Wake up babe, new fanart for chapter 9 of You're Perfect (And Everything in Between) just dropped!
After the beautiful animation they made for the chapter 4 club dancing scene, I commissioned @anewp0tat0 once more to bring this moment of chapter 9 to life, with Stolas sleeping on the couch guarded by Tuna Sandwich while Blitz works quietly on the dishes.
It turned out so beautiful and soft đĽşđ thank you so much, Pota, for all the care and love you put into this piece! â¤ď¸
Some close-ups/a little snippet from chapter 9 under the cut:
Blitz's hand/arm scars, the snow on the window and the full moon outside:
Stolas' exhausted features and Tuna Sandwich protecting him while he sleeps:
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There were an additional two blankets draped over Stolas by the time Blitz managed to pry himself away from his sleeping form.
Stolas didnât look cold anymore, but that observation couldnât seem to scratch the itch at the back of Blitzâs mind. Stolas looked companionless, unprotected, and Blitz threw a look at the walls, dismayed by the lack of horse plushies that could watch over Stolas while he slept.
After much quarreling with himself, Blitz had an idea. Silently, he removed Tuna Sandwich from his car keys and placed the small pink pony plush carefully next to Stolasâ face. Then he took a step back to assess his work.
It wasnât much, but itâd have to do.
Even though he hadnât looked at his phone in hours, his only unread message was from Millie, letting him know they were home and thanking him again for dinner. He sent back a dancing woman emoji and texted Loona he was staying the night at Stolasâ. If she was still on her phone, she wasnât impressed enough by this information to dignify it with a reply.
With one last lingering look at the shadowed outline of Stolasâ softened face, Blitz rolled the tension off his shoulders, pushed back his sleeves, and got to work.
There was a pattern to Stolasâ dirty dishes, he soon found: pots and pans and plates buried at the bottom of the sink and pushed to the back of the counter to make room for bowls, mugs, and glasses, each holding an unrinsed spoon inside. Someone more well-read that Blitz wouldâve been able to carbon-date the stages of Stolasâ mental decline, maybe even decipher how many days heâd survived on milk and cereal alone. But that person wasnât Blitz, who directed his efforts towards emptying the food scraps into a discarded takeout bag and covering each plate with water before stacking them up to soak.
Dishes were loud by nature, but Blitz had been nurtured from an early age to shape them into a stealthy task. Even so, he stilled every couple of minutes to make out the soft, almost hoot-like releases of breath coming from the couch facing away from him.
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Hi hello hi! As many of you know, You're Perfect (And Everything in Between), also known as my human Stolitz tattoo shop AU, is a fic I hold very close to my heart. I've been working on it since around summer of 2024, and it's kept me company through highs and lows all this while. So much of myself and my own journey with queerness has been poured into these silly little blorbos, with so much more story still to come!
And ever since I wrote Blitz and Stolas dancing along to Dancing Queen in chapter 4, I knew I wanted to see that moment come to life in the form of fanart. I wanted to see the sheer queer joy of Stolas singing, and dancing, and shining in Blitz's arms under a thousand rainbow lights.
Soooo I decided to commission @anewp0tat0 for an animatic, who, boy oh boy, delivered. The result is exactly what I had in mind and so much more. I really have no words to describe how much I love it. It's even timed with the song! It includes so many details from the fic! And it's like you can see Stolas through Blitz's eyes, and see just how perfect, and beautiful, and otherworldly he is. Truly, how could Blitz not fall in love with this man?
Just... *shoves the blorbo in everyone's faces* Just look at him. Looooook at himmm!!!!!
Thank you so much again to @anewp0tat0 for making this scene come to life in such a perfect way. I will cherish this animatic forever and always đĽšđâ¤ď¸
Screenshots of my favourite moments below the cut!
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Welcome, I say welcome, to a new installment of @theradiodaemon and I's:
You pick Blitz's dialogue option, we draw and write. Will Blitz be able to romance the cute, tall bird behind the Hellbucks counter?
Make sure to read part 1 first, if you haven't already!
