Well, it's good that Herbert doesn't seem to mind the fact that Alfred definitely dreamt about getting - in that figurative way that happens in dreams - thrown down and...well...things happened with the Georg from his dream. And at the time, he wasn't exactly not enjoying it.
As Herbert rolls and cuddles up, Alfred slides his arm around him, holding him close. It's good that he doesn't really feel the cold anymore, he thinks, or they might both be a little chilly by now.
"Yes. It...it took me a while to understand it, but...yes." A little smile, and he tries to think back. "I...I think it was the most vivid time I've dreamt about anything...like that. I'm...I'm actually sort of...glad, knowing you were...there for it."
Admittedly, there was quite a lot to unpack about Alfred's dream. A lot of depth there. Such a difference in how Alfred acts and how Herbert thinks he wants to act. To be pursued, to be wanted. Perhaps to be dominated, in some sense. And maybe Herbert can give that to him. Slowly, in pieces, so Alfred can ease into it.
"I'll have to peek in on your dreams more often, then. Make sure you're having good ones."
Even Alfred has no idea how to begin unpacking it all, to be completely honest. But tonight has been a start, learning about himself by degrees. Another step on a journey, and with a sweet and willing guide. Purring a little, he nuzzles up against his lover, peering at him through his thick eyelashes.
"I would like that, I think. I just hope none of them are too...embarrassing."
But he's smiling, plainly not that worried about it. Experimentally, he tries to focus on Herbert, pursing his lips a little -
He feels so relaxed, so at peace right now. Curled around his lover, the boy he adores so much, with all his heart. And then he hears, quite clearly though as if it was spoken from a distance, Alfred speaking to him with his mind.
Herbert gasps in delight and pats Alfred's chest proudly. "I did hear that, look at you! That's incredible, you're learning so quickly."
"Ah! Really?" Alfred is positively beaming, absolutely giddy with this entire evening. He feels happy, safe, strong...and loved. So, so loved.
Hugging Herbert just a little tighter, he tries to make his grin a little bit sly and doesn't quiiiiite get there - still, it's cute, and his fangs are even this time.
"So you...you liked...what I was thinking, while we were...ah...during?"
"Mmhmm, I did. You were so possessive. So... dominant. It made me feel very wanted. Like you couldn't wait to have me. It was incredibly attractive. And so is that smile of yours." Which gets rewarded with a kiss and a single finger dragged slowly down the centre of Alfred's chest.
The kiss and drag of the finger are both met with another little purr, rumbling low in his throat. He traces little spirals on Herbert's skin with his own fingertips, his very carefully filed claws very softly scratching.
"I'm...I'm not really sure where it came from, but it...I don't know. It felt...right? Sort of like I was in that dream, a little bit."
"I liked those stockings you were wearing, in the dream. They suited you. The black lace? Delicious." He hums at the touch, the light scratch of nails against his skin.
"You can be rough with me, you know. You can be like you were in your head. Say all those things out loud. If you'd like."
"...You think so?" Alfred doesn't wear a lot of black - he prefers colorful clothing, bright and cheery. But...well, maybe it wouldn't hurt to darken things up just a little, he muses, if Herbert thought he had looked nice that way.
The assurance makes him blush a little, his smile turning very shy.
"I - really? I don't know, I...you know I get a little bit...nervous, being louder, o-or more...assertive."
"Well yes, but you don't need to be." He walks his fingers over Alfred's chest, watching him thoughtfully. Alfred could do so much if he only... let himself go a little.
"Oh, mm, yes," Herbert purrs, stroking his fingers over Alfred's chest and nuzzling at the scar on his neck. "It's meant to be pleasurable, for both the vampire and the one being bitten. So they want to come back and be bitten again." If they haven't been drained, but -- not something to mention right now.
Well, that definitely confirms that Sarah did it wrong. But regardless of his complicated feelings about the girl, he can't really blame her, can he? She had only been a vampire for about thirty seconds.
"I... yes, I did. I...I really did." A moment of hesitation - he's trying his hardest to come out of his shell, to talk about this.
"I, ah...I also...really liked...when you scratched me? Dug your n-nails in?"
"Oh? Wonderful, I'll keep in mind to do that again." Herbert shifts a little to stretch out half on top of Alfred, fingers playing lightly over his chest as they talk. "I liked you being forceful. I liked that you moved the bed about a foot forward."
The affirmation, the way Herbert rolls on top of him - Alfred fairly purrs, a low rumbling in his chest, his hands moving to comb over and over again through his hair in a gentle motion.
"I'm...glad you liked that part, because I... couldn't help it. I can't quite, ah...always control my strength, yet."
"I think if we shifted the bed against the wall, we might end up cracking the headboard. But I wouldn't be too terribly sorry about that, if I'm perfectly honest."
Alfred swallows hard at this, eyes darting briefly up to the headboard, then back to Herbert. The insinuation hasn't been lost, not at all, and so he says the most suggestive thing he can think to say back:
"Oh you can, can you?" Herbert teases, rolling to stretch out on top of Alfred to kiss him. "You're so very talented with your hands. As you've proven tonight. In spades, my love."
"Well you take direction very well. I thought I was going to go absolutely mad, the way your fingers were moving. I'll have to file down my nails and let you experience it, at some point. Just so you know what it feels like.
Besides," he says, kissing Alfred's chin. "I enjoy watching you squirm."
