Jayce settles into him and Viktor squeezes him in response, hands somewhat unashamedly spreading across his chest. Given their size difference, it takes a bit for Viktor to feel like he's enveloping Jayce entirely, but to his own credit, he thinks he does his best. He offers an affirmative noise while the conversation proceeds, but while Jayce talks he noses against him, planting another kiss at the nape of his neck.
"They let people go during the summit, though it was under the close eye of the various officials. I'm not sure who actually went through with it."
A testament, perhaps, to some kind of loyalty--or at least a desire to stay with what's familiar. Viktor, for his part, is too established in Cadens to even think about going elsewhere. Besides, they need the technology.
"I highly doubt they'll entertain it here."
Not when everyone is trying to avoid a diplomatic incident.
Jayce smiles as Viktor's hands move over him; he's not always the most overtly complimentary, unlike Jayce, but Viktor's very good at speaking through actions. And the way he appreciatively runs his fingers over Jayce sometimes says plenty. He doesn't need to follow cover him for it to feel like he's surrounding Jayce. He is really connected to Viktor's physicality so it works well. The kiss at his nape is sweet and he soaks it in.
"Maybe the portals are keyed into where people are from, and you wouldn't be able to jump to another."
Not that Jayce would test it out. Well. He might test it out, if it was just him, because he is a scientist and he's curious. But he really does not want to cause an incident or be separated from Viktor. It's just a thought.
"If they're surveilling us there's not much we can do about it. I keep waiting for the vampires to ask us for blood again." Jayce is not looking to be someone's lunch, unless it's Alucard and he needs it, in which case of course he would help his friend. But otherwise, no thanks. "Also pretty sure there's blood in their wine." There's a distinct smell.
He runs a hand up and down Viktor's arm lovingly. "I love when you do this." The hugging him in this particular way, wrapped around him, how can he not?
Would any of the factions go so far as to sabotage portals? Do the Summoned have certain markers--magical or biological otherwise--that tie them to a place and make them unable to leave without permission, covert or otherwise. Viktor thinks he might like to puzzle it out, given the chance. A shame they have too much else to worry about.
For now, he intends to learn as much about Nocwich as he can, and enjoy Jayce's company in the process (though that's a given). Viktor is less squeamish about the blood than other people might be, both because of his friendship with Alucard and his own magical dabbling, though he certainly didn't offer it to the vampires when asked.
"You don't have to drink it." But since they're talking about vampires anyway, and Jayce is also expressing how nice this is, Viktor's next kiss is less of a kiss and more of a bite. To his neck. "But it might be polite."
"Maybe all the factions had an agreement that if people tried to swap they would make them go back, as part of this whole temporary peace. But I'm probably overthinking it."
Jayce thinks of maybe too many options! Some of them more nefarious than their captors actually considered. The two of them have no intention of moving so it doesn't really matter to them, but he imagines some people might be unhappy where they are. He does always find it interesting to speculate on what is possible with magic here, and Nocwich has been silent for so long. Who knows what they're capable of?
Jayce is definitely squeamish. Alucard he'd be willing to do a lot for, but he doesn't know these vampires. "I'm not going to dr---oh." Listen, he doesn't care if it's polite. He's not doing it. That however goes right out of his mind when Viktor bites him and he shivers. "What, are you mimicking the natives?" He chuckles and hooks his hand back to run fingers through Viktor's hair. He in no way tries to remove his head from what it's doing though.
Jayce has a tendency to bite and mark Viktor's pale skin, it's becoming a little ridiculous and it's lucky most people can't see underneath his shirt. "I'd give you my blood," he flirts, which is a weird thing to flirt about, but here they are.
In fact, he doubts that their captors have given it this much thought. Once again, he finds himself thinking that he'd like to get a look at the portal mechanism (or the magic that lets it happen), but writes it off as a waste of time. Something to add to the list of things he tries not to think about--the list of things he wants to do if and when they manage to cure him.
He pushes that out of his mind. Viktor bites down just enough for it to hurt, then kisses him in the same spot, to soothe away the sting.
"We don't know if they do that." Bite necks, he means. "This could be very culturally insensitive. I might create a diplomatic incident, and unfortunately for you, Doctor Strange said nothing about the necessity of a transfusion."
Yes he'll talk about himself in the third person because in this case, it's so typical of him. Jayce can spend hours just overthinking any given situation. Most of the time he likes doing it because it's just how his mind works and he's fascinated by a lot of subjects. He has probably given things a lot more thought than the actual factions.
"I really want to learn more about portals and teleporting."
It doesn't seem like an easy thing to learn the way most things are, probably because they don't want people to be able to get around in ways they can't track or control. But Jayce's entire focus was on the Hexgates, of course he wants to do what that mage who saved him was capable of.
Jayce doesn't mind a little sting to the bite and the kiss after soothes it over anyway. He laughs about it being culturally insensitive. "Doctor Strange, now that's quite a name." Obviously, he knows he is Dr. Stephen Strange, but said like that, it's amusing. "I can't believe I'm flirting about drinking blood, we've gone down a weird path." He loves it though.
"You know if you're going to keep groping me, you could take my shirt off." That is less weird flirting, Viktor is putting his hands all over his chest.
Viktor is a little less enthused by teleportation--that had been a stepping stone for him, but he certainly understands why Jayce in particular is interested in unraveling those secrets. If they're going to bring Strange to them, however, then maybe the need to figure it out sooner rather than later.
"Well, maybe you can work on that, if we're going to bring our new friend to Cadens for surgery."
It is quite a name, to the point where he wonders if it's a pseudonym, but he supposes in the end it doesn't matter. Every day they're charting a clearer path forward, and it won't be long before all of the pieces are in place.
So he's resolved to enjoy these moments while he can, hands sliding under the hem of Jayce's shirt at his request. Since he insists. Viktor moves his hands up inside Jayce's clothes--if he wants the shirt off, he can certainly take care of it--now that he's achieved skin to skin contact, he squeezes again, more shamelessly this time.