Part 1 | part 2
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âIâm afraid I donât remember your name. Would you refresh my memory so I can write it on the cup?â
Blitz took in the tiny glasses perched atop a fine beak, and the big, curious, friendly eyes that regarded him from behind them. His gaze lowered to the mess of feathers poking out of the guyâs shirtâso easily grabbable, he mentally notedâand then to the cup held expectantly in a small, slender black hand.
âHmmm.â He smirked. âNameâs Blitz, but, yâknow, I actually think the cupâs cute enough to deserve its own name.â
âO-Oh?â
As Blitz squinted at the thing, taking it in from different angles, the climbable bird gave him a puzzled look.
Still, there was amusement in that posh little voice of his as he said, âI did not realize object-naming was such a serious matter.â
âOh, yeah, super fucking serious. Life-or-death, really,â Blitz mumbled, absent-minded. Then, snapping his fingersâ âOkay, okay, alrightâI got it. Heâs an Emergency Condom,â he declared, and smiled triumphantly up at the owl.
Four wide eyes blinked slowly down at him. The corner of that thin mouth twitched tentatively up. âEmergency⌠Condom?â
The guy looked around, as if checking that the other patrons werenât paying them any mind. There was a pretty flush blossoming on his cheeks.
âYeah! I mean, just look at it. Itâs got Emergency Condom written all over it,â Blitz said with a cheeky grin, and even though the bird covered his growing blush with a hand, Blitz caught a glimpse of a smile twitching underneath. âIt just fits!â
âMhhm.â The owl tittered, fighting hard to compose himself. His eyes were still crinkled with amusement when he said, âDoes it, now?â
âYessir,â Blitz said proudly, and his smirk was mirrored back at him as those owlish eyes trailed down to examine the object in question, as though the guy was seriously assessing Blitzâs cup-naming skills.
Blitz watched as long, elegant fingers trailed down the length of the cup with a new sort of intention. He tracked the light press of the heel of that palm against the curved side of the cup, and felt his blood rush south when the bird very slowly curled his slender fingers around it and gave it a steady stroke.
âThatâs⌠quite remarkable, I must say.â The guy lowered his voice into a private tone. âAfter all, we do pride ourselves on the size of our cups, here at Hellbucks.â
Those big eyes met his again, and, fuck, it was probably the most unwise decision his dick had made in a while, but Blitz needed to get in this owlâs pants like right fucking now.
Refusing to let his horny game be one-upped, he toned up the cheekiness a notch, saying, âOh, do you, now?â
The bird seemed to like that, if the low chirp he released was any indication. âIndeed. Their depth and⌠girth⌠are not something you can find at just any coffee shop.â
Was it just Blitzâs imagination, or were the feathers around his neck⌠puffing up? Blitz couldnât tell, but the thought had him contemplating just how warm the skin underneath must be.
âWell,â Blitz started with a smirk, and leaned forward on the counter, tail quivering when the bird inched closer to him as well, âI can tell ya I donât disappoint, birdie.â
Desire, suddenly raw, flared up on those big red eyes, and a fine beak parted slightly with a measured breath.
Just when Blitz was about to grab a handful of those unruly chest feathers, though, someone behind him pointedly cleared their throat.
A surprised hoot came from above him as the owl quickly straightened and apologized to the line of people queuing behind Blitz. A good call on his part, probably, considering Blitzâs fingers were already grazing his flintlock handle, itching to get rid of the problem in a much less diplomatic way.
âUm,â the bird mumbled, his fluffy cheeks ablaze as he waved at an empty table in the corner. âY-You can sit down, if you want. Iâll bring you your order shortly.â
âOkie dokie.â And Blitz winked at him, allowing himself a moment to bask in the hooted giggle the bird hid behind his hand before walking up to the table.
It was only after he sat down that he realized heâd never gotten the birdâs damn name. He should probably remember it, what with the guy being demon royalty, but all he had was an echo of a memory that refused to morph into actual syllables he could pronounce.
Luckily, it didnât take too long for the guy to walk up to his desk.
