"Would you want to complain? I certainly don't have to spoil you again, mind you."
Crozier's hands feel lovely even through the fabric of his nightshirt. The shirt that smells every bit of the man, especially after a night wrapped up around one another. It's intoxicating, and he thinks he'll have to quietly steal this one for some time - perhaps fold it and tuck it into his pillow case for safekeeping. Return it as he did before - only when it smells nothing of the Captain.
He peppers his skin with soft kisses, his mouth, jaw, nose, throat. He should climb off of him, should move to settle beside him and coax the man into a sleepy and warm morning, but the Captain has smart eyes and smart hands. A swipe over the bruise on his thigh and his breath hitches in surprise. When it goes off the mark he reaches to catch Crozier's hand, thumbing at his wrist and tugging his hand into place over the little mark.
"Your mark is still here, sir," he says, leaning in to kiss him again.
"Complaining makes up a portion of my blood," is an Irish joke he's allowed to make because he's Irish, "it's just you're tilting me off-center to somewhere else. Sweet boy."
A bit dopey in the aftermath, and it carries through to messy, smudgy, but eager kisses, and pressing in his touch where it's directed. That little hitch of breath is everything, it makes something in him jolt with near-painful intensity. Spoiled old thing indeed, there's no way his prick will stand again, but something tempts it.
"Been too long for it to linger," he points out, practically breathing into his mouth. "Have you been worrying it, Tom?"
The idea of Jopson pressing his fingers into the bruise, drawing it out, chasing the fading feeling of it, makes him feel like the ship is moving in ways it shouldn't be. (It isn't, is it? They aren't sinking?) (Nope, fine. Christ.)
Thomas' composure goes at the joke, a huff of a laugh against the man's mouth, open and genuine, most of his refined edges lost in the warmth and intimacy of the morning. A beautiful thing, really - to feel so comfortable around someone especially in the conditions they're meant to be working in.
The mark brings the world back into stark relief, however, and he applies a little pressure over Crozier's hand, encouraging the press into the tender flesh.
"You gave me a gift, sir," he says finally, a hint of something wanting in his voice. "I was being selfish and wanted to hold to it a while longer."
Another open mouthed kiss, lazy and warm and slow, his body shivering and betraying him at the press of fingers.
Crozier pushes in, and though there's no tell under his fingers where the bruise is — didn't break the skin, didn't leave a texture he can feel — he replays it in his mind, that place where his teeth were, and he rubs at it forcefully. His other hand grips Jopson's opposite hipbone, holding him close despite the mess between them. Wants to feel more of it, more of him, the need in his voice, the weight of his arousal.
"Did you touch yourself while you toyed with it?" he asks, between wet kisses. "One hand on your cock, the other pressing in just here?"
Harder, a long stroke against skin and muscle, though he doesn't reach for his prick. He thinks about it, though, thinks about it leaving wetness on his borrowed shirt wrapped around him. Jopson, covered in him, in his clothes, in his spend, in marks he left.
There's no hiding his arousal what with the way their bodies are slotted together, and Jopson relinquishes the idea altogether and settles his weight on the man. The bite of pain beneath Crozier's fingers makes him squirm, wedging his thickening prick in against Crozier's hip bone.
"I did, sir," he sighs into every messy kiss, licking greedily into his mouth and letting his thighs spread wider. It gives Crozier's hand more freedom for one, but brings their bodies pleasantly flush. Thomas cares very little for the mess smearing on the night shirt between them, his own starting to ruck up after all their fumblings. "The night you gave it to me, and the night after, sir."
A hidden mark, a thing only they know, and that's the erotic beauty in it. Another soft gasp, sucked in between his teeth, Crozier's hand a wondrous thing.
So soon after? As though he couldn't get enough. Floating pleasantly and bringing himself off, agitating that bruise while his rear was still warmed over by Crozier's sternly attentive palm. Profoundly gratifying to hear, and equally arousing; if he were twenty years younger he'd be shoving his cock into the split of Jopson's rear. (If he were twenty years younger, they wouldn't be doing this at all.)