"He's an actual mage, I doubt I can do better than him in just a few months." Jayce smiles. "But I do like a challenge."
Jayce still doesn't see himself as a mage which is ridiculous as he's a very good one already. With the enchantment book from Kell, he's going to be able to step up that skill, since healing is going so well. Who knows what else he'll be able to do. Still, he thinks it's unlikely he can outmatch someone who is apparently a powerful magic user from Tony's world. Viktor knows he'll do whatever he can to make their situation work though. There is no limit to what Jayce is willing to do.
He is the one who playfully mentioned it, but still the press of Viktor's hands against his bare skin never gets old. Jayce runs hot and it's even more true when Viktor's touching him. He laughs at the squeeze and takes the shirt off himself since apparently he's going to have to. Jayce knows how people look at him, his body is impressive, it wasn't intentional but created through a lot of hard work. It matters more if Viktor likes looking, if he enjoys it. Jayce wants to be desirable. So sue him.
"You know, I haven't forgotten that your first response to seeing me naked was to roll your eyes. Very rude."
"You're a mage too, Jayce." Viktor will insist, even if Jayce continues to undersell himself. It's not as though he can gloss over the fact that he's still alive because of Jayce's healing magic, and though ordinarily he might not want to bring it up, this moment feels intimate and it seems appropriate. "You've given me so much more time. You have a gift."
That's a significant amount of ego stroking, he knows. Combined with the fact that Viktor is currently running his hands over the expanse of Jayce's bare skin, he imagines that an implosion is imminent. The good news is that he always makes it incredibly easy for Viktor take him down a peg.
It's all betrayed, of course, by the way Viktor keeps touching him, pulling him close and kissing him between words.
"And you know exactly why I was rolling my eyes. You're not fooling anyone, acting as though you don't know how handsome you are."
Jayce blushes more from the compliment than he does about the groping because they both know the importance of his healing but he doesn't often bring attention to it. Their healing sessions are very intimate even having done it many times now. "Well when you put it like that, I can't argue with you."
Jayce loves magic. It is exactly what he always dreamed about. The only thing that turned out to be better than magic is this thing between them, and that he also dreamed about. He will have to talk to Stephen another time and learn how he feels about magic, although he'll be careful considering Wanda's situation.
He is far more focused on the fact that Viktor's long beautiful fingers are caressing over him hungrily, like they can't get enough of him. And there's another compliment to add to the pile, as much of a turn-on as literally stroking him can be. "Handsome how?" Jayce grins and catches Viktor by the back of his neck, leaning to steal a deep kiss from him. "Give me specifics." Hey, he gives Viktor specifics about his looks all the time.
Jayce is mostly joking although considering how hot he's getting, only slightly joking. "So what if I want to impress you, V? I'm your boyfriend, I'm allowed."
"What do you mean, handsome how?" Viktor is prevented from further outrage by Jayce capturing his mouth, and he indulges in spite of himself, even if he certainly has more to say on the matter. "You're a mathematician, aren't you? Surely you understand that certain ratios are naturally pleasing, in an aesthetic sense."
It's all in the proportions, Jayce.
"Sometimes I think about how unfair it is, that you have the mind you do, and also look like this."
Viktor knows he gives off the impression that he cares only for his work and little else--doesn't really think about his own personal needs, to say nothing of sparing any thought for the aesthetics of other people, but he's got his own wants and preferences regardless. He is, in fact, capable of finding someone attractive, though in Jayce's case, it's not without taking his ego down a peg. He scoffs.
"So you're saying that logically and mathematically I am aesthetically attractive." Jayce is really amused now and absolutely delighted. Bordering on gleeful. Yes, fine, it may feed his ego, but it's okay, eventually he'll be dropped back down to earth. He is going to take this and be smug about it for a few days. All of this just makes him shine even brighter so sorry, he is only getting more handsome with his warm eyes and happy smile. Deal with it Viktor.
Then he's complimenting his mind and his body so Jayce is done. He turns his body quickly and presses Viktor into the bed, leaning down to kiss him passionately, not at all embarrassed that Viktor's open desire turns him on. It's not easy to get praise out of Viktor so he eats it all up. Jayce knows if he wants to drag Viktor's clothes off him it will require more space but at the moment he is just enjoying feeling his body against him.
He stops the kiss but can't help going back for more a second later, although eventually he manages to stop, panting. Jayce moves off Viktor and further onto the bed, turning onto his back, his skin flushed from Viktor's bites and words. "Come up here, keep touching me. Please, V." Viktor knows that Jayce never hesitates from begging or has any shame about it.
"I'm open to a less teenage title, but partner can be too formal. Lover?"
Viktor sounds increasingly exasperated, then offers a shout of indignation when Jayce turns around and presses them both into the mattress. He's still fully clothed, and his leg brace makes maneuvering difficult, not to mention uncomfortable. Jayce is eager, as always, and Viktor wants to reciprocate, but sometimes they both need to be reminded not to be so hasty. Despite the abrupt positioning, Viktor does his best to return the first kiss and then the second, then thankfully Jayce rolls over next to him, making it clear where this is going to go.
(Which he should have expected, really, given the fact that he was the one who worked Jayce up in the first place.)
"I need a minute," he says, scooting back towards the edge of the bed, hand automatically going to the buckles on his leg. "And, I like partner. It feels more--" Committal, is what he doesn't say. "--mature."
Sometimes Jayce gets ahead of himself when he gets riled up. This time it's Jayce who moves down the bed behind Viktor, fluid and graceful, running his fingers through his hair. He kisses his neck and doesn't help him with his leg, he doesn't need that, but he does copy Viktor by moving his hands under Viktor's shirt. Jayce waits until he is finished with his leg though so he can have Viktor's hands free to slide his shirt off him.
