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[man_nav_naudas]

WHO: Masters Kirkland and Galante-Kirkland
WHEN: November 27th, evening
WHERE: Buccaneer Beach Apartments in the Lakewood district of Liberty, Room 12d
WHAT: After all the dust has settled, love, love is a verb- love is a doing word.

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[longlivesealand]

The view out the balcony rendered Peter breathless. The grand limitless ocean welcomed him. The ocean, Peter had always held it close to his heart, remembering those rare times he was able to see the rushing water. It was liberating, the ocean. He always thought if he could only cross the water, maybe there was something waiting for him on the other side. Maybe there wasn't. But it was the adventure that made it all the more thrilling.

Distant seagulls spread like polka dots across the horizon. Like the sun bleeding the sky violet and gold as it retreated for the night, Peter closed and locked the sliding glass door before he wandered to the bedroom.

His facial muscles moved to form a smile as natural as his lungs inhaled air. Slowly and quietly, he made his way to lay beside Raivis on their new bed. The old mattress was too soft for Peter's liking. This one was perfect. This room was bed. This flat was perfect.

"So tired," Peter mumbled into Raivis' ear, lips nibbling at the shell. "Sleepy time, aye?"

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"Aye."

Gently waving aside the last of the feathers (escapees from the down pillows), Raivis tilted his head back, nudged at a brow line with his nose. "Peter, we're..." He curved an arm around the body beside his and pulled them both flush together. "We're home."

[longlivesealand]

Peter grinned inwardly at the embrace. His cheeks flushed with contentment as his fingers roamed through Raivis' tangled locks. The wonderful scent of flowers filled his nostrils.

"Aye," he repeated, lips curling into that enchanting smile, "Home, at last~! This is where we belong, you know. Like this. Together."

Lips found their way to Latvian ones. Latching on, Peter slowly rolled on his back, pulling Raivis on top of him. His husband was fragile and light like the many feathers still fluttering in the air; it made his smile grow wider, his heart grow fonder.

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The fleshy drum beneath Raivis's sternum beat its own quick, quick, slow tattoo not quite in tandem with the pulse he covered in open mouthed nips. It was the small differences and peculiarities that belonged to Peter only, quirks he adored, minor disharmonies that made him chuckle affectionately into a warm, yielding throat and shiver to the sensation of touch over his scalp.

Distracted by heat and shape and heartbeat beneath his palms, he laughed when language seemed to fail him, fisting his hands in Peter's shirt, willing all of the things he wanted to say into a longer, probing kiss.

I love this city, I love this place, I love this life.

I love you.