Moze had not intended to nod off, but with his schedule, he doesn't get as much sleep as he should. This is why he regularly starts to fall asleep even when standing up. Of course Jiaoqiu had noticed this and told him to at least sit down. His friend had used the tone of voice that makes it hard for Moze to say no, so he sat down. Soon enough, he drifted off again. Except this time, there was a shoulder for his head to lean on and he remained asleep.
Exactly for how long he stays asleep, he doesn't know, probably not more than thirty minutes or so, but he wakes up by movement. Moze makes a displeased grunt and half-consciously grab Jiaoqiu's sleeve. No moving.
A voice in the back of his head is telling him that he should wake up. That this isn't right. An other part of him just want to sleep and that Jiaoqiu is safety. Here he can relax. The assassin sighs, head turning slightly, making his nose touch the fabric of the foxian's clothes. Spices. Familiarity. Safety. Home. It smells like home.
Moze makes another grunting sound, this time, he sounds pleased.
he likes to sit by the docks, now. listen to the air. the cycranes. the general hustle and bustle of people. he's learning how different people carry themselves, the sounds of their footfalls when they think no one is paying attention. the heavy-draggers are the easier to discern, usually a knight or guard with thick armor clanking. it reminds him of the sound moze's footfalls now make, at least when they were together. not nearly as loud, not by any means. nearly unreadable to anyone else - but it was louder than before...he knows why. they both know why. so jiaoqiu knew when moze was near.
but he'd done his best to not be noticed that afternoon after arriving, doing his best to remain quiet as he stood beside him. but the unmistakable shift of quickness, fabric moving just so, the short inhale or breath through his nose, jiaoqiu could tell the man was drifting off to sleep on his feet. thankfully, it takes little convincing to get moze to sit beside him. if he used that particular tone on him, the one he knows to work almost 90% of the time, so be it.
he agrees, letting jiaoqiu relax where he sits, listening to the air, smelling the wind as it passed by. at some point, he pulls out his fan to give himself a little breeze of his own, leg lifted to rest across his own thigh.
moze's scent drifts closer to him. and closer still. until he can feel soft hair touch his cheek. then, weight on his shoulder. moze makes no noise awake, it's no surprise he is silent asleep. jiaoqiu can tell by the ease of his muscles, the lack of tensity of his body beside his that moze has fallen asleep again. when foxian attempts to get him to rise, say they should really get him back to his quarters if he was so tired, but the assassin simply refuses him. the little groan he makes, oh if moze were to hear himself.
jiaoqiu makes a mental note to remind the other how important regular sleeping patterns were, but for now he is content to be the guard's haven for a moment. it was the least he could do, he thinks, considering moze has brought him the same peace. // @ice-and-lightning