Beauty-Beast 33: Wine and Breakfast

[aldersprig]

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Morning found him curled against Timaois and not wanting to move, to open his eyes, or to think.

He nuzzled closer to his Owner, breathing in the sandy scent of him. “Like a Riesling,” he muttered, and then froze, blushing.

There was a hand in his hair and the chest under him was shaking lightly in laughter.  “Sandy, mmm? That’s a nice way to put that. Thank you, Ctirad.”

“Sir?”  He didn’t move, didn’t peek up at his Owner, but the urge was there.

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Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

Paying attention does seem to be CT's best skill.

[aldersprig]

He’s very good at that one!

[sauergeek]

...I'm not sure whether to take Timaios's last set of instructions there, about Danny, as a formal order or not. If so, it's got an awful lot of wiggle room in it. If not, I'm puzzled how Ctirad will take it. Danny may be in for a surprise next time.

But it's also yet another good example for Ctirad of how Timaios treats his staff, and how his staff treat both Timaios and Ctirad.

[aldersprig]

That is not a formal order. But it is a nice strong suggestion, and what some people call New Kept Smell can definitely make it sound like an order.