#⋆｡°✩ mors caeli
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Live For Me?
Tis inspired by THIS post!
taglist: @cerasus--flores
tw: mentions of blood and injuries. Its Mors Caeli.
"I would kill for you."
And he did. So many times, he did. Ajax was ruthless, willing to go further than any other for his loved ones. Sulien knew that. He knew what he was getting into when those words were uttered to him. But those words laid deep in his stomach, despite his position, despite the blood on his own hands. They churned his stomach, dropped his heart.
I would kill for you was not interchangeable with I love you. But Sulien knew that Ajax believed it could be interchanged. It was the same way that Sulien whispered against Ajax's scarred skin; I would die for you and pretended that that was interchangeable for I love you too.
Ajax knew no peace, he hadn't for a long time. Even with Sulien's body pressed against his body, his arms secure around his waist. The man's heart stirred with a lust for battle, disguised as taking care of the man in his arms. Peace wasn’t something he understood, he was a fighter, a warrior. A dog.
“I would kill for you, solntse.”
Blood stained hands, deep gashes, bruises, blood and impending infection. He killed again, struck a man down where he stood for twisted words of the masked man. And he killed again, a harder battle, but he claimed a dead vision in his victory. Then he killed again, the lieutenant’s insignia displayed like a trophy.
Lilac eyes grew tired, dimmed with passing days, his own plan brewing, his own plan just behind the curtains. Erased once, erased twice, and again. His memories were a haze, he relied on notes and his teammates and his lover. His lover, whose wounds bled onto his scarred hands, dark crimson stained the cloths, his clothes, his skin.
He grew resentful of death.
An irony.
“I killed for you, Sulien.”
He knew. He knew. His own hands covered in blood, his mask cracked, his body ached as the power of his delusion sapped him of everything. Sulien didn’t want to fight anymore. When did he ever want to fight? When he was still her marionette? The perfect puppet? That was the past, that was against his will. And he didn’t want to fight.
“I can’t keep doing this.”
Ajax’s head snapped up, looking over his shoulder as Sulien lowered his hand, the delusion on his glove fading as he stopped using its power. When he escaped, he had promised himself he’d put his claymore down. He couldn’t entertain it anymore, he couldn’t keep doing it. Sulien Ambros was never a fighter. His claymore fell.
“What do you-”
He didn’t have time to finish, the ruin grader’s laser shooting towards him. Ajax dodged out of the way, bow separating into his hydro blades. The thorny vines retreated as Sulien stumbled backwards, bringing his hands up to the mask he still clung to like an identity. “Sulien!” Ajax rolled under the laser, getting close enough to the grader it couldn’t hit him with that attack.
A wall of ice went up in front of him, blocking the ruin grader’s orb attack from hitting him. The frost spread over his gloved fingers, reaching the delusion on the back. Without reinforcement from the additional weapon, the attack destroyed his wall, snowflakes falling around them, blown around by Dragonspine’s heavy winds.
Ajax baited the grader into charging him, using its momentary stun to disable it. The automaton fell, landing forward, it sparked before its lights went out. The man shook himself a tad, his weapon once more reforming. He then turned towards Sulien, dull blue eyes narrowing. “What’s gotten into you?” What had gotten into him? At least this thing wasn’t alive, not really.
Sulien took his hand off his mask, he’d need to repair it again. But he looked down instead, looked at the delusion on his glove. Dendro flowed through him. He pulled it from its setting, ripping it from the black and green fabric. “Sulien?” He didn’t respond. Sulien let the cryo within him flow to his hand.
The delusion began to grow greyer, cloudy. Ajax watched as frost crept up the gemlike object. Until it shattered in his hands. Small greyish green shards fell to the snow beneath him. “I’m not fighting anymore, Ajax.” He finally spoke again, his voice low, unsteady. “We don’t have to fight anymore. I’m tired of it.”
Sulien shook his head and the action was the last straw, the mask often affixed to his face broke apart at one of the golden seams. The white and gold porcelain fell to the snow too, and he wasn’t quick to fetch it like he normally was. In fact, he didn’t even bend down for it. The wind blew his hair, the long periwinkle locks stood out against his white coat.
