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introductory mingle: FLOWER FESTIVAL

who: everyone in Riverview!
what: Introductory Log and Flower Festival Celebration
when: April 2nd - April 15th
where: In several different locations in the downtown area of the Inhabited City.
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines

flower festival

In the days leading up to April 2nd, residents new and old may notice advertising around the city, everywhere from digital screens to paper flyers pasted on blank walls, all advertising an upcoming holiday: The Flower Festival. Celebrating springtime, beauty, joy, and togetherness, the festival heavily features floral themes and dancing. The advertising mentions that on April 10th, a paid holiday, there will be a Blossom Picnic, as well as lists of various public dances at clubs or other open venues, and adult raves.

a celebration of spring

The Flower Festival's main event is the Blossom Picnic on April 10th, but it also features traditions of sharing food and drink, and dancing that span over the course of the whole two weeks. There are a large variety of events going on throughout the city, from dancing lessons in any wide variety of traditional dances, to old-fashioned sock hops, to adult raves complete with mild party drugs. Feel free to use the prompts below or create your own event at any point during the festival, and if your character creates an event and hosts it in a top-level, you can submit that thread for extra bonus points.

i. blossom picnic

The main event that kicks off the second week of the Flower Festival is the Blossom Picnic on April 10th. A relaxed and low-key event, it draws several thousand people every year to the spacious Riverview Central Park, where there is a generous lawn lined with various blossoming trees, and families, found families, lovers, and groups of friends are encouraged to lay out a picnic blanket and share food. There will be live bands playing (but not loudly enough to distract from conversation and peacefully watching the petals flutter in the wind), a variety of demonstrations of traditional cultural dances from many different realities and planets, and a ton of ice cream vendors. This is an excellent festival not only for celebrating togetherness with the people who are already important, but for mingling and making new friends.

Characters may either pack their own lunches or they can purchase pre-packed Blossom Festival lunches. Stores and street markets are carrying a wide variety of specialty food that is only available at this time of year - predominantly pastries, an assortment of types of candies, and ice cream treats all in various floral flavors, as well as a sort of ambrosia salad based around a sweet rose-flavored cream and a native fruit that is bright green and tastes like a combination of peach and citrus.

ii. dancing lessons

Starting on April 2nd, there will be dancing lessons offered almost everywhere you look! From partner dances to group dances to line dances; sexy and sensual or innocent and childlike - almost any type of dance you can imagine is represented, from any reality or planet that has people in Riverview Quarantine.

Additionally, the Riverview Central Community Center has multiple rooms blocked off so anyone who knows a dance from home can teach it to others in their community - sharing is caring, after all. Characters are welcome to block off one of these rooms and offer lessons in any dance they happen to know from home (and these sorts of thread starters would be eligible for the mingle AC Point bonus)!

iii. flower festival dancing

This is pretty simply what it says on the tin - in almost every club, community center, or other public space, there will be dancing at almost all hours of the day or night, formal and informal. Musicians bring out their instruments and play in the street for demonstrations of cultural dances and music at the same time as clubs are offering VIP cover charges for exclusive dances, and you can find anything in between.

There are also many low-cover-charge raves that allow under-18s so younger characters can stay up all night and dance like crazy. The legal drinking age in Riverview Quarantine is 14, and so anyone over 14 can enter and indulge in a few drinks, dancing, and playing tag with a non-intoxicating version of the colored powder featured at the adult raves. There is copious amounts of security on site to ensure that everyone is safe, as well as nurses and off-duty police officers to offer advice or care for anyone who overindulges out of lack of experience.

Grab a partner, a group of friends, or just cruise and mingle the various dancing events.

Characters may also notice that most of the street markets and clothing shops are offering clothing that features floral patterns, flowers as accessories, and that show a lot of skin - for men, women, and anyone in between!

iv. adult raves

Advertised on flyers and digital screens around the city, made to pop as if they were under blacklight, is a series of adult raves that are happening in various large empty warehouse spaces around the city, including one that is listed as the danger rave and hosted in an abandoned factory outside the inhabited city walls. With bouncers at the door to ensure that anyone entering is 18+, the raves are comfortably adult in nature. Clothing is optional, showing skin is encouraged, and there are a lot of neatly tucked away spaces for attendees to get some time alone with one or more than one person, as well as spaces intended for orgies. The atmosphere is sex-positive and non-judgemental, open to any orientation or preference, with various forms of protection available for free, however, to ensure that everyone plays safe there are sober security teams out en masse at all premises to oversee the events.

