Laertes Orion Sinclair (kinglaertes) wrote in carpediem_rp, @ 2016-01-18 14:44:00 |
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Entry tags: | character: laertes sinclair, character: theo emerson, thread: complete |
Who: Theo and Laertes
When: Friday afternoon, 15 January
Where: Theo’s office
What: Getting to know each other more
Rating/Warnings: Sexytimes
Status: Closed/Complete
Laertes had his sister's amused and optimistic voice in his head fighting with his own questions about why Theo had kissed him. If Theo even thought it was a kiss. He'd probably forgotten he'd done it. Being a cursebreaker meant he was a risktaker. At least Laertes didn't have to invent some excuse to talk to him. They were teaching together, they had to meet in Theo's office and work on the lesson plans. They were doing that now - the books spread out in front of them.
Theo was trying to stay focused on what he was doing but it was difficult. A combination of the other man and the fact that he was used to active work instead of sitting still planning things was working against him, and he was visibly fidgety as he made notes from his books to the parchment he was planning on. After a little bit of sitting there staring he sighed and shook his head. “How do people do this every day?”
Laertes was perfectly comfortable sitting at his desk for hours working. He wasn't perfectly comfortable here, but it was because of the uncertainty about what Theo had wanted, not because of anything else. He hadn't thought they had been at it very long. "Do what every day?" he asked, not understanding what Theo was complaining about.
“Sit still doing all this...planning.” He motioned to the parchment scattered on the table, then shook his head. “Planning is just…” He shook his head again at the thought. “It's pointless. Either you do something, or you don't. Hours of planning don't make it any better. It just makes it rote and boring and I don't want to be boring.”
"As you said you wanted my help during classes… some coordination is necessary, unless you've changed your mind about that?" Laertes wouldn't be upset if Theo decided to teach himself. He would be happy to go back to grading homework and quizzes and taking notes in the back of the room.
“No…” Theo sighed and glared at his quill for a moment, shaking his head. “I want to collaborate with you. I just hate sitting still and pretending that planning is something I am good at, even a little bit.” He wasn't and he never had been. Spontaneous was much more his style, as evidenced by his impromptu kiss (a failing he was trying to correct by avoiding looking at Laertes for too long at any given time.)
"We can do it later… if you have something else you'd rather do?" Laertes asked, trying to be accommodating. He would feel better having it done, but he wasn't the professor, just the TA. He didn't think he could just spontaneously give a class, but did not doubt that Theo could.
“No. It's probably wiser to make me do this now. If I wait until later I'll never do it.” Theo knew himself well enough to know that at least. He shook his head again and opened another notebook, laughing slightly at the notes to himself in it. “I didn't do that well sitting still in class either…” He shoved the book over to Lae so he could see the notes around the edges of the page.
"And somehow you learned enough to become a cursebreaker." Laertes teased a little, noting the commentary on the page about how boring the professor was. The students would have said that about Laertes if he was the actual professor. Instead they drooled over Professor blue eyes. How did he make his eyes stand out like that? It must be the dark color of his hair…
It was probably the eyeliner as well, but he had no idea what Laertes was thinking and so couldn't address that fact. “He was old, and it wasn't like he was coming off a different career. He'd been teaching for like, 50 years and had never changed anything.” Which meant that he would drone on and never let them really do anything.
"Yes, I had him my first few years. Headmaster Emrys finally made him retire when he was falling asleep in the Great Hall at meals." Laertes was younger than the other man, but the institution that was the Ancient Runes Professor had extended beyond his years.
Theo nodded. “So you get it then. I mean, I understand that some aspects can be dull for some people but… I mean, it's a language. You can make it dynamic, and it's fascinating to see some of the things that were put on parchment back then. I mean… Here.” He jumped to his feet, smiling as he pulled one of his scrolls down. “If this isn't something that deserves to be studied I can't imagine anything is worth it.” And he wanted his students to see that too.
Laertes wondered a little at the enthusiasm. Obviously Theo was just excitable. It seemed to be who he was. He was more careful, looking to him to ensure permission to look at the contents of the scroll, identifying it as a royal scroll, and a little surprised that Theo was so casual with something obviously so important and old. "This should be in a case," he murmured.
