Malcolm Bright (
abrightboy) wrote2020-06-05 11:29 am
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No One's Born Broken
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tinstar.
Gil came and went. Dani came and went. Ainsley came and then left with their mother, who refused to even hear him out about telling the truth. He stared through the window at the motionless man in the bed for some indeterminate amount of time, his hand clutching his phone in his pocket.
Finally he let his eyes leave the figure through the window and he took his phone out of his pocket. He stared at that for a long moment, then scrolled through his contacts until one name rolled onto the screen: Raylan Givens.
He looked through the window, then looked at the name. Then he pressed it.
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Gil came and went. Dani came and went. Ainsley came and then left with their mother, who refused to even hear him out about telling the truth. He stared through the window at the motionless man in the bed for some indeterminate amount of time, his hand clutching his phone in his pocket.
Finally he let his eyes leave the figure through the window and he took his phone out of his pocket. He stared at that for a long moment, then scrolled through his contacts until one name rolled onto the screen: Raylan Givens.
He looked through the window, then looked at the name. Then he pressed it.
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Opting to enjoy the almost scalp massage that came with it, Raylan slid his hands around Malcolm's waist and kept them closer than strictly necessary. They could soap once his hair was setting in conditioner; for right now, Raylan was just soaking it up.
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"Well, it's definitely not practice in that case," he agreed with a self-deprecating laugh. A beat. "Actually... lately...." He looked up at him from under his eyelashes with a grin.
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"I'm very honoured to make the roll," he said, moving him back into the spray, stepping with him, to wash out the shampoo, then stepping back with him to bring him out again. He reached for the complementary shampoo and realized it wasn't there. He glanced around and found it on the floor, having to step out of Raylan's grasp to retrieve it, but moving close to him again once he had it, squeezing it into his hand.
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"I think our shower gel is down there too," he said with a pull of that grin as he stayed still, letting Malcolm work the conditioner in. "You'll have to get it, it's closer to you."
Well. He could get it himself but why would he rob himself of such a good view?
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"Is this where I sign up for a regular subscription of that?" he joked. "Or who can I talk to about that?"
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He took this very seriously.
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"In that case, put me down for a lifetime supply immediately," he said.
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"Rinse."
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"Your turn," he murmured, squeezing gel into his hand before starting his task just as studiously as Raylan had done it to him. He looked up as his hands moved across Raylan's chest and down his stomach. "Tell me not to think about how soon this will be over," he said softly.
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"Don't think about it. And if you've gotta, think about it like work. We'll go off to it. And we'll come home from it. You're just.. taking a little longer to make it home than I am," he offered back just as softly. "It'll be over before you know it."
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"Right. Just. Going to do my duty and then straight back home."
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"And if you need remindin' that I'm still here waitin' for ya, I am happy to reiterate your very romantic fate. Few months, maybe more, we'll be breakin' our lease and moving down south. A whole life, right there for the havin'."
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"I can't believe it's so close," he said, crouching to run the suds over Raylan's legs just the way he'd done.
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"Like baseball, just keep your eye on the ball," he managed, voice only fractionally huskier for the tease below him. "We'll make it, come hell or high water. Possibly both." Considering what their collective lives were like.
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He got to his feet, his hand still sudsy as it slipped around the back of Raylan's neck while he leaned into a tender, lingering kiss.
"Since keeping my eye on the ball in this case is keeping my eye on you, that's a task I can handle."
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"Then we're all set."
It wouldn't make the morning easier but for now, it was a nice blanket to drape around their shoulders.
Turning them, Raylan stepped back into the water and let Malcolm start rinsing him off, helping by using the offcasting water to clean up the reapplication of soap their kiss had deposited.
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He toweled his hair off first, leaving it touseled and damp while he dried off the rest of himself.
"Do you want another drink before bed?" Malcolm asked, glancing over.
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"Yeah, I think I would actually." It would help him keep his mind off the idea that he was going to wake up alone in a bed again. "You going out there to pour it or should I? Are you havin' one?"
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He pressed a kiss to Raylan's mouth.
"I'll have one with you."
He dropped his towel on the floor and wandered back to the bedroom to get dressed for bed and pour the drinks.
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All he needed was a long seconds peek over Willa's playpen to catch and gauge the steady rise and fall of her chest.
With a smile, Raylan reached down and brushed a little wisp of her hair off her forehead before rising back up and meeting back up with Malcolm to take his glass as they came back into the bedroom. "Sleepin' like the baby she is," he promised as he quietly closed the door behind them.
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It was good that somebody could sleep.
He lingered close to Raylan for a moment, then stepped into him, wrapping his free arm tightly around the Marshal's middle, resting his head at his collarbone.
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He saw the slight hesitation, the decision of if to give into emotion again and was glad to welcome Malcolm into his arms, wrapping his free one around in turn to hold him tightly.
"What time do you leave tomorrow," he finally asked in a low, private tone. The glass in his hand made him a little braver to the asking, a comfort that had held him for many years.
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