"Show me how," he bids him, as he begins to gather up the shirt tails and move them away so that he can see the steward's stiff length. "While I touch you there, show me how you touch yourself. Make a mess all over me. And then I'll give you another one to keep."
The same place, or another spot. He'll decide when they get up. For now, he wants this: Jopson over him, finding that perfect shuddering height.
Electricity shoots down his spine, bringing a full flush to his cheeks that spreads down his throat. He must look absolutely lewd this way, perched over Crozier, mouth swollen and pink, hair mussed from sleep. It's a nice thought, though, that he might be something that he enjoys looking at even in the dim light of the berth.
"Of course," he whispers, chasing a kiss first, wanting and sweet all at once. Shirtsleeves rucked up, he reaches down between them and manages to free himself from his underthings. He's already half-hard and when he takes himself into the circle of his own fingers, he sighs, head tipping back and eyes closing.
"May I make a confession, sir?" He begins to stroke himself slowly, taking his time with it, making sure he covers every inch with each pass. "I imagine it's your hand most often, not my own. Not like our first night together."
That alone makes his prick twitch, bringing it to life.
A vision like on a church ceiling, the fantastic ones in the lovely European mainland, not like the dour chapels of England and Ireland. Jopson should have a gold disc painted behind his head, tipped back in delight as it is, the split of his shirt exposing his chest and his throat, ending with the sight of his cock clutched in his elegant hand. Crozer digs his thumb into the spot where the bruise was.
"Perhaps it should have been my hand," he muses. "In your berth, making you keep quiet."
With his other hand, he seeks teasing touches; brushes his knuckles against the tender weight of his stones, only gently. His cock is as attractive as the rest of him, which is absurd. Not the sort of thing that anyone should find attractive or unattractive, an unsightly appendage to be chipped off of ancient statues and covered on medieval paintings. But here it is, handsomely extended over his hand.
"It would be rude to deny the Captain should he attend my berth, sir," he laughs, a little airy as Crozier's hands wander. "It could be very important indeed."
The press of a thumb makes stars burst behind his eyes, a brilliant shock of pain that makes the muscle of his thigh tense, flex. His breath catches at the back of his throat, hand still working himself over. The proximity of Crozier's hand to his aching and weeping prick is enough to speed his touch, to imagine the calluses on the older man's hands, remember how it felt in that frenzied first moment together. Or at Aether, an arm around his waist and hand round his cock.
No one warned him that life at sea could be this passionate and potent.
"How would you keep me quiet, sir?" Even now, flushed and beginning to feel the edge of desperation radiate through his veins, he finds a way to be cheeky. And perhaps cheekier still to bow his head and chase the man for another kiss.
Oh for shame, young Mr Jopson. Crozier teases him more with his fingers, drawing around the base of his cock, but not helping in holding him. The sight of his steward's hand on his own prick is too alluring, even though the wet pearling at the crown of it makes his teeth ache for want of taste.
"Keep my other fingers warm, then. And mind your teeth. Think you'll stay quiet then?"
More pressure at his thigh, though it's forceful teasing and not outright tissue damage. He could hurt him, but it's not about that. Never about that. Besides, if he's to give him another bruise, he wants to use his mouth.
"I always behave, sir, but you said you'd make me keep quiet. Would you deny my curiosity?"
A soft whine at the back of his throat and his prick twitches shamefully at the barest attention. He would do anything this man told him to do - if it was to sit over him like this and simply wait out his pleasure by sight alone, he would. Crozier can have him any way he wishes and he can't say no. (Doesn't want to).
Just at the press of the bruise again, he shifts his weight, just enough to keep himself upright when he moves his free hand to pluck at Crozier's wrist.
"Forgive me, I will need the practice to be certain I stay quiet for you, Captain."
And should the man allow, he draws his hand up and takes one finger into his mouth first while his other hand resumes its careful strokes.
Eyebrows quirk. Just his order wouldn't be enough to mask him? Tsk. But this is better. Much. Hearing that whine, being subject to the younger man's boldness, all of it is worth leagues of cheeky disobedience.
