❝ Earth is strung with lovers’ pearls ❞

[lamia]

{ and all i see are dark eyes }
💮 su-jin 💮 silvio 💮

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[typhlotic]

Threading their fingers together, he smiled as he listened to the words and that laugh. Giving his hand a squeeze, he leaned over to rest his head on Su-jin's shoulder. Usually he was the one having him lean on him but he accepted that today he was being cared for by his mate. Something he appreciated immensely.

"I'll never get over how beautiful your laugh is."

[lamia]

The moment Silvio's head rested on his shoulder, Su-jin tilted his own to nuzzle his cheek against his mate's hair. He's always been a caretaker at heart, so being able to be there for Silvio in a time of need meant a great deal to him. It meant even more now that he realized he could be present with Silvio during the full moon without as much danger.

A warm smile pulled his lips and Su-jin exhaled in contentment. "I laugh so freely when I'm with you."

[typhlotic]

"Yeah? Not so much outside my woods?"

It wasn't a question of judgment though. Just curiosity. It was interesting to him that Su-jin didn't laugh as much when he wasn't with him. Then again, that relationship his mate had with his partner was very different from what he'd been told. Silvio supposed he shouldn't be so surprised by it. Maybe he just helped his mate to be a little more spontaneous without Su-jin even realizing that fact.

[lamia]

"What? You're not happy to be the funniest person I know?" He's teasing, of course. It's simply a fact that he laughs more freely with Silvio than with others. It's just the nature of their dynamic together.

"I do laugh, it's somehow easier here, with you."

[typhlotic]

"If I'm the funniest person you know I'm going to start worrying about the company you keep. Because I'm rusty on jokes." Still, he laughed anyway. Honestly he was utterly delighted by this news, loving so much that he could make his mate laugh that easily.

"It makes me so happy that I can make you laugh that easily though. It really does."

[lamia]

"I think it's all of this," Su-jin offered thoughtfully. "You, these woods, the pace of this life. It's all more relaxed than my life in the city." There was noise and there were people and a constant sense of bustling that Silvio and his home lacked. Su-jin appreciated these breaks from that part of his life very much.

[typhlotic]

"I'm glad you can find peace here." Silvio smiled at the fact. Because it meant that he was able to satisfy in other ways that Su-jin clearly needed. He was grateful for that, as grateful as he was that his mate would be able to help him through the full moon periods now. "I love you so I love when you are happy."

[lamia]

He needed to respond to that, but in a way that was honest and meaningful. Su-jin drew in a long, thoughtful breath through his nose and turned his focus wholly on Silvio. The wolf, this person who meant so very much to him for the better part of a century.

"I am seldom unhappy," he pointed out. A fact Silvio probably already knew from their times together. "But there is a very calm sort of happiness I feel when I'm here with you. It's like being wrapped in a pleasantly warm blanket fresh from the dryer."

[typhlotic]

"You know, I actually have no idea what that feels like? Never had a dryer or a washer before. I hear they're nice though."

But since he couldn't see to set them properly? Well that made things challenging. At the best. At the worst he could do something to break it and never be able to see what was wrong to fix it. A lot of modern technology was that way for him. He just couldn't see what was needed to fix it. Without that? He didn't stand a chance.

[lamia]

“It’s like being sun-kissed without having to actually wait for the sun to warm you.” It’s the best way Su-jin can conjure to describe the feeling. “It’s an immediate and fleeting warmth but it brings such comfort.”