Steve had left for him didn't really help on that score.

He manages to restrain himself, though, as he unlocks the door.

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[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve hides his face in Orpheus's chest, caught between being terribly, terribly embarrassed and laughing.

Laughing is winning.

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus laughs along with him. "Get used to it, lovely."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"I used to get a lot of marriage proposals on the USO tour," Steve says. "I never thought anything of them.

"But it's the same thing, isn't it? People thinking I'd look good in their bed."

[golden_lyre]

"Yeah, something like that. I'm sure some of them just think you'd look good naked anywhere."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"You're the only one who's supposed to think that," Steve murmurs.

[golden_lyre]

"They aren't blind, my love," Orpheus says with a smile. "And I kind of like knowing so many people are thinking about you that way."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"Because you know you're the only one who gets to touch me?"

[golden_lyre]

"Exactly," Orpheus says, kissing him.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve grins and kisses him back.

[golden_lyre]

"Does it bother you?" Orpheus asks after he pulls back from the kiss.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"What, other people wanting me?" He shrugs. "I don't think so."

[golden_lyre]

"Other people thinking about you having sex."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"They're going to whether it bothers me or not, so I shouldn't let it bother me."

[golden_lyre]

"That's a good philosophy to have."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"Someone recommended the serenity prayer to me," Steve says. "I think this applies."

[golden_lyre]

"Were they trying to get you into AA?"

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"No. They just wanted to help me cope."

[golden_lyre]

"I suppose it's useful for more things than just drinking."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"There aren't many support groups for 'woke up seventy years in the future'," Steve says with a slight smile.

[golden_lyre]

"No, I guess there wouldn't be," Orpheus says. "Not many for 'survived the underworld' either."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve touches Orpheus's chest. "We're both unique to the world."

[golden_lyre]

"Not entirely unique in my case," Orpheus says, but he puts his hand over Steve's.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve presses his palm to Orpheus's chest. "Some other guy went to the afterlife to plead for his wife?"

[golden_lyre]

"Not that I know of, but others have been to the underworld and come back," Orpheus says.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"Really? I didn't know that. How did they get out?"