(CW: DRUG USE) In each location, there is one specific room where attendees can enter, and dance or play tag with brightly colored powder that contains small amounts of a legal party drug commonly available in Riverview, which is absorbed through the skin. Not much more intoxicating than having a few beers, the effects of the drug are a pleasant low-key buzzing euphoria, positive sensitivity to touch, a heightening of desires for intimacy, and a mild lowering of inhibitions. Once a character has been hit with the powder, the color lingers on the skin so other attendees can know who has partaken, but once the powder makes contact with a surface it deactivates, meaning that partakers can safely dance with non-partakers without sharing the intoxicating effects.

Please be sure to warn in subject lines for any threads involving drug use. And remember, there is always security to intervene and make sure everyone is safe.

v. roommates or wildcard

Feel free to use this prompt to set up headers for a communal floor, or threads open to roommates for the purpose of getting to know each other. Or if you have an idea for a prompt that isn't in this list, set at the Flower Festival, feel free to write it up!

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Look, Jim might not be particularly bothered by public displays of affection, but there was some difference between some kissing and making out to full on heavy petting and anything more than that— and the way Bones was kissing and nipping down his neck wasn't putting the most innocent thoughts in his head.

The night air was cool, the light breeze helping clear his mind a little. Jim glanced at Bones when he spoke up again, offering him a warm, soft smile as he tugged him close and lightly bumped their shoulders together.

"I know you're not." He knew if Bones was bothered by any of this, then he would've said something. And they might've had that drink a little too fast, but it hadn't been nearly enough alcohol to get them drunk enough to do something they'd regret. Jim, for one, felt himself sobering up quickly by now, so he knew for sure it wasn't the drink making these choices for him. "I'm not, either. Not even one bit."

The feeling of Jim bumping into him made he huff a laugh and smile as he ducked his head. It was just so damn cute having Jim do something like that. Not that he'd never done something similar like that before. But this just had an entirely different meaning. Having Jim do it as a subtle and sweet reassurance just... made him feel light headed all over again.

Sometimes even he worried about how ridiculously sentimental he could get.

But then, there had been a time in his life when he thought he'd never feel happy again. And Jim... Jim made sure to prove him wrong when he became his best friend. Not even mentioning how happy this moment was making him. "Good to hear that, Jim."

As much as he could and did drink in his life, he knew damn well he hadn't been nearly drunk enough to say he'd not meant the things he'd done and said. And he'd meant them. "Hope you know where we're goin', cause I'd rather not drift about aimlessly when we could be doing something more hands on." Okay, maybe it was lame, but it got the job done for gettin' his point across.

He was glad to see Bones easing up again. The doctor had a tendency to focus too much on the bad things and second-guess himself even when he didn't have to, and Jim didn't want that to happen here. Not just because he didn't want Bones feeling like that, but also because it would put a considerable damper on things.

And Jim was determined to make tonight memorable in all the best ways.

Bones's remark drew a chuckle from him, and he ducked his head his head, fingers squeezing the doctor's hand a little tighter. "Keep talking like that and I'm gonna drag you into the first alley we come across. And I really would rather find something a little nicer than that."

Just kidding, he wasn't really going to do that. It was cute seeing how impatient Bones could get about this, though.

"Such a charmer." He drawled the words out in perfect teasing fashion before shrugging a shoulder lightly. "Classy, too. How did I get so lucky?" Maybe old habits of teasing Jim mercilessly didn't stop just cause he finally knew what it was like to kiss him. And really, would Jim want him to stop? Not likely. He was pretty certain Jim liked the banter as much as he did most of the time.

Lifting his head, he gazed at the buildings and shops trying to make heads or tails out of the signs they passed. Jim might just be right about that impatience thing. He'd really never had to deal with that before. Things always just moved at a pace he didn't mind when it came to courtship and the like. Granted, the person he was walkin' with meant a helluva a lot to him.

