@indirecticn — continued.
it had been a gift, though not necessarily a pleasant one to give as it took more than a simple mortal blade to draw enough blood. however, the stave that loki had found was crafted by the silver finer than any dwarf could ever dream to work with and so it did the trick easily.
his wrist opened like a the tip of the great staff had been drawn through paper. the pages of skin and vein peeled back until painted a deep wine-dark red. the other hand crafted a spell that glimmered gold at the edges of the wound to keep it open but the blood from spilling too quickly.
and after a heady pull of the drink of choice was had the magic was used to seamlessly draw skin and vein together in a reversal of time it's self. it still left him winded, small as the gift had been, but then it could have easily been the sight before him that took loki's breath away.
he certainly couldn't stop staring, at any rate, and could barely contain himself when he asked, "what do you taste?"
the wrist is presented to oz like a blood soaked gift wrapped in gold. fingers dig into the soft flesh offered to him and he pulls himself in closer - as if trying to crawl into the other's skin. the only sound remaining between them is the rhythmic breathing as oz laps at the blood spilling from the all too welcoming wound.
it's hard to stop, he'll be the first to admit. but time is discipline, and he has had plenty of it. once he's had his fill, or at least his taste, he slowly pries himself away. the fresh blood that trails from the corner of his lip is the only visible evidence of what has just transpired.
a few seconds pass before oz registers that he's been asked a question. his mind struggles to fully grasp what his body has just experienced. it's new. oh...it's new. how rare that oz gets to experience something genuinely new. it's been so long that he's unsure how to react.
instead of giving an answer, oz takes another second to clean himself up. deft fingers drag over his chin, wiping away the glistening liquid from his skin and over his lips, which he continues to lick clean. he senses that this is an experience he won't be able to replicate.
finally, he sits back and his brain catches up to the present.
he tasted...divinity. a scripture etched into his tongue as it danced through his veins. holy, holy. a pure, burning fire that licked at the depths of his being. holy, holy. his nerves stood on end, a single touch felt like a burst of lightning.