slipping away with Ragnar

[thewidewideworld]

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Sinric leads Ragnar into the bathrooms, glancing around to see if anyone is around before slipping into one of the stalls and closing the door behind them.

"Do you want me to paint your prick with my lips or lift my skirts and take me standing?" He asks with a list-filled purr.

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[thewidewideworld]

Sinric smiles. "It would rival some of the great art of Byzantinum. Indeed a great wonder for all to see."

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"But won't the glass burst from the heat?" Ragnar wonders.

[runningred]

"The glass is out of vehicles from the future so it's hardened against fire and impact. It might look fragile but the glass he's using is very strong."

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"So it's not just a great piece of impressive art, it is something of a miracle," Ragnar saus

[runningred]

"Just a millennia of technological advance." Jay shrugs. "And a brilliant artist's work."

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"But it will be a miracle to the people who see it," Ragnar says, smiling, "and a nice riddle for digger-uppers from the future."

[runningred]

"Already planning to screw with future archaeologists? Good man." Jay grins.

Sinric touches the little ship in Ragnar's hand. "Can you risk such a thing? You would have to bring it back from a trade trip or raid surely?"

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"Trade trip," Ragnar says. "They happen all the time. We're not Byzantium, or the future -- if we want to go shopping for something not sold in Kattegat, we need to sail away for a few days."

[thewidewideworld]

"Something so beautiful could have come from Byzantium? Or at least people could be told so, even if the artisans of my city would struggle to find such fine coloured glass in such thin layers."

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"It could have," Ragnar says. "People will believe any miracles about Miklagard."

[thewidewideworld]

"Well, some of them are true." He smiles playfully. "The Hargia Sophia is one of the gates of heaven."

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"Isn't that the big church?" Ragnar says.

[runningred]

"Very, very big church." Jay chuckles. "It's still there in my day and still unspeakable beautiful."

That makes Sinric smile, to know it will endure.

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"And it's still that gate to heaven?" Ragnar says.

[runningred]

Jay shrugs. "Even as someone who's been dead, I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer that. It would be an easy thing to believe, standing under that dome."

Sinric gives Jay a sideways look, not understanding what he just said but not sure how to react.

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"You have been dead and aren't now?" Ragnar asks.

[runningred]

"Pretty much. Long story, none of which makes sense, even to me." He waves it away. "But if you do get a chance to see the Hargia Sophia in it hayday, do it."

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"I will go with Athelstan, one day..." Ragnar says. "Hopefully."

[thewidewideworld]

"When you are together again, I will take you gladly." Sinric promises, taking Ragnar's hand.

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"We would love to see it," Ragnar says. "But we might go in our own time, too."

[thewidewideworld]

"Oh, yes. Of course." Sinric looks abashed, as if suddenly in the way. "You can tell me how the city fairs."

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"We will," Ragnar says. "Or you might come with us, if we manage to find you."

Pause.

"I must stop doing politics and start doing what I wanted once more -- exploring! And I'll take the two of you, if I can, once the rest of my life can take care of each other again. All this has rather escalated, and pushes me further and further from what I wanted in my life."

[thewidewideworld]

Sinric carefully takes the little ship from Ragnar and sets it down before gathering Ragnar in his arms and kissing him deeply. He looks up into those powerful blue eyes as he strokes his beloved's cheek.

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"That's why he's suffering so much," Ragnar whispers into the kiss, "because of my being side-tracked into politics and the big picture. Because of me. I want him free of that, and I want you with us."

[thewidewideworld]

"Then when you have him back and safe in your arms, come look for me. As I will be looking for you. And we will be together again in the proper order."