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The Iron Bull ([personal profile] aban_aqun) wrote2019-10-26 05:46 pm
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-03-27 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Dorian, dressed in the nicest set of robes he's worn in a month and with his hair and face tamed and made up, makes his way to the bar to order their drinks as Bull drops off their trays. He keeps a close eye on Bull's progress, trailing him to the Chargers' table with tankards in hand.

In truth, he doesn't quite know what to make of the Chargers. There are times that he likes them very much, and thinks perhaps he's liked back, and others when he feels like he's still regarded with suspicion. After it was apparent that he and Bull were fucking (and, additionally, sharing a room) regularly and unlikely to stop, it seemed that his presence had been accepted on a conditional basis. Yet he still gets the sense that he's mostly tolerated for Bull's sake.

Still, what can he do but armor himself in his typical confidence? He lets Bull take his usual seat, and then sweeps in to place a tankard in front of him. "As thanks for dinner," he says, as though he needs a real reason to buy Bull a drink.
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-03-28 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Dorian is happy to expound upon the details of his trip for the amusement of the group a large, occasionally overplaying his own irritation or discomfort with mundane things to get a laugh from the group. Dorian knows how to fool others, too; how to draw their attention away from true problems by fabricating smaller ones. He's quite good at the high and mighty noble Tevinter act, sniffing at southerners and complaining at every inconvenience. Some find it amusing, others irritating, but it's worked well enough for him so far. No one pries too far into his personal affairs.

Apart from, of course, his affair with the Bull.

There are a few teasing words about how the chief might have welcomed him back after that display in the courtyard, and Dorian--as per usual, when this topic comes up--clams up almost at once. "I don't see how that concerns any of you," he says tightly.

Skinner, several seats down the table, gives a lazy half shrug. "Chief doesn't fuck anyone for this long," she drawls, the vowels of her lower-class Orlesian accent drawn out. "Just want to know you didn't put a spell on his dick, shem."

Dorian had known already, of course, that as far as the Bull's sexual history is concerned, he's a special case. But if even his company is noting it as unusual, it must truly be unprecedented. Arching a single brow, Dorian turns to Bull beside him, and with a remarkably straight face asks, "Have I put a spell on your dick, Bull?"
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-03-28 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Bull's response brings a smile to Dorian's lips, enough that he reaches beneath the table to slip his hand into Bull's. "See? He'll live. A relief for us all."

Apparently that's enough to satisfy Skinner, who leans back and begins talking to Rocky around Dalish. Dorian is aware that it was (probably) a joke. He's also well aware that Skinner is the slowest of the bunch to warm up to anyone new, let alone a human Tevinter mage, and that if she can manage to tolerate him, the rest probably like him just fine. Still, it's a relief to have it over with.

Their chairs are close enough that Dorian can lean into Bull--and up--to murmur at least near his ear, "I think it's time we had a proper reunion, yes?"
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-03-29 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
"No need." If Bull is making the suggestion for his sake, then Dorian decides that tonight it isn't necessary. Everyone knows. Everyone knows. Let him, for once in his life, go upstairs with the man he's sleeping with. Everyone in the tavern can turn and look, for all he cares. He squeezes Bull's hand.

"Let's go together, Bull."
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-04-06 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Walking up the stairs to Bull's room has never felt so exhilarating--not even the first time. Dorian feels relieved, excited, but above all, proud. The world hasn't ended because he and Bull had gone upstairs together, nor because Bull had kissed him in the courtyard today. Everyone knows they're intimate, and no one respects him less for it--or if they do, they're hardly someone worth knowing in the first place.

Brimming with restless energy, Dorian turns and reaches for the Bull as soon as they hit the landing, still half the hall away from his door and within view of the tables upstairs. He lays his hands over his biceps, squeezing gently, and he steps close enough that the fabric of his shirt brushes the Bull's bare chest. He tilts his chin to look up at him, a greater distance when they stand so close, and his expression is open and warm.

"It was terribly rude of you," he says, "to spend a month here cozy and drunk while I was freezing to death in a coprse-infested bog." In other words: I missed you.
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-04-06 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Dorian had been expecting a kiss, and leans up into it eagerly, reaching as far as he can so that Bull won't have to strain his neck too much. But that isn't a problem for long, as Bull gets those big hands of his beneath his thighs and lifts him. Dorian inhales sharply as he immediately recalls the last time Bull had lifted him like this. He'd held him so easily against the wall in that alleyway as he fucked up into him urgently. The Bull's strength had been astounding, and still is now.

His implicit agreement is in the way he lets his thighs spread around Bull's waist, enabling him to hold him closer. His hands slide up his arms to rest on his shoulders as they kiss again.

"They were all dead to begin with, so it wasn't the fun sort of killing things," he murmurs with amusement, leaning his forehead against Bull's. He can't stop smiling. "You wouldn't have liked it."
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-04-07 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Dorian huffs a little about having to open the door himself--complaining, of course, being his natural state of being--but he quiets when he looks up.