Before he could ask, though, he was immeditately distracted by the frankly beautifulâif barely readableâcalligraphy with which the words Emergency Condom had been written on the cup, followed by a single, outlined heart.
âHey. IâIâm terribly sorry about that,â the owl said, infinitely tall next to the tiny desk. âI shouldâve realized there was a queue.â
Blitz roved his gaze up, from those rogue thick chest feathers to the hand nervously pushing away a strand of hair, and settled on the flickering eyes that watched him from behind small framed glasses.
âHey, all good,â he said, only half-distracted by the mental image of getting those pretty glasses all fogged up. âDonât sweat it, uhâŚâ
âStolas,â the bird offered, catching on. âYou said you were⌠Blitz, right? Didnât your name have an O at theâ?â
âYeah, itâs silent now,â Blitz quickly cut in, absolutely not wanting the conversation to go there right now. âItâs Blitz.â
âI see.â The bird took this in, and his expression, though still profoundly blushed, settled on a friendly, dreamy smile. âWell, Blitz. I⌠I hope you enjoy your drink.â
That was usually the line baristas gave before retreating, but Stolas lingered, watching Blitz with eyes that were hoodedâexpectant.
âUh...â
What will Blitz's reply be?
Yeah, you too! Fuck, I mean... [awkward silence]
You know... Coffee isn't the only thing I swallow.
So... When do you get off?
Do you do take-out? There's a tall, fluffy drink I'd like to order.
Great news: @theradiodaemon and I's coffee shop AU dating sim has a title nowâand is on AO3, just in time for part 3!
As always, you pick Blitz's dialogue option, we draw and write. Will Blitz be able to romance the cute, tall bird behind the Hellbucks counter?
Part 1 | part 2 | part 3
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âUh...â
âHey, quick question,â Blitz blurted out, and swore Stolasâ glazed eyes followed every movement of his mouth. The bird gave an inquisitive, distracted hum, and Blitz smirked. âDo you do take-out?â
Stolas blinked. And again, his gaze finally finding Blitzâs as his dreamy smile faded. âUm. Yes, weâyes.â He strsightened a little. âWould you⌠I mean, is there anything youâd like to⌠um.â Stolasâ squawky speech cut with a gulp when Blitz dragged his hand across the table and grazed his fingertipss to surprisingly soft, black knuckles.
âYeah. You see,â Blitz started, lacing their fingers loosely, delighting in the twitch Stolasâ hand gave under his, âIâve heard you guys serve this special, off-menu drink Iâd like to order.â
âO-Oh?â
âMhm.â Blitz licked his lips. âIâve heard itâs the tallest one you have. Fluffiest one, too.â As he spoke, he ogled the bird slowly, pointedly, going from his long, quaky legs to the thin waist highlighted by a tightly-tied apron, then to the messy chest fluff and puffed neck feathers. As his eyes settled on Stolasâ bewildered, flushed expression, Blitz allowed his tail to swish and lowered his voice into a thick, husky sound. âItâs definitely the hottest drink âround these parts, which is why Iâd like to take my time savoring it.â
âI-Iââ It seemed impossible, but Stolasâ flush deepened. The bird slipped his warm hand from under Blitzâs to tug at the neck of his shirt, causing another button to come loose and making more of those enticing chest feathers spill out. âI thinkâwe can definitely arrange that, yes.â
Blitz was sure he didnât imagine the way Stolasâ knees pressed closely together, like something was going on between his thighs that required his thighs to clench.
The lack of a bulge had Blitz wondering just what awaited under that tight apron. Whatever it was, as long as he could put his mouth on it, he was sure he could make it work.
âIâll just have to, um, make sure the drink is ready to go.â Stolas tripped adorably over the words, but that didnât deter him from playing along. âIt should be ready in around⌠half an hour?â he said, glancing at the fancy clock on the wall. âWould that work for you?â
Blitz grinned. âSounds perfect, birdie,â he purred, and had to stop himself from grazing that long leg with the tip of his tail as Stolas straightened to his full height.
