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    Aventurine lingers in the bathroom doorway for a long moment, leaning on the doorframe and taking in the sight of Ratio’s bare skin breaking above the water’s surface, flush with heat. He reclines comfortably against the basin’s edge, chin tipped to the ceiling, revealing the strong sinuous line of his throat. His eyes are closed in meditation or sleep.

    “Well? Are you going to just stand there and gawk,” Ratio drawls without opening his eyes.

    “And if I did?” Aventurine teases, his instinct to sass and flirt still fully functioning, despite the panicked rabbiting of his heart. Echoes of the nightmare still cling to the eaves of his mind.

    “Suit yourself.”

    The challenge rises in Aventurine’s blood. He enters, sylphlike, a ghost of his usual clamorous self. It is the silence of his movement that causes Ratio’s eyes to open and narrow on him, trying to pinpoint what’s different as he tracks his approach.

    “Is there something you need?” Ratio asks pointedly.

    You, Aventurine thinks. I need you.

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