( winter catch-all! )

[alcazarzaray]

❄️ WHO: Kaveh & you!
❄️ WHAT: Stuff & things
❄️ WHEN: Winter
❄️ WHERE: All over!
❄️ WARNINGS: Might get smutty! Will add warnings as they pop up.

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[scriviner]

[ Of course, Alhaitham suspects the exact reason why Kaveh has sent him out today. It's why he gives in to the request a bit more readily than he usually might. There's no secret about what season it is on the island - not just winter, but the season of bonds, of weddings, and they have already made their intentions clear to one another, but they know one another well enough that they both know Alhaitham isn't the one who will be doing the proposing in this relationship. If it were left to him, a question over breakfast and coffee would be good enough, and far be it from him to deny Kaveh the opportunity to do the sort of thing he does best.

Even if Alhaitham may have some reservations about how he expects Kaveh to go about it. He can all but see it, arriving home in a shower of rose petals, maybe some live musicians, exotic animals...rationally, he figures if Kaveh has an extravagant proposal, maybe they can have a more modest wedding, so he'll accept whatever form the proposal takes readily, even if such an approach wouldn't be his first choice.

In the end, so long as he gets to marry the man he loves, then the method itself doesn't matter. Much.

And yet, when he arrives home to find not the extravagant display he expects, but instead a simple, meaningful book containing a note and a pair of rings, he is...touched, though that word alone seems insufficient to describe the way his heart swells with affection and fondness.

Like him, Kaveh surely knew that Alhaitham would accept any kind of proposal he gave him, even if it was one that would make him grit his teeth. In the end, the approach wouldn't make much of a difference to the end goal. But this...Kaveh has given him exactly the kind of proposal he would want. Quiet, personal, thoughtful - demonstrating just how well Kaveh knows him, how well he knows his heart, perhaps better than Alhaitham himself even knows. He isn't often given to bouts of emotion, but as he holds the envelope in one hand, the other laying over the cover of the makeshift book, he lets himself simply smile.

Kaveh was the right choice. He always knew so in his heart, yet had spent so long trying to rationalize out why. In the end, he could only trust what felt right. Alhaitham is the sort of man who could have lived his entire life without a partner and been content, never really caring for what he was missing out on, but this...is better. He's never been so sure as he is in this moment.

Exhaling a wavering breath, he takes the rings from the envelope, before seeking out Kaveh. He doesn't respond with words, not just yet, but instead a gentle smile, far gentler than he is usually seen with, and his smiles are rare to begin with. Instead, he pulls Kaveh into his arms and kisses him, slow and passionate, pouring his heart into the way his lips move against his partner's. ]

[alcazarzaray]

( That smile is the single most beautiful thing he's ever seen. The fact that Alhaitham rarely smiles to begin with makes it all the more valuable to him - and Kaveh can't help but feel a little bit proud of himself for managing to cast such a gorgeous expression on his fiancé's face. Dark lashes flutter while he meets that smile with one of his own, silently basking in the moment and how special it is.

When Alhaitham closes in on his space and kisses him, the blonde man eagerly welcomes the gesture, setting his paintbrush down on the table before wrapping both of his arms around the other man's body. There's a slight bend in his hips when he leans up to melt into their kiss, feeling his heart swell within his chest from every passing moment. Their lips work together slowly, tongues caressing, until Kaveh breaks away with one small peck. His brilliant ruby eyes gaze into the other's, with a hand coming up to brush his cheek. )

You liked it, then? ( He issues, proudly, despite already knowing he made the correct design choice for his proposal. )

[scriviner]

[ It's a good kiss, lingering and deep and warm, and by the time they draw apart, Alhaitham's mouth is tingling, lips red and swollen, the now-familiar taste of Kaveh in his mouth. He even leans into that touch when Kaveh lifts his hand. Gods damn him, making Alhaitham this sentimental. He better not get used to it. ]

What gave you that idea?

[ He can't help a bit of his usual snark from sneaking in - some balance must be preserved, even as he dips his brow down to rest against Kaveh's. ]

Yes. I liked it. Now, give me your hand, you sweet fool.

[alcazarzaray]

Just a thought ...

( Kaveh chuckles softly. He'll treasure the sentimentality while it lasts.

The blonde raises his hand and presents it to his soon-to-be husband with a gentle smile brightening his face. His hand is soft, unmarked and a testament to the way that this guy prioritises beauty over wielding his claymore. This is exactly who Alhaitham is marrying - nothing less than his dramatic, pretty blonde self. )

[scriviner]

[ It certainly is who he's marrying, but in this moment, Alhaitham can't think of anything he wants more. It helps that he's known Alhaitham for so long, that they've been committed, in some sense, to one another for years. In many ways, nothing will change. Some of his priorities have simply adjusted, that's all.

So Alhaitham takes Kaveh's hand and one of the bands he had found in the hollow book, slipping it gently and tenderly onto his ring finger. His fiance's ring finger. His, all his.

He swallows against a dry throat with the gesture, none of his characteristic wit rising to accompany this moment. There's just something all too...reverent about it, that not even he wishes to interrupt what he's feeling. ]

[alcazarzaray]

( Kaveh watches the process from start to finish as Alhaitham picks out one of the rings and then glides it on his finger. Being a romantic, Kaveh has had all sorts of fantasies about love and marriage throughout his life - and to be living through this moment of becoming affianced at long last is so surreal. Once the ring is on his finger, he lifts his hand, admiring the way that it sparkles in the light. It's such a beautiful, simple band - and symbolic for the two of them.

And once his own ring is on, he takes Alhaitham's hand and repeats the process. )

Now it's official. ( He makes a pleased him, glancing up to gaze at the man he's made this lifelong promise to. ) No backing out now, all right? My heart is yours for an eternity.

( Kaveh is confident that he'll love Alhaitham for that long. There's no one else. There's never been anyone else. The blonde man leans up to steal a soft, tender kiss from his now fiancé. )