He wanted to keep flirting, just to see what other sounds the owl would make. But when he caught Stolas eyeing the counter and the two customers already waiting in line, he took pity on the guy. Demon royalty or not, he seemed keen on being a decent Hellbucks employee.
So Blitz gave him a final smirk, said, âSee ya then, handsome,â and grabbed his cup to take a sip as he watched Stolas begrudgingly step away.
As soon as Stolasâ back was to him, he frowned down at his cup. What the fuck had he ordered? He eyed the poster on the wall, taking a painstaking few moments to read the text under the giant cup, and felt his blood drain. It was an ad for their newest XXL cup size, not for a specific drink.
As it turned out, they did pride themselves on the size of their cups here at Hellbucks, and, like the clown he was, Blitz had ordered absolutely nothing.
Oh, well. Whatever beverage Stolas had served him had coffee in it, at least. And pumpkin spice. And⌠something that tasted suspiciously like mint.
Ugh. Whatever. It was tolerable enough for Blitz to power through.
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The minutes ticked by painfully slowly. Blitz checked his phone, stared out the window; snuck a glance at Stolas to watch him work, wanting to get another good look at those slender handsâthose long fingers that waved around as he talked to customers like each movement was meant to conjure magic.
Just as Blitz trailed his gaze up to watch Stolasâ mouth move as he spoke, the bird glanced his way and caught him staring.
Stolasâ eyes widened, and he flushed a pretty pink. He quickly turned his attention back to the customers, but stole another glance at Blitz, and he visibly fumbled his words when their gazes met again.
Naturally, this meant Blitz had no choice but to let his gaze trail in Stolasâ direction every couple of minutes. Just to fluster him a liâl; watch his feathers quiver and puff.
Half the time, Stolas was already looking at him. Still, he was always the one to blush, smiling to himself and pushing back the feathers at his temples with long, clumsy fingers.
Blitzâs smirk, at first a teasing attempt to see just how deep Stolasâ flush could get, turned slowly genuine as he bit back his chuckles and shook his head in fond dismay.
When the queue died down again, Stolas walked around the cafe to pick up the trash and clean the empty tables.
On his way past Blitzâs corner, the owl beelined in his directionâcasual, non-committal, trying to act like he wasnât trying to walk past Blitzâs side.
So Blitz took a sip of his drink, not reacting as the bird approached. Then, in the split second before Stolas rushed past, he angled up the tip of his tail to stroke the smooth heel of Stolasâ talon.
The feeling of fanning tail feathers brushing his sensitive spade traveled through him like lightning.
Stolas didnât turn back to look at himâdidnât falter in his stepsâbut Blitz didnât miss the way his feathers quivered, and swore he could hear a sharp intake of breath over the loud ambience of the cafe.
Somewhere between thrilled and unbearably horny, Blitz watched the owl return to the counter and start making another drink.
Stolas didnât look at him againânot at first. He focused on the task at hand, and so did Blitz, so mesmerized by the movements of Stolasâ hands that it took him a whole five seconds to register the purposeful way in which Stolas was stroking the cup.
When Stolas did look his way, an amused smirk tugged at his beaky mouth.
Blitz mustâve looked like a complete idiot. He was pretty sure his fly was about to burst, and could feel a string of drool threatening to escape the confines of his open mouth.
Stolas looked down again, then back up at him, all the while handling that cup like he was trying to edge it to Heaven and back.
Blitz had to take a big gulp of coffee just to hide his flush. Then, thinking better of it, he let the drink splash his lips, andâchecking that Stolas was still watchingâlowered the cup to lick them slowly clean of foam, showing off just a fraction of his tongueâs true skillet.
Stolasâ hooded eyes traveled from his mouth to the clock on the wallâthen widened. He handed out the last of the drinks and disappeared behind the staff door, which swung open again as an imp walked out to take his place.
It couldnât have been more than three minutes before Stolas walked back outâand yet he was almost unrecognizable.
Gone were the green little apron and the baggy beige shirt underneath. In their place were a pretty, elegant grey blouse, half-unbuttoned to let the chest fluff overflow, and skimpy, high-waisted maroon shorts that seemed designed specifically to trigger Blitzâs instincts to gnaw at his thighs.