Theo smiled at the comment and shook his head slightly. “It's magical. The charms on it alone keep it from extensive damage. Look how fresh it looks.” He motioned to the fact that it had hardly seemed aged, even though it was clearly thousands of years older than the two men looking at it now. “I just… I mean, this is a passion. It means something, and to reduce it to a scribbled out lesson plan just seems like some kind of sacrilege, when it's so vital to our history.”
"I would not let the students see it, nevermind touch it." Laertes murmured. Magic or not, he wasn't comfortable handling it so casually. Another obvious difference between the two of them, as though he needed more examples. "Are you always this way?" The question out before he realized it.
“This is why we do this. Texts like this.” Because for him this was sort of the endgame of what he did. It was what he loved, what had inspired him since childhood. He looked confused at the question though and shrugged. “What way?” Because he had no idea what way the younger man meant.
It was why they did this, but Laertes still wouldn't have just left something like that lying around. "You just… do what you want then?" Maybe that was it. The kiss had just been a passing fancy - a momentary impulse.
“I just think it's important to live. Don't regret things. Just… Do everything you can because you're not going to be here forever.” Maybe it had something to do with what happened before he came back home but he didn't want to die regretting things he could have done.
For Laertes, if he wanted to live to tomorrow, he needed to be careful today. It invaded everything he did, apparently. "I have to be careful if I want to be alive tomorrow." He explained, or tried to explain is different approach.
“There are some things though you can't be careful about. I mean, physically yeah. You can't go out tomorrow and fly in a blizzard. You can experience things though. You have to be careful to not harm yourself physically but there's a huge world to explore even with that, and ways you can…”
"Actually flying in a blizzard would be generally okay. Cold slows blood flow." Laertes learned that as a child. However things that didn't bleed outside would start bleeding once he thawed out - the snowball fight taught him that truth.
“The fact that brooms can get icy and you could slip was more my point.” Theo grinned slightly and shook his head. “What I mean though is you can't just let experiences pass you by. Any one of us could be caught in a freak accident and die tonight. I don't want to die without experiencing everything I can first.”
"That is no doubt the approach Turner has taken." The black-eyed Slytherin was close to Death in a different way from Laertes. But Theo, like Turner sought to 'experience' life. Theo might be better with him. Turner was indiscriminate though. Well, Theo might be too. "You'd probably get on with him."
Theo shrugged slightly. “The point of all this is to get on with you, not one of my students.” It was true. He was doing his best to try and get Laertes to enjoy his company in some way, though it seemed like he was failing miserably in the matter. A bit irritating, but he supposed that he couldn't succeed in everything. Even if this was something he really wanted.
"Why?" Laertes asked the simple question that he knew was not simple. He'd wrestled with it for days - since the brief contact of lips.
“I want to know you. I mean, we will be working together until June, and… You seem interesting.” Which was strange given the way Theo had lived for years, but he was drawn to people sometimes and he found himself drawn to Laertes.
So that was why. It was just that they were working together. Laertes felt a little - disappointed? That was odd. He'd gotten his answer; he should be pleased to have resolution on that. "I'm probably the first parseltongue you've met."
“And one of the few nineteen year olds who shares any of my interests. It's rare to find someone young that actually cares about things like this. You're interesting. Unique.” It was true. He didn't meet many people outside of himself and the few he'd worked with at Gringott’s that shared his passion.
So it was just that Laertes was young, not that... He wasn't that much younger than the professor though. He probably seemed it though, to the cursebreaker since Laertes was only just out of school. "It is rare to be parseltongue regardless of age." With a natural gift for languages and the inability to play sports and roughhouse like most boys his age, he'd spent more time on his studies. He'd been in the dueling club though, so it wasn't totally a passive life.
“Yes. You're unique in many ways.” His eyes met Laertes’ and he offered a half smile. “I honestly find you fascinating…” Because he had spent his whole life around outdoorsy, dark people and he was so pale and fragile looking- but not in a bad way. He liked it.
Laertes was Slytherin enough not to ask 'what do you want from me?' but he found it difficult to believe Theo just found him interesting. Not that Laertes thought he was unappealing - he would be appealing to some mouse-like pure-blooded girl - but he didn't think he was to someone like Theo. "You don't need to try to flatter me."
“It's not flattery. You're different from the people I'm used to.” It just was fact. He liked it. Laertes was most certainly more serious than he was and reserved, and it made him want to know more. It was like exploring a tomb. Silent, with hidden depths he had to see.
