got good ears

[temporal_affairs]

The neighbors don't complain. Much. (They do occasionally ask that things be kept down, but they don't complain about there being noise at all. They understand about mates.)

The room isn't designed for long-term human occupation. There is no bathroom, no food, no bed, no climate control - though this is Florida, so climate control is not such a concern - no plumbing.

But there's lots of magic. It's such fun to make, after all.

(Nathan had been worried he'd have to ask one of the succubi, or Joham, for lessons on what might whimsically be called "safe sex". He likes not having to bother with this better.)

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[temporal_affairs]

"I don't think she'll be impressed."

[manofmyword]

The Joker laughs.

"You never know."

[temporal_affairs]

"Well, if that's what you want to do I think I'd go through Maggie, she's the coven sister but she and the wife live in a little house now, not with Siobhan and her mate. Maggie's a lie detector, if we swore up and down we meant no mischief she might be able to talk Siobhan into it. If she likes you. She won't be at all inclined if she doesn't like you. She's reasonably neutral about me."

[manofmyword]

"Lie detector, huh? Fun," the Joker says brightly. "We can do that sometime too."

[temporal_affairs]

Nathan grins at him. It's a very sappy sort of grin.

[manofmyword]

The Joker grins back.

"You're such a cutie," he says fondly.

[temporal_affairs]

Nathan consults his memory. "I have never been paid that exact compliment," he determines finally. "Thanks."

[manofmyword]

He giggles.

"Betcha I can come up with some more like that."

[temporal_affairs]

"What if you run out, though?" asks Nathan in mock distress.

[manofmyword]

"Bet you I wooooon't," he singsongs, grinning.

[temporal_affairs]

"In all of forever? You might have to learn a lot of languages," laughs Nathan.

[manofmyword]

"Guess we'll see, huh?"

[temporal_affairs]

Well, that's just adorable, Nathan has to hug him now.

[manofmyword]

The Joker hugs him back. Mm, snuggly. Despite the fact that it's like hugging a concrete pillar.

[temporal_affairs]

Nathan is the snuggliest concrete pillar.

He picks up his mate and continues wandering Jacksonville at a leisurely walk punctuated with kisses. "Oh, look," he says. "A hotel."

[manofmyword]

"Ooh," says the Joker. "Let's scandalize them!"

[temporal_affairs]

"How d'you want to scandalize them, babe? It's a hotel, I think they're used to giggling couples getting rooms."

[manofmyword]

"That a challenge, sweetheart?"

[temporal_affairs]

"Mm, I bet you could do it, but mostly I'm just itching to know how," Nathan says, nuzzling his mate's neck.

[manofmyword]

"We could fuck in the elevator," is the first plan that springs to mind.

[temporal_affairs]

"We could get arrested," Nathan points out. "Fucking in elevators isn't a charge I can get out of via hidden law."

[manofmyword]

"Getting arrested's not that big a deal for me," he says cheerfully. "If you don't wanna, though, that's fine."

[temporal_affairs]

"I don't think they'd put us in the same jail cell," Nathan points out, "and I'd be in Imperial type trouble if I clawed my way out."

[manofmyword]

The Joker pats Nathan's shoulder fondly.

[temporal_affairs]

"Any non-arrest-inducing ideas, babe?"