givingexposition: (And yet...here we are)
Jaskier ♪ Julian Alfred Pankratz | Feral Bard ([personal profile] givingexposition) wrote2020-01-03 11:55 pm
yourwitcher: (over shoulder)

[personal profile] yourwitcher 2020-02-17 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Geralt can't imagine getting bored of Jaskier. They've been on the road together for a long time now, off and on, fully on after becoming lovers. Jaskier's always surprising, playful, amusing, and yes, irritating sometimes, but never boring. Geralt thinks he's boring in comparison. He is rigid and old. Set in his ways. Changing even slightly has taken time and effort, and it will never come easy to him. He balks at being pushed but on the whole Jaskier rarely does, and when he does, there are good reasons for it. Such as forcing the conversation after that debacle with Yennefer. Earlier in their relationship that would not have led anywhere good and led to a vicious fight between them, so sometimes it just takes time with the witcher.

He meant it when he said he always wants Jaskier, which is strange for him, to let something consume him that isn't violence or duty. It isn't difficult to rile him again. Geralt is content with some affection after sex, at his softest and most pliable when feeling good from an orgasm and good energy between them. He huff-chuckles. "I'm a decent teacher, but I am not nice." That should hardly be a surprise. He barely knows how to keep from being feral in the bedroom, fighting is a different story. Still, he leans down to kiss the top of Jaskier's head. "I will be less strict with you. A dagger is a good idea." Less strict does not mean nice.

Geralt smirks at Jaskier's attempts at innuendo, rolling his eyes. "You just did. Hopefully you got it out of your system." He knows that is not at all the case, but a man can dream. "Don't flirt with me while we're training. No distractions." It will already be difficult for him when his blood gets flowing and his energy spikes not to let that feeling mix with his active lust for Jaskier. He needs to train him! Not get distracted by the smell of his sweat and back him up against something. He sounds very serious when he says that.

A year ago they definitely would not have this conversation, but yes, here they are. Jaskier's eyes are so vivid in color, framed by eyelashes that Geralt would say were as pretty as any woman he'd ever met. His eyes are soft and it makes Geralt a little nervous on the inside, being looked at with such adoration. His own gaze is warm but not soft; it's not a comment on lacking the same feelings, more that he is made of stone. This is as sweet as he gets, for now. Still, he doesn't break their gaze.

Geralt nods at Jaskier's words: see, not that difficult after all. "I gladly will, once you are healed." They both enjoyed the sex they both have, but it will be easier when Geralt isn't concerned with every movement he could harm him too much. He wasn't so certain he could be as gentle as he just was, and now he knows he can be. It will make it easier for him to do that for Jaskier again. It means constant control over his strength and aggression, but it is worth it. They both will get let loose in their own ways at other times, an equal partnership.

He frowns and keeps caressing Jaskier's soft lips, tracing them. "When I told you no, it was not a forever no." Geralt doesn't like the idea that his one rejection for Jaskier made him uncertain of asking for anything else. He hesitated from saying no partly for that reason. So he is reiterating that it was not a flat refusal, although they both had permission for those, if need be. "I've never been fucked in that position before, it takes an adjustment." That is more than he typically explains or admits to, although he does not define his reasons for that. That should be enough. And it also means Jaskier will be his first when it happens.
Edited 2020-02-17 18:15 (UTC)
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[personal profile] yourwitcher 2020-02-17 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Geralt doesn't fear Jaskier leaving him in the sense of choice. He thinks it very likely that will have to be his choice, in the end, to walk away when he knows it's time. He said he would and promised nothing to the contrary. But he can't imagine the bard actively choosing to walk away from him, there is too much certainty in his presence, in his loyalty. Unfortunately those are the roles they have: the person who leaves and the person who gets left. But not yet. He will stay as long as he can and try to keep his temper and fear from breaking them apart early.

"It's smart to fight dirty. Whatever keeps you alive." Geralt is irritatingly honorable, yes, and he is far more careful with his human opponents than the monsters he slaughters. In life or death situation though, of course he would fight dirty to keep breathing. And he absolutely wants Jaskier to do the same. He isn't going to impose his sense of odd and unexplained honor on anyone else. Whatever keeps his bard coming back to him.

