[Eren can hear Jean coming just by his footsteps, unique to his husband's ears. He doesn't turn around, even when he feels arms wrap around him. He leans his head all the way back against Jean's shoulder, staring at him upside down.]
[Ah, yes. The last time Eren was on an airship, he was under arrest, and Sasha was dying. He remembers; feels his lips tighten a little at having it pulled back to the front of his recollection.
[The sentiment is still nice, he supposes.
[Eren straights up, but doesn't pull out of their backwards hug.]
[There are plenty of other people around to care for the farm while Eren's away. The morning chores are already done regardless.]
I don't have other plans. [It's somewhat rare that that's true for both of them.
[Eren doesn't pull out of Jean's grasp, but he does turn around to face him, slinging his arms over the man's shoulders.]
What are you going to wear? [Something he's asked ever since Dolph gave Jean that wardrobe. Eren's husband is among the most handsome men in Visium, and he's certain that's true for Lumindeas too. It's not a crime to enjoy the way he looks, strange as things may have gotten.]
[ Jean lets his arms fall to settle on Eren's hips, looking at him with that fond expression. They haven't had a chance to go on a date like this in a while. In truth, they probably passed over many opportunities before, but Jean's trying to make an effort to carve out space again.
The question doesn't surprise him, but he does make a show of thinking. His normal tendency to stick to simpler but fashionable clothes has been ruined by the wardrobe; he can get as fancy as he wants, now. ]
My slacks, my boots. I was thinking a waistcoat and suspenders, with some birds on it, since we'll be on an airship. A jacket that matches, since it's still cold wherever we are. And something for the hotsprings that can be a surprise.
[ He leans down to nudge his nose against Eren's. ]
[Fashion is not something Eren is particularly concerned with himself, often wearing the same outfit day after day, so long as it's all clean. Eren likes the question though; finds that he enjoys when his partners dress him instead, and he likes that Jean in particular is interested. He's good at looking nice.
[Eren presses his face into the crook of his husband's neck.]
[ Jean raises a hand to brush it through Eren's hair. He knows Eren doesn't really care, and he'd be happy to go with him in any normal outfit. But it's nice that Eren trusts him to pick something out, too.
He thinks of and dismisses a waistcoat, deciding on slacks and a shirt, tucked in, and a longer jacket to match it - probably one styled like Maruki's, not that Jean consciously thinks about it too much. ]
All right, but you can't complain.
[ He can if he wants, and Jean would change it. But after a kiss to the top of Eren's head, he nudges them towards the wardrobe to get dressed. ]
[Eren finds that he still likes it when Jean exercises what control he can too. His heart flutters with an infatuation that's never faded. Led to their bedroom, Eren hooks their fingers together, letting Jean tug him along.
[They get their outfits and undress. Eren stops between slacks and shirts to pull Jean against him, bare chest to bare chest, hearts both beating. He rests for a minute, just like that...]
[ Jean lets Eren tug them close, wrapping his arms around him. He closes his eyes, listening to Eren's heart beat against his own.
Eren is here. Eren is alive. For better or worse, he does his best to stay here. Despite all of Jean's fears and resentments, he's happy that Eren is here.
He exhales softly, his breath making Eren's hair flutter. ]
I love you.
[ It seems important to tell him, in this moment. ]
[Eren's cheek is pressed to the side of Jean's head. His husband's voice is only an inch from his ear. It makes his skin prickle. He pulls away and nips at Jean's lip, but it's far more affection than anything with heat. He takes a kiss afterward.]
[ Jean returns the kiss, soft and affectionate. The affection is what truly makes his heart thump a little harder; being touched just to touch each other, not in order to achieve anything. ]
My beautiful Eren.
[ No one owns Eren, but for today, for a little while - just his. ]
[Some shiver flutters in Eren, but he doesn't shudder. The kisses are still chaste, even when pressed into the junction of Jean's neck and his shoulder. Eren is far from beautiful, but he wants Jean to think so. He wanted Mikasa to think so. He remembers the first time they saw his body for everything that it was, and his stomach flipped at their praise.
[Even if it's only by aesthetics, he'll allow Jean to think he's beautiful, and he'll allow Jean to have him. It's fallen from his lips a hundred times by now - I'm yours, I'm yours. Eren may truly belong to know one, but his heart belongs to many, and he wants Jean to carry his piece forever.
[ He lets go of Eren reluctantly, but with a smile. He pulls pieces of clothes out of the wardrobe; the outfit he described, and the similar outfit for Eren, with the looser, tucked-in shirt and the dark jacket that looks like Maruki's. There's a pattern of birds on the hem and up the back that matches the pattern on Jean's vest, coordinating them both.
Jean even twists Eren's hair up into a little bun, unless he insists on having it down. Either way, Eren looks good, and matches him as well. He grabs a bag to stuff some swimsuits and sandals for the hot springs, and then takes Eren's hand. ]
Ready to go?