Ajax approached him, bending down to pick up the broken mask, he didn’t bother sparing a glance at the destroyed delusion. The younger man stood straight, holding the three pieces of mask in his hands. “We’re not fighting to help anybody, we’re not fighting because we have to, we’re doing it because you want to. And I’m…”
He bit his tongue, looking away from the man with a shake of his head. “I got us away from the Fatui, from Her. So that we could put down our weapons. So that we could just.. Live a life, together. With our families.” Sulien reached up, tucking his long bangs behind his ears as he looked back at Ajax.
The man in question looked conflicted, uncomfortable. Sulien’s lips pressed together as he took a step back, a step away from his claymore, from his delusion, from that damn mask he still hid behind. “I’m tired of going home injured, I’m tired of you coming home with new scars. I don’t want you to kill for me, I don’t want you to fight for me.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, Solntse.”
“Am I being ridiculous though?” Sulien exhaled, but it sounded more like an exasperated chuckle than anything else. “I.. Am I ridiculous because I want to go home? Because I want to make tea in the evening and read a good book or play a game of chess rather than coming out here.” He gestured to the mountain. “And getting myself thrown around for what? A thrill? A satisfaction?”
Ajax clutched the mask in his hands tighter, the weak pieces chipping further. “There was a time, Ajax, we fought to survive.” His voice grew quieter, weaker, like he was trying not to cry. “The puppet and his sword. But we aren’t that anymore. I.. I want to open that apothecary and I want to see my brother and I want to spend time with your family. I don’t want this anymore.”
“But then what will I do?”
Sulien sniffled, turning his head away to wipe his face on his hood. He was getting far more emotional these days. “Put down your bow? Take a step back?” He looked at him, Ajax wasn’t even looking at him anymore, his dull gaze directed at the mask in his hands. “We aren’t just surviving anymore, Jax. I know who you are. I know who I fell in love with. But..”
“But what?”
“I just want you to live for me. Not fight for, not kill for, not die for. But live.”
The ginger looked up from the mask, looked at him, really looked at him. Sulien knew how big of an ask it was. They’d had similar conversations so many times, about Ajax’s recklessness. The mask fell into the snow once more, and with his hands empty, he reached for his belt, pulling the delusion that hid on the inside of it.
He swallowed thickly, holding the item in his hand. But then he held his hand out, to Sulien, holding the delusion out to him. Sulien hesitantly reached out, taking the item with a shaky hand. Ajax watched as the older man destroyed the delusion in a similar manner to his own, the greyish purple shards falling into the snow.
“If you want to open the apothecary, we should really.. Really sell this instead of just leaving it here..” Ajax kicked the claymore with the toe of his boot gently. He wasn’t sure if he was making the right choice, he wasn’t sure of anything. Sulien swallowed thickly and then nodded, the younger man bending down to pick up his far too heavy weapon. “I still don’t know how you managed to lug this around with that shoulder of yours..”
“Now I won’t have to.”
And.. Ajax smiled.. It’d be hard, and scary, and entirely new.
“Yeah. Now you won’t have to. You still gotta carry me though.”
Sulien bumped Ajax’s shoulder with his good one. “Always.”
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thought of an interesting story plotline and then it hit me. that is. mors caeli.
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Soultember #3 - Timer
It was always an odd sort of thing.
His timer had counted down to zero at a relatively young age. When he’d met two boys, twins from Mondstadt. Well, Inazuma, the older twin had insisted. He was really too young to understand it, there was nobody else he’d been introduced to that was new that year except for them. The only problem…
Their timers were both already zero.
“Huh? Our parents told us our timers were always set to zero.”
“Something about fate.”
An old family story. It was one Ohm recited to him and Sulien when the two couldn’t sleep with the blizzard forming just outside the academy walls. An old tale of two twins from before the Archons rose to power. He always liked the story, maybe because he had so many siblings of his own. Either way, Ohm’s calm voice always eased him to sleep.
But it did add to his confusion.
Was one of the twins his soulmate? And if yes, which? He met them at the same time, in the same place. And there was simply no way to find out from their timers. Were multiple soulmates even a thing? He asked his mother all these questions, but she didn’t seem to know the answers either.
“Sometimes fate gets confused.”
She’d told him.
He wished that she had told him fate could also be unkind.
So much happened in such a short time. Life as he knew it fell apart when he made the wrong choice, an uninformed move. Then it changed again when he tried playing hero. But by then, he stopped worrying about soulmates. Every day was a fight, a battle, it seemed so much more straightforward than fate could ever be.
There was only one moment during this time where the thought crossed his mind. When Sulien wiped the dirt and dried blood from his body with a wet cloth. His hands steady as he wiped the wet cloth over the timer on the boy’s forearm. “I always wondered..” The older boy mumbled out loud, but grew quiet as he continued to clean him.