And it suddenly struck him that he'd known Jim longer than he'd been married and longer than he'd been in his daughter's life. The thought of Joanna was a sobering one, but not enough to dampen the thought that no, it wasn't wrong to feel a little excited and maybe a bit like a teenager over this. Over Jim. Even if he still didn't dare spell it out for himself just as he hadn't for the past eight years.

"You know, I don't say it quite clearly enough." His thumb slipped over the side of Jim's hand as he kept his straight ahead. The doctor didn't know how to articulate it, just that he needed to. He truly needed to. At least for himself. "Your one of the best things that ever happened to me." If anything, he likely would have washed up and bled out if they'd not met. Instead Jim pushed him to move forward and test his boundaries and be something better.

Much like Bones expected, Jim didn't take the teasing to heart. Rather the opposite, actually, and he snorted before laughing loudly at that. He reached over with his free hand, shoving light and playfully at Bones's face. "Jerk. And technically you haven't gotten lucky yet," he pointed out, raising his eyebrows and grinning crookedly as he waved a finger at Bones. A piece of wordplay he knew Bones would pick up on.

He wouldn't expect Bones to be anything other than himself, even now. Especially now. Wherever they ended up going from here, and whatever they ended up doing, Jim wouldn't want them to get along any differently, and he both hoped and expected Bones to be his usual self around him. Well, except now he could just kiss the doctor into silence when he started grousing and ranting about all the things that could potentially kill them. Always nice to have a new trick up his sleeve.

The thought had him smiling vaguely to himself, his gaze flickering up to Bones when he spoke again. The statement was a little out of the blue, but not particularly shocking, and his smile turned softer and warmer as he drifted closer to Bones. "Likewise, doc," he said as he leaned in and planted a kiss to Bones's cheek, lingering only for as long as he could, considering they were both walking down the street. Honestly, he didn't even know nor want to think about where he'd be right now if not for Bones. Dead, most likely. Or definitely, come to think of it. The thought had him slowing down a little, both hands catching Bones's. "I'd be dead if not for you. So— thank you. A little belatedly, I think."

He figured he never really needed to say it, that Bones would just know how grateful he was. But sometimes people still needed to hear these things, even when they knew them, so.

His eyes moved back to the buildings, catching a sign some good distance down the street. The discreetly lit letters red 'HOTEL', and he pointed at it, ignoring the way his stomach flipped a little nervously. "There. Doesn't look so bad, does it?"

Laughing in response, he leaned away from that hand on his face and rolled his eyes at Jim. "Now we're goin' for the mature look. That's attractive. And here I am, so unlucky." He sighed dramatically and turned his eyes heavenward. "However will I survive the loss?"

A quiet snort was given as he drew the other man closer and leaned over his shoulder to kiss just behind his ear. "Brat." The word held no heat, just a low key affection to his tone as he leaned away and kept moving forward. He started to comment that they could get food or something till their luck in finding a place changed, but then Jim's voice broke through his thoughts. Turning his head to look at Jim, a brow rose inquisitively as he listened.

And that just... brought up a lot of memories. Everything as far back as the day he'd pulled Jim onto that shuttle to go to the Enterprise to the moment he'd pulled the cover open to Jim's lifeless form. The memory sat there like a chunk of ice in the pit of his stomach forcing him to look away. Leonard wasn't stupid. He knew damn well that Jim wouldn't be alive. And even assuming that Leonard pulled some semblance of a life together and got assigned to the Enterprise even without Jim, earth would be gone. So would Jim Kirk.

Those sorts of thoughts were sobering. He might've just lost himself in that feeling if it hadn't been for the feeling of Jim's hands holding his. Stopping, he turned a half step to look at Jim with a furrowed brow as those words sank in. Angling his head a little, it hurt to even consider the things they'd been through and how many times he recalled standing back and just watchin' everyone else. He didn't save Jim for the thanks. He never had. He saved him and pulled him on the Enterprise that day cause he knew damn well his life was damn empty without him.