âShall we?â Stolas smiled, extending an awkward hand. It took all of Blitzâs brainpower to stand up instead of gawking at this masterpiece of a bird.
Outside, Stolas paused, expectant, and fiddled with the long feathers at his chest as he looked down at Blitz. âSo,â he smiled, a blush creeping up his cheeks, âwhat did you have in mind?â
What will Blitz's reply be?
"Imma be honest, I hadn't thought this far ahead."
"We could go to Pound Town... no, really, I heard they have great restaurants."
"How'd you like to visit the human world?"
"I'm not fussy. Anywhere I can get a good view of those feathers works for me."
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Sleepover Saturday mini prompt: i'm feeling in the mood for some angst so, Blitzø: "Stolas...I love you", Stolas (crying): "Please...don't do this to me again..."
Almost two weeks later, but here you go! Thank you for the prompt â¤ď¸
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âI love you.â
Blitzø laughs, breathless. Heâs said it. Oh, man, heâs finally said it, and it feels as light as a bird stretching out its wings and fluttering in his chest.Â
Heâs so busy marveling at how good he feels it takes him a moment to notice his smile isnât mirrored in Stolasâ face. In fact, for the longest moment, Stolasâ features give nothing away.
Then they shatter. A shaken breath leaves Stolasâ mouth, and his eyes lower and scrunch, and as the bird takes a long step back, Blitzø feels his heart break into a million pieces.Â
Panic overtaking him, Blitzø reaches out. Heâs fucked things up again and he needs to fix them. He needs to fix this, fast.
He opens his mouth, ready to take back the fragile words, ready to tell Stolas anything that might take away his pain. But when he reaches for those words, what he comes up with instead is a soft, âI love you.â
Stolas cringes, and so does Blitzø. What the fuck is wrong with him?
âPleaseâŚâ Stolasâ strangled voice stabs through Blitzøâs chest. âPlease, donât do this to me again.âÂ
Blitzø steps forward; Stolas steps back. His long arms wrap around his torso, and itâs only then that Blitzø notices Stolas is wearing his royal attire. He searches the owlâs face, desperate to find visible pupils in Stolasâ piercing eyes, but all he finds is a sea of red anguish as Stolas stares at him like heâs begging Blitzø not to betray him again.Â
And Blitzø tries. He tries not to move so he wonât spook the prince further, and he parts his lips slowly to make sure he can shape them into the words Iâm sorry.
He gets the first sound right, and it all goes wrong from there.Â
âI⌠love you.â
Stolas starts crying. Blitzø clutches at his chest. He canât breathe. The words choke him as they spill out in sudden jerks.Â
âI love you. I love you.â
âBlitzø,â Stolas begs, âpleaseââ
âI-I love you, I⌠Iââ Blitzø tries to keep it in. He tries, he tries, andâ âI love you. I love you, Stolas. I love you.â
Stolas crumples down and sobs into his hands. On his knees, heâs barely taller than Blitzø, and still heâs out of reach, because Blitzø canât step towards him now. Heâs glued to the spot, overtaken by the terror of what heâs doing.Â
Heâs hurting Stolas. Heâs making Stolas cry. All Stolas asked was for him to not say those wretched words again, and Blitzø canât even get that right, because the second he dares to unclench his jaw long enough to draw in air the words pour out of him again.
âI love you. I l-love you. Stolas, Iââ Iâm sorry. Shit, Iâm so fucking sorry, I promise Iâm trying, Iâ âlove you.â
The words taste like salt, and thatâs how Blitzø knows heâs crying. His hands are blurry when he looks down at them, but he can tell theyâre shaking.
Stolas shakes his head. Over, and over, he shakes his head and hides his cries into his palms. Oh, God, Stolas is inconsolable. What has he done?
Blitzø is repulsed by himself. He wants to crawl out of his skin, hollow himself from the inside out until thereâs nothing left of the words bursting out of his chest. Heâd thought of them as the timid trembling of a birdâs wings as it shook off sleep and got ready to take flight. Theyâre not. Theyâre claws, angry and piercing, and with each second that Blitzø tries to hold them in, they tear his flesh and rip his heart to shreds in their frenzy to come out.
