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Morning

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It was deceiving how peaceful he looked when he slept.  Eyes shut, hair in a silver halo around his head, or perhaps pooled around his shoulders, mouth in a gentle line making an expression that was somewhere between a smile and a frown, Zephyr looked positively sweet asleep.  If any of his men ever saw it they would lose so much respect for him—or so Zephyr liked to say.  Noreat didn’t think that soldiers were that finicky.  Everyone had to sleep didn’t they?  Why would seeing their General asleep change their opinion of him?  Now if he didn’t have to sleep that might terrify them, but he did, and that was perfectly normal, so it followed that it shouldn’t affect anything between Zephyr and his men.  But Zephyr thought it did.  Zephyr had a lot of thoughts that Noreat didn’t agree with.

Though, the nice thing about sleeping Zephyr was that he couldn’t disagree with Noreat.  All he could do was lay there, looking beautiful, half covered and half not, silver hair in whatever handsome mess it was in.  It was a picture reserved for Noreat only, his private show, one that he adored.

Laying on his side he smiled as he watched Zephyr in his sleep.  Before his Gryphon King Noreat had never stopped to watch someone while they slept.  He never took the time to enjoy the sight of someone blissfully asleep, so calm and so peaceful, looking innocent and vulnerable.  Though, knowing Zephyr, he was anything but vulnerable at the moment.  Waking him in the wrong manner could put him on the defensive, and if he is woken in a particularly bad way he went on the offensive.

Damien learned a lot in the first few months of Zephyr’s move to Dwal.

Namely, jerking Zephyr about by his shoulders in an attempt to wake him earned him a black eye.  Oh and a bruised jaw at once point.  Once a bloodied nose too.  Around then Damien realized that it was better he not wake Zephyr, as he seemed to always do it in a way that made Zephyr aggressive.  It was a bit sad when he stopped attempting to wake Zephyr, Noreat had found it endlessly entertaining.  Not that bloodsport was especially entertaining, but the little shrieks and yips from Damien as Zephyr growled and hit him was fun.  (And a little bit of the bloodsport was hilarious.)

When asked in private, because Noreat remembered that in the beginnings of their relationship Zephyr was hardly aggressive when woken, Zephyr explained that while on the road he got used to rough awakenings, and to awakenings to ambushes, and generally dangerous situations.  It only made sense that his waking habits had changed just slightly.  Thankfully, Zephyr never aggressed at Noreat in the morning.  Because Noreat was his love, his Bond, and he would never hurt him, not even in a hazy, waking panic.

People breathed so shallowly when they slept.  Noreat was fascinated and concerned at first, thinking that Zephyr wasn’t breathing enough in his sleep.  A number of healers explained that people went through stages while sleeping.  At different points they breathed more deeply, shallowly, would twitch and move, would be paralyzed in their sleep, it was all very natural and the King had no reason to worry.  His General/King Consort was more than healthy, and they were constantly impressed by just how healthy a man of fifty-years plus was.  Being a General tended to keep Zephyr in impressive form.

Being the Bonded of King Noreat also helped.  It helped quite a lot.  Noreat was always careful to keep his Bonded…active, to say the least.

They could often hear it as Damien cursed and rushed away from their room while they were busy.  Zephyr found it endlessly entertaining.

Noreat had a number of proven methods to waking his beloved.  Really, all it took was a gentle touch, and a bit of praise.  Of course it was a skill Noreat had honed over the last number of months with his love, which of course meant he was a master at it at this point, but in all reality it didn’t take that much to rouse Zephyr gently.  (Though far be it from Noreat to tell anyone his secrets.)

Smiling thinly, Noreat started his fingers at Zephyr’s navel.  He walked them carefully and purposely up the line in his chest, making his Bonded take a few deep breaths.  Reaching the wide bloom of black and silvering hair in the center of Zephyr’s chest Noreat smirked and flattened his hand into the mess of chest hair.  He brushed the man’s chest slowly and carefully, leaning his chin on his free palm as he watched Zephyr turn towards the soft pets.  The older man smiled as he started to wake, the cue for Noreat to move his hand back to Zephyr’s stomach, stroking him there until Zephyr finally groaned softly and opened his almond colored eyes.

“Morning…” sighed Zephyr, that smile still on his lips.

Rather proud of himself, Noreat leaned over and kissed Zephyr softly.  Another low groan from Zephyr and the young king felt a hand cup the back of his head, holding him into the morning kiss.  It was their ritual.  Pulling his lips from his Bonded’s, Noreat smirked and scratched his fingers up Zephyr’s chest.  Zephyr sighed and leaned his head back, relaxing against the warm, soft bed.

“Sleep well?”  Noreat purred lowly, his hand sliding up Zephyr and resting at the side of his neck.

“Mm,” Zephyr toyed with Noreat’s black hair.  “Woke up better.”

That made Noreat grin widely and he kissed Zephyr again.  It was always wise to reinforce desirable behavior, and Noreat did so covet compliments.  (Though, Zephyr was never sparing with those, not with Noreat, maybe with his men, but never with Noreat.)

“You always do,” Noreat sighed, resting his forehead against Zephyr’s.

Another perfect morning.
A cute, fluffy present for :iconmistytang:~

Mmm, this was inspired by a little gif I found on tumblr. It was a rather tame set of gifs with a man doing that cute finger walk up his boyfriend's chest, so of course I headcanoned it as something Noreat does to Zephyr. I think this came out rather nicely, and I did so miss writing our boys. *siiigh* They can be so damn romantic it's almost sickening. xD

I had fun with this! It was a good way to wind down. :}

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rachelillustrates's avatar
Awwwwwww so absolutely sweet! And so welcome, after everything they've gone through. Well done :heart: