Beauty-Beast 32: Want and need

[aldersprig]

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He didn’t want me anymore.  The words still hurt.  Ctirad willed them not to, but his will and his pain were not listening to each other.

“Some day,” Timaois growled, and Ctirad’s misery only increased, “I am going to take that man and pin him to a wall until he has some idea what he put you through - no.  Until he is sorry what he put you through.  He bargained very dearly for you indeed, Ctirad, and cared a great deal to have you be taken from him, but such is the nature of a bastard like him that he would rather have you believe that you are un-valued, begging and pleading for every bit of attention and praise, than have you know that you are valuable to him.”  He cupped his hands around Ctirad’s chin and looked down into his eyes. “You are very valuable to me already, Ctirad, and were you to serve me as long as you served Timaios, I believe I would consider you a treasure beyond worth. And he certainly had some small idea of what you could be worth.... I’ll stop, I’ll stop.”  He released Ctirad’s chin and wrapped his arms, instead, around shoulders that seemed to be shaking. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you. Could you tell me what it is that I said?”

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Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

Timaios is the Keeper that CT didn't know he wanted and needed.

[aldersprig]

Yes, yes he is.

[sauergeek]

I suspect Timaios may have just undone some of the careful work he'd been doing. Ctirad is still in a quite fragile place. I hope that hasn't irreparably broken anything. I'm kind of surprised at Timaios's follow-up; I'd've expected snuggling.

And I want to see Timaios follow through with Ermenrich.

[aldersprig]

/headtilt/ Undone how?

And me, too.

[sauergeek]

That second paragraph, where it looks a lot like Timaios is putting conditionals on Ctirad's value, wrecked Ctirad pretty thoroughly. That looked a lot like undoing.

[aldersprig]

Hrrrm. *pokes that one* thanks.