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Fic: T’Challa x M’Baku, E-Rated, Omegaverse (non-traditional), Prompt by thedreamcreek, 3/3 Christmas Prompts, Excerpt:
“Congratulations, O King,” M’Baku said, when it was the Jabari’s turn to pledge their allegiance. The Great Gorilla looked none the worse for the beating he’d taken in their duel. No malice marred his handsome face, no contempt or humiliated anger. Only amusement, the strangest of all, even though M’Baku had yielded the fight.
“Thank you. That was invigorating,” T’Challa said. T’Challa waited for M’Baku to say the formal words of recognition, the words he’d have heard the other tribal leaders utter. From the border to the rivers to the mines, accepting T’Challa as the King. M’Baku merely smiled. T’Challa lowered his voice, pitching it barely audible under the dancing and singing from the cliffs. “You came to challenge me for the kingship. You’ve yielded.”
“I have,” M’Baku said. His eyes crinkled in a joke that only he and the other Jabari shared. One of the chalk-painted warriors behind M’Baku coughed, swallowing a laugh.