âI love you,â Blitzø says again, unable to help it, too weak to fight back. âI love you.âÂ
Though neither of them moves, the space between them stretches. It seems impossible, like itâs not air that fills the growing gap between them, but instead a heavy darkness. Stolas zooms out of his reach until Blitzø can barely make out his silhouette.Â
Heâs slipping away. Stolas is slipping away, and thereâs nothing Blitzø can do to stop it.Â
This is his fault. This is all his fault.Â
âBlitzøâŚâ His name, broken and damned, echoes in the distance.Â
I know, he wants so desperately to say, Iâm sorry. âI love you.âÂ
Hopefully Stolas canât hear the words by now.Â
âBlitzø.â
Blitzø sniffles. Smiles. Itâs okay, Stols. You can go now. Please donât stay here and let me keep hurting you. âI love you.â
Four red dots flash in the distance: theyâre faint, and fleeting, and then theyâre gone.Â
At last, the turmoil in his chest settles. With an exhale, the words part from his lips again, and Blitzø knows this time is the last. âI love you.â
Stolas is gone now. Thatâs good. That means Blitzø canât hurt him anymore.
He can rest now. He can rest knowing heâll never have to hurt Stolas again.
âBlitzø!âÂ
Christ on a fuckingâ
Blitzø jumps out of his skin. His heart pounds, and just like that, he startles awake.Â
Itâs still dark outside, and the apartment is perfectly quiet. The shadows, which draw looming shapes on the living room walls, disappear briefly with the headlights of a passing car. Blitzø sits up on the beanbag and searches the couch.
Four wide red eyes stare back at him.
âStols,â Blitzø rasps out, voice rougher than he expected. âWh-What are you doing awake?â
âAre you okay?â murmurs the owl, the words muffled against his blanket. âYou sounded upset.â
Shit. His stupid fucking nightmare. Had he woken Stolas up? He hadnât said any actual words out loud, had he?Â
âIâm okay. It was just a weird dream.âÂ
â... Okay,â Stolas says, reluctant. Blitzø puts on a reassuring tone.
âGo back to sleep. We got work in the morning.â
In the darkness, he only catches a glimpse of Stolas nodding his head. âAll right.â
It takes a while, but eventually he hears Stolasâ breaths deepen, then shape into the tell-tale lulling hoots that signal heâs all the way asleep.Â
Only then does Blitzø move. He crawls closer to the couch and sits a few steps away from Stolasâ sleeping form, where he can make out the owlâs face with the minimal light coming in from the street.
He takes his time tracing the soft outline of Stolasâ eyelids, examining the soft fuzziness of Stolasâ rounded cheeks. He follows the curve of Stolasâ beak down to his slightly-parted mouth, and watches the slow rise and fall of his body with each steady breath.
Blitz takes his time, even though he doesnât need to. He doesnât need to, because it only takes one moment of looking at Stolas for him to locate the quivering beast inside his chest.Â
Much like Stolas, the creature slumbers and doesnât stir; not even when Blitzø feels around it carefully to study its weight inside his ribcage and explore its thrumming warmth around his heart.
Blitzø opens his mouth and feels the words I love you build inside his chest. They donât seem in a rush to come out. Still, he double checks:
âGoodnight, Stols.â
The words come out easily, untarnished by the ones sleeping away contentedly in the deepest caverns of his chest.Â
Itâs that last confirmationâthe knowledge that he still has power over his voice, that the words wonât spill out without permission, that heâs not about to break Stolasâ heart againâthat allows him to clamber back to his beanbag and chase after some more sleep.Â
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Blitzâs kiss was wet and warm as he clung to the feathers at the back of Stolasâ head.
Stolas sighed into it, suckling tenderly on Blitzâs tongue and drawing a quiet moan from the man he loved. He stroked a thick horn to angle Blitzâs head back and deepen the kiss, and felt a familiar hardness dig into his stomach when Blitz pushed needily up against him.
