❝ Pleasure is sweetest ❞

[aluqah]

{ when ‘tis paid for by another’s pain }

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[gradable]

( sometimes eli gets super drunk and wanders around the city. sometimes he wanders into places like — a leather bar, some place he wouldn't be caught dead in back at home, far too self-conscious. in seoul, though ... he's a new person, even if he's still figuring out who that new person really is.

sometimes (read: now), eli receives texts messages from a name and number he doesn't exactly recognize, save from a flash of a memory of cold hands pressed against his bare torso, feeling up his chest, hand around his throat —

he's painfully sober now, which is why his ears burn red at the thought. )

nah, not too soon.

you're still thinking about me?

( it's painfully earnest. )

[aluqah]

(( Ruvin's an old pro and sussing out the new ones, the ones who are still trying to find themselves, the ones who don't know they shouldn't let others treat them they way he'll end up treating them. Ah, well, it all works out well for him. ))

can't forget how perfect you looked with my hands around your throat

[gradable]

(


oh god he's sweating. )

yeah, i

am surprised by how much i liked that.

♫ I can show you the world ♫

[aluqah]

you might be surprised what sort of things you'll like.

bonk

[gradable]

do you ah
go to places like that a lot?

( somehow, eli already feels like he knows the answer. )

[aluqah]

often enough
i actually have a little setup of my own but some people need to build up more trust before entertaining the idea of coming to one's home dungeon

[gradable]

( hello????? )

😅
it was my first time.

[aluqah]

(( and that makes all this even more delectable. ))

how brave of you
maybe i can tempt you to come to my place next time

(( because there's definitely going to be a next time. ))

[gradable]

( brave! yes! that's what he was going for! )

i'm gonna have to find something a little more dress code appropriate to wear next time.

( eli isn't exactly trying to be coy, but. )

hope you managed to get some sleep

[aluqah]

you'll find my dress code is more relaxed: less is more.

[gradable]

i guess that's why you took a liking to me, huh.

( since he doesn't own anything leather, well. shirtless felt appropriate. )

[aluqah]

you stood out. i like that.

[gradable]

the perks of being a foreigner. 😅

( he knows ruvin doesn't mean it like that, but the directness he speaks with is enough to make him want to cover his face with his hands. )

[aluqah]

oh yes that's *exactly* what it was

(( Couldn't possibly be the newness about him when he wandered into that particular bar, nope. ))

[gradable]

sorry. i'm bad at this.

( the flirting — and especially being on the receiving end of it. still, there's something about ruvin that has him a little squirmy in his classroom during his lesson planning period, and he takes a little bit of a leap of faith in an effort to not bore this dude to death. )

i'm better at letting my body do the talking.

[aluqah]

(( Don't mind that location pin dropping on your phone, Eli. ))

so come by some time and we'll talk more.