[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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[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."

[golden_lyre]

"How did you explain yourself to people here?"

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"I say I was part of a scientific experiment and this is the result.

"But the population of a bar at the end of the universe are more inclined to believe things like this, as opposed to Bucky's ma or our former landlady Mrs. Kostigan or the nuns at my school."

[golden_lyre]

"Wouldn't the nuns be willing to write it off as a miracle?"