He gets to work on the back brace since he is in the easiest position to, kissing all along Viktor's exposed soft neck. Where Viktor was slow and tempting when he did this, Jayce is heated and hungry, but he is worked up. The idea that Viktor thinks he's that attractive is settling on him. That Viktor might desire him in a way he can't resist.
"I think you're beautiful." Viktor is well aware of that, he tells him regularly. "So I like that you're saying I'm handsome as proven by science." Viktor's lust for him is undeniable, he shows him regularly, but as they both know, Jayce likes verbal reminders. He doesn't need more than this though. It'll feed him for a long time.
"But we've always used partner. Am I supposed to say romantic partner every time?"
Jayce unable to keep his hands off him proves distracting, and Viktor fumbles with the buckles more than he ordinarily would. He doesn't even care about getting fully undressed, but Jayce seems to be making that decision for him. The one advantage to having one leg strapped up in metal and leather is that it usually affords them a few moments to slow down and breathe while Viktor works it off. The back brace is similar in that it anchors to metal implants, forcing some degree of meticulousness, when it comes to taking it off and putting it back on again.
He finishes the buckles around his thigh and then lifts his arms so that Jayce can pull his shirt off, before he hunches back over to work on the rest of it. This, of course, has the added advantage, of providing a large swath of pale skin for Jayce to put his hands all over. Viktor shudders a little at the mouth on the back of his neck,
"I know you do." He says it all the time, and though Viktor knows that Jayce doesn't care how sick he is, he still finds himself wishing he could be less ragged. Be more like he knows he's supposed to be, were he left un-ravaged by the Undercity. He straightens, letting the metal clatter to the floor, using his good leg to nudge his boot off, then his shoes.
"If people can't figure out whether you mean romantic partners, I consider it their problem." But, he gets it. Jayce wants no ambiguity, when it comes to letting others know whether or not they're together. "Shall I call you my significant other, instead?"
They are technically on a vacation of sorts, or a discovery mission, and Viktor walked away from a meeting that he didn't actually hate. So Jayce wants to take advantage of the bed and Viktor biting him before the mood wanders off. Not that it ever does for him. The funny part is that Jayce wouldn't say he has a high libido, he is really down bad for Viktor. Maybe it's because he had to wait, maybe it's because there's no guarantee about how temporary it is. Maybe Viktor is just hot. All of the above.
When Viktor leans over to finish his leg it does leave Jayce a beautiful amount of skin to touch and he takes advantage, running his fingers along the implant, kissing his neck, kissing his spine and the skin around the implant while he has the chance. He straightens when Viktor does and leans back to help remove the back brace. Jayce takes a moment to put his broad arms around Viktor, to embrace him in a way that Viktor's slimmer self can't fully do the other way around, but he loves no matter what. He kisses his cheek sweetly and whispers "I love you" into his ear.
He then backs up the bed again so Viktor can finish what he needs to, although Jayce purposely leaves his own pants on for now, undoing them for some relief but that's it. Their first time he was just naked, he wouldn't mind Viktor doing a little undressing of him. His upper body is on full display though and he is more than happy to encourage some more groping.
"I can live with significant other." Until he gets the ultimate title of husband ahem. "Okay then backing up, so what if I want to impress you, V? I'm your significant other, I'm allowed." Quoting his own line and removing the boyfriend. Jayce is joking around now.
Jayce's tendency to be ready to go at any time has taken some getting used to, but Viktor supposes this is technically a vacation, so there's some room here for indulgence, as long as they don't spend all of their time at the inn. That would be a waste. Still, Viktor thinks he could use a reprieve, after being made to have a medical consult. He can take a short break, he thinks, especially for this.
Viktor lets his leg brace clatter to the ground, then starts to undo the latches and buckles on the front of his back brace, holding still so that Jayce can lift it off of him. He shudders at the press of lips against the line of his spine, the feeling of someone else touching the bolts there still unfamiliar. Jayce holds him in that embrace for a moment before he re-takes his position on the mattress, and despite the fact that they're both half-dressed, Viktor joins him a moment later, sliding up against his side and propping himself up on an elbow so that he can lean down to kiss him.
"I wasn't actually serious. I'm not going to make you call me that." Boyfriend is too juvenile for Viktor, but partner is too ambiguous for Jayce. It seems they're at an impasse, for now. "You should know how difficult I am to impress."
Neither of them would want to spend all their time in the inn, they have an apartment for that, and Jayce is just as interested in Nocwich as he is. But they can indulge a little bit. Jayce will always try to get Viktor to indulge me, and he always backs down the moment he says no, but sometimes he gets this instead. And really, Viktor started this one. He couldn't expect to put his hands all over Jayce and bite him and not end up here.
He waits patiently for Viktor to join him and reaches out to cup one of his perfect cheeks, meeting him into that kiss. He slides his hand to the back of Viktor's neck and encourages him closer, rarely satisfied until he has as much of Viktor on him as possible. "You can call me anything you want if you put your hands back on me. And if you bite me, I'll call you whatever you want."
Viktor has all the cards, always. Jayce is all smiles and warmth though at the moment as he looks up at him. "V, you told me by the laws of science and math that I am very handsome and you squeezed my chest multiple times. What's the point in me looking like this if you don't get to enjoy it?"
Yes, Viktor started it. Yes, he knew exactly what he was doing--and maybe this is for him, too, to get his mind off the meeting he had with Strange and focus his efforts on something entirely more pleasurable. Now they're more comfortable, with fewer clothes in the way, and Viktor is pressed up against Jayce's warm body. They both know where this is going to go. Loath as he is to continue stroking Jayce's ego, there's still a part of him that wants to make sure Jayce knows he's appreciated.
He lets himself be pulled down, settling into their current arrangement and kissing Jayce slowly. They could just stay like this, he thinks, but Jayce is so warm underneath him and so responsive to his touch. He wants to see what he can accomplish with just his hands alone. The fact that Jayce is so attractive is just a bonus.
