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[littletonoidea]

"This is the audio log of Communications Officer Doug Eiffel of the-- previously of the U.S.S Hephaestus, leave a message and I'll see if I can bear to drag myself away from whatever utterly engaging task I must be doing to not notice my comms--"

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The morning after "put our service to the test" flood

[deuceoftears]

[The call comes from Jedao's communicator, but the video shows both Jedao and Hakkai, lying down in bed, snuggled up together.]

Hey, hero.

You did so good.

[littletonoidea]

[Jedao's face gets an immediate, broad grin out of Eiffel.]

Welcome back, big guy! I just did what I could, it was nothing.

[reformedsinner]

[Propping himself up on one elbow:]

Don't be modest. But, also. Come over? We'd both really like to see you.

[littletonoidea]

[He turns a little pink, but his smile brightens even further.]

I'll be there in two shakes.

[deuceoftears]

The door still opens for him.

"In here," Jedao calls, as soon as he steps inside, and the bedroom door opens too. Jedao has red clay dust in his hair and he looks - a tiny bit manic, around the eyes, but he's smiling, reaching for Eiffel with the hand Hakkai isn't holding.

[littletonoidea]

He grabs Jedao's hand to squeeze as he comes and sits on the bed with them as well, and with his free hand ruffles Jedao's hair a little to get some of that dust off.

"You're looking pretty alright, Jedao. Feeling okay?"

[reformedsinner]

"Hello, Eiffel," Hakkai says, and reaches over to squeeze his shoulder as if completing a circuit, but without the unpleasant shock. He looks tired, but also, around the eyes, wildly relieved.

[deuceoftears]

"Baby, you trounced him, and he didn't even realize," Jedao tells Eiffel with a wild, burbling little laugh. He can still only half believe it.

"He was in the Engine Room, and you got him to walk back out. You survived him, spitting and fighting the whole way, you called the cavalry on him when he'd already forgotten you and he got shoved in a pickle jar for his hubris. My glorious fucking crashhawk. I'm so proud of you I want to scream."

[littletonoidea]

Hakkai gets a lean into his touch and a warm grin, and when Jedao laughs it makes giddy excitement bubble in Eiffel too.

"I told him that to his goddamn supervillain face!" he declares gleefully. "He was all 'maybe I'll just be evil and dismember you' and I was all 'Never go in against a crashhawk when death is on the line!' and tased him in the leg and he was all 'screw this, I'm outta here'!"

[reformedsinner]

"Our hero," Hakkai says, absolutely one hundred percent serious, and gives Eiffel's shoulder another gentle squeeze.

He's so brave that it scares Hakkai half to death sometimes.

"...what is a crashhawk, anyway?"

[deuceoftears]

"I remember," Jedao murmurs, low-growled, and so warmly he feels as though his tongue might catch fire.

He leans up and cups Eiffel's cheek on the other side, meeting him for a fierce, deep kiss.

"A crashhawk is - insubordinate," he answers softly. "A soldier that Kel mind control doesn't work on."

[littletonoidea]

The force of the kiss gets a surprised noise out of Eiffel as he rocks back from it, but he kisses back immediately, and he's a little dazed when he comes out of it.

"Any time, guys."

[reformedsinner]

"Next time, I'm going to make sure I have an enchanted pickle jar ready and get instructions on ghost-sealing talismans from Xie Lian in advance," Hakkai remarks, and leans all the way across Jedao to steal a kiss of his own from Eiffel. It's not as intense, because he'd have to fling himself into Jedao's lap to get the right angle for that: he's going for soft and sweet instead.

"But this time, you taught him a lesson."

[deuceoftears]

Jedao wouldn't mind that happening in his lap.

"I love you," he murmurs, resting a little against Eiffel's outside shoulder while they kiss, only slightly squashed about it. "I feel like you guys lifted the sky up and the world is bigger now."

More room to breathe, with Kujen incapable of looming quite as large in his internal landscape. Cut down to size.

[littletonoidea]

He leans into the kiss with Hakkai, appreciating the softness of it and lingering while Jedao leans into his shoulder.

And since he's already there, Eiffel presses a kiss against his temple. "Hey," he says softly. "The world's goddamn huge. We just helped you bust out of the box Kujen stuck you in to come explore it."

[reformedsinner]

"He is dangerous," Hakkai says softly. "But you beat him first. And you're not alone anymore."

He settles back against Jedao's shoulder, kissing the cheek opposite from the one Eiffel'd picked.

"I'm glad we could... make him smaller. For you."

[deuceoftears]

Jedao shudders hard against them when Hakkai says you're not alone anymore, takes a few deep, gulping breaths.

"You should make him cookies," Jedao tells Hakkai, voice thick with emotion. "He saved the ship."

That's what the admiral does, when he's pleased with someone. Cookies.

[littletonoidea]

If it was anything, or anyone else, Eiffel might have joked about a medal, thanked the Academy, asked for a Macy's Thanksgivings float in his honor at the very minimum.

But Jedao still looks a bit worked up and manic, so instead Eiffel gives him a slow, luxurious kiss.

"You wanna think about something else for a while, big guy?" he asks, all sincerity and zero guile even while he rests a hand on Jedao's knee. It's an invitation, an offer.

[reformedsinner]

Hakkai, who is about ninety-nine percent sure that the answer to that will be yes, please, shoots Eiffel a quick smile and settles in closer against Jedao's side.

"I can make cookies later," he agrees.

[deuceoftears]

Jedao wants to give him a medal, and a parade, any accolade of his culture that will help him realize it's not a joke, that he's Jedao's big damn hero, that he deserves it.

But, also.

"Oh, I'm going to be thinking about my crashhawk saving the day the whole time," Jedao promises, and his grin is bright and hungry. "How do you feel about cockrings?"

[littletonoidea]

And right on cue Eiffel swallows, as his face goes bright red. Still, his return smile is only a little nervous, and more anticipatory.

"Guess I won't know until I try one, right?"

[reformedsinner]

"It might be fun," Hakkai muses, and presses a kiss against Jedao's neck, darting Eiffel a bright sidelong glance.

He has his own feelings about last week. But he's fairly sure that most of his feelings will be a lot better for being able to hold two people he loves, real and warm and happy in his arms.

Jedao does have extremely good ideas.

[deuceoftears]

"Scoot up against the headboard," he tells them both, as he wriggles toward the foot of the bed. "I want Hakkai to hold you."

He floats a cockring - and also lube - over from a drawer.

[littletonoidea]

Seeing them float across is definitely getting him worked up a bit, just at the concept, so he's quick to obey, kicking his trainers off quickly so he can climb onto the bed properly and get comfortable. After a moment's uncertainty he also starts unzipping his pants to help with the process.

[reformedsinner]

Hakkai's already in stocking feet; he'd been at home. He takes a deep, shaky breath, scooting back against the head of the bed and pulling Eiffel in towards him, spreading his legs to make room between them.