Laertes didn't know what to do with that. He knew how to be friends. He knew how to be enemies. But this was something different. He didn't know what this was. Lia told him if he liked Theo to just kiss him. He didn't know if that's what he wanted. Okay yes, he wanted to kiss the pretty blue-eyed boy. But what did that mean? He didn't just go around kissing people - kissing boys. "And you just… do what you feel like in the moment."
Theo shrugged. “Sometimes. Just if it feels like it's right I guess.” Because it sometimes didn't and he would avoid following through and acting when it was the wrong time. “I suppose sometimes it's strange but I don't want to miss out on things just because I'm scared, you know?”
"I can't - don't - do things casually," Laertes explained, daring to look at the beautiful blue eyes. It was a statement and a question. Perhaps a challenge. Knowing that Laertes did not do things casually, was Theo still inclined to kiss him?
“I don't handle people casually.” That was fact. If he wanted someone, if he was interested, he wanted everything. It wasn't that he was obsessive but… He was. He needed to have dedication and follow through. It was just who he was.
"You kissed me," Lae pointed out, his tone indicating that was proof contrary to what Theo had said. Or maybe that didn't count as a kiss, it had barely been a brush of lips. Maybe Theo didn't count that as anything.
“I know I did.” His eyes remained on Laertes, his head tilting slightly. “You didn't like it.” Because the reaction was not one that he took as pleasure with the situation. He offered a half smile and shrug. “I had to try. You're interesting. You're unique. I was curious.”
"I didn't expect it," Laertes corrected. "And it was over before there was anything to like," he added softly. There wasn't enough information to know if he'd liked it or not. It had certainly caught his attention. It made him confused and curious both.
Theo quirked a brow slightly, examining the younger boy. It was obvious he was thinking, and not about their lessons. “Do you think you would've liked it? If there had been more, I mean.” Because now he had to test the waters and see if Laertes was even slightly interested.
"I don't know," Laertes answered honestly. He didn't have enough experience to know, but wasn't going to reveal that to Theo. He'd been thinking about it though since it had happened - was still thinking about it. Obviously that revealed something even if Laertes didn't say it.
“Do you want to find out?” Because he wanted to know if it was worth it to try again. It was something that he was willing to test if Laertes was interested in doing so. He absently twirled his quill and watched Laertes, waiting to see what he would say.
The moment of decision for Laertes… Something about the other man was appealing. Did Laertes want Theo to be his first relationship? Would it even be a relationship? Laertes didn't expect this to last so he needed to not make a big deal out of this. Theo would be onto something else soon enough. As careful as he was, he was not completely above moments of impulsiveness. "I'm curious."
“Can I kiss you then? Like, real kiss.” His eyes met Laertes’ with a hint of uncertainty. It wasn't something he normally worried much about. He had always found himself people to be with, and in Egypt work had been more important than dating and his partner was more than enough company. Now though he was alone and he really didn't want that. He wanted a challenge. He wanted this fragile looking, beautiful boy.
Laertes nodded. A single movement of his head up and down. There was a tension - nerves, anxiety and anticipation all intermixed. Curiosity about what Theo thought a real kiss was - and what it would be like to be really kissed by the dark-haired young man.
Theo gently cupped Laertes’ cheek with one hand, leaning closer. His eyes searched the other man’s face for just a moment before softly capturing his lips, eyes closing as he let things adjust, and then moving to make it a “real” kiss, teasing Lae’s lips apart with his tongue almost delicately, teasingly.
This kiss was nothing like the kisses he'd shared with Slytherin girls at dances, balls, and parties. It was still just mouths against each other and tongues. But it was different, and not just because of the brush of hair of Theo's beard and moustache. Laertes willingly opened his mouth to the gentle contact of tongue, wanting to taste what the other man's mouth tasted like… what it felt like.
Theo didn't remain entirely gentle - though neither was he rough with the other young man. Simply making it clear that a claim had been staked. This young man was his now. His hands tangled into Laertes’ hair and he smiled against his lips before pulling back. His breath was a little bit faster than normal and he could feel his heart racing, responding to this all. “Well?” Said with a teasing tone, though it was clear what Theo thought of the kiss.
Laertes response was leaning in to press his mouth against Theo's again. Not necessarily the response Theo was looking for, but Lae found he wanted to keep kissing the other man. Actually it might be an appropriate response to the question, if Theo had found the kiss suitable.