Didn't mean he didn't want to know Jim knew what he did for him. Even if Jim never thanked him, he just... And even now that he was gettin' that? Leonard wasn't all that sure what to do with himself as he bit into his lip. So he did the only thing he could given the circumstances. "I would do anything to keep you alive." Break his oath, face his fears and risk removal from Starfleet. He'd done it all already. "Thanks..."

The word came out awkwardly because 'you're welcome' sounded wrong in his head and honestly? All he wanted was to just have that acknowledged and nothing else. Which was why it was so relieving to have his eyes drawn away to look at the sign Jim indicated. And god if that didn't make his heart flutter in his chest at the implications of that moment held. "Looks just fine to me." Squeezing Jim's hand, he smiled just a little. "Shall we?"

"Are you saying I'm not attractive?" Jim teased pointedly, knowing very well what Bones meant with that. Still, he couldn't help poking a bit of fun at him, tugging at the collar of his jacket as he winked at him. "Guess you'll just have to wait patiently until we fix that."

Well, not that it needed a lot of patience. The more they walked, the likelier they were to find a place, and while Jim was a little picky on what they settled with, he wasn't so picky that it'd take them that long. Granted, the idea of grabbing a bite wouldn't have been entirely unwelcome, but Jim wasn't all that sure he'd be able to focus on food right now.

So it was a good thing they came across that small hotel first— for more reasons than just one, though Jim wasn't aware of that. He could feel a hint of tension in the silent pause before he spoke, the way it almost bled out of Bones when he thanked him, but he didn't focus on it, nor did he think to question it. Bones had a way of bottling things up that... well, actually, it was a little like Jim. Except Jim often opened up about those things with Bones for the most part, while the doctor had some misconception that he shouldn't burden Jim with the issues plaguing his mind.

But that was a talk for another day. Or for later, at the very least. He smiled brightly as Bones squeezed his hand, lifting them both up so he could kiss the back of Bones's fingers, then he picked up pace now they had their destination in sight, quick to step in through the door and lead the way to the front desk.

"Darlin', a rose still has thorns." He smirked just a little, knowin' full well that Jim could and often did get frustrated with his comparisons. Not that he'd stop the teasing. Part of the fun was the banter. And well, now the teasing meant more cause the flirtations could stand for what they really were. "Usually I'm a pretty patient man, but I'm findin' that pretty hard right now." And the left off words of 'cause it's you' stayed hanging in the air.

And that was why it was easier for him to brush aside the more serious and darker thoughts that threatened to drag down his mood. Right now, there was no room for that sort of nonsense.

His gaze softened at the way Jim pressed a kiss to his fingers and a small smile pulled at the corners of his lips. It made him want to move closer and push Jim up against the wall to kiss him senseless. He started to say something, but instead he was pulled through the door and toward the desk. As Jim said something to the clerk, he leaned in and slipped one hand softly over the small of Jim's back before curling his fingers around his hip.

Where he didn't lean against Jim's back, he definitely dared to stand close. "Want me to pay or you got this?" Either didn't matter. He knew he'd end up returning the favor in some way in the future.

"Well, I do have some pointy bits," Jim offered with a wide teasing grin, leaving it at that. He was good and didn't even comment on how it was hard alright, or how he might be looking forward to checking for himself. Besides, they had a destination in mind now, and Jim for one was all too eager to find himself alone with the doctor.

It didn't really help much when Bones moved closer and slipped his hand around the small of his back, and he sucked in a soft breath as fingers curled around his hip. He glanced over, shifting closer himself, shooting the doctor a small smile as he fished out his phone. "I got it." Not like Jim saw it as a favor, anyway. But Bones was more than welcome to pay it back in some way.

Once he got them a room, he took the keycard, then led the way to the lifts. He tried not to look like an overeager teenager, but it was hard to miss just how much he wanted them to finally be alone. Chances were he wasn't going to last the whole lift ride, especially considering how slow these were in comparison to the turbolifts they were used to.

Rolling his eyes, he laughed softly. Of course Jim would turn that about for his own benefit. Not that he minded. Jim was damn cute when he wanted to be, even when he was being a bit of an ass. Not that he thought he was acting that way right now. In fact, having Jim lean back into him while he paid was so damn attractive he was hard pressed not to lean in and kiss his neck.