“Wondered what?”
But Sulien didn’t reply, not to that question at least. No, the alchemist was instead focused on bandaging his injuries instead. Maybe one day he would have the answers to the questions that surrounded the zeroes on his forearm. But not today. Or tomorrow. Or any time soon. Not with the lilac eyed boy growing silent.
The years went by.
Sulien changed.
Of course he did, it was his fault.
Ajax knew it was his fault, afraid of being left alone.
Somehow, even quieter than before.
He’d tried to get the Harbinger out of the house, but their schedules rarely aligned. Or maybe Sulien was avoiding him, he couldn’t tell. The man had changed. Ajax wished he knew what happened. What he caused. But Sulien never spoke about it. Well, he didn’t speak much at all, at least not to the Fatuus.
He hadn’t even been there when Ajax became Tartaglia.
Only a letter with a familiar black and gold seal.
And then Ajax grew busy, too.
He hated it, hated how busy he’d gotten. How busy Sulien got, the Harbinger often spent days to months at the Razvedka bunker conducting various undercover missions. And Ajax had his own duties to attend to. Like ships in the night, always passing, but never stopping. He despised it. He remembered a time they were close, inseparable even.
“Khris, Inessa, and I will ensure all the sigils are prepped and ready for when the time comes.”
Ajax was left studying the cracked porcelain mask. “Leave the other two to it! When was the last time you were out of Snezhnaya, comrade?” He threw his arm over his fellow Harbinger’s shoulder. His forearm felt warm. But he chalked it up to the heat of Liyue and proximity, despite the obvious chill rolling off of Sulien.
“I don’t remember.” His flat response made Ajax cringe, the younger man biting the inside of his cheek awkwardly. Silence fell over them as they stood on the docks of the Harbour. “...Whatever, we should check in at the bank. Come, fruit tart.” Sulien shrugged the man’s arm off of him and headed in the direction of the Northland bank.
The ginger quickly followed him, unable to shake the warmth from his forearm, where the finished timer sat like an unfortunate tattoo. “‘Fruit tart’? That’s new, Li-” Sulien’s masked face snapped towards him robotically and he coughed instead of finishing the word. “Alright, Sandy.” Ajax teased back, hands in his pockets as he smiled.
This would be good for them, he convinced himself. This mission together.
It didn’t take him very long to get distracted though.
The timer on his arm grew warm whenever he touched Sulien, the warmth fading when they strayed apart. He laid in bed at night, the faint glow of the lanterns outside of the window giving him the light he needed to stare at the black zeroes. Ajax sighed as he lowered his arm to the bed beside him. That was one question answered. But what about every other question he had?
Could someone have multiple types of soulmates? Did his arm get warm in the same way? Was he his soulmate, too? Or was it just one way? Did they have time? Would Sulien even want to after..
A knock at the door drew him from his thoughts and he sat up, dull blue eyes staring at the bedroom door. It was relatively late…
“I was out working and I stopped at Wanmin. Uhm..”
Ajax slid out of bed, wrapping the sheet around his body as he headed towards the door. He pulled it open, surprising Sulien who blinked at his sudden appearance. “You brought me food?” He raised an eyebrow at the man whose face returned to its usual relatively stoic appearance. Sulien gave a curt nod towards the kitchen down the hall.
As he followed Sulien, he considered asking about his timer. About whether or not he felt what Ajax felt. But the burden of expectation caused the words to die on his tongue. Maybe he was just getting desperate for fate to do something kind. Maybe he was just convincing himself it was real. Maybe the warmth was just a facade.
So he sat with Sulien at the table, enjoying the late night snack with a racing mind and a beating heart. Unable to ask. Unsure of how to phrase it.
“Has your timer changed at all?”
It was his turn to be surprised, visibly so judging by the way Sulien looked away from him and down at his plate. “Sort of. Has yours?” Sulien nodded, his own timer hidden underneath the long sleeve of his turtleneck. Ajax hadn’t seen his numbers in years. “It.. gets warm, right?” Another short nod.
Ajax set his fork down and then held his arm out to the other man. Sulien stared at his arm for a moment, lilac eyes trained on Ajax’s black zeroes. The older man then hesitantly rolled up his own sleeve, the scars from years of cold burn visible in fractals around the timer. They both said zero.
