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King Saralegui of Small Shimaron ([personal profile] enthraller) wrote2017-09-18 03:03 am
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psl - 100% just a shameless teahouse au





Once upon a time in the country of Ivore, there was a little brothel called the Teahouse
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Arguably the finest establishment of its kind in the capital city, the Teahouse, owned by a Mr. Xanthe Atros, sits neatly at the edge of the noble's district. It offers a range of pleasures suited to any customer, upper class or common, provided they have the coin. For the right price, customers can enjoy the services of its courtesans, be it for a few hours, a night, or a more lasting arrangement. The men and women of the Teahouse are highly regarded for both their attractiveness and their "talents" even outside the city itself, or so its most dedicated patrons would have one believe.

Upon entering, customers are greeted by a lavish main hall with lovingly polished marble floors and grand, sweeping staircases leading off to a number of private rooms. A handful of servants keep the place in pristine condition, fit for even the royal family were they to ever deign to visit. A quiet and professional bouncer stands vigil unobtrusively out of the way, protection in the odd case of a violent visitor, and at any hour at least one or two of the brothel's courtesans are lounging on the main hall's plush seating in wait of potential customers. It pays to be proactive, after all -- the higher earners are granted the best ammenities and perhaps the occasional outing into the city, sweet treats for those whose lives belong to the Teahouse.

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-09-18 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Foreign and visiting nobility were hardly uncommon in the capital: or in the Teahouse, for that matter.

Tzilan told himself that as his local hosts, other young men of his age, swept him into the grand, brightly-lit foyer. He was only too painfully aware that the brightly-polished floor cast up no reflection of him back up at himself, and kept his chin high above his stiff, starched collar. Unlike the taller men about him, who rushed in a happy, wine-drunken babble to explain the rules, and the process, he was silent, gliding over the sussurus they made.

This isn't appropriate, he thought, while flashing a pained, faintly awkward smile at one of the men who'd drawn him along. "And so," his quiet voice cut through their chatter, "You... pick which... individual you desire? From the line?"

"Well, ordinarily yes! But we've come to a great agreement today, we were going to be serviced as a group. We often just lo--"

Tzilan's gloved hands twitched at his sides, and his smile slipped a little, just half an instant. And then his dark-skinned features smoothed, and he beamed up. "Now now, that would be quite inappropriate. Before the first transaction, and the ink has dried? In my homeland it's considered bad luck, you know, to celebrate to early," but there was a salacious cast to his eyes, something sharp in his smile--

"So you'll leave us wanting, just for that?" Complained the blonde, wetting his lips briefly as the group of them came to a pause.

"It's only good business to keep you wanting a little," assured Tzilan-- voice pitched to a whisper so that he wouldn't speak over the well-dressed fellow moving forward to greet them across the marble floor. Tzilan's eyes flit from him to the decor, affecting a politely curious interest to mask the anxiety that had his stomach in knots.

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-09-19 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Tzilan felt the warmth before anything else, before Saralegui drew close enough to attract the eye, before his lips parted to speak. The radiant, remnant warmth of the fire, slowly dissipating into the air. It was distracting enough that he turned to stare at the pale figure who approached.

He forgot to simulate the act of breathing. How could someone be so beautiful? On instinct, he wanted to draw his hand through that fine, pale hair, see if it was as soft as it looked---

He immediately cast his eyes aside, feigning polite disinterest.

"My companions were interested in quite an arrangement of festivities," he began, but the blonde slipped an arm around his shoulders.

"And this one will need some individual attention-- it's his first time," he laughed and nudged Tzilan in the pale man's direction. "Be particularly good to him, won't you?" He nudged Tzilan forward, turning towards the few others of his party as his name was called--

Tzilan blanched, went faintly wooden.

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-09-28 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't let them see you. Don't let them see what you are.

The stiffness in his back relaxed, and he forced his face to smooth from tension into the brow-furrowed awkwardness of a disconcerted young noble. His lips parted as if to ask, 'first timers?' only to stop halfway and lift a hand, rubbing it on his face. He let himself be led away, tilted his head close as if lured by the quietness of the reassurance.

But he parted his lips to breathe in the scent of this pale stranger, and pressed close more for his heat than to hear.

"I thought taking them here would be... courteous, at least, after such a long night out; they were desperate to come," he lied, sighing quietly, turning his face to look into Sara's as they walked. "What... should I expect, from my time with you...?"

