[ He knows things about Felix now, Ephemera thinks silently. They should have been strangers to each other. Nothing but factors to consider in the field. An asset to utilize, an enemy to eliminate. It should have been simple. It never was. Not even that first time in the elevator when Ephemera sized Felix up in the dark, dosed and nearly vibrating out of his skin, and calculated his odds of survival if he made a real go for the other’s rig.
A brutal equation. An easy one. He’s made it before. It should have been simple. And then, suddenly, it wasn’t. Ephemera breathes out slow and keeps his hand on the back of Felix’s neck. Jerking him off rough, and fast. Listening as Felix’s breathing changes, feeling how he reacts. Like there’s only the two of them and not —
It’s like being on a drop. You close the world off. You only see what you need to.
Ephemera rubs circles, his thumb pressed against Felix’s pulse, and closes his eyes. Breathe. Just fucking breathe —
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A brutal equation. An easy one. He’s made it before. It should have been simple. And then, suddenly, it wasn’t. Ephemera breathes out slow and keeps his hand on the back of Felix’s neck. Jerking him off rough, and fast. Listening as Felix’s breathing changes, feeling how he reacts. Like there’s only the two of them and not —
It’s like being on a drop. You close the world off. You only see what you need to.
Ephemera rubs circles, his thumb pressed against Felix’s pulse, and closes his eyes. Breathe. Just fucking breathe —
Someone wolf-whistles. Ephemera goes rigid. ]