Sulien tensed when the man touched his arm, running his calloused fingers over the large numbers. Warmth. They both felt warm. “I guess it was you after all.” Ajax smiled, watching the way the numbers glowed a faint orange under his fingertips. Sulien managed a small smile as he watched, even though he remained quiet.
“It would be you, Lien..”
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one thing about me i come up w damn good ship names
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...hm
#.... i wonder if there's specific songs that remind people of me#like for august it's. every genshin and omori ost plus a bunch of jpop songs#.... specifically by your side#and for rowan it'd be rises the moon#always has been always will be#for lane it's mostly things by the crane wives or set it off or get scared etc etc#... but i can't listen to this is love without it reminding me of them so???#it's probably the mors caeli tho#almond would be creature#for ven it'd be broken record but. i'm not entirely 100% set on this one#ykwim? like#..... existing in j. little parts of people's lives#hehe
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tag drop !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *everyone cheers*
#𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝚁. ♡ *#𝙸𝙽𝙱𝙾𝚇 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙿𝚃. ♡ *#𝚁𝙰𝚉𝙾𝚁: ♡ * lupis minor.#𝙱𝙴𝙽𝙽𝙴𝚃𝚃: ♡ * rota calamitas.#𝚅𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙸: ♡ * carmen dei.#𝙱𝙰𝙸𝚉𝙷𝚄: ♡ * mortem oravit.#𝙷𝚄 𝚃𝙰𝙾: ♡ * papilo charonitis.#𝚇𝙸𝙽𝚈𝙰𝙽: ♡ * fila ignium.#𝙾𝚂𝙸𝙰𝙻: ♡ * dominus vorticis.#𝙺𝙰𝙼𝙸𝚂𝙰𝚃𝙾 𝙰𝚈𝙰𝚃𝙾: ♡ * furentes mare.#𝙺𝙰𝙼𝙸𝚂𝙰𝚃𝙾 𝙰𝚈𝙰𝙺𝙰: ♡ * grus nivis.#𝙺𝙰𝙴𝙳𝙴𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰 𝙺𝙰𝚉𝚄𝙷𝙰: ♡ * acer palmatum.#𝙲𝚈𝙽𝙾: ♡ * vigil mortuorum.#𝙺𝚄𝚂𝙰𝙽𝙰𝙻𝙸: ♡ * sacrarum cognitionum.#𝙰𝙻𝙰𝙸𝙽 𝙳𝙴 𝙻𝙰 𝙲𝙾𝚄𝚁: ♡ * divina iustitia.#𝙿𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙾: ♡ * deus interfector.#𝙿𝚄𝙻𝙲𝙸𝙽𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙰: ♡ * ultimus servus.#𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝙽𝙰𝙼𝙾𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙸: ♡ * mors solaris.#𝚃𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙰𝙶𝙻𝙸𝙰: ♡ * monoceros caeli.#𝙺𝙾𝙽𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙸𝙽 𝙰𝙺𝙷𝙼𝙴𝚃𝙾𝚅: ♡ * tenebris lupis.#𝙴𝙺𝙰𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙰 𝙼𝙸𝚁𝙾𝚂𝙷𝙽𝙸𝙺: ♡ * fugaces resistentes.#𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙴𝙻𝙴𝚁: ♡ * viator.#𝙳𝙰𝙸𝙽𝚂𝙻𝙴𝙸𝙵: ♡ * crepusculum gladius.#<<< fun fact all of these were supposed to be crosses . but when i realized it was too late and i didnt want to go through all of these agai#*again#anyways .
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Makes me kinda sad mortem caelorum haven't caught on the same way mors caeli have even though their dynamics are very similar but more interesting but also its my fault for not writing lol
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Sits up in a cold sweat
Mutual obsession mors caeli and mutual obsession spiced maple are fighting in my brain
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Birthday Favour(Sun)
tags: gn!readerxSandrone, mentions of alcohol, fluff, its Mors Caeli poly if you squint sorry.
a/n: Happy 25th birthday Sulien<3 Being the younger one is more relatable to me lmfao.
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Sulien couldn’t particularly remember the last time he celebrated his birthday with more than two people. Far from used to being the centre of attention, being in Mondstadt for his birthday was an almost welcome change of pace. Even if it meant dealing with the grumpy bartender and far too loud cavalry captain he apparently grew up with.
And he got to be with his brother, who had disappeared from the party. Though Sulien paid it no mind, there were far too many people excited to see him after however many years it had been since he supposedly disappeared. It was nice! But tiring. He wasn’t an extrovert by any means and this was starting to drain him.