"I'm enjoying it. Trust me." That much is evident by the way he slides his hand across Jayce appreciatively, squeezing at his chest again, just for punctuation. "Are you so surprised, that I'd want to touch you like this?"
As Viktor has pointed out, Jayce's face was on blimps. It was on mugs. It was on a lot more things too, once they started branding him. There were plenty of people who commented on his looks and gave him appreciative glances. Flirtations. And Jayce ate it all up because he craved the attention and because he knows how close he came to losing it all. He wanted to be known for his mind most of all, but he let them make the merchandise and he basked in the cheers. He's gotten past that need on a personal level. He doesn't want that from the world anymore. But he does want it from Viktor.
He wraps an arm around Viktor and he loves when Viktor is on top of him, when he can see the hunger in those beautiful gold eyes. Jayce probably would be content with the kissing and closeness, but there is so much heat in his body now, it would be a waste. Viktor is going to lean into this, he can tell, and that gets him excited. The move of his hands over his warm skin gets more blatant.
Jayce's chest is broad, every muscle in his torso defined, his arms are giant, and he basks under Viktor's affection as he touches and squeezes him. "Not surprised, exactly, just hopeful. I've had so many eyes on me over the years, but it's you I want to be an object of desire for." It's hard to describe because he doesn't think it's solely about his ego. Viktor knows that underneath his arrogance is a lot of insecurity. "I crave your attention, V. I want you to look at me and know I'm yours."
Viktor knows that Jayce considers his attractiveness to the general public and his attractiveness to Viktor to be two different things, and he's still learning how to navigate that discrepancy. Where Viktor thinks this should be obvious, Jayce needs personal reassurance from him, specifically. The touching is good--the outright worshipping of his body even better, though by now he's acutely aware of how far a little verbal affirmation goes.
He scoots down just a little, all the better to press his mouth against the line of Jayce's jaw, speaking against him as his hand travels lower with purpose, thumb rubbing at the hem of his pants, but not dipping into them.
"I know that you're mine, Jayce." He's made that much abundantly clear, and yet despite this, he still needs Viktor to return the sentiment. Needs reminders. Viktor wonders if he can't play into that, especially when Jayce so openly needs to be touched. "Were you jealous, back then? Knowing that I was with other people?"
Viktor doesn't really bring up his past relationships--mostly because he considered them diversions more than anything serious, partly because by now everything before his illness, before Hextech (before Jayce) feels like a life lived by someone else. Still, he wants to emphasize that despite his preoccupation with his work and general lack of interest in anything but, he still has desires. Preferences. Finds certain things attractive, in other men.
He scrapes his teeth against Jayce's neck, the hand that seemed like it was about to dip under his trousers sliding back up the flat plane of his stomach. "Did you think about it?"
Occasionally Jayce gets embarrassed about how much reassurance he needs, but Viktor seems to make it easy, since a few words from him can soothe any concerns he has. And sometimes when they're in bed, it is even easier. Jayce gets a lot of confidence from their bedroom and still glows the morning after, several weeks into their relationship, because it isn't just about the sex for him. It is being loved and wanted and chosen by Viktor that makes him face every day feeling stronger.
Some of this is about reassurance, and some of it is honestly just turning him on. Jayce is getting hard from only kissing and words, that is how much it does it for him. He could be embarrassed or he could enjoy it. He swallows when Viktor's finger teases at the hem of his pants and slides his hand against Viktor's soft hair, feeling very locked into every movement of his hands.
The reference to Viktor being with other people startles him as that is not what he expected and he never thought they were going to talk about this. It's not a bad thing, but he runs his tongue over his dry lips. Viktor is asking because he likely knows the answer, so Jayce doesn't have to feel guilty about it.
"I didn't like sharing you, even before I knew why." Jayce blushes, shivering at the touch of his teeth. He almost started to get nervous before that and the reassuring brush of Viktor's fingers against his stomach, so he knows he is safe. "I wanted your attention on me." So nothing has changed on that front in seven years.
"Did you ever think about me? I was your type, but you never ...."
Maybe this is part of it too. Jayce was wanted by so many people and he liked that, he gave into it a lot in those first few years, basking in it, feeling so special at the time. Yet Viktor was the one he could never catch the eye of, and when that frustration turned into heartache, it stayed the same truth: Viktor didn't want him. He could come up with these fantasies of how it could be with them and he could stand by being his best friend and loving him silently, respectful, grateful for being near him, but it would always be unrequited.
While Jayce starts to work through what seem to be some long-repressed thoughts, Viktor doesn't waste any time. He offers an affirmative noise, but whether it indicates his understanding of Jayce's reluctance to share or agreement that Jayce is, in fact, his type, is slightly unclear. He's not about to answer right away, either, letting Jayce talk while he goes back to kissing his neck.
"You know why I didn't." Their work was too important, though the knowledge that Jayce might have ached for him all these years makes him feel guilty. For his part, it was difficult to watch Jayce pulled away from their work, but he'd always written it off as a necessity. People would naturally gravitate towards the handsome, personable face of Hextech, and in many ways, that's what Viktor wanted. It was better for both of them, to let Jayce handle meetings with sponsors and investors, especially after the Hexgates.
The fact that others wanted Jayce romantically, too, was just an extension of that. Viktor had his suspicions, of course, something they've already discussed, but perhaps he'd resigned himself to the fact that Jayce would always be pulled in a multitude of directions. Need to be so many different things for so many different people. Now, however, Jayce is fully his, and he wishes he could articulate how much that means to him.
"You hid it well." As in, Viktor was never aware of that resentment. His hand skims back down across Jayce's stomach, returning to its spot just at the hem of his trousers, fingers working open the buttons as a reward for his candid answer. He drags his mouth along Jayce's collarbone, and finally dips his hand into Jayce's pants, palm running along the hard outline of his cock inside his underwear. "Nothing was ever serious. Our work was always my priority. So were you."