Or mark it. That... sounded more enticing right about now.

And where Jim considered being patient till they got into the room, the doctor was long at the end of his rope. As soon as the doors closed on the lift, he pressed Jim against the back wall and leaned into him. Both hands slid up to cup his face before leaning down to press his lips into Jim's. The first kiss was soft and sweet, his thumbs gently sweeping along the line of Jim's jaw.

"I'm a few seconds away from kissin' you like I mean and and only a few seconds more than that from being 'indecent' darlin'." Smiling just a little, he ghosted his lips against Jim's. "Can't be held responsible for what I do to you in a minute."

He was half-expecting Bones to do something the moment the lift's doors closed, so despite letting out a soft gasp, he adapted easily, hands curling into Bones's shoulders as he returned the kiss. He was a moment away from deepening the contact when the doctor pulled back, his breath leaving him with a faint sound, air feeling a little warmer as it slipped into his lungs.

Lips curled into a smile almost instantly at the words, and he licked at his lips, biting on the lower one. "Can't be held responsible for what I do to you either," he hummed. That was all the warning Bones got before Jim turned them around and pushed Bones up against the wall instead, canting his head as he slotted their mouths together in a deep kiss.

His tongue swept past Bones's lips as soon as they parted, wasting no time to taste his mouth. His hands slid down Bones's sides, catching his hips and pulling them close, as he used his own to trap the doctor between the wall and his own body, a knee slotting between his legs.

Fuck, but he liked the look of Jim like that. The darting of his tongue gliding over his lips and how he bit the lower one. It made him want to kiss the air right out of him and show him just how much he liked it. However, those words had a brow rising as he lifted his eyes back to Jim's. The doctor started to say something, possibly egg him on, but then he felt his back hitting the wall of the elevator and a slightly dizzy sensation following from being turned unexpectedly.

Only to get more dizzying as he felt Jim's lips on his. Both hands cupped Jim's face as he returned that kiss, lips parting to give Jim that access to deepen it further. The sudden press of hips against his own, pinning him to the wall, earned a sound of surprise that melted into a moan. A shiver raced up his spine when eh felt that knee pressing between his legs and instantly shifted his legs apart for him.

The feeling felt thick and hot now that no space could be found between them, and Leonard couldn't help the low sound that got lost in Jim's mouth. A warm haze settled in his head as he pressed into that kiss, nipping and sucking on Jim's tongue. He'd imagined this before. How it would feel or taste or even how much it would affect him. Reality far surpassed those limited figments of his imagination in that Jim felt so all consuming, the doctor knew he would be eaten up by all of it.

The mix of emotions on top of pure desire likely only made everything about his best friend ten times more intense. And he was fine with that. No, more than fine. Curling his arms around his shoulders, Leonard lightly rolled his hips up into Jim's with a low sound in his throat from the heat of friction between them.

To be fair, it wasn't too different from the kiss they'd shared before, save for the fact that being alone allowed them to be much closer, and to take more from the other. While before the kiss had been the goal in and of it self, right now it felt like a buildup to more. A shiver ran across his skin, from head to toe, at the mere thought, and he let out a muffled gasp into the kiss at the immediate response he got.

Fingers curled into the fabric of Bones's shirt, and without thought he tugged it up, sliding his hands underneath it so he was smoothing them up the bare skin of his sides. His own hips pressed back against Bones's, pinning him harder against the wall, a soft moan interrupted by the soft ping of the elevator coming to a stop on their floor.

Jim let out a noise of complaint at the interruption, but knowing the ultimate destination did help a little. He pulled away suddenly and without much thought, catching Bones's hand and dragging him off the lift and down the corridor towards their bedroom. In a fit of impatience he ended up struggling with the keycard for a brief while, muttering a 'shit' somewhere in there until finally he got the door open.

Letting out a relieved breath, he grinned at Bones, tugging him inside and closing the door behind them, the card and his phone quickly discarded on the nearest table as he closed the distance between them again.

If his mouth hadn't been taken over by Jim's, he likely would have groaned out a curse at the feeling of Jim's hands sliding over bare skin. It sent a thrill through him that made him even more light headed than he already was. His knees were getting weak with that mix of sensation between that air stealing kiss to the feeling of hands on bare skin. The doctor leaned more heavily against the wall, which wasn't really a problem with hos Jim had him pinned to it.