Theo smiled against Lae’s lips again and then moved to kiss at his neck, gently. “You're beautiful, did anyone ever tell you that?” It was technically a feminine compliment but Theo rarely differentiated. Laertes was beautiful. “If we're going to do this, it's just me… No kisses to other people, okay?”
"My mother." Laertes was her 'beautiful baby boy'. He wasn't really thinking about her though with Theo's mouth against his skin. Compliments weren't what he was used to. Laertes had a reputation for not being interested 'in anyone outside of his sister'. The tone changed a little at the request. "I don't go around kissing people in general. Do you?" Laertes had to assume he did, since they'd kissed the first time they met practically.
“Not usually. But then I rarely run into people that intrigue me that much.” Theo smiled slightly. He loved people, yes, and he was friendly and outgoing, but he didn't often find someone that appealed in the way Laertes did. The other boy just drew him, made him want to touch and tease and hold- though that last bit he might be keeping to himself for a while.
"Not usually." Laertes frowned a little. Theo left himself an out - he didn't say that he didn't sometimes keep more than one… but was asking Laertes to not be kissing anyone else. Which was stupid because they were just kissing. It wasn't anything…
“Well, I kissed you. That was a bit of a novelty though I guess. I couldn't… I guess I was entranced. You're gorgeous and I couldn't help but do that.” His fingers trailed over Lae’s cheek and smiled. “But I'm not with anyone else. I don't do that.”
So Laertes was a novelty to him? Not exactly flattering despite everything else he said. "You haven't been here that long - or even back in America that long." Laertes had done some homework on the other man.
“And I've never in my life seen someone that appealed to me the way you do. Aesthetically and intellectually both.” Theo smiled slightly and traced his thumb over Lae’s cheek, meeting his eyes again. “I liked kissing you. I want to do it more.”
Lae didn't know what to make of this man. He was strange. Nothing about him quite made sense. Theo claimed sincerity while obviously flattering with that honey tongue. Laertes wasn't fooled. This dark-haired man wasn't an idiot. He had to want something from Lae, something beyond kissing the inexperienced Slytherin. Except Lae wanted to kiss the other man more too. "We can do that."
Theo smirked slightly and leaned in to capture Lae’s lips again, his hand again slipping into his hair. It was soft, and his skin was soft too, and his lips just felt good. Warm and comfortable and touching was incredibly good. He couldn't help but want to touch the other man more, and his other hand moved to touch his hip lightly.
Laertes found his hand settling on Theo's knee. Well, above his knee. On his leg. Thigh. Okay maybe his hand had moved from the knee up the leg as they kissed. Rationality made him warn. "Please don't suck on my skin…" One girl had done that on his neck, and the bruise had been painful and everyone had laughed knowingly at him for weeks until it finally healed.
“Just kisses,” because he knew enough (okay, maybe he had read some in the past week) to know that the younger man’s condition would take some care when interactions like this were on offer. “And touching. Like this.” Theo brushed his fingers along Lae's neck feather-lightly, smiling at him.
"I'm not made of glass…" Theo didn't have to be that gentle that he was barely touching him. "but I just... bruise a lot more easily than others." Lae tried to explain without completely ruining the kissing. He was used to having to protect himself - used to the people he was with having no idea. They either took too much care with him, or not enough.
“Let me show you…” Theo grinned slightly at the younger man and slipped one hand under his shirt, brushing the same teasing touch over that skin. He smiled at Lae, kissing his nose as he traced to his hip, intrigued by the feel of skin under his hand.
It was different - having Theo get underneath his layers of clothing to touch his skin - still with that feather light touch that tickled as much as anything. It was different than anything else he'd experienced. Almost maddeningly gentle. No, not almost. It was. And yet it felt… more than just where he was touching too.
Theo smiled at the other man, tracing still under his shirt. He liked the touch. He liked the way the younger man’s skin felt and he liked watching his face. He placed a delicate kiss on his neck and then feather-lightly traced down his neck again. “No, not glass. Ivory and gold.” His fingers trailed to brush Lae’s lip next. “The whole world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold…” And another kiss, this time deeper.
It was almost maddening, the lightness of the touch. And the quote… Laertes could feel the other man was quoting something but didn't know what. That was slightly irritating to the literate young man. The kiss though was more than enough to ensure that Laertes forgot his irritation - lost in a swirl of tongues. He shifted closer, his hand sliding higher on Theo's leg - his grip tightening a little in response to the kiss, holding on the body of the other man.