"You fixed the roof!" He's both stunned and delighted. He'd been exhausted enough to miss that earlier, and then distracted by dinner and Bull's company. "I hadn't expected you to actually do it." Something about that is deeply touching. The hole hadn't bothered Bull, but it bothered him, and Bull had done something about it for his sake. Overcome by the sweetness and consideration of that gesture, he wraps his arms tight around Bull's neck and presses a grateful kiss to his cheek. "It's almost as though you want me to move in," he jokes warmly. "But I know that can't be the case, or you'd have tidied up more."

Not that Dorian's room is anything resembling tidy by any means.
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-04-07 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"I got rid of the bottles before we left for Val Royeaux, thank you," Dorian protests, though his smile doesn't fade. Making himself comfortable, he can't seem to look away from Bull's face, drawn in by the warmth in his eye and the bright curve of his smile. Even in Bull's lap, he has to look up at him. He feels a bit less ridiculous for how much he'd longed for the Bull's presence this last month. Apparently he's been missed as well.

With the roof fixed, glass in the windows, a fire in the hearth, and Bull so close, Dorian feels truly warm for the first time since they'd parted ways. His hands smooth over his shoulders just to touch him.

"So long as that means you'll finally tie me up," he purrs. "Or tie me down, I suppose, if you'd prefer."
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-04-07 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. The way that Bull kisses him, intense and lingering, steals his breath for several moments afterward. Clearly this is something that Bull has a great deal of personal interest in. It's exciting to learn, when Dorian has spent the last several months trying to ferret out the things that Bull enjoys. Stumbling upon a discovery like this is rare and precious.

Bull's suggestion makes Dorian glance up. Indeed, sturdy new rafters which must have been built to lend support to the roof span the room. He can picture Bull with a small team of builders raising them and repairing the roof, and something about that image makes him feel very tender. His smile grows, and he settles his hands against Bull's chest, feeling his breath and the drumbeat of his heart. "I'd hate to waste an opportunity like that," he says. "I've never been tied that way before," he admits. In truth, any time he has been tied it's been incredibly simple, and always for the purpose of binding his hands during sex. "But I'd like to try."
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-04-07 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Dorian makes himself comfortable sitting on the bed, folding his legs under him as Bull begins to rummage through the large chest in which Dorian knows he keeps most of his things. He watches as he draws out rope in two different colors. He recognizes the purple at once, and feels an odd sense of pride at the memory. Bull holding it against his skin, telling him this was his color. Like he might not use it with anyone else.

"A little. Usually only to bind my arms. Once around my legs to hold them open." He still remembers exactly how the ropes had felt digging into his thighs. He wouldn't mind repeating it with Bull doing the tying. "There typically wasn't the time or place for anything more involved."
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-04-07 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Dorian slides from the bed when directed, standing before Bull in just a few steps. He lets him take the lead here, remaining helpful but passive in the process of disrobing. It seems like something Bull wants to do himself, and Dorian is perfectly content to let him. Bull had helped him dress today, so he might as well help him undress as well.

"Of course I've seen them," he says, like it's obvious. Even if the glimpses were brief, he could never miss the way those ropes weave across Bull's arms and torso, complex and intriguing in a similar way to how he sees vitaar; distinctly Qunari, but pleasing to look at. "Are you going to put something similar on me?" He's deeply curious about that, both the functionality and the significance.
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-04-08 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Dorian's eyebrows raise as a more genteel alternative to rolling his eyes. Of course Bull isn't going to put him in Ben-Hassrath garb. He's fairly certain that fucking one doesn't make you qualify. He shivers a little when his bare feet hit the floor, and his skin pebbles in the cool air.

The feel of the silk rope is decadent in a way he hadn't expected, and he relaxes as Bull directs him to one pose after the next to wrap and tie the rope around him. It feels snug, but not so much that it will hurt if pressure is put on it. He feels secure, and he mellows gradually, breath slowing.
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[personal profile] bestdressed 2020-04-08 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Just as he has been, Dorian follows Bull's direction and lays down on the bed. He presses his face into the sheets and breathes, slow and steady, as Bull bends and moves and ties his limbs in the way he's chosen. He expected this process to be quite different. Instead of speeding up, his heart slows. It's soothing. Not that Bull's deft hands all over his body tying intimate knots against his skin isn't arousing; it is, and his cock is half hard between his belly and the bed. But it simply doesn't feel like a priority.

By the time Bull asks his question, Dorian is floating, hazy and comfortable even as his hands and ankles are bound to his thighs. Bull directs, and his body bends. It's so simple. He smiles, turning his face to the side so that he can look up at Bull from the bed. He tests the ropes, exerting real pressure on them for the first time, and his breath stutters when they don't budge. He couldn't move his arms or press his legs together if he wanted to. He feels exposed, but safe.

"No," he says. "It feels good."

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