pocketpretzels | MHA #15, Saturday Evening

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MHA #15, Saturday Evening

There were some habits Watts was aware he he had that were not particularly good habits, but ones he was unable to stop doing for one reason or another. One such habit was his tendency to shove his hands down into his pockets with enough force that the pockets eventually tore. Thankfully, although it seemed near-impossible to break this habit, dealing with the inevitable outcome was simple enough.

Hence the Saturday evening spent on his couch with his mending kit, music playing on the speaker he'd purchased alongside the headphones Miss Gingrich had helped him pick out.

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"Very good reason," Steven said.

“I should like to hear it,” Watts confessed.

Steven leaned up to place a light kiss on Llewellyn's lips, then murmured, "Because I love you, Llewellyn Watts."

“There it is,” Watts replied. “You know,” he added, “there are a few more lines to that poem I quoted you yesterday,” he told Steven. “Would you care to hear them?”

"Please," Steven said, with enough lack of hesitation that it perhaps hinted Llewellyn didn't even need to ask.

“Du bist verschlossen in meinem Herzen;
Verloren ist das Schlüsselein.
Du musst immer drinnen sein.

You are locked within my heart;
And I have lost the key.
So there you must remain,” Watts recited, punctuating each line with a quick, soft kiss: to Steven’s temples, his nose, his cheeks, and then lastly his lips.

Steven held on so the last kiss lasted a bit longer. "Normally don't like being stuck somewhere, but in that case I wouldn't mind it."

"It is only metaphorical," Watts felt compelled to add. Though he was sure Steven knew that.

Steven did, but he was touched Llewellyn thought to mention it. "That's part of why. Bigger part is it's you. Because I love you."

Llewellyn liked hearing it, Steven was happy to repeat it.

"I love you too, you know."

Just in case Steven had forgotten in the... however many minutes it had been since Watts had last said it.

Oh look, based on the smile Steven had it seemed as though he liked hearing those words too.

"Hélas! Je ne sais plus m'enfuir comme autrefois, Je sens mon âme à la tienne attachée, J'entends battre ton cœur qui m'appelle tout bas: Heureuse, triste, et sur ton sein penchée, Ah! Si tu veux m'y retenir cachée, Ne parle pas!" Steven said, punctuating it with another kiss.

"That last direction is going to be quite difficult for me, you realise," Watts pointed out cheekily.

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Steven grinned at him. "That's what the kiss was for. Might've been tilting the scales in my favor, there."

"It is a particularly effective method," Watts admitted. "So long as you are the one making use of it."

"I'd be very cross if someone tried using it with you who wasn't me," Steven said. Just so that was clear.

“You needn’t worry there, as I’ve no intention of letting anyone but you do so,” Watts assured him.

"Wasn't actually worried," Steven said. "I know you keep your promises. Part of why I love you. You say what you mean."

He might be looking for excuses to use the words now. But he didn't think he could be blamed for it.

“I love you for finding that to be a positive.”

Yeah, it’s possible both hearing and saying the words was making Watts a little giddy. So no, he wouldn’t be blaming Steven for repeating them either.

It wasn't as though Steven minded! "Course it is, though. Means I can trust you. Means when I talk to you I know what's real. And when I get lost you don't make fun. I can ask and you tell me. It's nice."

"Always," Watts promised. "Though, that does remind me there's been something I've been meaning to ask about that."

"Of course," Steven said. "Open invitation, for you."

"When you- get lost, as you say, during a conversation... would you prefer I remind you precisely of what you were saying? Or- more generally, in a way that might have the effect of redirecting the conversation somewhat?" Watts asked. "As you say, you can trust me to tell you the truth. But I don't want to do so in a manner that you would find distressing."

"Ah, I see what you're asking about," Steven said. "In that case, yes, reminder's the way to go. I don't want to lose anything. Not even the little moments, you know?"

Of course the irony was that Steven couldn't remember the incident which had spurred Llewellyn's desire to ask the question. If he could have, he might've given a different response. As it was, he could only give the truest answer based on what he knew.

“And you shall not, so long as I am around,” Watts told him. “I promise.”

"Because if I do get lost, you'll find me," Steven said. Because those were words of Llewellyn's he very much remembered.

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