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[noburden]

"That's different, and you kn--oh, Clive," she groans, leaning away with a laugh as he invades her bubble. A part of her would love to call his bluff and kiss him, but he really is too gross right now.

"Here," she says, turning the nozzle so the spray won't wash his flesh off the bone. "Wash your face."

[rosarianoath]

“Yes, my lady.”

He grins —- lighter, swept up in the moment —— and takes the hose. He steps back, just enough to spare her the worst of the spray, and he doubles over to start showering his hair and his face without dripping the muck over the rest of him.

[noburden]

The flash of teeth through the mess makes her laugh anew. Stepping back and letting him take over, she has no choice but to watch.

"Is it strange that I still find you very handsome, even like this?"

[rosarianoath]

“I don’t know what would keep you off me,” he says, muffled by the gurgle of water and gunk streaming from his hair as he rakes his fingers through it. It’s too dark to tell if the water runs clear, so he carries on for good measure. “Just blood, is it?”

[noburden]

"Blood. Vomit, that one time. I thought that was the worst you've ever smelled..."

This is a new high.

[rosarianoath]

“I don’t even recall when that was,” he says, and he straightens up, dripping everywhere. He shakes his head like a dog and his wet hair sticks to his face anyway.

He looks at her, finger still on the nozzle trigger.

[noburden]

"Best you recall as little as possible from that time." Jill smiles at him, and it grows as she shakes himself off.

As he looks at her, the smile falters as her eyes drift back to the hose.

He wouldn't.

Jill holds her hand out for the hose.

[rosarianoath]

His smile grows mischievous, and he takes a beat to consider it, but he hands it back over.

[noburden]

Jill laughs and takes the hose. Close one.

She, however, isn't a coward and quickly squirts him with a spray of water to his chest.

[rosarianoath]

Clive, already wet and with little else to lose, takes this blow to the chest with a laugh, and then moves in for a bear hug.

[noburden]

Knowing he'd do just that, she drops the hose to the grass and fully embraces him, laughing.

"Ah! You're cold," she squeals. "And now you've gotten me wet. What are we to do with you?"

[rosarianoath]

He snorts, momentarily closing his eyes and lifting her against him, just to feel her body up against his.

“You take me inside and get me out of these soaked clothes,” he rumbles.

[noburden]

For the lift, he gets a quick peck on the lips.

It's cold and a little sticky.

"I think you're right. Upstairs, then?"

[rosarianoath]

“Yes,” he murmurs, reluctantly setting her on her feet again, but not without a cheek briefly pressed against hers. There’s still gunk behind his ears, caught in the roots of his hair, under his fingernails. He doesn’t care. The smell is long gone to him. It’ll be fine.

[noburden]

Jill intends to get him out of soaked clothes and into some hot water. Herself, too, and so she nuzzles her cheek against his with a smile.

"We'll deal with the floors in the morning," she says, taking his hand and tugging him to the house.

[rosarianoath]

He follows, socks squelching, leather wet and glossy, all of him dripping as he walks her oath. He wants to stop her in her tracks and tug at her skirts and tumble her right into the grass. But he has to wait, and so he hangs onto his head.

“If the smell doesn’t air out, I’ll buy us a new house…”

[noburden]

"No. I love our house," she says, shooting him a smile over her shoulder. "I'll just put you to work."

In they go, and Jill tries not to look at his mucky footsteps from earlier.

"Be careful."

[rosarianoath]

Clive puts those long legs to use and steps around them, dripping as he goes.

“You wouldn’t want a bigger one?”

(Given her tastes.)

[noburden]

Jill shakes her head.

"This is plenty big. What would we do with more space besides force Dion to live with us?" She teases.

[rosarianoath]

“We grew up with bigger bedrooms and far more surveillance than the likes of Dion,” he says, amused, and he reaches with his free hand to palm her ass.

[noburden]

Jill playfully swats behind her.

"Doesn't this place feel warmer?" She asks, genuinely curious. "I prefer our bedroom to what I had in Rosaria."

[rosarianoath]

He chuckles, just off his teeth.

“I like it better because of you.”

[noburden]

"Even when I use you to warm my bed?"

Literally, some nights.

[rosarianoath]

“You’re the only one allowed to use me,” he says, a little quieter.

[noburden]

At that, Jill abruptly stops, pulling him to her. He must know, even when under the influence, that such words can't go without reassurance.

"That is correct," she agrees, tugging his arms around her waist, possessive. It doesn't matter that he's making a puddle on her nice floors, or still stinks a bit. "You're mine. Mine to use, mine to worship, mine to love... and mine to hose off when you come home smelling foul."

She smiles.