A thrill ruffled his feathers, and Stolas smiled into the kiss. He pressed his hardened abdomen down, matching the slight bucking of Blitzâs hips, and hummed in approval when Blitzâs cock twitched hotly against his skin.
Their tongues didnât unwind as Blitzâs pants turned gradually to muffled moans.
A claw dug into Stolasâ back, dragging down his skin and the downy feathers there. Spurred on, Stolas snuck a hand between their bodies and tugged Blitzâs pajama bottoms down. He traced Blitzâs heavy length with his fingers, drawing a higher, needy whine from the imp.
Blitz pushed up into Stolasâ weight, arching his back into the unhurried touch. Shaky fingers clawed at Stolasâ sides, raising skin; Stolas rewarded him with a pleased hoot that Blitz swallowed and gasped around.
âMhâmhhâŚâ Blitz tried to vocalize, no doubt wanting to ask for more, but Stolas slotted their mouths together and kept a steady, unhurried pace.
There was no rush, now, after all. No bright full moon judging silently from the celestial sphere; no transaction, no deal. Just themâquiet, and wanton, and here. Warm lips and and feathers and skin.
He stroked Blitzâs quivering tip and felt it leak against his fingers. Distracted as he was by the familiar texture of Blitzâs arousal, he let his drool trickle down into Blitzâs mouth, and Blitz kissed up into it, using his tongue to taste and collect Stolasâ mess. His muscled legs wrapped around Stolasâ waist, then, and he clenched his thighs to drive his cock up into the hollow nest underneath Stolasâ breastbone.
It was Stolasâ turn to moan hotly into Blitzâs mouth, and not just from the way Blitz was fucking himself against the pit of his stomach. Blitzâs tail spade had found its way between his thighs, and teased them playfully open, stroking the inside just above Stolasâ knees where Blitz knew he was particularly sensitive.
Stolas whimpered, shivering with pleasure. Lords, heâd missed this so much.
No, that wasnât entirely true. Heâd yearned for thisâfor a touch between them that felt real, that wasnât rooted in fantasy, in play-pretend, in a mountain of unspoken doubt.
Thoughts of their troubling past had barely begun to form when Blitz dragged him back to the present with hands that dug into his flesh at his back and sides. Stolas sighed, feeling the tip of that spade trailing up his inner thighs, and sobbed lowly into the kiss when it flicked against his quivering heat.
With devastating ease, he surrended to his lover fully, spreading his legs open and moaning in tandem with Blitz as that tail spade found his cloaca and rubbed slowly against its ridged edge.
Just as he felt wetness leak onto the flat of Blitzâs spade, another dribble of pre-cum coated his own fingers and the downy feathers under his chest.
He considered sitting up to get Blitzâs cock inside him, but he rather wanted to keep drinking in Blitzâs moans. So, instead, Stolas shifted his weight without parting from their kiss and guided more of it to his knees so he could lift his hips. Then, rubbing himself back against that teasing tail, he slotted his hand properly between their bodies and wrapped his fist around the familiar, quivering weight of Blitzâs cock.
Blitzâs moan was beautifully debauched, and Stolas hummed around it as he pumped his fist experimentally, pausing after an upstroke to feel the way his stomach feathers dampened with Blitzâs dribbling slick.
He rubbed Blitzâs tip with his palm to coax more of that wetness out, and Blitzâs mouth slackened against his as he pumped his hips up and sought more of Stolasâ touch.
When Stolas stroked his full length again, Blitzâs legs clenched around his waist, the imp clinging to him until his back was barely touching the couch.
There was no warning as Blitzâs tail wriggled and breached the sensitive rim of Stolasâ hole.
Stolas parted from the kiss, moaned, and Blitz chuckled against his lips.
âYouâre so wet for me, birdie.â Blitzâs voice was a rumble, hoarse from making out. He grabbed Stolas by the back of the head and guided their mouths together; not to kiss, but to feel Stolasâ hot breaths against his lips as he twitched his tail inside Stolasâ quivering heat.
