[ A blink, followed by a huff of bemusement. Even just a tenday ago, he might have said something along the lines of "your purse full of gold is your greatest treasure", but.
Growth. Iorveth lets himself take the compliment for what it is, and lowers his lashes in what might have been bashfulness in another life. In this one, it's affection-laced resignation. The gentle, happy kind. ]
I know. You always treat me as such.
[ Crazy, but true. An uncharitable way to describe it would be to say that Astarion only holds on so tightly because he's had nothing else before Iorveth― something liable to change now that Astarion is free― but that dagger-sharp cynicism has mostly (mostly) eroded.
And, well. Though Iorveth would always rather be the one spoiling than the one asking to be spoiled: ] ...Your treasure wishes to bathe before he's bitten. [ He tries to sound dry, but the tone doesn't land; too warm with affection to sound nonchalant, tch. ] He'd have you join him, and he'd have you share a glass of wine with him in the water.
[ A little easier, to make demands in the third person. If his ears look slightly more flushed afterwards, it's just because of the lighting, clearly. ]
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Growth. Iorveth lets himself take the compliment for what it is, and lowers his lashes in what might have been bashfulness in another life. In this one, it's affection-laced resignation. The gentle, happy kind. ]
I know. You always treat me as such.
[ Crazy, but true. An uncharitable way to describe it would be to say that Astarion only holds on so tightly because he's had nothing else before Iorveth― something liable to change now that Astarion is free― but that dagger-sharp cynicism has mostly (mostly) eroded.
And, well. Though Iorveth would always rather be the one spoiling than the one asking to be spoiled: ] ...Your treasure wishes to bathe before he's bitten. [ He tries to sound dry, but the tone doesn't land; too warm with affection to sound nonchalant, tch. ] He'd have you join him, and he'd have you share a glass of wine with him in the water.
[ A little easier, to make demands in the third person. If his ears look slightly more flushed afterwards, it's just because of the lighting, clearly. ]