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Hernando's Place, Tuesday Morning
Sparkle had promised that he'd spend the night at Hernando's regardless of how last night's talk went. And Sparkle had then proceeded to make good on that promise, too. They'd come home, a little on the late side and full of far too much sugar and coffee (Rosalie was such a mom), and had just kind of called it a night right then and there on account of the emotional exhaustion aspect.
Talking traumas was tiring. Even when it wasn't his own damn trauma they were talking about. But this morning was better, and by some small miracle Sparkle was awake first, and he was watching Hernando for a few minutes, just smiling a little, feeling... kind of stupidly fond. He'd be up before long to feed the quokka, but for the time being, Sparkle was content to just appreciate this.
Things were good. This was good. Hernando was a good man.
And if Sparkle had any say in the matter he was going to do absolutely nothing productive today.
[OOC: For that guy! And we've hit NWS territory some 239 comments in!]
Talking traumas was tiring. Even when it wasn't his own damn trauma they were talking about. But this morning was better, and by some small miracle Sparkle was awake first, and he was watching Hernando for a few minutes, just smiling a little, feeling... kind of stupidly fond. He'd be up before long to feed the quokka, but for the time being, Sparkle was content to just appreciate this.
Things were good. This was good. Hernando was a good man.
And if Sparkle had any say in the matter he was going to do absolutely nothing productive today.
[OOC: For that guy! And we've hit NWS territory some 239 comments in!]

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"Morning, beautiful man."
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"Hmmm," Sparkle purred, making about as much a show of thinking that suggestion over as was humanly possible at that ridiculous hour of the day. "I could. Sleep's nice. That's true..."
There was a 'but' just kind of left hanging there, you bet'cha.
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He began to unwind himself, albeit reluctantly, from both blankets and Sparkle. Glasses were on the nightstand, robe was on the back of the door.. his brain slowly began to put itself in order.
Not an easy task when he had a playful and warm Sparkle right here.
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Sparkle just met that statement with an impish smile, sprawling himself right out like a cat as the space in the bed was freed up, and watching Hernando just as intently as one might.
"Is that a request? I can always do more mischief."
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And that was his cue to go brush his teeth so he could kiss Sparkle a proper good morning. Hernando pulled away with an impish grin of his own and headed to do his morning rounds.
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Sparkle, meanwhile, just chuckled at that accusation. If anything not terribly fragile had been within reach, he totally would have reached out just to knock it to the floor.
... But since Hernando was doing his rounds, Sparkle was going to do his own. Teeth brushing was somewhere at the top of the list, and then waiting out the rest of the time Hernando was off feeding the quokka by coming up with nefarious plans. Staying merrily sprawled out on the bed. Practically purring.
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Fresh greens and root vegetables were chunked up and set out for the quokka and their water dishes cleaned and refreshed. He spent some time sitting with Dave, who was curled up in a plush pet bed by the hearth and disinclined to walk across the floor to a dish of food. Hernando always fed him on his own. In no small part so he could monitor how much Dave was eating and drinking. Dave seemed to be doing well for his age though Hernando had no idea exactly how old he was.
Once the quokka were tended to, he returned to the bedroom. Leaning a shoulder against the doorjam, he crossed his arms over his chest and spent some time letting his gaze play over Sparkle sprawled contentedly across the bed. Taking in the sight and savoring it.
When his gaze returned to Sparkle's face, Hernando's lips curved into a warm smile. "You," he murmured, "are a very beautiful cat, my panther."
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"And this from a very beautiful hunter," Sparkle replied, smirking up at him. "I wonder, would the hunter have any objections to being told that he's become prey for the entire day?"
Because this panther really didn't envision imminent escape being in the cards, no.
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A short crawl across the bed took him within range of a proper good morning kiss.
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"I should hope you don't ever mind this," Sparkle purred, leaning up for that kiss, draping his arms around Hernando's shoulders with a sort of languid carelessness, himself. "You know, I was really proud of you last night."
Apparently men who apologized and meant it were very sexy, to a Sparkle.
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A tiny grimace. "Kanan was owed that apology and more. It was an unfortunate lesson in how much words can wound and I am not proud that I did this to him." He sighed and kissed Sparkle again.
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Sparkle nuzzled up in silence for a moment.
"Because you're a good man," he murmured. "You fucked up. You owned up to it. You know how many people never do?"
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He nuzzled in again, "Not so good, baby, but I try not to be awful."
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"Mouse you traitor," he laughed. "This has to be revenge for introducing one of her boyfriends to her sophomore fashion tastes, oh my god."
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But hey, since Sparkle's head was leaning back and all of his throat was exposed.. there went a whole bevy of slow kisses.
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Heey, those kisses were deliciously distracting from his totally legitimate lament, here.
"I leaned hard into my faux pas," he added, sounding distracted. "Mouse truly believed she was the epitome... of... cool..."
Mouuuuth.
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Hernando took a little more time with the kissing when it ringed Sparkle's collarbone. It was a kind thing he had done. He had seen how Sparkle used to do his makeup. It was bold and it was dark and it was aggressive and angry all in one. It all but screamed 'I don't care'. Yet in spite of that he clearly had. The core of him that Hernando adored had always been there.
Which Hernando already knew. "I did see how you used to do your makeup," he murmured, "You shall have to do it again for me sometime. I will completely destroy your lipstick, baby." He would. He absolutely would.
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Really, he was adding it to the list.
It was a very long list, now.
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"You know how much I love your lips," he murmured into them. There weren't many parts of Sparkle he did not love. It was simply easier for Sparkle to hear the word when it was applied piecemeal so that was how Hernando presented it.
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