Hello, sweet jester. I come to you not as my normal proud self, but with eyes weary and body aching. I stand tall outside, but as soon as the door closes, the slump in my shoulders makes itself known.
I never considered what to do, once you let me in. Not quite sure what I came looking for.
Honesty, Perhaps. It might seem odd, to turn to a jester with my naked truth, and yet there are none other I would rather entrust it to. My love for my prince, my squire, my fellow knights is true, but you offer a certain respite from the strict rules of the court, and it draws me in. When my days grow long and the darkness creeps closer, it is your face that I think of. Your touch, that I long for.
Respite. Perhaps that is what I seek. A chance to be free of duty, of both servitude and leadership, and exist as something unbridled and true.
I know I'm not alone in my longing for you, and I will not take more of your time than you're willing to give. But please, dear jester. Would you let my spirit breath with you this night?
oh darling, let me tend to you like a squire, hold you like a prince, and take the weight of the world off your shoulders like a knight. a jester can play many roles, all to drop them on the floor at the end and gather you in their arms.
if it's the bed you seek, i'll pepper light kisses on the crown of your forehead while i pull you toward it. like a physician pulling and arrow from it's hastily made home in the fleshāgently, tenderly, and with an aching pace. rest your weary soul in my hands and let me tend to you, to your wounds. let my lips work as hands do to catch your burdened frame. letting each honeyed word drip off my tongue. chasing your soreness, to ease the ache.
in honesty, i will hold you thorn. not the knight, not your title, not your status, but you. the man beneath the silver. the flesh beneath the shell. let my form bleed into your senses. my smell of incense and roses. the warmth of my skin. the softness of my body. the sound of my breath.
we need not fill roles, you and i. merely move together, in tandem, like a dance. the give and take, the joy in movement. so make merry with me, thornāand worry not of the world beyond these doors ā„ļø