Theo was quoting, but it fit. Lae was so pale, so shining, that it worked in a way few other ideas would. He lightly flicked his tongue out again to part the other man’s lips and slid his arm to pull him closer, not hard, but enough to show that this was what Theo wanted. Lae was who Theo wanted, and his body was tingling from it all.
While not innocent, Lae didn't have the experience to properly interpret everything that was happening but he could react to it. He did react, kissing back and shifting closer. He wanted to get closer, to keep kissing and touching - even if that touch was a bit maddening.
Theo trailed his fingers down Lae’s back, then slid his hand under his shirt, delicately tracing back up his skin now. His lips moved again, brushing feathery kisses along Lae’s neck. He didn't suck or bite, as he knew that would cause problems even without the other man telling him. He wanted things to be pleasurable, not painful.
Really, Lae was starting to feel like his shirt was in the way, which was ridiculous because they were just kissing. There was no reason to undress for a little kissing. Okay maybe this was already starting to equal the most kissing he'd done with any one person previously.
Theo was inclined to agree that Lae's shirt was in the way. He might be biased. That could be true. He felt though that all of this could be improved without shirts on. He slid his fingers along Lae’s side to his hipbone again and smiled. “Are you enjoying this?” Because if he wasn't, Theo would find other ways to touch the younger man.
Laertes didn't expect the question. They'd been kissing and Theo was touching him and his hand was on Theo's, well upper thigh now. "Are you?" He turned the question back on the other man. He didn't want to reveal more to the other man than he already had until Theo gave him something back.
“How could I not be?” Theo raised an eyebrow slightly and brushed another kiss on Lae’s neck. “You kiss well, your skin is like silk, and you taste sweet…” He wasn't sure what the taste was, honestly, aside from some sort of toothpaste maybe? He didn't know. All he knew is that Lae smelled and tasted good.
"I don't know, it's why I asked," Laertes pointed out in pure Slytherin fashion. It didn't hurt to know that Theo didn't think that this was terrible either. "Lia adds sweeteners to the potions she makes for me." If he had to take something multiple times a day, she believed they should be pleasant to take.
“It sounds like she looks out for you.” Theo was honestly glad to hear that. Some pure families seemed a lot less focused on caring and more on appearances. He had never seen that in his, but he knew it to be the case and so it was good that Laertes didn't have that. He traced his thumb over the other man’s cheek and smiled. “It's good, the way you taste. And the way you feel.”
"She does, yes." Laertes looked out for her as much as he could in return. It was just how they were. Indeed without her, Laertes would not be kissing Theo now. He didn't mention that. He was glad that Theo thought it was going well, despite all of his experience and despite Lae's lack of experience. Theo might just be flattering again, but still, he liked it.
Theo brushed a bit of Lae’s hair back behind his ear and smiled. “I'm glad I didn't scare you off the other day. Kissing you is...really good.” Because it was. Being close to Laertes was entirely pleasurable and he had no complaints about the other man's skill level.
"I didn't expect it," Laertes still didn't expect it and they'd been kissing for some minutes by this point. "And it takes more than that to scare a Slytherin." He didn't scare easily. Apparently he confused easily but he didn't scare easily.
Theo didn't have a problem with Lae being confused really. He was a little himself that he had become this intrigued this fast. He trailed his fingers down Lae’s arm to his hand, then absently over his palm. “Good thing I've got a Slytherin TA like you and not a skittish Hufflepuff, right?”
"There are some okay Hufflepuffs." Laertes was working hard to make arrangements for his sister with the Vetrov Hufflepuff. It was an odd sorting but things like that sometimes happened, and Lia seemed to like him and that was what was important.
“I've had friends in all the houses. I know that.” Theo shrugged one shoulder and smiled. “I'm glad though that I have a TA that interests me and that's skilled with the things I could use work on.” Because that was an excellent thing, in his mind. “It doesn't hurt that you really are gorgeous…” Very true. Lae was very easy to look at.
Laertes didn't really have friends in other houses. The Vetrov heir wasn't really a friend, although they were friendly. "Suppose it all fades when you leave school too." Lae hadn't really done that yet. Why were they talking? He didn't really want to be exchanging small talk with him.
