[Milliways]: Reunion

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus had dutifully eaten, if not as much as Steve wanted him to, at least enough to be able to say he was taking care of himself.

And after...well, upstairs had seemed like a good idea. Especially good considering this was the first time it was Orpheus who hadn't seen Steve in over a month rather than the other way around. He tugs Steve into the room with a smile, not willing to let go of him even for a second.

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[golden_lyre]

"Steve...with the vampire...I let him bite me before I told you I wanted this to last.

"But wanting it to last isn't the same as assuming it will."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"Finding out the person you want to spend your life with has a death wish is not a pleasant experience," Steve says quietly.

"I think wanting something to last helps with the assumption that it will."

[golden_lyre]

"But that was before," Orpheus insists. "I..."

He shakes his head. "You're...giving me something to live for, here.

"Besides," he adds. "I'm not the only one taking risks."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"I know," Steve says and takes Orpheus's face in his hands. "I think I get it now.

"I may not be immortal but I'm pretty damn near indestructible. That has to count for something."

[golden_lyre]

"Something, yeah," Orpheus says. "Not everything. I know I can't die, lovely. You just assume you won't."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"I plan to be around," Steve says with a small smile. "Keeping you happy between serving my country."

[golden_lyre]

"Yes, well, you know what they say about plans," Orpheus chides.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"That if you work hard and keep the faith, they'll come true?"

[golden_lyre]

"That the gods laugh when we make them."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve strokes Orpheus's cheekbones with his thumbs. "Trying to talk me out of it, music man?"

[golden_lyre]

"No, I just don't want you going in there acting like you've got nothing to lose."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"I know what I've got to lose," Steve says seriously.

[golden_lyre]

"All right, then," Orpheus says just as seriously. "Just remember that I've got that to lose too."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve exhales slowly and nods. "Okay."

He meets Orpheus's gaze. "We're giving this long-term thing a try, then?"

[golden_lyre]

"I'd like to, yeah," Orpheus says, touching his cheek. "I kind of thought we already were."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"Just making sure. I'm new at relationships--I need lots of reassurance."

[golden_lyre]

"And I'm not very good at giving it. Sorry. But we did say we wanted it to last, right?"


[ooc: bedtime]

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"Yeah," Steve murmurs. "We did."


[ooc: Good night!]

[golden_lyre]

"Isn't that what that means, then?" Orpheus asks.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

"A bit's happened since then," Steve says, stroking Orpheus's cheek.

[golden_lyre]

"Yeah, but that hasn't changed," Orpheus says quietly.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve traces the slope of Orpheus's nose with his thumb. "Good.

"Then we're doing this." He inhales slowly.

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus nods and kisses him. "All right, then."

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Steve nods and tucks his head against Orpheus's neck.

[golden_lyre]

Orpheus curls his arms around Steve, burying his face in Steve's hair.

"You can get your stuff later, yeah?"