Romance open post

[maplepancakes]

This is the post for anything romantic with my characters! Love at first sight, confessing feelings, going on dates, whatever. If it is romantic, it goes here.

My muselist is Over here, so just comment with the name of whatever character you want in the header. If I play more than one version of a certain character, be sure to specify which version.

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[lionson]

[Let them wonder. Shiro just accepts it as one of those weird miracles that will never get an explanation.

He lets Stein do the tucking in tonight, since it's rare for him to be around. Shiro only steps in to give each boy a kiss on the forehead, and then shut off the light.

He waits until the door is closed and they're well down the hall before speaking to Stein again.]

They adore you. You know that, right?

[circumsutus]

They're just kids, senpai. They don't know any better.

[Yes, he knows. And it's one of the most incredible things that's ever happened to him.]

[lionson]

[He's smiling a little bit at that.]

How long have we known each other, Stein?

[circumsutus]

[Are you prepared to feel old, Shiro?]

Hmmmmm. Twenty-five years?

[lionson]

Twenty-five years. We've known each other for more years than I lived before we met.

[A really long time, basically.]

And you still call me 'senpai,' even though we're pretty much equals in rank at this point.

[Sure, Shiro is the Paladin, but he still counts Stein as his equal, not a lower rank.]

[circumsutus]

[That's actually something Stein has to stop and consider. It had started out as politeness, and then just... stuck.]

Force of habit, I guess.

If you want, I can call you Shiro.

[lionson]

It doesn't have to be everywhere, though it would be nice if you used my name in bed.

[It would be a touch sexier than Stein going 'iyaaan senpai~']

[circumsutus]

... Has this been bothering you for the last twenty years, senpai?

[lionson]

It's not really a bother, just something I noticed.

[circumsutus]

Well, Shiro, I think I can manage that. It might be a hard habit to break, but I'll do my best.

[lionson]

[He can live with this. In fact, he is completely content with how things are going right now.]

Well, if you'll try, then alright.

...we need to do something special for your 40th too.

[It's a few years off, but it'll be there in no time.]

[circumsutus]

Decades from now, surely. [Okay three years is not a decade. But let him feel somewhat young for a while longer.]

Besides, today is your birthday, not mine.

[lionson]

You mean it's not over yet?

[But they have already eaten, and the boys are in bed. It's too late at night to go to the movies.]

Do you have something else planned?

[circumsutus]

[Shiro pls.]

No, of course not. I already drained my savings account buying you cake. [Yes that is exactly what happened. Stein is obviously too poor to buy cake.]

It just seems silly to talk about my birthday right now.

[lionson]

Well...

[Ohlook his arm is going around Stein's shoulders now.]

There's a lot we could do that doesn't involve talking at all.

[circumsutus]

[How's that attempt working for you, Shiro?]

Oh? Here I thought you wanted me to talk.

[lionson]

Screaming could work too.

[Only except not, there's kids in the house.]

[circumsutus]

That seems counterproductive. We'd never get the boys to sleep if they heard screaming.

[lionson]

[SIGHHHH always the responsible one, Stein.

Shiro deflates a little.]

I guess you're right, we shouldn't go waking them up.

[circumsutus]

[He laughs.]

If we do wake them up, you'll have to explain it.

[lionson]

That shouldn't be a hard thing to tell them. "When a man and another man love each other very much..."

[The grin on his face is a good sign that he is joking.

By the way he's dragging Stein to the living room. Because they can keep talking while sprawled out on the couch.]

[circumsutus]

[Stein grins too, following Shiro without any complaints, though he does slip a hand up under the hem of Shiro's shirt.]

[lionson]

[kyaaa Stein

Instead of dropping Stein onto the couch, though, Shiro will flop down in such a way that he takes up like 80% of the available room, so that Stein has to lay on him to be on the couch. Because touching-lounging is totally not the same as cuddling, and if Stein is on top he can keep doing interesting things with his hands.]

Much better.

[circumsutus]

[For someone so short, Shiro can take up a lot of room when he has the mind to. Stein manages to fit over the other man with the ease of many years of practice. A knee here, and elbow there, and Stein manages to not crush Shiro.

This is pretty much their version of cuddling, and Stein goes to kiss him.]

I've been wanting to do that all day.

[lionson]

[Shut up Shiro's not short!!1

And yes, this is totally cuddling. The most romantic of cuddling, even.

Shiro eagerly kisses Stein in return, and when they pull apart he has the most smitten smile ever on his face.]

You were holding back to protect the delicate minds of children?