"I know all the logic, love, I do. I could have said something too." This is not a blame situation of why they couldn't be together beforehand. They both know, and Jayce now understands how Viktor's illness factored in, which he wasn't aware of before. If he had all the pieces then, he would have gotten it, and more than that, he probably would have done the same thing. Loved him but prioritized their work, Viktor's life's work.
He regrets not having had it sooner, but at the same time, it feels like only now does it really all work. As much as he likes to think they would have been happy together, there is no guarantee, there were a lot of pieces moving in their lives. One more complication could have broken them instead, and that would have been disaster for their work. So the aching, the suffering, in the end, he chalks it up to doing the right thing despite personal disappointments. But at least he has Viktor.
He promised to live in the moment with Viktor and that is what he wants. Jayce smiles faintly at him and starts to reply but his breath catches instead, Viktor's hand causing all of the blood to instantly drop down. That almost casual caress has him fully hard and he drops his free hand into the blanket, twisting. "I wanted you to be happy," he murmurs. If Viktor's happiness was because of another man, he would learn to live with it. He hid it and lived with it. Now Jayce knows that he is the cause of Viktor's happiness and it means more than he can say.
"I know you love me and love my mind and my intensity, you've proven that." And he is still willing to do more for Jayce, to show him that, to give him everything he longs for. Jayce sees that, it doesn't require someone to be as emotive as he is, Viktor's actions are there like now. His lips though curve up after that and there's heat in his eyes as he curls his hand along Viktor's jaw and encourages his head up to look at him. "But maybe I like the idea that you really just want to fuck me."
He supposes he can't begrudge Jayce any of this. Feelings aren't exactly rational, much of the time. If he was jealous, then he was jealous. Here, however, Viktor is more than aware that they're only together because of their distance from everything back home. He's not sure this would be a reality, if they were continuing along their original timeline. All the more reason to cherish this while he can, though he's under no illusions that the very specific circumstances of this place are what allows them to openly love each other. Perhaps that should be enough.
"Our work makes me happy." It always has. He doesn't want Jayce to doubt that, ever. "You make me happy."
In spite of everything. In spite of the fact that he still feels selfish, for allowing himself this. But Jayce is so warm beneath him and so responsive that it's easy to forget everything outside the scope of the bed. It's tempting to continue to tease, palming Jayce outside the fabric of his underwear, but Viktor can't deny that he's right, so he slides his fingers under the waistband, maneuvering Jayce's erection out of his trousers.
"All of those things can be true at once." As in, Viktor wanting to fuck Jayce is not mutually exclusive to anything else. For now, he strokes his cock slowly, working him up, his lips slightly parted on Jayce's neck, wet and warm against him.
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Date: 2022-09-28 11:55 pm (UTC)"They let people go during the summit, though it was under the close eye of the various officials. I'm not sure who actually went through with it."
A testament, perhaps, to some kind of loyalty--or at least a desire to stay with what's familiar. Viktor, for his part, is too established in Cadens to even think about going elsewhere. Besides, they need the technology.
"I highly doubt they'll entertain it here."
Not when everyone is trying to avoid a diplomatic incident.
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Date: 2022-09-29 12:31 am (UTC)"Maybe the portals are keyed into where people are from, and you wouldn't be able to jump to another."
Not that Jayce would test it out. Well. He might test it out, if it was just him, because he is a scientist and he's curious. But he really does not want to cause an incident or be separated from Viktor. It's just a thought.
"If they're surveilling us there's not much we can do about it. I keep waiting for the vampires to ask us for blood again." Jayce is not looking to be someone's lunch, unless it's Alucard and he needs it, in which case of course he would help his friend. But otherwise, no thanks. "Also pretty sure there's blood in their wine." There's a distinct smell.
He runs a hand up and down Viktor's arm lovingly. "I love when you do this." The hugging him in this particular way, wrapped around him, how can he not?
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Date: 2022-09-29 03:55 am (UTC)Would any of the factions go so far as to sabotage portals? Do the Summoned have certain markers--magical or biological otherwise--that tie them to a place and make them unable to leave without permission, covert or otherwise. Viktor thinks he might like to puzzle it out, given the chance. A shame they have too much else to worry about.
For now, he intends to learn as much about Nocwich as he can, and enjoy Jayce's company in the process (though that's a given). Viktor is less squeamish about the blood than other people might be, both because of his friendship with Alucard and his own magical dabbling, though he certainly didn't offer it to the vampires when asked.
"You don't have to drink it." But since they're talking about vampires anyway, and Jayce is also expressing how nice this is, Viktor's next kiss is less of a kiss and more of a bite. To his neck. "But it might be polite."
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Date: 2022-09-29 01:07 pm (UTC)Jayce thinks of maybe too many options! Some of them more nefarious than their captors actually considered. The two of them have no intention of moving so it doesn't really matter to them, but he imagines some people might be unhappy where they are. He does always find it interesting to speculate on what is possible with magic here, and Nocwich has been silent for so long. Who knows what they're capable of?
Jayce is definitely squeamish. Alucard he'd be willing to do a lot for, but he doesn't know these vampires. "I'm not going to dr---oh." Listen, he doesn't care if it's polite. He's not doing it. That however goes right out of his mind when Viktor bites him and he shivers. "What, are you mimicking the natives?" He chuckles and hooks his hand back to run fingers through Viktor's hair. He in no way tries to remove his head from what it's doing though.
Jayce has a tendency to bite and mark Viktor's pale skin, it's becoming a little ridiculous and it's lucky most people can't see underneath his shirt. "I'd give you my blood," he flirts, which is a weird thing to flirt about, but here they are.
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Date: 2022-09-29 03:17 pm (UTC)In fact, he doubts that their captors have given it this much thought. Once again, he finds himself thinking that he'd like to get a look at the portal mechanism (or the magic that lets it happen), but writes it off as a waste of time. Something to add to the list of things he tries not to think about--the list of things he wants to do if and when they manage to cure him.
