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5 with zevran and hamal for the kiss prompts!
5. Where it hurts.
Zevran has spent the better part of the evening lounging attractively on his bedroll, daggers and rags laid out to maintain the illusion of productivity, while carefully listening for footsteps.
He never wants to give the impression that he is waiting for Hamalânevermind that itâs true. Itâs the principle of the matter.
So heâs come to expect the Wardenâs visits. So theyâve become part of his routine. What would be the point of saying so? Heâll come or he wonât. And so what if he doesnât?
Eyeing his daggers with a final disappointed look, Zevran leaves his tent and ventures out to Hamalâs.
The cold bites at his ankles as he walks. He hurries forward with no need for light besides what the moon provides, and when he gets there, he nearly bumps headfirst into the man.
âOh,â Hamal says, and Zevranâs heart skips a beat. âI was just about to come find you.â
âOh?â Zevran returns, trying not to seem surprised, or gratified, or dizzy with warm happiness at those words. He smoothly interjects with a laugh. âThen it seems my timing was perfect.â
Ducking into the tent, he slides his arms around Hamalâs shoulders and drops into his lap in one smooth motion. And he kisses him, because heâs been wanting to. And Hamal kisses him back. Itâs nearly perfect, but Zevran has honed his instincts out of bitter necessity over the years. There is a barely perceptible slowness to Hamalâs hands.
Zevran pulls back after a moment, and regards him through half-lidded eyes. In the dim light, Hamal looks back at him steadily and smiles.
There is so much he has yet to learn of this man.
And yet, Zevran feels he knows him more than half-way already.
âWhatâs wrong?â
Hamalâs smile falters slightly. He flicks his gaze downward, and sets his hands at Zevranâs waist. Zevran can feel one of this thumbs squeeze at his hipbone in a very distracting way. Is he stalling? There is no need to. Zevran is hardly one to pry. They can just as easily get back to business.
He spreads his legs a little, grinding down, knees bunching up the blanket beneath them. Hamalâs breath comes out in a low rumble.
âSore,â he says quietly, and gathers him up in his arms. âMm, but itâs nothing.â
Zevran thinks.
Theyâd had a fairly uneventful day. The only trouble had been a brief encounter with a pack of wolves and a bear scavenging the remains of a caravan. The bodies had been half-eaten when theyâd arrivedâfar too late to be any help. The wolves had been easily chased off. But the bear had proven more difficult, and was only brought down after some impressive bow shooting on Hamalâs part.
It occurs to Zevran that just because he makes it look effortless, does not mean it is.
He carefully extracts himself from Hamalâs embrace.
âHey-â Hamal says, about to protest, but Zevran interrupts.
âWhere is the pain?â
âItâs⌠just beneath my left shoulder blade. A pulled muscle. Nothing more.â
âMay I have a look?â
âGoing to kiss it better, are you?â Hamal chuckles, stretching out on his bedroll. He tugs his shirt over his head and rolls onto his stomach.
Zevran wastes no time, and presses a kiss to the nape of his neck. Itâs a lovely sight, vallaslin trailing over his muscled back.
âTell me where it hurts most,â he says. âHere?â He kisses his left shoulder blade. Hamal gives a soft hum. âHere?â He kisses another spot, closer to his diaphragm. âHere?â He kisses the soft angle of his lateral muscle, and Hamal tenses slightly.
âThatâs it.â
âGoodâŚâ Zevran murmurs. He swings a leg over, and settles atop Hamalâs lower back. âIs this alright?â he asks before he begins.
The question earns a low laugh. âBetter than alright.â
Zevran smiles. Heâs snagged a bottle of lightly scented oil from Hamalâs pack, and is just about to begin working those sore muscles of his when Hamal sighs, âIâm glad to have met you.â
Zevran stops.
He does not ask, why?
He does not say, youâd be the first.
He looks at the trusting body beneath him, ignores the odd twist in his gut, and the butterflies in his stomach.
He puts his hands on the Wardenâs skin.
âFunny that,â Zevran says. âMe, too.â
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direct action means someone actually DOES the thing and accomplishes the goal themselves
so like, if your goal is to shut down a prison, doing actions, however bold or strategic or successful, to pressure the government to shut it down, is definitionally not direct action.
It's indirectâyour group didn't shut it down directly, you did something to get the government shut it down.
in this example, direct action would be storming the prison and releasing the prisoners. that's you actually directly achieving your goal.
sometimes indirect actions are the smart play! they may be the most effective thing you can do in your specific circumstances with your specific resources.
that does not make them "direct action" though.
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