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    It’s not like Caleb hasn’t thought about it. He’s thought about it a little too much, if anything: what would happen in a situation in which the variables were only Essek, himself, some privacy, and their mutual willingness to explore each other. In that scenario, he wasn’t even asking for a bed.

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    “You know what, Essek,” Jester said, “you should just kiss him and see what happens.”

    “Absolutely not,” Essek said reflexively, so righteously affronted he hadn’t even blushed.

    But they're at the Mighty Nein Goodbye Party. What if this is his last chance? What if it’s now or never?

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    The last person Caleb Widogast, Professor of Modern History, expects to find as he walks in a random pub in a foreign city at the end of a long conference is Dr. Essek Thelyss, eminent Latinist and his sort-of intellectual crush.

    Things rapidly evolve from there, in rather unexpected ways.

    (Written for Essek Week 2021)

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    Essek returns, when he can, to the sanctuary of Caleb's home. The peace of it is a balm against the tedious peril of the road, which has more misery to share than Essek had ever thought. It's nice to have a place where he can lose himself: in a book, in arcane study, in the confusing allure of Caleb's smile.

    It's nice. And the cats miss him, Caleb says.

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    “I care for you, Caleb,” Essek says suddenly, as Caleb walks towards the door to the rest of the outpost. “I expect nothing from it, but, ah. We are heading into peril tomorrow, and...honesty is a new habit.”

    There’s a bitter edge of amusement beneath his words.

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    A conversation after the Nein return to Eiselcross, the day before the expedition. Feelings are hard for the unlovable.

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