Something that managed to send a heated sensation down his spine to pool in his groin. God, he felt so utterly turned on. Leonard wrapped one arm about Jim's neck as he purposely keeping him close as he bit into his lower lip. Then he heard the ping of the lift reaching the right floor.

Dropping his head back against the wall with a thud, he groaned out his frustration. Especially when Jim pried himself away. He let out a sigh as his body yanked away from the wall and out into the hall way. Drifting along behind the blonde, he let his eyes drift down his body to linger on his ass a moment. That is, until Jim finally fumbled the door open and got them inside. Staying close to the door, his mind raced with the desire to both watch and help remove every stitch of clothing off of Jim's body.

But instead he walked slowly closer and slid his hands around his hips. "All I know... is I want you out of those clothes."

It was a relief knowing that once they were in the room, there'd be nothing interrupting them. No pings, no lift doors sliding open, no keycards being difficult. Jim curled his fingers into the collar of Bones's jacket, stealing a long kiss as he tugged the piece of clothing past his shoulders, then rid himself of his own.

"Do you?" His voice came as a low purr, gaze lowering as he slid his hands back down Bones's torso, then underneath his shirt again. This time he guided the fabric up his body, slow but intent until he could take it off of him. Because he wanted Bones out of his clothes just as bad, and there was no harm in starting there.

Once the piece of clothing was discarded, he reached down to the hem of his own t-shirt, pulling it up and off his head in one single sweeping motion. His hands cupped Bones's face right after, drawing him close as he fitted their mouths together in a warm, slow kiss, humming softly against his lips.

He started to chuckle as Jim grabbed his collar, but it got stifled in the meeting of lips. The doctor didn't fight it as Jim shoved his jacket off. No, he released those hips to let the article of clothing fall to the floor. Breathing in deeply as Jim pulled back, Leonard couldn't help but stare at the loss of Jim's jacket. Even those simple actions were enough to get something in his stomach to quiver with anticipation.

"I do." He purred the words right back as he leaned closer to nip at his jaw. Leonard shivered all the more at the slide of hands under his shirt and only leaned back when Jim pulled it off of him entirely. Once again he grinned, amused by the quick divestment of clothes and just how sensual Jim could make even that task.

Not to mention, he enjoyed every minute of that shirt of Jim's joining his own on the floor. Moving in closer, he hummed at the hands on his face while letting his own hands skim down the planes of Jim's chest and over the muscled lines of his stomach. Leaning into that kiss, he returned it as good as he got. Taking his time, he softly curled his hands around Jim's waist, reveling in the feeling of warm soft skin and the taste of Jim on his lips.

Not that he was ready to spend all of his time like that. Breaking the kiss softly, he smiled just a moment before suddenly pushing Jim back onto the bed. Arching a brow at him, he leaned over him and slid his hands up the line of his thighs to finally catch his waist band and undo the fly slowly. "I meant it, ya know... I want to look at ya." He purred his words as he pushed his hands inside of his pants and underwear before slowly pushing them down over his hips.

Jim didn't bother putting up much of a fight when Bones guided him back towards the bed, then pushed him onto the mattress. Falling onto his back, he let out a soft sound of surprise, grinning and chuckling immediately after as he reached up to touch Bones, hands sliding up his shoulders, then down his front slowly.

He started to fold his legs and shift them apart, only to stop when Bones's hands moved to the waistband of his trousers. A breath caught audibly in his throat, and he licked at his lips, immediately shifting to help him get rid of those pesky items of clothing. First he kicked off his shoes, though, then he lifted up his hips, his own hands sliding across the back of Bones's own as he helped him guide the fabric down and past his hips.

It was a much easier task when they were both working on it, and Jim for one moved around on the bed with ease, so that getting his pants and underwear off wasn't much of an issue at all. Finally kicking them off to the floor, he wiggled around to peel off his socks too, then reached for Bones, fingers curling into the front of his own waistband and tugging him closer. "You can look all you want. But I've gotta say... I'm a stickler for equality."