“Yes, a bit.” Being in Egypt meant less focus on houses for sure. School hadn't mattered as much. He trailed a finger along Lae's neck and followed it with a light kiss. “Maybe I could help you with this?” He touched the other man's shirt lightly, meeting his eyes again.
Again a hint of confusion. Kissing and touching, and what was it that Theo wanted to help him with? "Why?" Theo was going to get tired of the suspicious Slytherin he was kissing, but Lae was not hiding who he was at least.
“Because it would be nice to touch you without your shirt?” Theo smiled slightly, a hint of mischief in his eyes. He wanted to see how much pleasure he could bring the younger man without actually doing sexual things. He wanted to go slow at least on that.
Taking off his shirt (and undershirt) would mean they were going further. It would mean revealing himself to the other man. Laertes knew he wasn't well built. He was thin… unathletic. It would be better to get it over with though so that Theo knew what Laertes was. So there would be no illusion. "I guess."
Theo smiled at the affirmative, though it was weaker than he hoped. His hands moved to the buttons on the other man’s shirt, unfastening them slowly and methodically. When he was able to push it off Lae's shoulders he smiled, placing a light kiss on his cheek, then capturing his lips.
Was Theo nervous too? Was that why he was opening Laertes' shirt so slowly? Or was he going slowly so that Lae could change his mind? Lae pulled his undershirt off over his head to finish revealing himself to Theo, and perhaps reassure the other man he was a willing participant in all of this.
Theo shifted slightly so he could look at Laertes, appreciatively. His fingers trailed down the smooth chest of the other man, intrigued by the softness and the hairlessness. He himself was not nearly as smooth, as the facial hair alone would indicate, but he was not complaining. He bent and teasingly licked a trail between Lae’s nipples before smirking slightly at him.
Lae caught his breath at the sensation of Theo's tongue on his chest. That was new and unexpected. Nearly everything about Theo was new and unexpected, if Lae was going to be honest. They had already reached the end of Laertes's experience - he'd never really gone past using hands to touch. He'd knew that boys would use their mouth's on girl's breasts… but hadn't considered that it could be done with a guy.
Theo smiled and looked up at Lae again, honestly deeply aroused by both appearance and reaction. The fact that the other man was enjoying this gave him pleasure too. It felt good to know that he was allowing himself to feel this way. He didn't know a lot about Laertes, obviously, but the young man was reserved and so to have so much responsiveness? It made his own body tingle, longing for more. His lips trailed to Lae’s shoulder, brushing more feathery kisses over the other man’s skin to see how he would respond next.
Laertes wasn't normally this responsive, it was something about Theo that brought it out. Lae was attracted to him in a way he hadn't been to anyone else before. If Laertes had paused to think about that, he might have a lot of things to work out about himself - or about what this man might mean to him. It was easier to just enjoy Theo in the moment. He was curious to touch the other man too, and moved his hands to the other man's stomach and waistband.
Theo smiled at Lae and stroked his hand down his stomach again. He was enjoying himself on this. He wanted more. “Can I take your pants down?” Because that was important. Consent was vital and he wanted to make Lae feel good. He wanted to make the other man happy.
"Are you gonna get undressed too?" Laertes asked in return, the muscles of his stomach tightening beneath the other man's touch. He would feel odd to be entirely undressed if Theo was still fully dressed. And he wanted to touch - or at least see what the other man looked like too.
“Do you want me to?” Because again that was important. He would not take his clothes off if Lae didn't want him to. He wanted to. He wanted to touch and be touched. He wanted Lae to be with him in that way. He liked Lae far too much already even with just meeting him.
Again, the single up-down motion of Laertes quiet nod. He wouldn't have asked if he didn't want the other man to undress. "You've seen me," he added, implying that being seen wasn't enough. It was odd, wanting to see this man undressed. It wasn't that he'd ever been interested in seeing, well, anyone undressed before, but Laertes wanted to know what Theo looked like without his shirt. He wanted to know what it felt like to touch him… and maybe taste his body, like Theo had licked him.
“And you're gorgeous.” Theo met his eyes and took his own shirt off. It wasn't a button down, just a worn tee shirt, and he looked at Lae again as he moved to unfasten the button of Lae's pants. He wanted to see more and he wanted Lae to feel free to do the same, take the clothes off his body as well. “You can do anything you want.”