Dreamily, Stolas smiled, a thumb to the underside of Blitzâs cock. âYouâre one to talk, darling.â
Blitz smiled back, cheeky, before wriggling deeper inside him and kissing around Stolasâ breathy moan.
Stolas already knew he wasnât going to last. Not with how new and thrilling this felt; not with how long heâd craved this kind of touch from Blitz.
It was okay, though. Blitz would hold him when he came undone, he knew that now. Just as he knew their time together wouldnât be over once this moment was; that Blitz would still be by his side afterwards, filling the crushing gaps between each full moon with warmth and touch and love.
So Stolas moaned, and fucked himself on Blitz's muscular tail spade, and didnât try to stop his pleasure from mountingâtricklingâspilling as they got lost in another breathless kiss. He didnât hold back from stroking Blitz to completion, either, pushing his chest down and cradling his cock in the gap under his ribcage as Blitz quivered and came.
They kissed for long minutes, afterwards: Stolasâ fingers curled loosely around Blitzâs twitching, slowly-softening dick, and Blitzâs tail tip nestled in the wet, pulsing ridges of Stolasâ hole.
Then came the slide of a warm tongue against the hardness of his beak; the smooth, hollow slide of a talon against a long keratine horn.
Each small touch felt accentuated, traveling down his limbs and spine with each shock of after-pleasure that made him drowsy and slow.
Outside the spacious windows of Blitzâs home, a red twilight toned down into a purplish dusk. Inside, comfort flowed back into pleasure as Blitzâs cock filled against his abdomen again and the wetness between Stolasâ legs twitched with interest anew.
Stolas didnât stroke Blitz this time, instead pressing his hand against Blitzâs lower back and spurring him to drive up into his body.
Similarly, Blitz didnât push inside him again, and opted for rubbing the outside of Stolasâ sensitive rim until he was a whining mess. The edges of his spade caught against the ridges of Stolasâ cloaca, and, hyper-sensitive as he was, Stolas cried out and came in seconds, too lost in pleasure to feel self-conscious about how ridiculously easy it was for Blitz to get him off.
Blitz made them dinner, afterwards, though not until their rumbling stomachs forced them to get up. Stolas wasnât allowed near the stove even though his calculations proved heâd only been responsible for roughly forty-percent of the kitchen accidents over the last few months; but he set the table for two, lowering the lights and cutting a flower from his small balcony garden to place in a horseshoe mug in lieu of a proper vase.
He hummed as he worked, and caught a glimpse of a smile adorning Blitzâs face as he finished up with the food. Privately, Stolas smiled back, a sappy, delighted display that he toned down somewhat when Blitz brought their plates to the table and pulled back Stolasâ chair for him to sit.
When they brushed their teeth after dinner, Blitz perched himself on the edge of the sink and nuzzled his forehead against the mess of feathers that adorned Stolasâ chest. He held Stolasâ hand as they made back to the couch, and used that irresistible smile of his to convince Stolas to watch a movie he really liked that had a stallion for a protagonist.
Stolas agreed to it, well aware heâd spend most of the movie silently admiring the feeling of Blitzâs hand around his own.
Quite unexpectedly, though, the movie plot caught his attention. So much so that, when a low purr reached him from below, Stolas was surprised to find Blitz fast asleep against his side, with his scarred cheek smooshed against the short feathers of his upper arm.
Smiling, Stolas tugged at the blanket and draped it around them both.
Eventually, the credits rolled. Blitz didnât stir, and it took Stolas a minute to get a hold of his drooping eyelids.
Carefully, Stolas lowered himself onto his back, taking care not to wake Blitz as he repositioned the imp to be curled up securely against his chest, legs tucked in the gap between Stolasâ waist and the backrest.
A passing car in the street below painted a stroke of yellow and white on the living room wall. It was the closest thing to a shooting star Stolas had witnessed in many months, and even though he knew it was silly, he searched his mind for a groggy wish.
Him, his scattered thoughts supplied, us. This.
Satisfied, Stolas closed his eyes and allowed his low-pitched hoots to match the rumbling beat of Blitzâs deep-seated purr.