if we could sail on the wind in the dark

[northseaflotsam]

The nexus is growing on him; it has, like him, no business existing at all, and it's somewhere to go when he can't think what else to do with himself. He's there now, wandering idly through some corner of it that looks like the offspring of the Cloisters and a BBC costume drama set. It's dark and breezy and dramatic, and Mordred is, quietly and

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[le_desirous]

Sagramore was, curiously enough, there first. He's sitting next to a curious fountain, leaning against its wall, his head tipped back, and the spray off the water has soaked his hair and beard and water is dripping off his face and shoulders. His shirt is loose on his thin body, age and drink having not been excessively kind to him, as Mordred has had opportunities before now to note.

He has a flask set on the ground beside him, but he hasn't been drinking; he doesn't smell of alcohol. He's just sitting.

[northseaflotsam]

It takes Mordred a moment to register, first, that this is a person and not just a particularly unfortunate piece of sculpture, and secondly that it's someone he knows. He stops, light-footed, and regards Sagramore with vast affection. "What the hell are you doing?"

[le_desirous]

He looks up and smiles. "Thinking. Come, sit by me."

[northseaflotsam]

"In the pouring wet. I don't think so." He does walk over, though, and puts a foot up on the marble rim, all easy elegance. "What are you moping about now?"

[le_desirous]

"Nothing important." Reaches over and runs the back of his hand down Mordred's leg.

[northseaflotsam]

This gets a crooked smile. "Well, knock it off, then."

[le_desirous]

"You're so demanding." Sagramore shifts his body to be a little closer and a little higher up, and lets his hand come to rest familiarly at the inside of Mordred's thigh.

[northseaflotsam]

"Yes, I'm aware." Mordred dutifully attempts to ignore this, arms folded across his chest. "Is there another reason you're desperate to get rained on, then, or are you just being an idiot?"

[le_desirous]

"I'm only being an idiot." Very well. If that doesn't get a rise -- OH I WENT THERE -- Sagramore will just have to apply himself dutifully to the task, sliding his hand up gently.

[northseaflotsam]

Mordred does catch his breath then, but he is not about to give up that easily. "Well, then. As long as that's settled. --I met your girlfriend, by the way."

[le_desirous]

"My--Enfys? Is that who you mean?"

A little further up, and then his long fingers start to massage, ever so carefully.

[northseaflotsam]

"That's the one. --Seems a bit young to be the mother, I thought."

[le_desirous]

Way to kill the mood, Mordred. Sagramore recoils, although not quickly enough to be properly called recoiling; nevertheless, he draws away, pulling his hands back to himself.

"That's because she isn't."

[northseaflotsam]

Point scored, Mordred backs off a step, and sits down on the edge of the fountain, elbows on his knees. "Figured as much."

[le_desirous]

"Yes. Her mother's gone."

[northseaflotsam]

In fact this subject makes him even more uncomfortable than it does Sagramore. He falls silent, looking at the ground.