Then your bed will be a cold one. I'm not sleeping beside the smell of sewage pit.
[Savage, Viktor, but also he has standards.
Why he already presumed they'd share the bed is beyond his current thought process. Sharing a bed felt like a foregone conclusion. He's not overthinking it... unless Jayce won't shower off the smell of the fissures. Then the man is on his own.
He peels back his vest and shirt, groaning as fabric clings and peels away from the only scarcely scabbed over runic carvings. Viktor's suddenly very glad that Jayce is averting his eyes. He's not ashamed, not really, but there is a regret that comes with... failure. Marred forever by his own inability to save himself. If he feels at all humiliated, it's from the pathetic nature of that, rather than a prudish or modest sentiment.
Distracting himself, he reaches towards the water fall to test the warmth. No longer cold, so it's heating up a bit,]
Lukewarm, now. Get undressed and sit in the tub. I'll stay sat on the edge... we won't waste warm water if it's fleeting, that way. [yeah, also bathing together is a foregone conclusion, just practical. Not at all because Viktor would feel terribly guilty leaving Jayce alone when he's clearly so desperate for their shared proximity.]
I'll just CW: nonsexual nudity/intimacy and self harm injuries here
[Savage, Viktor, but also he has standards.
Why he already presumed they'd share the bed is beyond his current thought process. Sharing a bed felt like a foregone conclusion. He's not overthinking it... unless Jayce won't shower off the smell of the fissures. Then the man is on his own.
He peels back his vest and shirt, groaning as fabric clings and peels away from the only scarcely scabbed over runic carvings. Viktor's suddenly very glad that Jayce is averting his eyes. He's not ashamed, not really, but there is a regret that comes with... failure. Marred forever by his own inability to save himself. If he feels at all humiliated, it's from the pathetic nature of that, rather than a prudish or modest sentiment.
Distracting himself, he reaches towards the water fall to test the warmth. No longer cold, so it's heating up a bit,]
Lukewarm, now. Get undressed and sit in the tub. I'll stay sat on the edge... we won't waste warm water if it's fleeting, that way. [yeah, also bathing together is a foregone conclusion, just practical. Not at all because Viktor would feel terribly guilty leaving Jayce alone when he's clearly so desperate for their shared proximity.]