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* / ACTS OF DOMINANCE / NOT ACCEPTING ! @desertio
𝙸𝚃 𝙸𝚂 𝙽𝙾 𝙶𝚁𝙴𝙰𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙶 / the twisting motions of friendly affection , it is a castle built of sand , maintained and protected with tireless nurturing hands. they look , to each other , blinding , too bright and burning and too fierce to be close. what a pair they made. children of the desert , sons of the sands. TO KNOW AND BE KNOWN the gentle curve of his smile says volumes , if the volumes said: in the reckless gritty chaos of things you are loved. you are seen. something selfish in his gaze , in the way eyes track hands and shoulders and mouth. CONTENT TO TRAIL BEHIND , he’d circled this world the way serpents coiled round their tails , rested his head in hundred beds , down and feather , grass and stone , he’d witnessed the snow of the north and longed for the sting of the sun on overwarmed skin.
eyes trace frame the line of his shoulders , the curl of his hair. there is a slow , slouching thing between them , comfortable in it’s age , they’d known eachother before the touch of moon shine silver touched his roots. known each other before grief had reached into his chest with clawed hands , gripped his spine and twisted it into a new shape. one gnarled and determined. KNOWN , KNOWING , he grins at long time friend , flashes the shine of white teeth against sun-kissed skin , the dark of his mustache , his vipers eyes. he is a man with a long shadow , and he is more than happy to share the light with him.
he bows , the flourish of hand and the smooth whisper of robes. catches ufran’s eye. DORNE IS A SHARP GOLDEN THING , it is harsh and nurturing , fierce in it’s survival , in it’s air of thriving life. the hot crushing press of people , the tranquility of their oasis. dust motes dance in the still air , playful , bright , he matches their spirit , hand trails over sleeve of outstretched arm , feels only the cloth covering skin and yanks , sends him stumbling across the threshold , laughs in the face of it. thrown off kilter , the FLASH OF THE RAUCOUS BOY HE HAD KNOWN. there and then gone. “ the wall can hold itself up. besides you’re a bit short to be trying. “