Geralt kisses his hair again; it's such a simple gesture and he likes that. He keeps his nose in the strands. They'll need a bath in the morning, he can smell the come in Jaskier's hair. Only a bit, but enough. "You can have one of my daggers." He has several blades outside of his swords, all smaller and for different types of use. In a fight who knows what he'll need to use. It is not as easy a thing as it sounds, to give Jaskier one of his. They are all well made and lethal, and a witcher giving someone a weapon of his truly is the same thing as offering a heart or something deeply romantic. He says it like it's nothing.

Geralt growls playfully at him. "No flirting," he warns again, knowing full well there will be flirting and sudden sex, but it won't stop him from fulfilling his promise of making Jaskier at least slightly more formidable. He will still always come running to rescue him and be glad for it, but whatever little things he can change to make himself less afraid of the bard getting injured are necessary.

He looks forward to fucking Jaskier that way now; it will be particularly satisfying coming in him after proving he can do it. Geralt brushes his fingers on those warm cheeks. Blushing. Adorable, truly. "Mmm, no mind-reading. I wondered why you were hesitant to ask for it, questioned whether I gave you reason to, remembered the one time I've rejected your request." He says very little much of the time, but he thinks a great deal. His mind curled around those facts, making conclusions, and yet again he's explaining himself more for Jaskier than he does for anyone else. It is pure logic in this case.

It isn't easy in particular for a witcher who is very dominant in sex and very closed off emotionally on top of that. He grunts in agreement, grateful that Jaskier understands, and gives him a compliment as a reward. "You were good at fucking me. You'll have another chance." It won't be as frequent as the other way around, but he enjoyed it. Jaskier was fiercer than he expected and Geralt still remembers the sensation of his tongue inside of him.

A memory for another time. For now he puts his long arm underneath Jaskier and keeps him close, tilting his head down to kiss him gently. "Perhaps. You rest." He hasn't slept since before the fight, unable to rest with Jaskier still injured, but perhaps here with the bard's reassuring heartbeat in his ears he can.
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[personal profile] yourwitcher 2020-02-21 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Geralt doesn't know where he learned such sweet and comforting gestures from. Certainly not from anything else in his life; his training, his brief moments with whores, his relationship with Yennefer, affection is not something he's been taught. Perhaps it is built into him, somehow. Or he got addicted to the way it felt when Jaskier would do it to him, running fingers through his hair, cupping his cheek, caring so damned much with every touch. He started to mirror it and now it came to him easily enough.

He frowns at the response to his knife offer. "I can get another one." He can, technically, but yes, his blades are special. And meaningful. Geralt scoffs and tugs lightly on Jaskier's hair. "It's not as if I am giving you my swords." Which he would never, ever do unless there was no other choice. Those are sacred. It is good that Jaskier understands that the offer means something though, it will mean he will be more careful with it.

"You are my ...." He actually doesn't know a word for it. He gestures to the two of them and their current nudity. That's a summary enough. Sex. Monogamous sex. With perhaps some emotions. SOME. "My knives are better than others, and you will carry one." It does not sound like he's asking, because Geralt rarely asks, he demands. The point being made is that because of their arrangement, he considers it only natural that Jaskier get to use his property. They've shared their bodies and lives together, what is one blade?

Geralt is old. He hasn't aged truly in a long time, but he is old, and he's always been very perceptive on top of that. He is adept at being in denial about himself, but in general, he sees situations very clearly. Jaskier is not difficult to read on top of that. He wears his emotions on his sleeves. Geralt can usually tell what he's thinking or feeling from a distance away, from only the posture of his back. He rolls his eyes about Jaskier's pride, knowing that he deserves a little smugness for his conquest of his white wolf.

"You are safe," he says quietly, closing his eyes as he listens to Jaskier's steady heartbeat. "Sleep." The command is gentle and it is only seconds after Jaskier drifts to sleep that Geralt does as well.

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