The thought of THAT makes Alfred's eyes widen, makes him swallow hard. As his chin is kissed, he instinctively cants his head a little to give Herbert more access.
"...You would - really do that? For me?" He knows full well how fussy Herbert is about his nails, after all. The sentiment is touching.
Herbert heaves a dramatic sigh, looking faux-resigned.
"It would be a sacrifice, but they will grow back. And besides, it would be worth it to see your face when I find that sneaky little spot inside you that will make your spine melt."
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Date: 2021-12-30 02:01 am (UTC)Well, it's good that Herbert doesn't seem to mind the fact that Alfred definitely dreamt about getting - in that figurative way that happens in dreams - thrown down and...well...things happened with the Georg from his dream. And at the time, he wasn't exactly not enjoying it.
As Herbert rolls and cuddles up, Alfred slides his arm around him, holding him close. It's good that he doesn't really feel the cold anymore, he thinks, or they might both be a little chilly by now.
"Yes. It...it took me a while to understand it, but...yes." A little smile, and he tries to think back. "I...I think it was the most vivid time I've dreamt about anything...like that. I'm...I'm actually sort of...glad, knowing you were...there for it."
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Date: 2021-12-30 02:44 am (UTC)"I'll have to peek in on your dreams more often, then. Make sure you're having good ones."
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Date: 2021-12-30 02:49 am (UTC)"I would like that, I think. I just hope none of them are too...embarrassing."
But he's smiling, plainly not that worried about it. Experimentally, he tries to focus on Herbert, pursing his lips a little -
'So...can you hear this?'
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Date: 2021-12-30 03:02 am (UTC)Herbert gasps in delight and pats Alfred's chest proudly. "I did hear that, look at you! That's incredible, you're learning so quickly."
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Date: 2021-12-30 03:12 am (UTC)Hugging Herbert just a little tighter, he tries to make his grin a little bit sly and doesn't quiiiiite get there - still, it's cute, and his fangs are even this time.
"So you...you liked...what I was thinking, while we were...ah...during?"
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Date: 2021-12-30 03:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-30 03:30 am (UTC)The kiss and drag of the finger are both met with another little purr, rumbling low in his throat. He traces little spirals on Herbert's skin with his own fingertips, his very carefully filed claws very softly scratching.
"I'm...I'm not really sure where it came from, but it...I don't know. It felt...right? Sort of like I was in that dream, a little bit."
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Date: 2021-12-30 03:50 am (UTC)"You can be rough with me, you know. You can be like you were in your head. Say all those things out loud. If you'd like."
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Date: 2021-12-30 04:04 am (UTC)The assurance makes him blush a little, his smile turning very shy.
"I - really? I don't know, I...you know I get a little bit...nervous, being louder, o-or more...assertive."
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Date: 2022-01-22 05:35 am (UTC)"If I told you I liked it, would that help?"
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Date: 2022-01-22 05:48 am (UTC)It may take some time, before Alfred needs less assurance than this - but this has been a big step already, and he feels...good about it.
He nods a little, resolute.
"If you like it, then I... I'll try. I just worry that I'll sound...a little silly. I'm not a very, ah...d-dominant...person."
He says that, of course, but...is it the truth? Does HE know if it is?
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Date: 2022-01-22 05:59 am (UTC)It gives me the same sort of thrill."
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Date: 2022-01-22 06:11 am (UTC)Speaking of biting....
"Herbert, was - was THAT what a bite is...meant to feel like? It was-"
He shudders a little.
"It felt...very different from when I was...you know."
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Date: 2022-01-23 09:19 am (UTC)"Did you enjoy it? I thought you were delicious."
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Date: 2022-01-23 09:54 am (UTC)"I... yes, I did. I...I really did." A moment of hesitation - he's trying his hardest to come out of his shell, to talk about this.
"I, ah...I also...really liked...when you scratched me? Dug your n-nails in?"
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Date: 2022-01-23 10:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-23 10:17 am (UTC)"I'm...glad you liked that part, because I... couldn't help it. I can't quite, ah...always control my strength, yet."
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Date: 2022-01-23 10:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-23 10:31 am (UTC)Alfred swallows hard at this, eyes darting briefly up to the headboard, then back to Herbert. The insinuation hasn't been lost, not at all, and so he says the most suggestive thing he can think to say back:
"...Well, I can fix it."
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Date: 2022-01-30 02:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-30 02:26 am (UTC)"Well, I'm - I'm glad I could - ah - put my hands to good use."
He reddens a little, but he's smiling fondly, eyes soft. "I had never...done that before."
On someone else, anyway. But even in terms of personal experimentation he had never gotten all that far.
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Date: 2022-01-30 02:31 am (UTC)Besides," he says, kissing Alfred's chin. "I enjoy watching you squirm."
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Date: 2022-01-30 02:41 am (UTC)"...You would - really do that? For me?" He knows full well how fussy Herbert is about his nails, after all. The sentiment is touching.
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Date: 2022-01-30 02:45 am (UTC)"It would be a sacrifice, but they will grow back. And besides, it would be worth it to see your face when I find that sneaky little spot inside you that will make your spine melt."
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Date: 2022-01-30 02:56 am (UTC)"Is...is THAT what happened, when you asked me to press upward?"
Some of the books he had looked at suggested something like that for women, but... everything about pleasuring another man is new to him.
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