He pushes that out of his mind. Viktor bites down just enough for it to hurt, then kisses him in the same spot, to soothe away the sting.
"We don't know if they do that." Bite necks, he means. "This could be very culturally insensitive. I might create a diplomatic incident, and unfortunately for you, Doctor Strange said nothing about the necessity of a transfusion."
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Date: 2022-09-29 03:40 pm (UTC)Yes he'll talk about himself in the third person because in this case, it's so typical of him. Jayce can spend hours just overthinking any given situation. Most of the time he likes doing it because it's just how his mind works and he's fascinated by a lot of subjects. He has probably given things a lot more thought than the actual factions.
"I really want to learn more about portals and teleporting."
It doesn't seem like an easy thing to learn the way most things are, probably because they don't want people to be able to get around in ways they can't track or control. But Jayce's entire focus was on the Hexgates, of course he wants to do what that mage who saved him was capable of.
Jayce doesn't mind a little sting to the bite and the kiss after soothes it over anyway. He laughs about it being culturally insensitive. "Doctor Strange, now that's quite a name." Obviously, he knows he is Dr. Stephen Strange, but said like that, it's amusing. "I can't believe I'm flirting about drinking blood, we've gone down a weird path." He loves it though.
"You know if you're going to keep groping me, you could take my shirt off." That is less weird flirting, Viktor is putting his hands all over his chest.
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Date: 2022-09-30 12:54 am (UTC)Viktor is a little less enthused by teleportation--that had been a stepping stone for him, but he certainly understands why Jayce in particular is interested in unraveling those secrets. If they're going to bring Strange to them, however, then maybe the need to figure it out sooner rather than later.
"Well, maybe you can work on that, if we're going to bring our new friend to Cadens for surgery."
It is quite a name, to the point where he wonders if it's a pseudonym, but he supposes in the end it doesn't matter. Every day they're charting a clearer path forward, and it won't be long before all of the pieces are in place.
So he's resolved to enjoy these moments while he can, hands sliding under the hem of Jayce's shirt at his request. Since he insists. Viktor moves his hands up inside Jayce's clothes--if he wants the shirt off, he can certainly take care of it--now that he's achieved skin to skin contact, he squeezes again, more shamelessly this time.
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Date: 2022-09-30 01:09 am (UTC)Jayce still doesn't see himself as a mage which is ridiculous as he's a very good one already. With the enchantment book from Kell, he's going to be able to step up that skill, since healing is going so well. Who knows what else he'll be able to do. Still, he thinks it's unlikely he can outmatch someone who is apparently a powerful magic user from Tony's world. Viktor knows he'll do whatever he can to make their situation work though. There is no limit to what Jayce is willing to do.
He is the one who playfully mentioned it, but still the press of Viktor's hands against his bare skin never gets old. Jayce runs hot and it's even more true when Viktor's touching him. He laughs at the squeeze and takes the shirt off himself since apparently he's going to have to. Jayce knows how people look at him, his body is impressive, it wasn't intentional but created through a lot of hard work. It matters more if Viktor likes looking, if he enjoys it. Jayce wants to be desirable. So sue him.
"You know, I haven't forgotten that your first response to seeing me naked was to roll your eyes. Very rude."
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Date: 2022-09-30 01:59 am (UTC)That's a significant amount of ego stroking, he knows. Combined with the fact that Viktor is currently running his hands over the expanse of Jayce's bare skin, he imagines that an implosion is imminent. The good news is that he always makes it incredibly easy for Viktor take him down a peg.
It's all betrayed, of course, by the way Viktor keeps touching him, pulling him close and kissing him between words.
"And you know exactly why I was rolling my eyes. You're not fooling anyone, acting as though you don't know how handsome you are."
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Date: 2022-09-30 02:23 am (UTC)Jayce loves magic. It is exactly what he always dreamed about. The only thing that turned out to be better than magic is this thing between them, and that he also dreamed about. He will have to talk to Stephen another time and learn how he feels about magic, although he'll be careful considering Wanda's situation.
He is far more focused on the fact that Viktor's long beautiful fingers are caressing over him hungrily, like they can't get enough of him. And there's another compliment to add to the pile, as much of a turn-on as literally stroking him can be. "Handsome how?" Jayce grins and catches Viktor by the back of his neck, leaning to steal a deep kiss from him. "Give me specifics." Hey, he gives Viktor specifics about his looks all the time.
Jayce is mostly joking although considering how hot he's getting, only slightly joking. "So what if I want to impress you, V? I'm your boyfriend, I'm allowed."
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Date: 2022-09-30 04:23 pm (UTC)It's all in the proportions, Jayce.
"Sometimes I think about how unfair it is, that you have the mind you do, and also look like this."
Viktor knows he gives off the impression that he cares only for his work and little else--doesn't really think about his own personal needs, to say nothing of sparing any thought for the aesthetics of other people, but he's got his own wants and preferences regardless. He is, in fact, capable of finding someone attractive, though in Jayce's case, it's not without taking his ego down a peg. He scoffs.
"Boyfriend, Jayce? We're not teenagers."
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Date: 2022-09-30 05:25 pm (UTC)Then he's complimenting his mind and his body so Jayce is done. He turns his body quickly and presses Viktor into the bed, leaning down to kiss him passionately, not at all embarrassed that Viktor's open desire turns him on. It's not easy to get praise out of Viktor so he eats it all up. Jayce knows if he wants to drag Viktor's clothes off him it will require more space but at the moment he is just enjoying feeling his body against him.
He stops the kiss but can't help going back for more a second later, although eventually he manages to stop, panting. Jayce moves off Viktor and further onto the bed, turning onto his back, his skin flushed from Viktor's bites and words. "Come up here, keep touching me. Please, V." Viktor knows that Jayce never hesitates from begging or has any shame about it.
"I'm open to a less teenage title, but partner can be too formal. Lover?"
