( This is the intimacy he took for granted. Lyn was liberal with her affections, and though he spent months trying to match that verve, Kaladin could never return to how he initially felt for her. They never loved each other.
It won't be like that this time. He has a chance to do it right with Noctis.
He shudders as fingers stretch his shirt, muscles twinging at each brush of their bodies. Foreign, to have a strong, masculine frame against him. Alethkar accepts homosexuality reluctantly, and only if there are oaths between partners made and kept. It will be difficult to unwind years of complex knots of denial and societal expectation.
That doesn't mean he can't also find it electric. )
Then tell me. ( A gentle urge, Kaladin's hug changing. Warm hands spread down Noctis' back, cradling there as if it's begun to ache. ) You can tell me anything.
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It won't be like that this time. He has a chance to do it right with Noctis.
He shudders as fingers stretch his shirt, muscles twinging at each brush of their bodies. Foreign, to have a strong, masculine frame against him. Alethkar accepts homosexuality reluctantly, and only if there are oaths between partners made and kept. It will be difficult to unwind years of complex knots of denial and societal expectation.
That doesn't mean he can't also find it electric. )
Then tell me. ( A gentle urge, Kaladin's hug changing. Warm hands spread down Noctis' back, cradling there as if it's begun to ache. ) You can tell me anything.