NaNo update
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serafina20About 1500 words today! Yay!
Gay pirate novel. This is the secondary romantic couple having a moment, being overheard by one of the leads.
Luke peeked inside the sick bay. It was empty of all patients, leaving Dawson and Laurence alone. Dawson stood over Dickens’s body as he sutured the wound in the dead man’s neck. Laurence stood behind him, body pressed close.
Dawson scowled at the body as he worked. “I don’t care about the marquess. But I was asked by a friend to deliver …something important, and I can’t simply…” He closed his eyes, hand shaking. “I promised.”
Laurence stepped even closer to Dawson and pinned the other man in, placing his hands on the table. He leaned his head forward so his mouth was at Dawson’s ear, brushing against the lobe.
Oh. Luke flushed, feeling stupid. Marcus did not leave that bite mark on Dawson’s neck after all.
“You told me how trapped you feel by your life. A life of obligation that you never asked for, and that you can never hope to meet. You strive every day to stuff yourself into a box shaped by other men’s desires of what you should be. Of what you will never be.”
Dawson closed his eyes. He let out a shuddering breath.
Laurence kissed him on the neck. “Stay with me. Take any shape you desire. I’ll never pin you into something you are not.”
“I…” He pulled his head away, as far as he could within Laurence’s arms. “You don’t know me well. I am a jealous man. Needy. I require attention.”
Laurence lifted on hand and ran it through Dawson’s hair. “You think I cannot give it to you?”
“I think your loyalty lies first with the captain.” He turned in Laurence’s arms. “I would not share.”
“Ah.” Laurence pinned Dawson in again, his dark eyes intent on Dawson’s face. “I won’t apologize for my relationship with him in the past. He is my captain, and I serve him as I can. I love him. But, it seems that his need of me is coming to an end. I gladly relinquish my place in the captain’s bed to the pup.”
Dawson sounded choked when he said, “I would not be someone’s second choice.”
Luke watched as Laurence’s eyes glinted. He leaned in, taking Dawson’s chin in one hand, and kissed him. After a moment of watching, Luke pulled back and stood against the wall, giving the men their privacy.
“You are not a second choice, Samuel,” Laurence murmured. “I would have you stay.”
Gay pirate novel. This is the secondary romantic couple having a moment, being overheard by one of the leads.
Luke peeked inside the sick bay. It was empty of all patients, leaving Dawson and Laurence alone. Dawson stood over Dickens’s body as he sutured the wound in the dead man’s neck. Laurence stood behind him, body pressed close.
Dawson scowled at the body as he worked. “I don’t care about the marquess. But I was asked by a friend to deliver …something important, and I can’t simply…” He closed his eyes, hand shaking. “I promised.”
Laurence stepped even closer to Dawson and pinned the other man in, placing his hands on the table. He leaned his head forward so his mouth was at Dawson’s ear, brushing against the lobe.
Oh. Luke flushed, feeling stupid. Marcus did not leave that bite mark on Dawson’s neck after all.
“You told me how trapped you feel by your life. A life of obligation that you never asked for, and that you can never hope to meet. You strive every day to stuff yourself into a box shaped by other men’s desires of what you should be. Of what you will never be.”
Dawson closed his eyes. He let out a shuddering breath.
Laurence kissed him on the neck. “Stay with me. Take any shape you desire. I’ll never pin you into something you are not.”
“I…” He pulled his head away, as far as he could within Laurence’s arms. “You don’t know me well. I am a jealous man. Needy. I require attention.”
Laurence lifted on hand and ran it through Dawson’s hair. “You think I cannot give it to you?”
“I think your loyalty lies first with the captain.” He turned in Laurence’s arms. “I would not share.”
“Ah.” Laurence pinned Dawson in again, his dark eyes intent on Dawson’s face. “I won’t apologize for my relationship with him in the past. He is my captain, and I serve him as I can. I love him. But, it seems that his need of me is coming to an end. I gladly relinquish my place in the captain’s bed to the pup.”
Dawson sounded choked when he said, “I would not be someone’s second choice.”
Luke watched as Laurence’s eyes glinted. He leaned in, taking Dawson’s chin in one hand, and kissed him. After a moment of watching, Luke pulled back and stood against the wall, giving the men their privacy.
“You are not a second choice, Samuel,” Laurence murmured. “I would have you stay.”
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Date: 2022-11-10 02:40 pm (UTC)I love your snippet.