“He and Jon ran the Pavane one last time. Jon led him through it with ease, moving him from rotation to three-point turn to spin with practiced familiarity. Satin could barely believe he was dancing tonight with the same man who had bruised and battered his feet just a week hence. Satin hummed the beat for them again – bum bum bah, bum bum bah dum ba – as Jon spun him out and back in, pressing palms together, pulling in and then back out. When the dance came to an end, Jon smiled at him and Satin returned it, still holding frozen in the final tableau with hands clasped. Satin watched him catch his breath, letting the moment linger just a few beats longer than he should have.
Finally, Jon stepped back from him and bowed deeply, gracefully, like the lord he was and Satin could not help but laugh. He took the hanging fabric of his cloak and used it to imitate the skirts in a curtsey, as any fine lady would do at the end of a dance. It earned him a laugh from Jon, hearty and free and light.”
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🎨 Art by @cj-k / Cj_KhalifP on Twitter, commissioned by me 💝
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My intention for this was for it just be the two of them dancing, but after receiving the request, my friend @back-on-my-nerd-shit told me it was a great fit for Between Positions, part 5 of her beautiful JonSatin fanfic series A Slow Burning Fire, Tended With Care 📖 So here it is, accompanied by a lovely excerpt from the fic 🥰 I highly recommend y’all check it out, it’s truly amazing and incredibly well-written! 🫶
Close-up below! 🌹
