🤕 Peel back the receiver’s bandage to reveal the infected wound underneath. (Duilin)
"It's fine! Really." Rog tried to placate his friend. It felt wrong to need. To need more than all of this. A spot in Gondolin, not just for himself, but for all those who had escaped Melkor's dungeons and found their way upon the twisting paths.
The cut on his leg had been stubborn in healing, Rog had simply tried to put it from his mind.
"Oh." Rog's ears twitched upright in surprise as Duilin pulled away the bandage. "Well that's not good."
[INTERCEPT] + Reverse? ( Maegs is about to punch Pengolodh and Rog is tasked with removing him from the situation 🤣 ) @asharpglance
Rog had become attune to violence, even the dark simmerings of Maeglin across the room had his skin prickling. He'd moved closer to the bickering lords; for one so large he stepped quietly and had a way of of going unnoticed. So it was no coincidence he'd placed himself perfectly to pluck Maeglin off his feet when he readied his strike against Pengolodh.
"Why don't we all cool off," he said with an easy smile. Much like a cat carrying a kitten by its scruff, Rog brought Maeglin out into the cool night air. He still kept a hold on Maeglin as he set him on his feet. "You shouldn't pick fights like that."
Rog stood with all the tension of a bowstring, practically quivering as he offered the heart shaped cake towards Lin. Though clearly trying not to smile too widely, he was smiling too widely.
"Surprise! I made you a totally normal cake. Bet you're dying to dig in," he said wiggling his shoulders.
@demonsofwrath
Lin looked way up at Rog smiling too widely about his cake prank, and it had her smiling too widely about him smiling too widely. Her cheeks ached.
"Oh! What a totally normal surprise!" she agreed, accepting the treat and setting it down to give it a sniff-sniff curiously. The best part about Rog's cake pranks was they went two ways: either the cake was indeed totally normal and the prank was she was made to assume it wouldn't be, OR the cake was totally normal but a different (excellent) flavor than it looked like. Like a brown cake that was vanilla, or a white cake that was chocolatey.
Could go either way.
"I'm perishing with excitement," she agreed, grabbing the knife from her boot to cut into the cake.
Rog's ears perked up. She hadn't even guess there was anything odd about the cake! All according to plan. He had to bite down on his lip from blurting out the surprise.
The slightest pressure from her boot knife parted the hefty layer of frosting, heaped on to disguise, the hard chocolate shell which split apart. Another, smaller, cake was revealed inside with the frosted words "Got you!" piped in red.
Rog laughed, his prank had worked so perfectly. It had taken three chocolate shells to get it right (one the kids ate) but it had been worth it to see the look on her face.
[ ELATION ]: sender scoops up the receiver and carries them away after a mutual victory, or having just received very good news (or maybe they're both just very happy for some reason!) (From Duilin)
The feasting and singing and dancing had gone long into the night, long enough for the dice to come out and bets to start rolling. Mid-Autumn Festival was one of Rog's favorite times of year--any of the celebrations that included copious amounts of food really.
The Lord of the Golden Flower had been on too good of a winning streak all night, none had bested him. Yet.
Rog was no good at these games of chance, if there were some trick to throwing the dice he did not know.
And yet.
Favor smiled upon him at this late hour.
Each winning roll drew a louder, more exuberant cheer from the crowd as his victory loomed closer. He barely registered his final winning roll before he was hefted aloft with a shout of alarm turned laugh, light as a babe in Duilin's arms.
The roar of victory from his House and the crowd filled his ears as the golden lord smiled too.
He laughed, bracing his hand on Duilin's shoulder, to look down at his beaming face. "Wouldn't have been impossible without your contribution, my friend." My friend. How much sweeter this night felt even as the crowd began to trickle away a little at a time to sleep off the long night.
Rog noticed Lin staring? Yeah, it didn't seem like one of those memory times where she'd zone out. Staring at...? Hmm. Head tilted, frowning, he used his arms to push his pecs together.
listen, i'm back home now, i'm thinking about things, and i saw the maxton hall gifset floating around and i was like. yk what. carrying people is elite content, and gdi y'all deserve elite content! as always, DO NOT ADD OR EDIT THIS LIST! and there's a lil spicy addition under the readmore, but i left it there just in case people prefer to have a not-so-spicy version.
[ SLUMBER ]: sender picks up and carries the receiver because they're so sound asleep that they won't easily wake up.
[ INTERCEPT ]: sender picks up and carries the receiver out of the room because they're angry and on the brink of engaging in a fight with someone.
[ ASSIST ]: sender picks up and carries the receiver away for medical attention because they've been injured and can't walk easily.
[ HELP ]: sender picks up and carries the badly wounded receiver as fast as possible to the nearest hospital or the nearest place to administer urgent first-aid.
[ ELATION ]: sender scoops up the receiver and carries them away after a mutual victory, or having just received very good news (or maybe they're both just very happy for some reason!)
[ HOME ]: sender picks up the receiver to carry them over the threshold of their new home.
[ AID ]: sender finds the receiver too weak to move, and scoops them up to carry them to get some help.
[ UP ]: sender finds the receiver and picks them up to carry them a distance after learning they're unable to get up.
[ BAREFOOT ]: the sender picks up the receiver and carries them inside because they're not wearing any shoes.
[ WEARY ]: sender notices the receiver about to fall asleep during a task, and picks them up to carry them to bed so that they can actually sleep properly for once.
[ TWIRL ]: sender catches the receiver in their arms and spins them in a neat twirl just because they want to.
[ HERO ]: sender notices the receiver about to fall from a height, and manages to intervene just in time, catching them before they get hurt.
[ FLASH ]: the sender and receiver are part of a photoshoot, and in order to finish the last of the photos, the sender scoops up the receiver in their arms for the final pose.
[ TRAIN ]: during a training session (for a fight or a performance, dealer's choice!) the sender ends up holding the receiver in their arms during their session together.
[ URGENCY ]: sender carries the receiver away from danger after the receiver is revealed to be unable to move, either due to panic or injury.
[ OUT ]: sender grabs the receiver and lifts them into their arms after noticing them swaying and beginning to lose consciousness.
[ SCREAM ]: sender spots the receiver in a terrified or considerably panicked state, and picks them up to carry them to a less terrifying place to calm down.
[ LAZY ]: sender concedes to receiver's requests for a piggy-back ride home because they don't want to walk anymore, and carries them the rest of the distance home.
[ CAREFUL ]: sender gently lifts the receiver out of their seat and carries them carefully to bed after noticing they fell asleep and not wanting to waken them.
[ HASTE ]: in urgent need of getting to safety as fast as possible, the sender scoops up the receiver and starts running because it's quicker and easier to just carry them than expect them to keep pace.
[ FURTHER ]: sender, during an increasingly passionate make-out session with the receiver, suddenly takes them in their arms and carries them towards the bedroom to continue their evening in private.
send in " brushing of hands " to see the receiver's reaction to the sender gently and purposefully brushing their hand against the receiver's (not actually holding it, but sending clear signals that they would like to!)
I'm currently collecting another batch of your requests; until then, have fun with another Haleth/Caranthir piece. I adore drawing Haleth everything is just so fun about her.