Sulien fell onto the bench between you and Ajax, leaning his back against the table. You turned your head to look at him, surprised by his sudden appearance. “I think I just met my aunt? But I don’t know if she’s my real aunt or surrogate aunt and asking felt weird.” He even sounded confused and Ajax couldn’t help but laugh at his pain.
“I don’t know comrade, but your aunt is definitely gorgeous.”
“Ajax!” You raised an eyebrow at him but the Harbinger only shrugged, a sly little smile on his face as he went back to nursing his drink. “She seems nice at least.” You shrugged your shoulders before continuing. “Are you having fun?”
Sulien leaned his head against your shoulder, long bangs falling into his face. “Yes, but there are simply too many people here. It’s like that one time I went to Ajax’s house for the holidays.” The unmasked Harbinger shuddered, actually that time had been worse.. The questions were too much.
Ajax gasped, head snapping to look at Sulien’s dejected form. “My family loves you! Both of you really. Take that back.” The ginger narrowed his eyes at Sulien who gave a thumbs up in response. You shook your head at their shenanigans, a smile on your face as you picked up your glass.
“Oh yeah, didn’t your mom want to throw a party when we got back to Snezhnaya?”
“Yeah! Birthdays are a big thing in my family. She was sad when I told her we were coming to Mondstadt.” Ajax shrugged before finishing the rest of his drink. Sulien listened to you and Ajax converse, eyes closing as he rested against your shoulder. “Alright you two, I’m going to go get more firewater. Do you want top ups?”
You slid your empty glass to him and he took it as he stood up from the bench. “More of that drink my brother got please. I don’t know what it is but it tastes like a fruit.” Sulien’s comment earned a snicker from Ajax who nodded before leaving the two of you alone at the table.
Sulien sat up, deciding to move and sit properly at the table instead of just leaning against it. You were positive he brushed his hair for once, but it didn’t last very long, his periwinkle locks a mess once more. You reached up, brushing his bangs behind his ears for him so he could at least see properly.
Sulien leaned into your touch when you trailed your hand down to cup his cheek, the man’s eyes closing once more as he reveled in it. “Happy birthday, sweetheart.” You spoke softly, leaning in and kissing his nose. It didn’t take long for the pink blush to cross his features and you were almost tempted to tease him for it.
“I’m going to go find Ohm!” Somebody called behind the two of you, the drunken bard named Venti if you recalled correctly. Sulien pulled out of your touch as he looked around at the tavern as Venti headed up the stairs. Did his brother leave without him? No, probably not. He turned his attention back to you, offering a small smile.
“Hey birthday boy number two!”
You were both greeted with the cavalry captain throwing his arms over your shoulders, leaning between the two of you. Diluc was standing beside him, arms crossed over his chest, red gaze pointed elsewhere. “Time to cut the cake!” Kaeya announced, a grin plastered to his face, from the excitement or the alcohol, you couldn’t be sure.
Sulien sent you a look that you returned with a knowing smile as the two of you stood up once Kaeya backed away to give the two of you space. Sulien held out a gloved hand that you took, intertwining your fingers with his. “Alright, let’s go cut that cake.” He squeezed your hand and you returned the affection as you followed him.
#Lane writes#Sulien Ambros#Lane's ocs#Happy birthday to Sandrone amirite#Sandrone x reader#Sandrone#Tandrone#kinda..#Mors Caeli#kinda...#POLY kinda...?#whatever enjoy this mess#happy birthday to the twins i give up
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Shark Week
This is a repost of an old fic I love<3 I will still write new content for mermay, prommy. maybe a part two to this, i don't know. anyways
tags: @cerasus--flores
This was certainly an odd situation he found himself in, staring at the man in his tub while the man stared back. The two stared at one another for perhaps far too long. Dull blue eyes continued to examine him while he sat there, unsure of what to do. Sulien played with the tip of his glove as he examined the man in front of him. Or was creature more correct? If the tail was anything to go off of..
The man in question made an odd noise and Sulien tilted his head to the side, raising a light brow. “Sorry, I asked why did you bring me here?” He spoke Teyvat common fine enough and Sulien wondered where he learned. Lilac eyes zoned in on the sharp teeth and his predicament once more dawned on him. Right.
