hail the conquering hero

[vermiliondesert]

after thisIt was nearly dawn when Seth returned, still streaked in places with blood, sweat, grime, and other things better left unsaid. But he was whole, even if exhausted

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[tempestslover]

Ishtar, by now, is used to this. So she only rolls onto her back and gives him an arch look as he flops onto the bed in a cloud of dried blood, dirt, and ... she doesn't want to think about what else.

"Is any of that yours?" she nodded at one thing she was pretty sure was a bloodstain.

[vermiliondesert]

He shrugged, "probably."

He hadn't gotten out utterly unscathed, after all.

He turned his head to look over at her with an arch look of his own, "should I have said it all was? Would you nurse me back to health?"

[tempestslover]

"Of course," she wrinkled her nose at him. "You're more fun when you're healthy."

And she loved him. But part of loving him was never saying that out loud.

She looked at him up and down critically. "You need a bath."

[vermiliondesert]

"I washed." His hands and face. Sort of.

He rolled onto his side to face her, "don't you want to hear about the dragon?'

He wondered if there were any more like it. Those scales would come in handy...