Thick fingers slide into his mouth, past that expressive, pretty mouth, to press gently onto the soft muscle of his tongue. His cock had been here not so long ago, and already the heat of it feels familiar. (Or so he thinks. Lurid nonsense.) Crozier wants to feel that whine.
"A shame you need to stay quiet at all." His other hand moves just a little more, encircling him at the root with thumb and forefinger, holding him while he pleases himself. "No doubt you sound as beautiful as you look. But save it all, for when only I get to hear it. Mm? Can you do that, Thomas?"
A wildly erotic thing being wanted like this - to conserve every noise he could make and save it all for the man later when they might find some privacy and solitude. It brings him embarrassingly close, thighs tensing, hips butting up against the circle of Crozier's fingers.
He hums around the Captain's thick fingers, makes certain that he tilts his head just enough so that when he makes a noise of agreement it rumbles against the slick skin. He hollows his cheeks after, sucking once but careful not to make too much noise. It's meant to keep him quiet, after all.
Jopson's hand moves erratically now between them, chasing the edge of something that's startled him with how quickly it's overcome him. He tips his head back enough so that Crozier's wet fingers slide on his lips, his chin.
"Yes, Francis," he murmurs, eyes heavy lidded and pupils blown with wanting, and though he tries his best to keep himself together, he reaches his climax hard and fast. He turns his head into Crozier's hand, parts his lips around his fingers again to quiet himself as he spills a mess on Crozier's belly and hips and his own hand.
Stunningly beautiful. It nearly takes his breath away, to get to play with him like this, to feel him respond so eagerly even though it's in such a haphazard configuration. Crozier looks up and nearly lets it all happen without considerate participation, staring at him like some addle-brained fool.
Come home with me, when it's done—
Oh, stop. What does that look like. He has so much to do, a life to shape into expected forms. They both do. And even if he had enough money to do the daftest possible thing, who wants to live in France?
"Good, good," is praise, his voice still rough despite his tension having been released. "Look at you, good boy."
In the shuddering aftermath, he slides his hand up along Jopson's cock, gently nudging fingers away to take him in hand himself, where he just holds him through all the extra shudders and flinches. The heat of him, sticky and messy, feels lovely.
Would they weren't on the sea kilometers and kilometers from home, and they were wrapped up together somewhere else where staying in bed like this all day wouldn't cost lives. Stars burst to life behind his eyelids as his hand is nudged away, finding purchase on Crozier's chest, smearing sticky mess into his skin as he tries to ground himself.
Head tipping, he pulls away from the press of Crozier's fingers and instead bullies in to kiss the man, nudging their noses together and letting it be something lingering and open-mouthed and wet. Funny, the thing squeezing in his chest in time with the electricity coursing through his veins, the man's hand bringing him to the bittersweet edge of over-sensitivity by touch alone.
Still feeling a little selfish and a protective need to keep the Captain bedbound a while longer, he slowly settles his weight back down, bringing their bodies flush as he nuzzles in to kiss him again.
"You did well, sir," he murmurs, low and a little hoarse. "I'll keep you warm until we need to clean up for the bell."
The praise isn't lost on him. Good. Good boy. Beautiful. Thomas.
"I'll applaud you for keeping quiet," he rasps, "and myself for facilitating it, is that right?"
Of doing well.
He pets Jopson for another moment, but removes his hand when it becomes inconvenient to keep it there between them; raises it to put his fingers in his own mouth this time. A sharp, technically unpleasant, but good taste, and especially satisfying after those kisses. He touches Jopson's lips after, then his nose, just enjoying him. Arms around him, then, and they settle.
A little breath of a laugh against Crozier's jaw, Jopson nuzzling into the warmth of him and the arms wrapped round him. He adjusts his weight to pull the thick blankets and furs up around them, goes still again with them settled, pressing a soft kiss against his chin.
"The day I don't is one you should worry," he snorts, speaking against the man's skin, unwilling to be far from him in the afterglow of their morning together. He pets Crozier's hair back from his brow, gently running fingers through it, carefully pressing fingertips against his scalp in slow, steady motions.
"You let me care for you, sir," he says quietly, nosing against his cheek. "I am grateful for that."
