[ nicky can't help but chuckle at that, too, joe's amusement and joy catching. ]
And I thought I was the moon.
[ over the years, joe has compared him to nearly every heavenly body, he thinks. the moon, nicky figures, is the most accurate. of the two of them, joe is the sun, bright.
he settles his hand on the back of joe's head, missing the curls there to bury his fingers into but enjoying the warmth of joe's skin instead. ]
[ joe grins, nicky's laughter like a melody. it used to be so difficult to prise that noise from his partner, every laugh hard won and precious. it has become no less precious over the years. ]
You're the whole god damn universe, babe.
[ joe punctuates his declaration with more little bites across nicky's thighs, sharpness soothed by warm kisses. ]
Constellations buried in your skin. [ his nose brushes against every cinnamon freckle. ] Sunlight bursting from your heart, moonlight in your eyes. Hmm.
[ hauling himself up to lay beside nicky, joe presses a gentle kiss to the smudges of darkness under his eye. ] My love, you are everything.
No. [ nicky's denial is reflexive, soft, his fingers digging a little into joe's neck to pull him up —but joe is already moving up and nicky can mumble no again against joe's lips and kiss him, kiss him until they are both as breathless as nicky feels from that declaration. ]
[ people think joe is the effusive one. they're not wrong, he is more than happy to spill out his emotions on the floor, no matter how messy, and he doesn't often hesitate to say what he is feeling and attempts to make his words fit how he feels.
but nicky, nicky cuts to the bone of it and every time joe feels it like a brand. nicky had long ago eroded the long list of reasons yusuf had not to love him, changing the topography of yusuf's heart, but every soft declaration feels like a new landmark still.
knowing he is loved so completely will never grow old. ]
[ joe says his name like that and nicky is helpless, cannot do anything but kiss him like his life depends on it, his fingertips pressed to joe's chest over his heart where it is beating, changed topography and all.
how can he not love joe? he wonders, sometimes, if they were made for each other or if they forged each other into their perfect counterparts, fitting together so seamlessly. ]
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And I thought I was the moon.
[ over the years, joe has compared him to nearly every heavenly body, he thinks. the moon, nicky figures, is the most accurate. of the two of them, joe is the sun, bright.
he settles his hand on the back of joe's head, missing the curls there to bury his fingers into but enjoying the warmth of joe's skin instead. ]
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You're the whole god damn universe, babe.
[ joe punctuates his declaration with more little bites across nicky's thighs, sharpness soothed by warm kisses. ]
Constellations buried in your skin. [ his nose brushes against every cinnamon freckle. ] Sunlight bursting from your heart, moonlight in your eyes. Hmm.
[ hauling himself up to lay beside nicky, joe presses a gentle kiss to the smudges of darkness under his eye. ] My love, you are everything.
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Joe. You are my universe.
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but nicky, nicky cuts to the bone of it and every time joe feels it like a brand. nicky had long ago eroded the long list of reasons yusuf had not to love him, changing the topography of yusuf's heart, but every soft declaration feels like a new landmark still.
knowing he is loved so completely will never grow old. ]
Nicky.
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how can he not love joe? he wonders, sometimes, if they were made for each other or if they forged each other into their perfect counterparts, fitting together so seamlessly. ]