#fataobstant

     The  rain  falls  hard  against  the  windows  of  Henry’s  BMW,  tumbling  slanted  through  the  flickering  beams  of  light  gleaming  outside  of  the  motel.  The  neon  sign  reading  “The  Inn  At  Old  Twelve  Hundred”,  pink  and  electric  blue  heralding  vacancy,  buzzes  loudly  above  the  office.  Henry  sighs  as  he  parks  outside  of  room  oh - six,  pulling  the  keys  from  the  ignition.  The  car  sighs  to  a  stop  after  a  brutal  day  of  driving  along  unkempt  state  roads  and  empty  highways  through  dark  woods  and  rolling  hills.  Save  a  gas  station  a  few  miles  down  the  road  and  a  breakfast - only  diner  even  further  the  other  way,  the  motel  is  the  only  thing  around. 

˗ ˏ ˋ salt mountain. ˎ ˊ ˗ ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚★

      tbh it’s always been kind of funny to me that before I turned… idk, fourteen? I was, like, exclusively writing female ocs. I didn’t even know roleplaying canon characters was a thing until I joined up in the rpc to roleplay china / wang yao from hetalia ( over at @wansui ).

      but even before I joined tumblr I started focusing more on my male characters. I think that was a product of the first really big rp project I was a part of, in which the partner I was playing across played all the female characters. I just happened to be playing all the male ones at the time and I think that stuck?

      on my multi ( @cathexia ) there are a couple of female characters. I most notably want to poke lux at everyone because she’s a literal ray of sunshine, but at the same time, I mean. I think at this point, after more than a decade of straight up roleplaying dudes, my ‘mindset’ has mostly settled.

      still, that doesn’t mean I won’t give it a good try if a character interested me enough to do it!

“Hm. Is that a threat or a promise?”

Caesar smirks playfully as he fans himself, letting out a huff as he stretches out across the bed, much like a cat who contents itself in sleep. He is not used to the climate of Bithynia, to be sure, much more used to Rome’s milder temperatures. Still, he turns a head to look over at Nicomedes, quirking a brow. Truthfully, his clothes are still discarded from the previous night, and he is only haphazardly covered by the sheets of the bed, but he’s awfully close to kicking those off as well.

“I can complain that it’s hot all I want, and you shouldn’t complain, especially because it gives me all the more reason to have my clothes off. This heat is dreadful.”

     The  damask  curtains  tremble  in  the  warm  breeze  that  blows  in  from  the  sea,  but  it  isn’t  enough,  even  in  the  shade,  to  slake  the  heat.  Nicomedes  barely  notices  it  at  this  point ;  his  skin  no  longer  burns,  and  his  eyes  are  accustomed  to  the  bright,  burning  sun.  He  sits  quietly  at  his  ornately  carved  escritoire,  leaning  back  so  the  sunlight  partially  crosses  his  flesh  and  brightens  the  paper  in  his  hands.  The  king  stares  at  the  odalisque  in  his  four  poster  bed,  dark  burgundy  sheets  stark  against  smooth,  unmarred  skin.

   How long had she been watching this child? How long had she ached to snatch them up and wrap them in ivy and golden thread? Too long to go without doing it . .. 

let  me  SCREM

who  hogs  the  duvet     -  oh  cicero  for  sure

who  texts / rings  writes  to  check  how  their  day  is  going     -  both

who’s  the  most  creative  when  it  comes  to  gifts     -  it’s  close,  but  cicero

who  gets  up  first  in  the  morning     -  cicero  without  a  doubt.  he  inevitably  wakes  atticus  up  bumbling  around  or  reading  aloud  or  just  vibrating  in  general

who  suggests  new  things  in  bed     -  atticus,  who  has  no  shame

who  cries  at  movies  plays     -  atticus,  but  good  golly  does  he  try  to  hide  it

who  gives  unprompted  massages     -  atticus,  but  only  bc  cicero  needs  them  more  often  adjfadj

who  fusses  over  the  other  when  they’re  sick     -  they  both  fuss  over  each  other,  but  they  could  have  leprosy  and  be  like  no  babe  its  fine  i’m  fine  get  off  me

who  gets  jealous  easiest     -  atticus  *eyes  emoji*

who  has  the  most  embarrassing  taste  in  music     -  i’d  say  atticus,  just  because  he  has  weird  tastes  in  everything  (  esp  men  )

who  collects  something  unusual     -  cicero  collects  anecdotes  about  him  roasting  other  people  via  grammatical  syntax

who  takes  the  longest  to  get  ready     -  cicero  smh

who  is  the  most  tidy  and  organised     -  this  question  is  a  joke,  it’s  obviously  atticus

who gets most excited about the holidays     -  b o t h

who  is  the  big  spoon / little  spoon     -  they  switch  off  because  man  cannot  live  on  one  spoon  alone,  but  atticus  likes  being  the  big  spoon  ok  let  him  squeeze  his  mans

who  gets  most  competitive  when  playing  games  and / or  sports     -  they’re  both  competitive  but  atticus  pales  in  comparison  to  cicero

who  starts  the  most  arguments     -  i’d  say  atticus  because  he’s  more  confrontational  when  it  comes  to  their  relationship,  but  it  kind  of  depends  on  what  they’re  arguing  about ?  whether  it’s  in  regards  to  Them  as  opposed  to  current  events  or  something

who  suggests  that  they  buy  a  pet     -  they  both  have  at  different  times,  but  it  never  worked  out  for  obvious  reasons

what  couple  traditions  do  they  have     -  roasting  each  other

what  tv  shows  they  watch  together     -  ok  if  they  were  in  a  modern  verse,  it  would  def  be  a  fuckton  of  documentaries,  the  office,  dateline,  The  News,  and  reruns  of  bad  girls  club

what  other  couple  they  hang  out  with     -  brutus  &  porcia,  quintus  &  pomponia  (  this  is  lowkey  awkward  ngl  )

how  they  spend  time  together  as  a  couple     -  there  are  too  many  ways  to  list,  but,  and  i  digress  a  little  bit,  i’ve  always  found  the  idea  of  them  accompanying  the  other  on  their  errands  really  sweet ?  idk  if  that  makes  sense  but  it’s  domestic  and  wholesome

who  made  the  first  move     -  oh  it  was  atticus  with  that  kiss  bs  adfajldskfad

who  brings  flowers  home     -  that’s  def  both,  but  less  bringing  flowers  home and  more  pressing  them  and  mailing  them