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-02 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"What would you... suggest?"

The words, carefully measured, fumbled near the operative word, just a small hitched breath designed to complete the imagine of himself as unpracticed. And that, all on its own, would have been enough.

But there Saralegui stood, a stranger, pale as a phantom against the dark and gleaming oak, a soft floral scent clinging to his soft skin and shining hair. Tzilan's hand turned, covetous despite himself, and touched the ends of Sara's hair with just his fingertips. His throat tightened as he swallowed.

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-02 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
His eyes widened just a fraction... and then closed, a soft, cool breath shivering out of him while he tipped his jaw towards the kiss. Sudden heat lanced through him, white and searing-- like lightning, or wildfire. His skin, where Saralegui touched it, was also cool, and his fingers flexed, neatly and swiftly gathering the silken fall of Sara's hair into his firm grip.

He used it as leverage to turn the line of Sara's profile by just a few small degrees, so that he could press their mouths more neatly together, tangling in a kiss more savage than sweet, while a soft, hungry sound kindled in his throat.

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-02 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
So warm.

So deliciously warm and searing, and the heat of Saralegui's gasp puffed along his skin, as perfect as a second kiss. And all at once, the hollow ache of hunger wracked him, made his jaw ache, made his hands want to clench harder on the pretty man before him. Beautiful as a shaft of moonlight, as dawn touching mist--

He slipped his hand down along Saralegui's hair, loosing his grip, and leaned back from the kiss-- though not to gasp for breath.

"Tell me what you like best," he commanded, in a voice not hitched or shy but cold and certain as steel. He pressed towards the small, subtle touch near the skin of his hip, and pressed one leg a little between Saralegui's knees, using his posture to herd Saralegui, forcing the other man to take a step back. And then another, and then another, 'till the backs of Sara's thighs touched the bed.

"Tell me what makes your toes curl, what makes your blood run hot as molten metal. What makes you forget to breathe."

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-02 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
No whore at such a reputable brothel could realistically be so easily flabbergasted by forwardness-- as a matter of simple mathematics. But the attempt was so good, so thoroughly convincing otherwise, that it made him smile.

"How neatly we've reversed roles. An exceptional performance. In a different setting, I'd even believe it."

He leaned a little, his slim-fingered hands curving around the backs of Saralegui's knees. It cost nothing of his strength to give them a small upward tug, nudging the other man off his feet and onto the edge of the bed. He pressed his own body between Sara's legs, and smoothed his hands with careful cunning up Sara's thighs.

His lashes lowered over his eyes, almost coyly. His voice was just a whisper.

"But you'll answer my questions."

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-02 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"The only thing people know about a person is what you allow them to see. There is a certain power, in being unknown. You are free to be..." His dark eyes roved over the form stretched on the bed before him, flushed, struggling to speak, and his smile grew a small measure.

"Unpredictable."

He smoothed along the side of the bed, watching Saralegui, not bothering to obfuscate his hunger, raw and wanting. His hand was cool, and it slipped between the fall of Saralegui's beautiful hair, and the warm back of his neck. Flexed, the pad of his thumb stroking along the edge of Sara's jaw.

"How nice I am will depend on you," he murmured, setting one knee onto the bed so that he could lean closer. It didn't so much as creak under his careful weight. He set his other hand on Sara's hip, helping turn the young man a little so that he could lean, lips brushing along his brow.

"How good you are."

His fingertips smoothed from Sara's hips towards his belt. Gave its excess length a deft jerk to work the tongue of the buckle loose. He watched Sara's face, held his eyes, while his skilled hands with just a small little push worked the belt loose, its undone ends dangling down near the tops of Sara's thighs.

His dark eyes blazed in the high-cheeked planes of his face. And he leaned to whisper in Sara's ear, breath barely stirring his fine hair,

"So don't be too good."
Edited 2017-10-02 16:16 (UTC)

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-02 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm afraid you'll have to instruct me on the proper behavior, in that case," he murmured, nuzzling along Saralegui's temple. The tip of his tongue flit, just touching the lobe of the other man's ear, while his hand slid up underneath the hem of Sara's shirt, fingers splayed, to smooth up his abdomen and chest. The fabric of Sara's shirt rucked up around his wrist, and in the same moment, his back arched a little toward the heat of the other man's hand.

