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whetstone by hoteyedwraith (rhinemannultra)
Fandoms: The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
24 Oct 2025
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Summary
"you're so tense," he says, hands folded politely in his lap in a piss-poor attempt to hide the tent in his trousers. flattering. she fights back a tiny smile. "relax, camilla. stop holding your breath."
and– she does relax, is the thing, but not consciously. she feels the muscles in her core and her limbs soften, lengthen just barely out of their contraction, lungs expanding at the merest twitch of his ring finger. the loss of control makes her gasp, ball her hands up into fists at her sides, bite down hard on her lip.
"there you go, that's much better." he starts up again, his curious touch-without-touch, that simple alchemichal biology that fools her nerve endings and neural pathways into hallucinating the pressure and warmth of a caress. it's fucking with her head a little. he's got her keyed up enough that it feels like anything could send her over the edge. she watches a rivulet of bloodsweat run down his temple. he smiles at her, warm and kind. it's–