Kent/Feldspar

[videointhenoise]

"Just once more," they had said when Ellie's team petitioned for it. She was busy with Palmer, falling in love with science while he fell in love with God, and Kent was left to pick up the pieces. He wanted another damn go at it. The Machine had a pricetag in the billions; it was begging to be used again.

But they wouldn't let Ellie go. They wouldn't let just anyone go. They wanted someone who knew how it worked, who had been there from the beginning, but someone who isn't completely taken in by Ellie's words.

That leads them to a dozen people and they end up with Kent. He's blind, but that's not what decides it. They claim that he wouldn't hallucinate the way Ellie did. That he has a unique perspective.

And, he's already proven himself steady and loyal.

He experiences it all the way that Ellie does, but something goes wrong on the other end. Maybe another terrorist attack. Maybe not. All he knows is that he's in the sphere and then, suddenly, he's floating, unable to find his footing until a great crash and he slams into the bottom of the machine.

He groans, pulling his helmet on with a grunt and a wince.

"Fuck this," he mutters, finding the edge of the sphere with his hands. There was a door there somewhere. He just - has to find it.

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[getfeldsparred]

“Only if someone was being an asshole about it, or if Lapis heard…”

Feldspar trails off, rubbing Kent’s hand a little more absently.

“I feel guilty, that’s why I keep bringing it up, and unsure about my place here with everyone else. And you know me, I’m impatient and want to dive right in, but rebuilding everything with everyone is gonna take time. And it’s kinda funny - the old me wouldn’t care what others think, but I do care, I care so much because I really…I really love them all, maybe more than I ever loved flying, and it took me disappearing into a bramble for 7 years to realize that.”

[videointhenoise]

Kent just holds them a moment and tightens his grip around them. "Hey, I get it. It's okay. This project with the electricity is a good start. It's necessary and you're getting Lapis back."

[getfeldsparred]

They lean into him, nodding their head in agreement. It’s all a good start, and Lapis is the only thing that really matters.

“Yeah, I am,” they say, pulling back to brush their hands along Kent’s shoulders. “Lapis and you, that’s what matters now.”

[videointhenoise]

"And you," he reminds him. "And you. Don't cut yourself out of it."

[getfeldsparred]

“And me,” they concede, leaning forward to brush their lips against Kent’s jaw. “Us. Our little family unit.”

[videointhenoise]

"Family," he repeats and kisses them back, just as sweetly before sitting up and pulling them into a deeper kiss. "I love you."

[getfeldsparred]

That’s the word Kent taught them all - family. It’s a great word, one of Feldspar’s favorites.

Feldspar leans their weight against Kent and turns their head, fitting them together as they kiss him back. They pull back and kiss his chin, his jaw, up to his ear. “I love you.”

[videointhenoise]

Kent breathes them in and then lies down on the bed, reaching for Feldspar to join him. "Sit with me. Touch me," he all but begs him. He just wants to feel close to them like he did before this whole mess.

[getfeldsparred]

Kent doesn’t need to beg; Feldspar wants nothing more than to touch him. They lie back on the bed with him and take his face between their hands to kiss him again. They hum against his lips and slowly inch down to suck on his neck, sharp incisors scraping along his tender skin.

[videointhenoise]

Kent shudders under their touch, his hands gently placed over Feldspar's. "You need to clip your claws," he mutters with a soft laugh.

[getfeldsparred]

“Is that what you want me to do now?” they tease, pushing their hand up under his shirt and raking their nails along his chest. “Trim my nails instead of this?”

[videointhenoise]

Kent shakes his head. "No," he grumbles, reaching back one hand over his head and onto the pillow.

"I love you," he mutters. "Even when you're like this."

[getfeldsparred]

“Especially when I’m like this,” they correct him, working on shucking Kent’s shirt off. They move over him and have a seat on his thighs. “I haven’t really gotten the chance to have a good look at you.”

[videointhenoise]

"Take your time," Kent breathes out, letting them take off his shirt as he lounges down underneath him. "I know I look older. But hopefully not as old as I feel."

[getfeldsparred]

“Yeah, but older ain’t a bad thing.” They drag one of their fingers down Kent’s sternum. “You look good. You been lifting weights or something? Carrying all the hatchlings?”

[videointhenoise]

"No," he laughs, reaching up to take their hand and kiss it. "I have been helping to make new rockets with Slate."

Though as he says it, he realizes that it was just a way for Slate to check him out while he moved things.

Asshole.

[getfeldsparred]

Feldspar catches on almost immediately and starts to cackle. That perv.

They bring their hand to Kent’s face to stroke their cheek with their thumb, leaning down to kiss him soundly while they start to rock their hips against his.

[videointhenoise]

Kent almost immediately feels the heat of them against him. "Oh..." he mutters. "You're going to tease me," he snorts. "That wasn't what I asked for. Or are you just jealous that Slate gets to look at my muscles?"

[getfeldsparred]

“No,” Feldspar argues, “I’m touching you. You never said how.”

But they want more than just some heavy petting, and they happily slide off of him and start the process of ridding Kent of his pants.

[videointhenoise]

He raises his hips to help him slide off those pants and he reaches out to take their hand again. "At least kiss me once more before you do - whatever it is that you're going to do."

[getfeldsparred]

They’re actually not sure what they’re going to do, but they’re going to do the fuck outta it. They lean back down to give Kent what he wants, a nice, slow, heated kiss that makes Feldspar’s spine tingle.

“Mm.” Feldspar kisses him again, tongue dipping into his mouth indulgently.

They pull back to suck on their own finger, smiling down at him as they slide their hand over the curve of Kent’s ass and to his tight hole.

[videointhenoise]

Oh. One of those nights.

He sighs into relaxation. "It's been a while," he says, though he doubts they need the reminder. But Kent has been wanting to be touched like this for...years.