“You’re.. Uh..” Sulien rubbed the back of his neck as his eyes trailed to the large tiger shark tail currently hanging out of his bathtub. “Injured, I believe.” He eyed the nasty injury still visible on the tail. The man soon pushed himself up, standing straight as he looked around the small bathroom. “I didn’t know what to do so I carried you back here..” When he looked back at the man he was still staring at him.
The man moved his tail, blood seeping down the side of the tub and onto the white tile floor. “You.. Carried me…?” Sulien nodded in confirmation. “Impressive, comrade.” The man shifted so that his upper body hung more out of the tub, submerging his tail as best as he could underneath the now cold water. The once clear water became tinted with red as he washed the blood off of his tail. “Oh! My name is Ajax.” Ajax looked up at Sulien who had drawn a foot or so closer.
“Sulien… Can I help you? You’re going to make it worse.” He had a distinct feeling that just rubbing the injury wasn’t actually helping. Ajax nodded, presenting his tail once more. Sulien wasn’t sure he’d get used to how large it was. Or the fact a merman was in his tub. Both were shocking, really. Still, Sulien grabbed the first aid kit from the cupboard underneath the sink, soon sitting on the edge of the tub beside the tail.
How in Teyvat does one take care of a shark.. Sulien stared at the tail momentarily, blinking slowly as he tried to think it over. Sharks rapidly heal, he knew that much from the academy, but anything else.. “Having trouble, comrade?” Ajax teased, leaning back against the shower wall as he watched Sulien’s concentrated expression. “You know, you could have left me there, I would have healed up fine~”
Sulien huffed, looking away for a moment. “I was.. Worried somebody else might find you and I don’t know, lock you up, or something.” He explained in a quiet voice, averting his gaze as he leaned towards the counter, grabbing the hand towel off of it. He carefully set the medical kit on the ground beside him, straightening out to examine the tail again.
“You have a lot of scars..” Sulien pointed out as he began to very carefully clean the wound, mentally noting the direction of the placoid scales so as to not injure himself. “Sorry, that was rude. I do too.” He inhaled softly, he needed to shut up. The white cloth quickly became stained in red, but he paid it no mind as he managed to clean the injury enough to get a proper look at it. He hummed softly upon seeing it.
Ajax merely watched him, listened, absolutely fascinated with this human’s caring nature. So different from other humans, at least the ones he’d met. The man shifted, resting his chin on Sulien’s shoulder instead, almost immediately noticing the strange human tense at the contact. “What? I don’t bite.” That was a lie, but nonetheless he flashed Sulien a toothy grin. Sulien nodded halfheartedly, going back to cleaning the wound, nothing bred infection quite like the unforgiving sea.
Once everything was said and done, Sulien stood from the bathtub, moving to the sink to wash his hands. “If you want, I can refill the tub. I think most of the water is on the ground now.” Sulien used his elbow to turn the sink on, water soon running over his bloodied hands. Ajax flopped backwards into the water, splashing whatever remained in the tub onto the ground and Sulien who didn’t outwardly react. “All of the water.” Sulien turned the sink off.
Ajax beamed up at the man who bent down, leaning over him to turn the tap on. The lukewarm water began to fill the tub and Sulien stood straight. “I should go change..” His clothing was wet and covered in shark blood, he wasn’t a fan. Sulien pushed his sleeves up as he examined Ajax’s face. “I can bring you back to the water once nightfalls, it’ll be safer that way-”
“You know, you’re the nicest human I’ve met! It’d be a shame for us to part so soon, comrade.” Ajax leaned out of the tub, slender fingers wrapping around Sulien’s wrist and tugging him closer to the tub. Sulien truly did his best not to stumble, opting to willingly move closer as to avoid it entirely. “What do you say to letting me stay until my tail heals?” Ajax proposed, once more flashing his grin.
Sulien swallowed thickly, feeling the heat rise up his neck already. Why was he flustered so easily by this strange creature? Why was he intrigued? And yet, he ignored all of that and took his seat on the edge of the tub once more. Ajax released his wrist to instead rest his chin on Sulien’s shoulder once more. “So! Tell me about the surface world? How do these work?” Ajax poked the man’s thigh. “Doesn’t it suck not being able to breathe under water?”
Sulien was in for a long week.