His company. His care. His patience, and all his excellent work. Right now, specifically aside from their present melting, Crozier is grateful that his most recent worry over him — the collision, Jopson so near to danger, on deck and all else — has come to nothing. Terror has taken a beating, and some of her men, but Jopson came away unscathed. Crozier rubs his back in idle motions, simply enjoying the feel of him, and the near-smothering weight of him draped over his body.
In a little while:
"I haven't forgotten about giving you another bruise," by the way, "if you'd like that."
Heat rushes into his face, his heart beats a little too quickly in his chest - something about the inflection, the statement, the honesty of it. It earns him a small, shy smile before he tucks his face into the crook of the man's neck to settle, breathe him in, listen to his heart beat.
If only they could sleep a few more hours like this, tangled and sticky. Only a low, thoughtful sound at first, Jopson coming up out of lazy, sleepy thoughts in the quiet. He likes their shared moments best - when words or actions aren't needed and they can enjoy the simplicity and safety of one another's company.
"I could never deny you, sir," he teases, cheeky thing that he is, tipping his head up from the man's neck to kiss him again, catching his bottom lip with a drag of his teeth before meeting his eyes. "Anywhere you'd like, of course."
Too much? Probably too much. Crozier can blame it on sentiment brought on by orgasm and exhaustion. His ship is wounded, they are listing to one side, they are going to have to find Jamie's ship a new mast, and he is grateful no one has died.
But there is shameless sexuality to take refuge in. Not too old for all that quite yet; hopefully it'll be some time before he is, hopefully he lingers in this span of time where being older is an attractive, exciting lure, before tipping over into being repulsive. He's not sure when that card is turned, precisely, despite having been a young man once as well, happy to fancy all sorts.
A quick kiss in response to that playful bite. A good boy, his sweet boy, and his relentless steward. Crozier drags one hand up Jopson's spine, and cradles the back of his skull. Handsome, clever, caring. What a life should be in store for him.
"Do you happen to undress anywhere with an audience?"
Reconnaissance work, here. If Jopson changes in view of any of the other men, it will not do to leave him one anywhere obvious.
A raise of a brow, though there's warmth in his eyes, his expression. It always comes back to the eye other men may have for him, when in fact all he can truly see is Francis Crozier. Relentless in his teasing now, it seems, relaxed by the high of their orgasms and the warmth of the haphazard bed he's made for them in the berth.
"But in seriousness, no - I'm grateful for the berth I am allowed as your steward. A privacy and privilege I do not take for granted."
Jopson pets soft lines down the side of Crozier's neck, mapping the skin there, pressing sweet little patterns into it. "The only one who will see it other than myself, Captain, is you. Put it where it pleases you most, sir."
A thrill that he may end up with a bruise somewhere even more curious than the soft flesh of his thigh. An easy thing to allow his mind to run with - and the yearning for a world where he could wear the mark proudly instead.
"And more I've yet to notice I'm sure," he teases him. "You'll have a raft of admirers wherever you go."
Aware by now that Jopson is less keen on hearing about other people, but he started it this time, and so to banter it goes. Crozier enjoys his touch, fingers along the places he might run a razor blade later (or more likely put it off until tomorrow, the boon of fair hair). He lets it be for a moment before shifting them— angling to put Thomas on his side, so that he can be the only, singular admirer for now, rucking up his borrowed shirt to expose him from throat down.
Beautiful. Even more so right now, a mess.
"Any number of places might please me."
Investigation time. He runs his hands over him, exploratory and sensual.
For the days that Crozier thought he might send him overboard in the beginning of it all. But the word relentless - the more time he spends tangled in the man's company, the more he better understands his Captain's meaning.
Jopson helps their movement, shifting to his side and finding his balance there, but also suddenly very aware of the older man's attention. A pain, being as pale as he is, the flush of their passion still hot under his skin and warming under Crozier's hands. He goes still so he can be touched and petted however the man pleases.
"Though if you send me off to a raft you might never see how long I've kept your gift, sir. I'm afraid you'd simply have to imagine it."