He paused only for a moment, darkened hazel finding blue as he smiled just a little at Jim. Leaning into those hands on his front, he stole a soft kiss from him, grinning more against his lips as he felt the puffs of air that came from that light chuckle. Humming a soft sound, he slipped his hands further down Jim's hips only to laugh at the way that Jim shifted about. It helped, sure, but it made him think about just how fidgety and squirmish Jim could be on a good day.

Hands nimbly drifted down the Jim's legs as he dodged his moves to get his shoes and socks off before finally pulling the material away completely. Even if the shuffle was likely the most inelegant thing he'd ever seen, a flutter of happiness exploded in his chest before he pushed back just enough to watch Jim under him. "Stop being so damn cute, will ya?"

Dipping down, he kissed the curve of Jim's neck before huffing a soft laugh. "Equality, huh?" Not that he fought that tug, Leonard ended up moving easily close to Jim, one brow raised as he lifted up just enough to look at Jim with adoring amusement. Standing fully, he kept his eyes on Jim's face as he toed his shoes off then moved his hands down his own stomach to catch the fly of his pants and undo it. Angling his head a little at Jim, he pressed his hands into his own boxers and pants before pushing them both down off his hips making sure Jim could watch.

Once they pooled about his feet, he stepped out of them, sliding one knee onto the bed at a time. Tugging the socks off by reaching back behind him, he knew the way his back arched would give Jim plenty to look at. Just like he was having more than a little fun letting his eyes travel every line and contour of Jim's body. God help him, but he didn't know how he'd make himself get up in the morning and go work or just... pry himself away from Jim in general.

Jim's smile stretched into a soft grin at Bones's words, and pursing his lips a little, he lifted a shoulder and shook his head almost dismissively. "Never gonna happen." What? He wasn't about to rebuff the compliment. And you bet your ass he was cute as hell. When he wasn't being an annoying jerk, anyway.

Letting out a soft whine when Bones first started to pull away, he eventually let him go, arms settling along his sides, hands slowly brushing across his own stomach. Much like Bones probably expected, he watched him get undressed all too intently, letting his eyes roam every patch of newly exposed skin as the pieces of clothing got out of the way, licking at his lips briefly at some more... interesting parts.

He shifted slightly on the bed once Bones got back onto it, mattress dipping lightly underneath his weight. He parted his legs to let the doctor settle comfortably between them, one of his hands trailing down his own torso to curl loosely around his cock. One of his feet lifted from the bed and slid up Bones's thigh, toes brushing softly across his navel and the line of his groin.

He had a feeling getting up in the morning would be a problem for the both of them at this point, but honestly? He couldn't care less. Not like anyone would be coming after them for it, so.

His heart beat a little faster at the sight of Jim's legs sliding apart for him. The look of it was so erotic it pooled hot in his groin and aroused him even further. Of all the things he wished for in his life, he never dared even hope for this to happen. Slipping between Jim's thighs, he slipped his hands slowly up the softer inner skin before curling around to smooth around his groin to press his palms into his pelvis.

A brow arched slowly as he let his eyes follow Jim's hand as his fingers curled about himself like that. "Plan on doin' all the work, handsome?" Chuckling softly, he left him be for now and hummed at the feeling of Jim's foot moving up his leg. A hitch made his breath stutter as Jim traced over his stomach and down to his groin. "Only you could make being touched by a foot hot." And maybe that impressed him a little.

Catching hold of his ankle, he turned his head to kiss there at the hollow near the achilles tendon before lifting the foot to slide over his shoulder so he could plane another kiss before a nip to his calf lightly. "Want me to do this real slow? That what you're wantin'? For me to take my time and touch every inch of you?"

What he did want to do was wrap his legs around Bones's waist and pull him closer, or to use that hold to flip them around on the bed so he was straddling him, but that spoke to a kind of rush and urgency that Jim didn't feel like going with right now. While not at all averse to quick and hot, he wanted to take his time now. Take in even the smallest detail he could get from the doctor.

"Wouldn't you enjoy that show?" The question was teasingly rhetorical, as he knew very well how much Bones would enjoy it. The plant of his foot pressed fully to warm skin for a moment, only for a gasp to slip past his lips when Bones caught him by the ankle and lifted his leg farther up.