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Sorry to everyone who thought I was off my mors caeli shit, I'm never off my mors caeli shit. I think Sulien took that photo of Ajax and was the one that convinced him to wear a proper shirt because "We're sending this to your family can you pretend to be decent?" And I think Sulien planned a whole day for Ajax's birthday that included dinner at Liuli Pavilion, a show, and then closing the night aboard the Pearl Galley. And I think Sulien's gift to him were personalized letters from his family back home, including lil photographs and trinkets. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk
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Lane's Ships Masterlists
Mors Caeli Masterlist
Nightsky Masterlist (Spoilers Free)
Emorrie Masterlist (To come!!)
#Mors Caeli#Nightsky#Emorrie#Lane's OCs#my otps<3#actually the spoiler one will only be in my server or ppl on here who have read my full masterlist
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rotates mors caeli selkie/human au violently in my head
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Tartaglia is streaming: Hades
"Streaming Hades with Sulien in a bit guys!", aka the streamer au ajax/mors caeli headcanons I promised the server
cw: it's just mors caeli fluff/crack tbh, bulleted headcanons, lots of brainrot so true
Ajax starts playing the game on stream out of a mix of curiosity and desire for a challenge
You see, the guy is very, very skilled at action and fighting games. Of course he is, have you seen him?
So when he saw this new action rougelite that everyone was losing their minds over, it piqued his interest quite a bit. Then he saw that it took his oh-so-skilled boyfriend around 25 runs to finish the story, and well, he was sold
his particular liking for greek mythos might've helped tho
Anyhow, he brings the idea of playing the game on stream to chat, they immediately start taunting him, saying how he'll "get his ass handed to himself" and whatnot; usually he wouldn't listen, but this time he snatched his chance, and asked Sulien to step in and play navigator for a bit
Famous last words, cause Sulien is a bastard navi
"You should pick the bow first chance you get, Fruit Tart, you'll do great with it"
Ajax dies five chambers in
The weapons he handles best are the spear, the gauntlets, and the gun, because of course
A completionist at heart! Will not stop until he's at least completed a max heat run with all the weapons, to his own dismay and Sulien's amusement
"You know you can dodge, right, my love?" "I don't recall fucking asking, babe."
Alright now what you fuckers came here for
Of all the characters, Ajax gains a particular appreciation for Achilles (ironic), and, of course, Thanatos
Achilles was already a figure he enjoyed quite a bit, and the seeing this take on how he ended up after his rage filled demise was really pleasing to him. "He's just a really cool warrior, what can I say"
And Than, oh dear
When he first appeared in-game, everyone in chat was already chanting Sulien's name.
He instantly falls in love with him, gives him nectar and ambrosia, tries and follows his storyline super closely.
Ajax: I think Thanatos is pretty cool
Sulien: Really? I liked Zagreus much better, myself
Kisa has cheered: "please get a room"
Everyone starts saying that they're literally just Thanatos and Zagreus, Tart thinks it's adorable, Sulien is mentally screaming
"what do you mean we're like them omg stop >/////<" and the like
So like s/o to Lane and Mendra for this one but
The bell tolls and Ajax, albeit unintentionally, goes "Than :D!" just like Zag does in-game, Sunny immediately deadpans with "Right here, Zag"
Ajax just looks at him with stars in his eyes and one-shots Sulien right then and there on stream
And chat? Chat is losing it, calling them "cuter than the actual in-game ship". Sulien would pull his bf in for a hug to hide his blush, who would then go "Death's sweet embrace, right, solntse?", laughing to himself.
What came afterwards was the closest anyone other than Ajax ever came to hearing Sulien whine.
They get asked to cosplay them a lot too. Ginger over here thinks it's a great idea, and mister tsundere thinks that no it isn't actually. They eventually settle on a sub goal.
But embarrassment and purposefully shitty navigation aside, Sulien loves cheering Childe on.
He'll give him a pet or a kiss on the cheek every time he finishes a boss fight and/or floor successfully, and when he finishes a particularly good run, he'll just go straight for the lips.
And every time, Ajax's face lights up as if he hadn't gotten a kiss earlier. The sense of accomplishment, and the sheer happiness he always gets, every time his boyfriend gives him attention? What a high
And, while he was a bit embarrassed about it at first, there's a point where Sulien can't be bothered to think about the fact that they're on stream anymore
His boyfriend is enjoying a game he also likes, he's having fun and winning, he gets to give him affection, and he gets to see the face he loves so dearly light up like that?
For that, he'll deal with the shyness later. Him and his love are having fun, and that's all he cares about now
bro that ended up SO SAPPY anyways @heyitslane-sl @almond-adeptus aha
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