[ If so, time to head to the portal, and the airships. ]
[To the airships, they go. Jean was right. It's entirely different seeing one up close under less dire circumstances. More than that, they're huge, with comfortable seats, standing room, and windows to observe from. There don't appear to be any massive hatches to leap out of for an enemy attack. That's nice, actually.
[Eren sticks close to Jean. He's been as quiet as ever, but he's not scowling quite so much as he normally might. Not that he looks any more friendly to strangers, but Jean can probably tell. He seems rather fixated on one of the seats near the back, right by one of the windows. He nods that way.]
[ They're made for luxury, not attack; it means the design is completely unique to Jean as well. He openly marvels at some of the details as they move, but he keeps his footing sure.
Eren looks positively intrigued, by his standards, and when he nods to the back seat near the window, Jean obligingly leads them there. He lets Eren get in first so that he can be alongside the window, slipping in after him and tucking the back under their feet. ]
It'll be a couple hours, according to the attendants.
[ Long enough to enjoy it, not so long they'll have a chance to sleep. ]
[At least, it seems that way to him. It may still be Lumindeas, but they'll be far, far away from the portal to Visium. It doesn't make him nervous, really. There's something else there. Eren never stopped wanting to see new things.]
The sky is taller here somehow.
[Birds can only fly to the tops of the trees in Visium, right? Or maybe it's only Dreamers that have to abide by those rules. These airships go meters and meters above the ground.]
[ Especially now; Lumindeas' sky seems more open than Visium's. Indeed, from the window, Jean can spot Visium in the distance, and it looks miserable, surrounded by clouds and jutting shards of crystal.
He looks away to Eren, instead. ]
Yes, it's a location in the Crystal Spires. Apparently, there's hot springs tucked away in the mountains.
[ There's a brochure, if Eren wanted to peruse, advertising all the supposed benefits. ]
[He'd rather look out the window, and he does. He's lost in it for a little while. He's seen things from this height before, but it was so wildly different. He doesn't know how to feel. For a little while, he loses where he is entirely.
[Eventually, he seems to remember Jean is next to him, and glances back to look at him.]
Last winter, we went to a hot spring too. I remember. [As if just now.]
[It's best not to mention Mikasa, really. Perhaps it would be kind of Eren to allow Jean to reminisce, but one of them will go home to her, and one will not. He doesn't like to be reminded. What's more - and as much as he loves Jean - he doesn't truly believe that anyone can understand Mikasa and he's bond aside from he and Mikasa. Deep down, he considers them to be the end all be all, not anyone else.
[ At Eren's question, he tilts his head back a little, thinking. ]
I was thinking it'd be nice to get away from Visium for a little bit. I know this place isn't new to the locals, but it's new to us - and we really haven't had a chance to just look around much.
[ He shrugs one shoulder. ]
If I could have swung it, I would have suggested riding down near the forest on the horses.
[ He knows Eren isn't happy here. He knows one day he will leave, but he wants to appreciate the time he has here. ]
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What's that?
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Airship tickets, to the hot springs in Lumindeas. I figured we could explore Stellari together for a bit if you wanted to.
[ He seems eager about the idea, going by the smile. ]
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You want to take me?
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And it'll be fun. It's a place we hardly know anything about, but I doubt we'll be in danger either.
[ Between Eren's abilities and Jean being who he is, they'll be fine. ]
Celine can watch Frog.
[ Kanoa will watch Frog and Jean very well knows that. ]
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[The sentiment is still nice, he supposes.
[Eren straights up, but doesn't pull out of their backwards hug.]
We can. When?
[...]
Right now?
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We can go right now, unless you'd rather hold off for some reason.
[ He'll ask someone to feed the animals, Thermopolium can self-operate for a day since he's not the sole cook anymore, it'll be fine. ]
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I don't have other plans. [It's somewhat rare that that's true for both of them.
[Eren doesn't pull out of Jean's grasp, but he does turn around to face him, slinging his arms over the man's shoulders.]
What are you going to wear? [Something he's asked ever since Dolph gave Jean that wardrobe. Eren's husband is among the most handsome men in Visium, and he's certain that's true for Lumindeas too. It's not a crime to enjoy the way he looks, strange as things may have gotten.]
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The question doesn't surprise him, but he does make a show of thinking. His normal tendency to stick to simpler but fashionable clothes has been ruined by the wardrobe; he can get as fancy as he wants, now. ]
My slacks, my boots. I was thinking a waistcoat and suspenders, with some birds on it, since we'll be on an airship. A jacket that matches, since it's still cold wherever we are. And something for the hotsprings that can be a surprise.
[ He leans down to nudge his nose against Eren's. ]
Do you want to dress up too?
banana hammock in the hot springs
[Eren presses his face into the crook of his husband's neck.]
