[Milliways]: Something REALLY new

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus pauses outside his door and turns to smile at Steve.

"Well? You've got the key."

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[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"He said it stops for me, then starts up again."

[golden_lyre]

"So weirder for you than for the rest of us," Orpheus says quietly, frowning.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"Yeah."

He idly brushes his fingers through Orpheus's hair.

"I have to wonder, now, what I'm rushing toward."

[golden_lyre]

"What do you mean?"

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"Why time is moving for me like it is, what's waiting for me to get there.

"Every now and again I'm reminded my life is weird."

[golden_lyre]

"Ah. You feel like you're being rushed into something," Orpheus says, nodding.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve nods, then moves closer to Orpheus so he can tuck his head under Orpheus's chin. "As long as it doesn't take you away from me, I don't care what it is."

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus curls his arms around Steve, stroking his fingers over his back.

Eventually, he murmurs, "If anything, I think it'd be the other way around."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve butts his head gently against Orpheus's chest. "Nope."

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus kisses his hair. "You sound awfully sure about that."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"They'd have to drag me away kicking and screaming."

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus chuckles. "I'd like to see that."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"You haven't even seen how tenacious I can be."

[golden_lyre]

"Oh, I believe it, lovely. I'd just like to see you kicking and screaming," he answers with a grin.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve looks at him a moment, then tackles him onto his back and kisses him soundly.

"The kind of kicking and screaming you make me do is a lot more fun."

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus laughs into the kiss. "If you say so."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"I assume. No one's tried dragging me away from anything yet."

[golden_lyre]

"I'd offer to try, but I don't think I'd be very good at it," Orpheus says, kissing him again.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve settles onto him. "I'm not too heavy, am I?"

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus shifts just a little to get comfortable. "No, you're just fine."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve kisses Orpheus's neck. "Good."

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus tilts his head back, carding his fingers through Steve's hair.

"Tell me what you've been up to," he murmurs.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"Another twenty cities on the tour," Steve says. "And the production just keeps getting bigger. They're talking canons and fireworks when we get to New York."

[golden_lyre]

"That should make for an interesting homecoming."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve chuckles. "I have no idea how I'm going to explain myself to the neighbors."