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Date: 2022-09-30 08:15 pm (UTC)Viktor sounds increasingly exasperated, then offers a shout of indignation when Jayce turns around and presses them both into the mattress. He's still fully clothed, and his leg brace makes maneuvering difficult, not to mention uncomfortable. Jayce is eager, as always, and Viktor wants to reciprocate, but sometimes they both need to be reminded not to be so hasty. Despite the abrupt positioning, Viktor does his best to return the first kiss and then the second, then thankfully Jayce rolls over next to him, making it clear where this is going to go.
(Which he should have expected, really, given the fact that he was the one who worked Jayce up in the first place.)
"I need a minute," he says, scooting back towards the edge of the bed, hand automatically going to the buckles on his leg. "And, I like partner. It feels more--" Committal, is what he doesn't say. "--mature."
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Date: 2022-09-30 08:46 pm (UTC)He gets to work on the back brace since he is in the easiest position to, kissing all along Viktor's exposed soft neck. Where Viktor was slow and tempting when he did this, Jayce is heated and hungry, but he is worked up. The idea that Viktor thinks he's that attractive is settling on him. That Viktor might desire him in a way he can't resist.
"I think you're beautiful." Viktor is well aware of that, he tells him regularly. "So I like that you're saying I'm handsome as proven by science." Viktor's lust for him is undeniable, he shows him regularly, but as they both know, Jayce likes verbal reminders. He doesn't need more than this though. It'll feed him for a long time.
"But we've always used partner. Am I supposed to say romantic partner every time?"
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Date: 2022-09-30 09:01 pm (UTC)He finishes the buckles around his thigh and then lifts his arms so that Jayce can pull his shirt off, before he hunches back over to work on the rest of it. This, of course, has the added advantage, of providing a large swath of pale skin for Jayce to put his hands all over. Viktor shudders a little at the mouth on the back of his neck,
"I know you do." He says it all the time, and though Viktor knows that Jayce doesn't care how sick he is, he still finds himself wishing he could be less ragged. Be more like he knows he's supposed to be, were he left un-ravaged by the Undercity. He straightens, letting the metal clatter to the floor, using his good leg to nudge his boot off, then his shoes.
"If people can't figure out whether you mean romantic partners, I consider it their problem." But, he gets it. Jayce wants no ambiguity, when it comes to letting others know whether or not they're together. "Shall I call you my significant other, instead?"
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Date: 2022-09-30 09:30 pm (UTC)When Viktor leans over to finish his leg it does leave Jayce a beautiful amount of skin to touch and he takes advantage, running his fingers along the implant, kissing his neck, kissing his spine and the skin around the implant while he has the chance. He straightens when Viktor does and leans back to help remove the back brace. Jayce takes a moment to put his broad arms around Viktor, to embrace him in a way that Viktor's slimmer self can't fully do the other way around, but he loves no matter what. He kisses his cheek sweetly and whispers "I love you" into his ear.
He then backs up the bed again so Viktor can finish what he needs to, although Jayce purposely leaves his own pants on for now, undoing them for some relief but that's it. Their first time he was just naked, he wouldn't mind Viktor doing a little undressing of him. His upper body is on full display though and he is more than happy to encourage some more groping.
"I can live with significant other." Until he gets the ultimate title of husband ahem. "Okay then backing up, so what if I want to impress you, V? I'm your significant other, I'm allowed." Quoting his own line and removing the boyfriend. Jayce is joking around now.
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Date: 2022-10-01 02:08 am (UTC)Viktor lets his leg brace clatter to the ground, then starts to undo the latches and buckles on the front of his back brace, holding still so that Jayce can lift it off of him. He shudders at the press of lips against the line of his spine, the feeling of someone else touching the bolts there still unfamiliar. Jayce holds him in that embrace for a moment before he re-takes his position on the mattress, and despite the fact that they're both half-dressed, Viktor joins him a moment later, sliding up against his side and propping himself up on an elbow so that he can lean down to kiss him.
"I wasn't actually serious. I'm not going to make you call me that." Boyfriend is too juvenile for Viktor, but partner is too ambiguous for Jayce. It seems they're at an impasse, for now. "You should know how difficult I am to impress."
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Date: 2022-10-01 02:28 am (UTC)He waits patiently for Viktor to join him and reaches out to cup one of his perfect cheeks, meeting him into that kiss. He slides his hand to the back of Viktor's neck and encourages him closer, rarely satisfied until he has as much of Viktor on him as possible. "You can call me anything you want if you put your hands back on me. And if you bite me, I'll call you whatever you want."
Viktor has all the cards, always. Jayce is all smiles and warmth though at the moment as he looks up at him. "V, you told me by the laws of science and math that I am very handsome and you squeezed my chest multiple times. What's the point in me looking like this if you don't get to enjoy it?"
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Date: 2022-10-01 04:57 am (UTC)He lets himself be pulled down, settling into their current arrangement and kissing Jayce slowly. They could just stay like this, he thinks, but Jayce is so warm underneath him and so responsive to his touch. He wants to see what he can accomplish with just his hands alone. The fact that Jayce is so attractive is just a bonus.
"I'm enjoying it. Trust me." That much is evident by the way he slides his hand across Jayce appreciatively, squeezing at his chest again, just for punctuation. "Are you so surprised, that I'd want to touch you like this?"
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Date: 2022-10-01 02:31 pm (UTC)He wraps an arm around Viktor and he loves when Viktor is on top of him, when he can see the hunger in those beautiful gold eyes. Jayce probably would be content with the kissing and closeness, but there is so much heat in his body now, it would be a waste. Viktor is going to lean into this, he can tell, and that gets him excited. The move of his hands over his warm skin gets more blatant.