Laertes licked his lip briefly as he looked at the well muscled and lightly haired chest and stomach. Just looking made him feel something - feel excited somehow. It was strange. He repeated the nod when Theo invited him to do what he wanted. He ran his hands over the planes of Theo's body, though the dark hair. It was different, touching someone else and touching them in an overtly sexual way. Even if by most standards what they were doing was still fairly innocent, it was not something Laertes normally engaged in.
Theo watched as Lae explored him for a moment and smiled, his fingers trailing over his chest. He liked the way Laertes looked, the smooth skin and pale complexion. It felt good to be able to look at him and see someone he wanted that wanted him as well so clearly. It was innocent in many ways but he could tell it was edging past that point. His hand slid to unzip Lae next and he smiled, pushing down his trousers so he could see the rest of the fairer man’s body.
That was definitely new. It was Laertes’ first time being naked in front of another person (except perhaps his roommates as he dressed or undressed for the day, which didn't really count). And he was more aware of being seen than ever before. He looked at Theo's face to watch his reaction to what he was seeing. He wasn't erect, but he wasn't completely flaccid either. Laertes was not self-conscious, but wanted to know Theo's reaction. The other man would probably just declare him gorgeous again…
No. There weren't words this time, just actions. Theo moved to trail his fingers almost reverently over the slim frame of the man before him, his eyes darkening with desire. He shifted after a moment, bending to trail his tongue lightly down Lae’s stomach and toward the (hopefully) soon to be erect manhood of his (now) lover. “Do you want this?” He murmured softly, his eyes again raising to look at Laertes with a flicker of a smirk tilting his lips.
Laertes didn't know what 'this' was. Theo's tongue on his stomach? Yes, that was surprisingly thrilling. He felt like Theo meant something else though, but what else he could mean? Lae made his small nod again, not really sure what it was he was agreeing to, but feeling like he needed to agree.
Laertes earned a smile at that and Theo’s tongue trailed further down, his hand slipping to cup him and stroke gently. His eyes moved to Lae’s again and he smiled again, more wickedly, before bending to take him entirely into his mouth. It seemed to him that this was new to Lae, and he wanted to show the pleasure that could come from being intimate in this way.
"Merlin ...fuck Merlin..." Laertes hadn't expected that. The touching was one thing. It felt nice but wasn't nearly so surprising as Theo's mouth was. Everything was for that moment centered on that one part of his body. On Theo's mouth and tongue and Merlin…
If Theo was not occupied in flicking his tongue over Lae’s now-erection, he might have laughed. As it was he swiftly took the other man deeper into his mouth, doing his best to arouse and tease all at once. His hands moved to brush light touches over his thighs- not gripping because he didn't want to bruise the other man accidentally.
Laertes was sensation and little more. He was definitely past rational thought, and was devolving away from English even, slipping into the parseltongue he was born knowing.
Theo traced fingers around Lae’s legs and then softly cupped his balls, licking and sucking at him - though cautious to not do anything that would cause damage. Just pleasure and more pleasure. He wanted Lae to enjoy this, to feel good with him.
Laertes felt good. He didn't completely understand what Theo was doing to him, but it was more than good. He'd orgasmed before - what teenage boy hadn't learned to jerk himself off. But it was not the same when it was another man doing it to him - with his mouth.
Theo was pleased that he could share this with Lae, and kept him deep in his mouth, wanting to be sure every last possible drop of pleasure was sapped from the other man before he ceased. His hands continued to work as well, offering added stimulation to entice his lover.
Laertes was more than simulated. And in the aftermath he was slightly dazed that it could be like that with another man. That it was that different from what he could do to himself. "Merlin," he murmured softly, not able to articulate more than that yet.
Theo smiled teasingly. “I'm not that good, but I'll take it.” He moved to take Lae in his arms, kissing him again lightly on his cheek and neck. He liked that he was able to give pleasure, and getting had never been a big deal to him. “Was that your first time with someone?”
Slytherin pride was starting to reappear. Obviously it wasn't Theo's first. "What makes you say that?" The defensiveness starting to come out just a little now that he was revealed.
“Your reactions. Either it's your first time or you didn't expect me to know what I was doing.” Theo shrugged and kissed the other man’s neck again. “Either way though, I enjoyed it. Hearing you… Lose yourself like that? It was really sexy.”