He could tease further, he knew that, but there was something in Bones's voice that had him answering as quickly as honestly, devoid of teasing after he wetted his parted lips. "Yes. That's what I want."

"I would. Quite a bit, to be honest." Smiling softly at him, he rolled his thumb into the hollow of his ankle slowly. Whether in this light or another. Jim always looked so amazing in most things he did. Even riding a damn motorcycle like some big damn hero. And this... This was a way he only imagined in moments he couldn't help himself. Because Jim Kirk had him so tightly woven in his life, even his mental scolding about that isn't how best friends reacted to each other couldn't stop those weak moments.

Never did he even believe that he'd have this sort of chance. So maybe Jim saying he wanted that? Made something stir and heat up in his chest and pool in his belly like an unquenchable desire. Slipping forward, he pressed soft kisses along his calf before kissing the inside of his knee. One hand slipped up along the underside of his calf, guiding the foot over his shoulder as he continued to move along the soft skin of Jim's inner thigh.

"I want to." His voice was soft, a low rough whisper of desire as he nipped at the skin of Jim's inner thigh. "I want to know every inch of you." Leonard's words drifted over the warm skin just before he nipped it and started to suck a mark onto the pale flesh there.

Bones's touch had absolutely no right feeling this good while doing this little. Jim's breath caught in his throat even when that thumb did little more than swipe across the nook of his ankle, his hand tightening for a moment although not moving any faster, nor even setting up any kind of pace.

This one time, at least, he liked Bones taking the reins, deciding what to do and when. And if touching and kissing every part of him was what the doctor wanted to do, well... he'd have to be crazy to complain about that right now.

Jim's foot settled over Bones's shoulder, almost draped comfortably, as languid as the rest of his body was. Warmth spread through him in slow, quiet waves, a faint buzz of energy thrumming just under his skin, making his hairs stand on end while Bones's lips moved along the skin of his leg. When brushes turned to nips, then sucks, he parted his lips in a faint gasp, his other leg falling wider apart and his foot brushing up Bones's thigh, then around his hip. "Pretty tall order, there..."

Humming a soft sound against the soft skin, he bit into it, making sure it left faint marks from the bite but nothing deeper than that. The dark bruise would be enough for him, and Jim would feel it. Oh, he would feel it later. Nuzzling against it, he drew his tongue over it softly. "Is it?"

His voice came rough and deep as he mouthed his way down to Jim's groin. The act of lowering against the mattress, it caused Jim's leg to slip further over his shoulder and he could feel the drag of his heel against his back just vaguely. Nuzzling into the wiry patch of hair, he purposely avoided the areas Jim would want him to touch and drew his tongue along that inner line were thing met torso all the way up to his pelvis.

"'Pends on if I've got time, darlin'." He nipped at his hip and let his eyes close as his hand glided along Jim's other thigh only to slip softly down the valley of his ass and barely graze the skin. "Do I have time?" Tipping his head up, his eyes opened slowly to look up the line of Jim's form to find his eyes. Hazel eyes turned dark as he held Jim's gaze and asked softly. "Cause I don't think once with you would ever be enough."

He'd feel it, he was sure of that much. If nothing else the ghost of Bones's lips on his skin would linger, a residual feeling reminding him he had been there, and had marked this skin, whenever he so much as shifted where he sat. It may or may not become a problem at some point, but it was a problem Jim was all too happy to deal with.

Humming faintly, he shifted on the bed as Bones moved down his inner thigh, knees parting slightly to welcome him closer. It didn't take a genius to know where Bones was going with it, and the thought alone had a shiver run up his spine, his skin warming up as he held his breath in anticipation.

That train of thought was interrupted at his next words, and Jim blinked slowly, glancing down at Bones. He smiled, hand dipping low so he could brush his fingers through Bones's hair. "Did you really think I'd want this to be a one-time thing?"

Granted, Jim had done that plenty of times in the past, but Bones wasn't just some random person or practically a stranger. And he definitely wouldn't have suggested they move to a place of their own if he wasn't interested in doing this again.

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cw: sex (probably should not forget that warning whoops)

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