"Because otherwise I'm afraid the only impression I've gained is that you enjoy it."

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-02 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Tzilan's eyes closed, and he went quietly still for a moment, intent on feeling the track of Saralegui's hands.

"I am," he agreed, after a moment. He spoke more, voice very quiet, his body arching faintly to encourage the movement of the other man's hands. "I hadn't meant to indulge this, only to pay for their romp and then depart... but you were so striking to look upon, so clever when you leaned close, even that small kiss so warm..."

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-04 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
He tipped his head back and laughed, a very soft, almost purring sound, warm and palpable and very earnest.

"Too clever by half, aren't you?" His laughter faded into a smile that was more in his eyes than the spare curve of his mouth, and he smoothed his fingertips along a silken lock of Saralegui's hair.

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-04 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
His fingers trembled under that brief heat; went still.

"Oh, all of you is uncommonly beautiful-- but surely you hear that many times a night. And I've never been especially good at any kind of intimacy... almost especially not physically. And your hair is so gorgeous and soft; like light spun into silk. Easy to presume I could hardly be blamed for wanting to touch it."

He made a quiet, thoughtful sound in the back of his throat. "Does it ever frustrate you, the liberties people take with your body?"

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-04 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"I suppose I should congratulate you on making me feel conflicted attraction for..." His eyes flit down Saralegui's figure, mouth suppressing a smile, "...boots?"

He gently smoothed his fingertips down Saralegui's slim chest.

"If our situations were reversed," he inquired gently, smoothing one shoe off of Saraelgui's feet, "What would you want?"

He followed with the second, carefully set them aside. Turned a little away from Sara's face, his long-fingered hands carefully curving along the other man's elegant leg. He supported the back of the knee of the nearer leg, and used the fingers of the other hand to neatly nudge up the hems of his pants and skirts toward the knee. He cupped his hands along Sara's calf, slowly and skillfully massaging down toward his ankle-- and then further, along the heel of his foot, careful to avoid touches that might be ticklish.

"If you were the client, and here to throw yourself into a few moments' temporary pleasure."

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-04 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
He laughed again, the sound silver and chiming, threading through their conversation. He smiled down at the work of his hands, thumb drawing down the line of Saralegui's shin.

"So you can tell me what you wouldn't do, but not what you would?" He lifted his brows over at Saralegui over the slim slope of his shoulder.

His hands moved gingerly around faint bruises left by a strong grip, shadowed in the vague shape of of a far wider hand than his own. He leaned, hands lightly guiding, pressed his lips near the shape of its palm.

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-04 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Aren't we all, at one time or another?" He mused, thoughtfully.

He kissed the plane of Saralegui's knee, cradling the shape of the other man's heel in a hand, massaging slowly along the narrow shape of his foot.

"Difficult to say. What was your day like, yesterday? Did you come to this feeling frustrated? Bored? Excited? Anxious?" He glanced to Saralegui, mouth pursed. "I wouldn't qualify myself as a risk-taker... but I'm also terribly curious. I'd likely attempt to continue with courteous restraint, 'till I knew a little better where things were headed. Try to tread the lines which intersect between accommodating, congenial, and... safe."

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-04 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"In this hypothetical, where I am you, and you are me?" His eyes smiled, lingered on Saralegui's face.

"What I'm protecting myself from depends upon very much that's all hidden behind my smile. Why am I in this situation, a handsome young man, a kept pet, a carefully-trained courtesan? Was I sold as a youth? Forced into an arrangement by debt, poverty, or other concerns? What is my hope, for the future?"

Utterly unflappable and unperturbed, he slipped a hand underneath the arch of the foot Saralegui had nudged him with, and lightly stroked up to its slim ankle.

"Do I intend to find some regular, to take me in when I lose my contract as time erodes me? Someone doting and fond and wealthy? Do I sneak savings away? Do I lean too-far into these nights, trying to forget that the future exists? If it were me, I'd be the planning sort. Determined to eke the most out of my contract, and dependent upon good review. I'd do whatever it took. Whatever damned, distasteful, disgusting debasement it took, and protect my place tooth and nail. And I'd do it perfectly, and beautifully, and smiling."

[personal profile] serpentking 2017-10-09 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've been one, a time or two."

He smoothed his hands along the lines of Saralegui's thighs, unshy, watching the other man's face while his avoidant gaze lingered on his shirt.

"Why did you become one?"