The occasional dip of his stomach, the flutter of his side tensing and relaxing, his body coming to life beneath Crozier's perfect hands.
Crozier touches him indulgently, in no hurry with their lusts sated, palms stroking over pale skin and dustings of dark hair. The stark contrasts of colors is lovely, a thing made more obvious by how bundled up they are even under the pole's perpetual sun. He familiarizes himself with every contour, traveling as low as he can reach without shifting his position, and occasionally leaning in to press kisses to his mouth.
He slides his fingers over his pectoral muscles, around darker peaks of his nipples, and to one side; a decision. Gently, he tips Jopson back enough to get them where they need to be. Kisses to his mouth, his jaw, down his throat, his chest. To the chosen spot, at the lowest edge of the muscle of his breast, edging towards his side. Not far enough to irritate him while moving his arm, but not front and center. He licks over it, and carefully bites down.
Jopson huffs softly, the only response to the idea of a command. He knows his place - a steward, a civilian, meant only to help with clothing and cleaning and cooking. A place he doesn't mind, truly, but he wonders if one day he will become obsolete, or if the next journey Crozier will ask for a different boy to attend him.
Difficult to imagine, what with the way the older man pets him and kisses him. It's enough to nearly lull him back into a light doze, eyes heavy and lashes a fan of dark contrasted against his cheeks. He lies where he's put, sighing at every place the man's mouth travels, not fully realizing what's to come next. It's the lack of anticipation, the surprise of it, that earns Francis a throaty moan. Maybe too loud, but with the way the ship groans as she lists to one side, it could be waved off.
His hand reaches to cradle the back of his skull, fingers scratching into the crop of hair there, grounding him so he doesn't arch up into the blunt press of teeth.
"Francis," again, another thing hissed between his teeth, though it's clear it's from the pleasure of it more than anything else.
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Crozier's hands feel lovely even through the fabric of his nightshirt. The shirt that smells every bit of the man, especially after a night wrapped up around one another. It's intoxicating, and he thinks he'll have to quietly steal this one for some time - perhaps fold it and tuck it into his pillow case for safekeeping. Return it as he did before - only when it smells nothing of the Captain.
He peppers his skin with soft kisses, his mouth, jaw, nose, throat. He should climb off of him, should move to settle beside him and coax the man into a sleepy and warm morning, but the Captain has smart eyes and smart hands. A swipe over the bruise on his thigh and his breath hitches in surprise. When it goes off the mark he reaches to catch Crozier's hand, thumbing at his wrist and tugging his hand into place over the little mark.
"Your mark is still here, sir," he says, leaning in to kiss him again.
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A bit dopey in the aftermath, and it carries through to messy, smudgy, but eager kisses, and pressing in his touch where it's directed. That little hitch of breath is everything, it makes something in him jolt with near-painful intensity. Spoiled old thing indeed, there's no way his prick will stand again, but something tempts it.
"Been too long for it to linger," he points out, practically breathing into his mouth. "Have you been worrying it, Tom?"
The idea of Jopson pressing his fingers into the bruise, drawing it out, chasing the fading feeling of it, makes him feel like the ship is moving in ways it shouldn't be. (It isn't, is it? They aren't sinking?) (Nope, fine. Christ.)
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The mark brings the world back into stark relief, however, and he applies a little pressure over Crozier's hand, encouraging the press into the tender flesh.
"You gave me a gift, sir," he says finally, a hint of something wanting in his voice. "I was being selfish and wanted to hold to it a while longer."
Another open mouthed kiss, lazy and warm and slow, his body shivering and betraying him at the press of fingers.
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"Did you touch yourself while you toyed with it?" he asks, between wet kisses. "One hand on your cock, the other pressing in just here?"
Harder, a long stroke against skin and muscle, though he doesn't reach for his prick. He thinks about it, though, thinks about it leaving wetness on his borrowed shirt wrapped around him. Jopson, covered in him, in his clothes, in his spend, in marks he left.
