Just one night. Liam could not possibly grasp the extent of his own hubris
in thinking that would satisfy him, that it wouldn't instead ignite
something that would burn through him for the rest of his life, like an
underground coal seam caught flame and left to smolder and burn until it
burned itself out entirely. But he'd come to that realization and the
weight of it later, somehow. One way or another.
Right now he was busier with far more immediately distracting things, with
finding himself tumbled down to the bed beside the most absurdly beautiful
man that he'd ever met in his life.
His fingers played slowly up Riley's forearm, over bicep and up to his
shoulder, the sort of touch that was for the sake of touch alone, soft and
unhurried and affectionate. A laugh escaped at that. "I possess many
talents., but defying gravity isn't one of them." No wings or halo here. In
fact, given that when he did eventually meet his end in this life, he was
fully aware he had a pre-booked ticket on the express ride straight down to
the depths of hell.
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Date: 2025-06-18 08:39 pm (UTC)Just one night. Liam could not possibly grasp the extent of his own hubris in thinking that would satisfy him, that it wouldn't instead ignite something that would burn through him for the rest of his life, like an underground coal seam caught flame and left to smolder and burn until it burned itself out entirely. But he'd come to that realization and the weight of it later, somehow. One way or another.
Right now he was busier with far more immediately distracting things, with finding himself tumbled down to the bed beside the most absurdly beautiful man that he'd ever met in his life.
His fingers played slowly up Riley's forearm, over bicep and up to his shoulder, the sort of touch that was for the sake of touch alone, soft and unhurried and affectionate. A laugh escaped at that. "I possess many talents., but defying gravity isn't one of them." No wings or halo here. In fact, given that when he did eventually meet his end in this life, he was fully aware he had a pre-booked ticket on the express ride straight down to the depths of hell.