"I didn't expect…" Laertes murmured. He was revealing too much perhaps. He shouldn't… should he? Theo was playing as though it didn't matter. Did it not matter, really?
“It's okay.” He brushed a soft kiss over Lae’s lips. “I am glad, if I am your first. Means something, you know?” Because that meant Theo would most certainly be remembered, whether they lasted or not.
If it meant something, should they have fallen into it so quickly? "To you?" Was that what it was about? Was Theo one of those people who just… seduced inexperienced people for sport then?
“Yes. To me. It means you chose me as someone to share that with.” It was true. He remembered his first partner of each gender, and so he hoped Lae would be the same. “I'm glad that you enjoyed it. I'd like to be with you again, if you wanted…?”
Theo was confusing Laertes again. He hadn't gotten off, but he was indicating he would be with him again. Was this time over then? Did he want to do it again because he was disappointed in how this one came out? Or because… "So this time is done?" He asked without meaning to.
“It doesn't have to be…” Theo smiled, tracing his fingers along the other man’s stomach again. “I just don't want to do something you're not into, that's all.” Because some guys would take being sucked off but not want to reciprocate with hands or mouth, and Theo accepted that. Giving pleasure gave him pleasure, though he would not tell Lae no if he wanted to touch him in return.
Laertes had no idea what he was doing but he didn't want to just… go yet… he didn't want this to be over. "So… what's next then?" Laertes quietly admitted the lack of knowledge and experience that Theo had already worked out for himself.
“Well, I can touch you more, or you could touch me…” Theo kissed the other man again, capturing his lips for a few moments before pulling back and meeting his eyes. “We could make out some more, too, if you liked kissing, and just let things happen as Mthey feel right for you?” Because he wanted Lae to want to touch him - even though he was almost in pain from his own arousal. He could handle it.
Laertes wanted to touch him. He'd been interrupted in his exploration by the oral sex. He just...didn't entirely know how. "How?" he asked softly. How did Theo want to be touched? How did he like being touched?
Theo smiled at the question, taking Lae’s hand in his and guiding it to his erection. “Think about what feels good to you. Show me. On me.” Lae would have to move the pants obviously, but Theo was pretty sure he would figure things out quickly enough. The young man was intelligent and Theo wouldn't take much to get off with the earlier play.
The instructions were easy enough to follow. He moved to undo Theo's pants surprised a little at how easily the other man sprung from his pants. His hair was darker than Laertes was. It offset the erection differently from his own… He ran his hand over it testing carefully.
Theo sucked in a gasp as Lae started to touch him, his hips shifting restlessly now. He couldn't help it. The combination of earlier touching and seeing Lae get off had him needing the touch desperately. “More, please…” He gasped out, knowing it would not take much to get him over the edge.
Lae was surprised at Theo's response… that his touch could do that. He experimented a little, thinking about how he stroked himself - although the angle was all wrong… and usually he could feel the pressure he was exerting on himself. Theo felt different too - not completely different but it just wasn't the same as when he was pulling himself off. And obviously he didn't react as much as Theo was to his touch.
Theo's eyes closed tightly, his breath coming harsher and more on gasps instead of actual breathing. No, it wouldn't take long, and really after a few strokes he felt his body tense, pleasure snapping through him and shaking him hard as a choked moan escaped his lips. It had been far too long since he had been with someone, that was for sure. It was never as good doing it himself, he knew that.
It was different, seeing someone else coming in his hand. Laetes knew what it felt like to him, but it couldn't be the same when it was someone else was doing it. It was certainly different for him feeling Theo get off from his touch. More exciting in some ways. Obviously not as pleasurable since Lae wasn't orgasming, but it wasn't unejoyable either. No… Laertes kinda liked doing it. He liked touching Theo, he found.
Theo took a few moments to steady his breathing before he smiled at Laertes. That had been really good. There was something about the younger man that just excited him, made him crave more touching, more contact, more affection. He imagined that appearance didn't hurt, as Laertes was undeniably attractive in his delicate way. He leaned closer and captured the other man’s lips lightly, shifting slightly closer to him.
Laertes was glad to kiss Theo again. It was nice - okay more than nice, really. It was exciting. He didn't know what this all meant, and would likely wrestle with that in the coming days (weeks, months). But at the moment he was being kissed, was touching and being touched still. At the moment he was just enjoying.