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"I did, sir," he sighs into every messy kiss, licking greedily into his mouth and letting his thighs spread wider. It gives Crozier's hand more freedom for one, but brings their bodies pleasantly flush. Thomas cares very little for the mess smearing on the night shirt between them, his own starting to ruck up after all their fumblings. "The night you gave it to me, and the night after, sir."
A hidden mark, a thing only they know, and that's the erotic beauty in it. Another soft gasp, sucked in between his teeth, Crozier's hand a wondrous thing.
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"Show me how," he bids him, as he begins to gather up the shirt tails and move them away so that he can see the steward's stiff length. "While I touch you there, show me how you touch yourself. Make a mess all over me. And then I'll give you another one to keep."
The same place, or another spot. He'll decide when they get up. For now, he wants this: Jopson over him, finding that perfect shuddering height.
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"Of course," he whispers, chasing a kiss first, wanting and sweet all at once. Shirtsleeves rucked up, he reaches down between them and manages to free himself from his underthings. He's already half-hard and when he takes himself into the circle of his own fingers, he sighs, head tipping back and eyes closing.
"May I make a confession, sir?" He begins to stroke himself slowly, taking his time with it, making sure he covers every inch with each pass. "I imagine it's your hand most often, not my own. Not like our first night together."
That alone makes his prick twitch, bringing it to life.
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A vision like on a church ceiling, the fantastic ones in the lovely European mainland, not like the dour chapels of England and Ireland. Jopson should have a gold disc painted behind his head, tipped back in delight as it is, the split of his shirt exposing his chest and his throat, ending with the sight of his cock clutched in his elegant hand. Crozer digs his thumb into the spot where the bruise was.
"Perhaps it should have been my hand," he muses. "In your berth, making you keep quiet."
With his other hand, he seeks teasing touches; brushes his knuckles against the tender weight of his stones, only gently. His cock is as attractive as the rest of him, which is absurd. Not the sort of thing that anyone should find attractive or unattractive, an unsightly appendage to be chipped off of ancient statues and covered on medieval paintings. But here it is, handsomely extended over his hand.
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The press of a thumb makes stars burst behind his eyes, a brilliant shock of pain that makes the muscle of his thigh tense, flex. His breath catches at the back of his throat, hand still working himself over. The proximity of Crozier's hand to his aching and weeping prick is enough to speed his touch, to imagine the calluses on the older man's hands, remember how it felt in that frenzied first moment together. Or at Aether, an arm around his waist and hand round his cock.
No one warned him that life at sea could be this passionate and potent.
"How would you keep me quiet, sir?" Even now, flushed and beginning to feel the edge of desperation radiate through his veins, he finds a way to be cheeky. And perhaps cheekier still to bow his head and chase the man for another kiss.
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Oh for shame, young Mr Jopson. Crozier teases him more with his fingers, drawing around the base of his cock, but not helping in holding him. The sight of his steward's hand on his own prick is too alluring, even though the wet pearling at the crown of it makes his teeth ache for want of taste.
"Keep my other fingers warm, then. And mind your teeth. Think you'll stay quiet then?"
More pressure at his thigh, though it's forceful teasing and not outright tissue damage. He could hurt him, but it's not about that. Never about that. Besides, if he's to give him another bruise, he wants to use his mouth.
rip this boomerang
A soft whine at the back of his throat and his prick twitches shamefully at the barest attention. He would do anything this man told him to do - if it was to sit over him like this and simply wait out his pleasure by sight alone, he would. Crozier can have him any way he wishes and he can't say no. (Doesn't want to).
Just at the press of the bruise again, he shifts his weight, just enough to keep himself upright when he moves his free hand to pluck at Crozier's wrist.
"Forgive me, I will need the practice to be certain I stay quiet for you, Captain."
And should the man allow, he draws his hand up and takes one finger into his mouth first while his other hand resumes its careful strokes.
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Thick fingers slide into his mouth, past that expressive, pretty mouth, to press gently onto the soft muscle of his tongue. His cock had been here not so long ago, and already the heat of it feels familiar. (Or so he thinks. Lurid nonsense.) Crozier wants to feel that whine.