Just pick something for me.
i was going with a yukata or something but sure-
He thinks of and dismisses a waistcoat, deciding on slacks and a shirt, tucked in, and a longer jacket to match it - probably one styled like Maruki's, not that Jean consciously thinks about it too much. ]
All right, but you can't complain.
[ He can if he wants, and Jean would change it. But after a kiss to the top of Eren's head, he nudges them towards the wardrobe to get dressed. ]
MUKI JACKET SLKDFJSDF CUTE????
[They get their outfits and undress. Eren stops between slacks and shirts to pull Jean against him, bare chest to bare chest, hearts both beating. He rests for a minute, just like that...]
MUKI JACKET
Eren is here. Eren is alive. For better or worse, he does his best to stay here. Despite all of Jean's fears and resentments, he's happy that Eren is here.
He exhales softly, his breath making Eren's hair flutter. ]
I love you.
[ It seems important to tell him, in this moment. ]
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I love you. [That's ever true.]
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My beautiful Eren.
[ No one owns Eren, but for today, for a little while - just his. ]
nsfw? mention? sort of?
[Even if it's only by aesthetics, he'll allow Jean to think he's beautiful, and he'll allow Jean to have him. It's fallen from his lips a hundred times by now - I'm yours, I'm yours. Eren may truly belong to know one, but his heart belongs to many, and he wants Jean to carry his piece forever.
[Eren pulls away.]
Let's get dressed. We'll be out all day.
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[ He lets go of Eren reluctantly, but with a smile. He pulls pieces of clothes out of the wardrobe; the outfit he described, and the similar outfit for Eren, with the looser, tucked-in shirt and the dark jacket that looks like Maruki's. There's a pattern of birds on the hem and up the back that matches the pattern on Jean's vest, coordinating them both.
Jean even twists Eren's hair up into a little bun, unless he insists on having it down. Either way, Eren looks good, and matches him as well. He grabs a bag to stuff some swimsuits and sandals for the hot springs, and then takes Eren's hand. ]
Ready to go?
[ If so, time to head to the portal, and the airships. ]
skipping ahead wheee
[Eren sticks close to Jean. He's been as quiet as ever, but he's not scowling quite so much as he normally might. Not that he looks any more friendly to strangers, but Jean can probably tell. He seems rather fixated on one of the seats near the back, right by one of the windows. He nods that way.]
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Eren looks positively intrigued, by his standards, and when he nods to the back seat near the window, Jean obligingly leads them there. He lets Eren get in first so that he can be alongside the window, slipping in after him and tucking the back under their feet. ]
It'll be a couple hours, according to the attendants.
[ Long enough to enjoy it, not so long they'll have a chance to sleep. ]
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[At least, it seems that way to him. It may still be Lumindeas, but they'll be far, far away from the portal to Visium. It doesn't make him nervous, really. There's something else there. Eren never stopped wanting to see new things.]
The sky is taller here somehow.
[Birds can only fly to the tops of the trees in Visium, right? Or maybe it's only Dreamers that have to abide by those rules. These airships go meters and meters above the ground.]
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[ Especially now; Lumindeas' sky seems more open than Visium's. Indeed, from the window, Jean can spot Visium in the distance, and it looks miserable, surrounded by clouds and jutting shards of crystal.
He looks away to Eren, instead. ]
Yes, it's a location in the Crystal Spires. Apparently, there's hot springs tucked away in the mountains.
[ There's a brochure, if Eren wanted to peruse, advertising all the supposed benefits. ]
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[Eventually, he seems to remember Jean is next to him, and glances back to look at him.]
Last winter, we went to a hot spring too. I remember. [As if just now.]
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When Eren glances back, he smiles. ]
We did. Though I wasn't thinking of that when I suggested this.
[ Hot springs make him think of Mikasa, but he doesn't mention her. He doesn't want this to be a sad memory. ]
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[A question comes:]
What were you thinking?
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I was thinking it'd be nice to get away from Visium for a little bit. I know this place isn't new to the locals, but it's new to us - and we really haven't had a chance to just look around much.
[ He shrugs one shoulder. ]
If I could have swung it, I would have suggested riding down near the forest on the horses.
[ He knows Eren isn't happy here. He knows one day he will leave, but he wants to appreciate the time he has here. ]
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[There's a beat, and then.]
You really should get your own horse, though.
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we can skip to hotsprings after this if you want <3
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SFDSDFJSLKDFJ NOT THE NPC DIALOGUE
NAW FUNNEH BIDNESS
JSLDFKSJDLFJSDF
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sighs @ reply by email coding fail
LIKELY STORY
pushes you into hot water. like a lobster <3
throws fish at u
throws your PREPARED PLATE in the GARBAGE
SON of A--
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let me know if u wanna wrap or keep going? I'm down for w/e!
THA GLIDERS THO (we could skip to that?)
AS DISCUSSED IN DMS o7