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[everempty]

( Thorn gets caught in Nate's gaze and he can't look away.

and he can't lie when Nate looks at him like that. asks him so clearly. )

Never on purpose. ( he says softly. then closes his eyes. )

But I am a demon, Nate. My very nature makes me dangerous, whether I like it or not. There's no off switch for it.

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[ Nate watches his face, watches the way he moves. How sad he looks.

He'd thought Thorn was pushing him away because the part of him that was Ineroth still hated him. Maybe that's not true at all. ]

Are you afraid? [ He says, quietly. ] Of...being what you are. Of what...your nature makes you want?

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( okay Nate no need to cut that close....


Thorn hesitates... then gives a brief nod. ) I'm not called insatiable because I choose to never be satisfied. It's the nature of my demonic being. I can't be. And I don't know what that means long-term.

Or worse in this fucking city that seems designed to pull the worst out of a person. ( he snarls. )

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[ Nate chews his lip, but leans closer to Thorn, his cheek on his chest. ]

What does that mean for you here? What is it that you're...craving?

Because people come back to life here. Not all of them, but most.

[ Nate had. ]

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I crave everything. ( Thorn rests his head back on the pillow now, looking at the ceiling above. )

Food. Vitality. Power. All those things I can fill my body with.

It's always there, Nate. ( he says softly. )

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[ Nate nods.

Then his fingers splay on Thorn's chest. ]

So, then I'll help you, [ he says, as though that's a foregone conclusion. ] I'll be here, and I won't let you get out of control. You can manage it, I know you can.

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( Thorn's gaze darkens as he looks down at Nate. )

This city has different things that effect judgement and control.

You can't help with that.

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Yeah, but we're all in danger from that.

[ Nate looks up at him, meeting his eyes. ]

None of this means we should be apart. You're still you. Even if you're also him, you're you.

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And when my blade is cutting your throat while I smile? ( he traces the line of the scar on Nate's throat. ) Will I still feel like Thorn then?

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Is that what you want?

[ Nate reaches up to deactivate his eyebrow charm, making that scar visible. Ragged and ugly, it cuts a diagonal line across his throat. ]

To open this again? To kill me. Is that what you'll do?

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When Duplicity gets in my head? When they drown me out until all I'm left as is a demon?

How will you stop them?

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If I knew that, I wouldn't be trapped here.

[ Nate looks down, but he presses closer to Thorn. ]

I've been attacked, I've been killed. I'm not dismissing the threat, but I don't think...avoiding each other is the answer. I'll still be under threat. I'd rather be by your side than not.

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You'll be under threat from me, Nate. ( Thorn says softly.

his fingers dig into Nate's side, holding him closer. ) I couldn't live with myself if I hurt you. Even knowing they forced me to.

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[ Nate presses his lips together. ]

Well, not for nothing, but I fended you off for a very long time.

Thorn, I love you. I can't just pretend like I don't, or that you're not here, or any of that.

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... I love you too, Nate. ( he presses his forehead down against his head. )

I'm not the same man you fell in love with, though.

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But you are.

[ Nate looks up at him. He's aware that he's getting upset, that emotion is starting to win out over reason and he's not keeping a clear head.

He still keeps going. ]

Just because you're also...something else, doesn't mean you're not everything I fell in love with.

I can't just stay away from you, and after last night, I don't think you can stay away from me either. So we just have to work this out some other way.

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( he can't stay away. the last month away has been painful. knowing Nate was here too. just out of reach...

he can't. he can't let his emotion and Nate's lead them down a dangerous path.

but Nate isn't wrong. last night proved they can't stay away from each other. )

You can't let me hurt you Nate. If this city makes me dangerous to you, you have to abandon me until I'm better again. Or kill me. You can't let me hurt you. I can't live with that.

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[ Nate reads a bargain in those words, and at once, he jumps on it. He wraps his hand around Thorn's. ]

So then I'll find a way to stop you, if it comes to that. I can do that.

What I can't do is abandon you, abandon us. I'm supposed to be with you. You know I am.

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( Thorn swallows the dryness in his throat. his head spins with how dangerous this is....


but it's Nate. they were together for years.

he's not wrong. they're meant to be together. ) Just... stop me. All right? Don't let me...

( but he doesn't finish the thought. instead he dips his head down to catch Nate's lips and kiss him deeply )

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[ Thorn's kisses are dizzying. Nate sinks into it like he always does, his lips parting, his arms circling Thorn. ]

I promise. [ He feels a little breathless, but he knows it's important to get this out. ] I'll stop you, I'll take care of you, I promise.

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Fuck. ( Thorn murmurs, brushing his fingers up over Nate's cheeks into his hair. )

You're fucking impossible to say no to. ( then he's kissing him again, deeply. pressing his tongue into his mouth. )

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[ Then don't say no, Nate wants to say. It's lost in their kiss instead, and he presses close, arms winding around him, lips parting, a soft moan spreading between them as he gives himself to it. He licks into Thorn's mouth, drawing back only for breath.

His cock is half hard again from that kiss. ]

That's better. I need you, Thorn.

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You need a healthy sense of self-preservation. ( Thorn rolls his eyes in amusement.

but no. he gets it. he needs Nate, too. he tried to pretend like Ineroth and Thorn were too different. but they're not. they're too much the same. which means... they both need Nate.

Thorn sighs as he feels Nate's cock growing to attention, still half in his own ass. ) Yeah. Let me feel that, babe. ( he mutters as he leans in to kiss Nate again. he presses his tongue into his mouth, finding Nate's tongue to suck it between his teeth. )

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[ Nate hisses a laugh, and kisses him back, cock enlarging all the while. It's a strange feeling, growing to hardness while there's already a tight hole around him. ]

I could let you feel more. You're not the only one who's different.

[ He pushes Thorn back, hands on his shoulders, and his hips start to roll. His cock keeps growing, but even when it should be at its biggest, it grows more. It gets harder, larger, and ridged, somehow. Nate lets out a ragged breath, tension clear on his face. ]

You feel that, love?

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( when Nate says that Thorn imagines he means some new trick he's picked up. probably in this sex-crazed town. but who did he learn the trick with? a flash of jealousy runs through Thorn's blood that makes him dig his nails tighter into Nate's back.

his.

but as Nate pushes him down and rocks into him, Thorn feels his hardness growing to full attention.... then still growing. Thorn's eyes go wide as he realizes Nate is getting larger and... ridged?! )

Nate-

what-..?! ( he starts to comment as Nate pulls back and those ridges rub against the ring of his tight ass. it chokes a sharp sound from his throat as Thorn throws his head back. ) Oh fuck.