Jayce's chest is broad, every muscle in his torso defined, his arms are giant, and he basks under Viktor's affection as he touches and squeezes him. "Not surprised, exactly, just hopeful. I've had so many eyes on me over the years, but it's you I want to be an object of desire for." It's hard to describe because he doesn't think it's solely about his ego. Viktor knows that underneath his arrogance is a lot of insecurity. "I crave your attention, V. I want you to look at me and know I'm yours."
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Date: 2022-10-02 02:14 am (UTC)He scoots down just a little, all the better to press his mouth against the line of Jayce's jaw, speaking against him as his hand travels lower with purpose, thumb rubbing at the hem of his pants, but not dipping into them.
"I know that you're mine, Jayce." He's made that much abundantly clear, and yet despite this, he still needs Viktor to return the sentiment. Needs reminders. Viktor wonders if he can't play into that, especially when Jayce so openly needs to be touched. "Were you jealous, back then? Knowing that I was with other people?"
Viktor doesn't really bring up his past relationships--mostly because he considered them diversions more than anything serious, partly because by now everything before his illness, before Hextech (before Jayce) feels like a life lived by someone else. Still, he wants to emphasize that despite his preoccupation with his work and general lack of interest in anything but, he still has desires. Preferences. Finds certain things attractive, in other men.
He scrapes his teeth against Jayce's neck, the hand that seemed like it was about to dip under his trousers sliding back up the flat plane of his stomach. "Did you think about it?"
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Date: 2022-10-02 02:56 am (UTC)Some of this is about reassurance, and some of it is honestly just turning him on. Jayce is getting hard from only kissing and words, that is how much it does it for him. He could be embarrassed or he could enjoy it. He swallows when Viktor's finger teases at the hem of his pants and slides his hand against Viktor's soft hair, feeling very locked into every movement of his hands.
The reference to Viktor being with other people startles him as that is not what he expected and he never thought they were going to talk about this. It's not a bad thing, but he runs his tongue over his dry lips. Viktor is asking because he likely knows the answer, so Jayce doesn't have to feel guilty about it.
"I didn't like sharing you, even before I knew why." Jayce blushes, shivering at the touch of his teeth. He almost started to get nervous before that and the reassuring brush of Viktor's fingers against his stomach, so he knows he is safe. "I wanted your attention on me." So nothing has changed on that front in seven years.
"Did you ever think about me? I was your type, but you never ...."
Maybe this is part of it too. Jayce was wanted by so many people and he liked that, he gave into it a lot in those first few years, basking in it, feeling so special at the time. Yet Viktor was the one he could never catch the eye of, and when that frustration turned into heartache, it stayed the same truth: Viktor didn't want him. He could come up with these fantasies of how it could be with them and he could stand by being his best friend and loving him silently, respectful, grateful for being near him, but it would always be unrequited.
"Yes, I was jealous. Horribly, ugly jealous."
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Date: 2022-10-02 04:27 am (UTC)"You know why I didn't." Their work was too important, though the knowledge that Jayce might have ached for him all these years makes him feel guilty. For his part, it was difficult to watch Jayce pulled away from their work, but he'd always written it off as a necessity. People would naturally gravitate towards the handsome, personable face of Hextech, and in many ways, that's what Viktor wanted. It was better for both of them, to let Jayce handle meetings with sponsors and investors, especially after the Hexgates.
The fact that others wanted Jayce romantically, too, was just an extension of that. Viktor had his suspicions, of course, something they've already discussed, but perhaps he'd resigned himself to the fact that Jayce would always be pulled in a multitude of directions. Need to be so many different things for so many different people. Now, however, Jayce is fully his, and he wishes he could articulate how much that means to him.
"You hid it well." As in, Viktor was never aware of that resentment. His hand skims back down across Jayce's stomach, returning to its spot just at the hem of his trousers, fingers working open the buttons as a reward for his candid answer. He drags his mouth along Jayce's collarbone, and finally dips his hand into Jayce's pants, palm running along the hard outline of his cock inside his underwear. "Nothing was ever serious. Our work was always my priority. So were you."
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Date: 2022-10-02 04:44 am (UTC)He regrets not having had it sooner, but at the same time, it feels like only now does it really all work. As much as he likes to think they would have been happy together, there is no guarantee, there were a lot of pieces moving in their lives. One more complication could have broken them instead, and that would have been disaster for their work. So the aching, the suffering, in the end, he chalks it up to doing the right thing despite personal disappointments. But at least he has Viktor.
He promised to live in the moment with Viktor and that is what he wants. Jayce smiles faintly at him and starts to reply but his breath catches instead, Viktor's hand causing all of the blood to instantly drop down. That almost casual caress has him fully hard and he drops his free hand into the blanket, twisting. "I wanted you to be happy," he murmurs. If Viktor's happiness was because of another man, he would learn to live with it. He hid it and lived with it. Now Jayce knows that he is the cause of Viktor's happiness and it means more than he can say.
"I know you love me and love my mind and my intensity, you've proven that." And he is still willing to do more for Jayce, to show him that, to give him everything he longs for. Jayce sees that, it doesn't require someone to be as emotive as he is, Viktor's actions are there like now. His lips though curve up after that and there's heat in his eyes as he curls his hand along Viktor's jaw and encourages his head up to look at him. "But maybe I like the idea that you really just want to fuck me."
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Date: 2022-10-02 07:30 pm (UTC)"Our work makes me happy." It always has. He doesn't want Jayce to doubt that, ever. "You make me happy."
In spite of everything. In spite of the fact that he still feels selfish, for allowing himself this. But Jayce is so warm beneath him and so responsive that it's easy to forget everything outside the scope of the bed. It's tempting to continue to tease, palming Jayce outside the fabric of his underwear, but Viktor can't deny that he's right, so he slides his fingers under the waistband, maneuvering Jayce's erection out of his trousers.
"All of those things can be true at once." As in, Viktor wanting to fuck Jayce is not mutually exclusive to anything else. For now, he strokes his cock slowly, working him up, his lips slightly parted on Jayce's neck, wet and warm against him.
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