Re: Dishabile
"Yes, ma'am," Thor responded to Eva's request dutifully. He smirked a secret smirk when he noticed the sizeable metallic tub appear near her workbench. The still shirtless king walked to then grabbed the large circular value. He spun the handle and closed off the fire's source of mystical fuel.
Task completed, Thor returned to Eva's area of the mountaintop lab. The air around the tub was hazy and opaque, mystically terraformed to the queen's specifications. Shedding a piece of clothing every few feet, Thor entered the bubble of steam nude and refreshed. Not only did the bath smell clean and cozy but his skin was also pre-washed and exfoliated. Thor carefully stepped from the newly manifested polished tile floor into the warm bath. Luckily, the tub was large enough for the not-small king to lounge comfortably beside Eva.
Nathaniel stood just outside Eva’s newly projected spa-like reality, arms folded under his chest. In the past, the dark-haired man would have turned on his heel and got to sulk — work, but also sulk. Issues not addressed, his ideas not being taken seriously, blasphemy. However, he wasn’t Nate of the past. Regardless of what they thought of Eva’s (and Thor's) influence on him, it had certainly made him less of a precious pumpkin. Perhaps still a prickly pear.
Nate sighed and stepped forward into the bright, steam-filled void. The tiny pores on his face felt instantly clean, and a fluffy black robe had replaced Nathaniel’s dark robes. His hair was pulled back into a neat ponytail, and his sharp leather boots? Now comfy sandals. Finally, two thin slices of cucumber had appeared over his eyes. “Hmm,” he grumbled and blinked the green disks out of his eyes and into his palm. Thor had already made himself home in the copper tub, but Nate moved to the lounge chair beside the water instead. He even leaned back when he sat in the padded seat.
The water soothed his muscles and mind; Thor decided after he’d plunged neck-deep into the bath. His hands found Eva under the water, and his fingertips started to massage where they landed. When she surfaced, he’d urge her onto her side so that he could focus on her back, where she carried most of her stress.