#dmbakura

- Marik teasing Bakura about how messy his hair is and playing with it, and Bakura really really likes it but he thinks that Marik's being serious about the messiness, so he tries to tie it up and keep it out of the way, and Marik gets really mad at himself because he realized he fucked up and now he doesn't have an excuse to touch Bakura's hair any more. After a while he figures out that if he offers to fix Bakura's hair for him, Bakura will huff and say he doesn't care what Marik does, and then he gets to play with Bakura's hair (Bakura's always over the moon whenever Marik offers, and he's glad Marik can't see his face while fussing with his hair because his eyes are shut and he's got a dreamy smile on his face)

-  They eventually end up kind of pressed together by accident and mutual machinations, and they both really enjoy it, but then afterwards they both want to recreate the experience and neither is sure how to go about it, so they're like casually suggesting the same activity and awkwardly sneaking a little closer until they're pressed together again, and it's good, very good, and the song and dance becomes part of their routine, but less complicated and more snuggly each time.

-  For a long while, Bakura kind of monitors Marik's tiniest movements and reactions whenever he's making moves to try snuggling, hyper alert to any possible discomfort or disapproval in Marik's body language. Even after settling into the maximum degree of snuggle that was acceptable the previous occasion, it generally takes him some time to actually relax and just enjoy it. Marik's heart always swoops when he hears Bakura's breath whoosh out softly and feels him gradually lose his tension and really rest against Marik. Marik eventually figures out that it really helps when he wraps an arm around Bakura and pulls him closer, because that's an overt expression that he's okay with this. It makes Bakura melt happily against him 15/10 times!

-  Marik using the castle spire scar on Bakura's hand as an excuse to touch his hand and hold it a little, and Bakura's not sure why he enjoys it so much when it's really a source of bad memories, but he's always happy to let Marik play with the scar and just hold his hand.

-  Bakura gets brave enough to wear one of Marik's tank tops and it's too big on him because Marik is jacked compared to skinny ole Kura, and Marik thinks he looks incredibly cute! And he notices the battle city scar, and touches it, and kind of leans against Bakura while holding his arm, and trailing his fingers along the scar and across his skin, and Bakura has to lean his head back and close his eyes because Marik's warm and his touch is light and tingly and Bakura's breathing is a little heavy for someone who's just sitting around.

-  Bakura wrapping himself in a blanket burrito because he's cold and Marik wanting so bad to snatch him into his arms and hold him close, or maybe sneak into his blanket with him, but he's not sure how to get away with it, so he brings an extra blanket and makes a big fuss about carefully wrapping Bakura in it, and Bakura's definitely enjoying the attention even though the second blanket is way too much and he's going to sweat, but that's enough heat so that even after Marik runs out of excuses to awkwardly hug him through the blanket and makes his escape, he can pretend he's in Marik's arms soaking up his body heat.