"A shame you need to stay quiet at all." His other hand moves just a little more, encircling him at the root with thumb and forefinger, holding him while he pleases himself. "No doubt you sound as beautiful as you look. But save it all, for when only I get to hear it. Mm? Can you do that, Thomas?"
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He hums around the Captain's thick fingers, makes certain that he tilts his head just enough so that when he makes a noise of agreement it rumbles against the slick skin. He hollows his cheeks after, sucking once but careful not to make too much noise. It's meant to keep him quiet, after all.
Jopson's hand moves erratically now between them, chasing the edge of something that's startled him with how quickly it's overcome him. He tips his head back enough so that Crozier's wet fingers slide on his lips, his chin.
"Yes, Francis," he murmurs, eyes heavy lidded and pupils blown with wanting, and though he tries his best to keep himself together, he reaches his climax hard and fast. He turns his head into Crozier's hand, parts his lips around his fingers again to quiet himself as he spills a mess on Crozier's belly and hips and his own hand.
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Come home with me, when it's done—
Oh, stop. What does that look like. He has so much to do, a life to shape into expected forms. They both do. And even if he had enough money to do the daftest possible thing, who wants to live in France?
"Good, good," is praise, his voice still rough despite his tension having been released. "Look at you, good boy."
In the shuddering aftermath, he slides his hand up along Jopson's cock, gently nudging fingers away to take him in hand himself, where he just holds him through all the extra shudders and flinches. The heat of him, sticky and messy, feels lovely.
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Head tipping, he pulls away from the press of Crozier's fingers and instead bullies in to kiss the man, nudging their noses together and letting it be something lingering and open-mouthed and wet. Funny, the thing squeezing in his chest in time with the electricity coursing through his veins, the man's hand bringing him to the bittersweet edge of over-sensitivity by touch alone.
Still feeling a little selfish and a protective need to keep the Captain bedbound a while longer, he slowly settles his weight back down, bringing their bodies flush as he nuzzles in to kiss him again.
"You did well, sir," he murmurs, low and a little hoarse. "I'll keep you warm until we need to clean up for the bell."
The praise isn't lost on him. Good. Good boy. Beautiful. Thomas.
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Of doing well.
He pets Jopson for another moment, but removes his hand when it becomes inconvenient to keep it there between them; raises it to put his fingers in his own mouth this time. A sharp, technically unpleasant, but good taste, and especially satisfying after those kisses. He touches Jopson's lips after, then his nose, just enjoying him. Arms around him, then, and they settle.
"You run laps around the pan."
Of warming.
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A little breath of a laugh against Crozier's jaw, Jopson nuzzling into the warmth of him and the arms wrapped round him. He adjusts his weight to pull the thick blankets and furs up around them, goes still again with them settled, pressing a soft kiss against his chin.
"The day I don't is one you should worry," he snorts, speaking against the man's skin, unwilling to be far from him in the afterglow of their morning together. He pets Crozier's hair back from his brow, gently running fingers through it, carefully pressing fingertips against his scalp in slow, steady motions.
"You let me care for you, sir," he says quietly, nosing against his cheek. "I am grateful for that."
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His company. His care. His patience, and all his excellent work. Right now, specifically aside from their present melting, Crozier is grateful that his most recent worry over him — the collision, Jopson so near to danger, on deck and all else — has come to nothing. Terror has taken a beating, and some of her men, but Jopson came away unscathed. Crozier rubs his back in idle motions, simply enjoying the feel of him, and the near-smothering weight of him draped over his body.
In a little while:
"I haven't forgotten about giving you another bruise," by the way, "if you'd like that."
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If only they could sleep a few more hours like this, tangled and sticky. Only a low, thoughtful sound at first, Jopson coming up out of lazy, sleepy thoughts in the quiet. He likes their shared moments best - when words or actions aren't needed and they can enjoy the simplicity and safety of one another's company.
"I could never deny you, sir," he teases, cheeky thing that he is, tipping his head up from the man's neck to kiss him again, catching his bottom lip with a drag of his teeth before meeting his eyes. "Anywhere you'd like, of course."
