[That touch going up his chest is welcome, and the way Atem shifts under it makes that obvious -- tilting his head out of the way, leaning his jaw in, eyes half-closed, feathers fluffing and then relaxing. The compliment's accepted, too: this body, at least, feels right to him, and right is the same thing as beautiful. Even if his mind isn't right, this basic shape is his, is connected to him more than the vampire one is, but even when he's a vampire...Atem's mouth pulls up in a slight, uncharacteristically gentle smile.]
When I'm with you...I feel at home with myself. No matter which body I happen to be in.
[Vampire, naga, nephilim -- none of them are quite what he used to be, but there are things to like about them all.
Which reminds him. Ryou's carrying a lot of smells with him, and he wants a shower. Wine taste is sexy; old dry alcohol smell, not as much. That's a problem, because drying out his tail takes forever, and Atem doesn't want to get up. What if...]
I wonder...
[Will it work? Or will it end up like some of his other ideas, like drying Ryou out? What if the purification spell accidentally kills all the bacteria in Ryou's body?
If Atem tries it, he should probably try to limit it, to just the parts that are covered in fur....surface clean only......]
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When I'm with you...I feel at home with myself. No matter which body I happen to be in.
[Vampire, naga, nephilim -- none of them are quite what he used to be, but there are things to like about them all.
Which reminds him. Ryou's carrying a lot of smells with him, and he wants a shower. Wine taste is sexy; old dry alcohol smell, not as much. That's a problem, because drying out his tail takes forever, and Atem doesn't want to get up. What if...]
I wonder...
[Will it work? Or will it end up like some of his other ideas, like drying Ryou out? What if the purification spell accidentally kills all the bacteria in Ryou's body?
If Atem tries it, he should probably try to limit it, to just the parts that are covered in fur....surface clean only......]