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But there is shameless sexuality to take refuge in. Not too old for all that quite yet; hopefully it'll be some time before he is, hopefully he lingers in this span of time where being older is an attractive, exciting lure, before tipping over into being repulsive. He's not sure when that card is turned, precisely, despite having been a young man once as well, happy to fancy all sorts.
A quick kiss in response to that playful bite. A good boy, his sweet boy, and his relentless steward. Crozier drags one hand up Jopson's spine, and cradles the back of his skull. Handsome, clever, caring. What a life should be in store for him.
"Do you happen to undress anywhere with an audience?"
Reconnaissance work, here. If Jopson changes in view of any of the other men, it will not do to leave him one anywhere obvious.
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A raise of a brow, though there's warmth in his eyes, his expression. It always comes back to the eye other men may have for him, when in fact all he can truly see is Francis Crozier. Relentless in his teasing now, it seems, relaxed by the high of their orgasms and the warmth of the haphazard bed he's made for them in the berth.
"But in seriousness, no - I'm grateful for the berth I am allowed as your steward. A privacy and privilege I do not take for granted."
Jopson pets soft lines down the side of Crozier's neck, mapping the skin there, pressing sweet little patterns into it. "The only one who will see it other than myself, Captain, is you. Put it where it pleases you most, sir."
A thrill that he may end up with a bruise somewhere even more curious than the soft flesh of his thigh. An easy thing to allow his mind to run with - and the yearning for a world where he could wear the mark proudly instead.
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Aware by now that Jopson is less keen on hearing about other people, but he started it this time, and so to banter it goes. Crozier enjoys his touch, fingers along the places he might run a razor blade later (or more likely put it off until tomorrow, the boon of fair hair). He lets it be for a moment before shifting them— angling to put Thomas on his side, so that he can be the only, singular admirer for now, rucking up his borrowed shirt to expose him from throat down.
Beautiful. Even more so right now, a mess.
"Any number of places might please me."
Investigation time. He runs his hands over him, exploratory and sensual.
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For the days that Crozier thought he might send him overboard in the beginning of it all. But the word relentless - the more time he spends tangled in the man's company, the more he better understands his Captain's meaning.
Jopson helps their movement, shifting to his side and finding his balance there, but also suddenly very aware of the older man's attention. A pain, being as pale as he is, the flush of their passion still hot under his skin and warming under Crozier's hands. He goes still so he can be touched and petted however the man pleases.
"Though if you send me off to a raft you might never see how long I've kept your gift, sir. I'm afraid you'd simply have to imagine it."
The occasional dip of his stomach, the flutter of his side tensing and relaxing, his body coming to life beneath Crozier's perfect hands.
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Not that Jopson is a seaman or an officer.
(Yet. :( )
Crozier touches him indulgently, in no hurry with their lusts sated, palms stroking over pale skin and dustings of dark hair. The stark contrasts of colors is lovely, a thing made more obvious by how bundled up they are even under the pole's perpetual sun. He familiarizes himself with every contour, traveling as low as he can reach without shifting his position, and occasionally leaning in to press kisses to his mouth.
He slides his fingers over his pectoral muscles, around darker peaks of his nipples, and to one side; a decision. Gently, he tips Jopson back enough to get them where they need to be. Kisses to his mouth, his jaw, down his throat, his chest. To the chosen spot, at the lowest edge of the muscle of his breast, edging towards his side. Not far enough to irritate him while moving his arm, but not front and center. He licks over it, and carefully bites down.
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Difficult to imagine, what with the way the older man pets him and kisses him. It's enough to nearly lull him back into a light doze, eyes heavy and lashes a fan of dark contrasted against his cheeks. He lies where he's put, sighing at every place the man's mouth travels, not fully realizing what's to come next. It's the lack of anticipation, the surprise of it, that earns Francis a throaty moan. Maybe too loud, but with the way the ship groans as she lists to one side, it could be waved off.
His hand reaches to cradle the back of his skull, fingers scratching into the crop of hair there, grounding him so he doesn't arch up into the blunt press of teeth.
"Francis," again, another thing hissed between his teeth, though it's clear it's from the pleasure of it more than anything else.
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