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Kalim Al-Asim ([personal profile] desertrain) wrote2022-06-24 01:38 am
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[personal profile] viziernary 2022-12-17 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
You've...been in here. [Surely not.] The entire time? [Surely not!]
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[personal profile] viziernary 2022-12-17 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't answer right away, instead striding to his dresser, and grabbing a bag, and stuffing couple of towels into it and then a small first aid pouch because...well. Even if Kalim would be long term okay, probably, he's the sort of person who'd break his leg in the middle of the Scarabian desert but somehow make friends with a band of animals and have them carry him to safety...in the short run, accidents could happen.

And then Jamil walks back to Kalim and...stares for a moment.]


You were right. [He hates Kalim so much, and that is why-]

Hold this.

[He gives him the bag to hold and then picks him up.]
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[personal profile] viziernary 2022-12-17 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Commenting on the blush would mean that Jamil might have to acknowledge that Kalim's reaction - the squawk, the laughter, the way Kalim threw his arms around him - made him want to blush. This was a mistake. He hadn't, somehow, anticipated Kalim enjoying it.

But dropping him would mean revealing his disquieted he was by Kalim's reaction, or something, and so the only thing Jamil can do is shift his grip to make Kalim a bit more comfortable and secure in his arms, or...something.]


Careful, Kalim. If you move around too much then we both might end up falling over.

[...or...something.]

And if you knock us both over there's no words for how angry I'll be.

[...or...something, all of this might be a little bit undermined by the fact he's striding onward, Kalim in his arms. Sooner or later he'll get tired, but hopefully they'll reach the fountain, the kitchen for two coconuts to go, or find Carpet before that happens.]

Do you need anything before we go? [To drown you.]
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[personal profile] viziernary 2022-12-18 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a temptation to ask Kalim why, merciful sands, why was he so happy, and Jamil knew that he'd hate the answer to that question and so he carefully kept from asking it. Instead, he sighed. Exasperated. Tired. Beleaguered. Shaking his head. Kalim an eternal mystery.

He detoured towards the kitchen so they could pick up two fresh coconuts. (Once they arrived at the oasis he could use his magic to chill them and knock off the tops, but that would be then.)]


Where's Carpet? [Otherwise they're stuck taking a camel or, horrors, walking.]

Also, we're studying for that test you have when we get back. [Just in case Kalim thought that he was getting off easy for his sins of 1. the breakfast party, and 2. taking the threat of drowning/waterboarding/getting aggressively soggy lightly. He's not.]
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[personal profile] viziernary 2022-12-18 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Normally, there was a way this went, which was basically that Kalim would get on Carpet first, and then Jamil would follow. Obviously, that was difficult with Kalim in his arms. And there was an obvious solution, which was to put Kalim down.

But, Jamil had picked up Kalim, carried him into the kitchen, and then continued to hold Kalim while Kalim grabbed two coconuts and put them in the bag. He had committed. He couldn't back down now. There was only one choice.]


You're in a good mood.

[Which was to get on Carpet while holding Kalim, which had the unintended side effect of basically putting Kalim in his lap once he sat down, but Jamil told himself that the two of them had done far worse in the past (when they were...seven, maybe, but still) and this wasn't anything new for the two of them. Besides. Kalim was in a good mood.]
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[personal profile] viziernary 2022-12-19 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, see, if he lets go of Kalim? Given how badly balanced Kalim is, being on his lap instead on Carpet, he might fall if Carpet has to make a sudden turn. And given how Jamil had committed to throwing Kalim into the nearest body of water, he couldn't exactly expect Kalim to sit patiently and wait for that. (Except Kalim was absolutely strong enough to squirm free if he wanted to, and Jamil knew it, and he knew he was lying to himself if he pretended things were otherwise.)

The wind is nice.]


...it's a nice day.

[He let go of Kalim in favor of leaning back on Carpet, arms behind his back, staring up at the sky. (This may or may not have the side effect of him staring up at the sky, instead of at Kalim, but...well. As long as he doesn't feel Kalim sliding off of Carpet, this is for the best.)]

I'm in a good mood too. I'm looking forward to you breakfast party tomorrow. [And just in case Kalim thought he got off lightly...] And I'm looking forward to drowning you in the oasis in a few minutes.
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[personal profile] viziernary 2022-12-20 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely not. [And that should be that, but...what if Kalim misjudged things, what if he did slip, what if things went badly, what if Carpet couldn't catch Kalim in time, what if his magic wasn't good enough, what if what if what if. And so on. Feelings are complicated. Wanting to hold a boy close and keep him from the world, have him as the one thing just for him, only for him...versus wanting to take that same boy and throw him into the nearest oasis repeatedly.

Feelings are complicated!]


Sometimes I feel like I spoil you too much. [Sigh. But, not quite looking at Kalim, Jamil offers him a hand, saying without saying for Kalim to rearrange himself so he can get back to holding him as he's not going to pick him up while Carpet's flying.]
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[personal profile] viziernary 2023-01-08 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's difficult dealing with Kalim, sometimes, because he's so...unsubtle. If he said something like, "Do you want to be held by me this badly?" Kalim might just point blank say yes, yes he did. What was he supposed to do with that? He didn't know what to do with that. That isn't how people were supposed to respond to him.

But, it's fine. Kalim's leaning on him again, and it's...cozy, even though he'd never admit that to Kalim, if he admitted he found it cozy who knew what Kalim would do. (It would be cozier if you laid down whispered a small, traitorous part of him that Jamil promptly ignored.)]


If you get too comfortable you won't want to get off when we arrive.

[Even so, there he is, his hand idly making its way into Kalim's hair, rubbing patterns in his scalp.] The point of all of this is still for me to drown you eventually.
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[personal profile] viziernary 2023-01-13 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[...what is he supposed to do with this, what is he supposed to do with a very relaxed Kalim in his arms, how is he supposed to deal with a Kalim in his arms, Jamil doesn't know how to deal with Kalim in his arms.]

Eventually.

[Feels like he's going to need to use the towels to mop up Kalim at the rate he's relaxing, becoming boneless, melting in his arms.

And so.

Even though this was a bad idea.

Despite the fact his every instinct was yelling at him to not do this.

Despite all of the very good reasons to remain sitting, Jamil very carefully, very slowly, very reluctantly, laid down, rubbing Kalim's scalp the entire time as he did so, and if, perhaps, Kalim was so inclined he could lie down on top of him. Maybe.]
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[personal profile] viziernary 2023-01-14 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[There's something to be said about how naturally Kalim settles down atop him...but Jamil's not going to be the one to say something about it. It's not eager. Kalim isn't eager, though he isn't reluctant, either. He has the unhurried pace of someone settling in somewhere he's always belonged at.

One arm slips about and holds Kalim: snug, but not too snug.]


What will you do if one of us falls off?
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[personal profile] viziernary 2023-01-15 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
Why wouldn't it be okay?

[Hair, curling up like he's a cat, the fact that they're on carpet and Jamil's got the sinking suspicion that he's neither going to get around to drowning Kalim nor that they'll get around to studying...really? He's not sure what, specifically, Kalim is talking about, but...whatever Kalim's talking about is fine. For once.]

Unless Ace flies by on a broom solely to point and laugh, or something along those lines happens, I'm fine.

[Whatever...it is, but still.]
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[personal profile] viziernary 2023-01-17 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
I usually don't like having my hair played with.

[Usually being the important word there, usually being the word doing a bunch of heavy lifting in this sentence. Usually implying all sorts of things, most of which Jamil isn't going to talk about unless he's absolutely forced to, and not for the first time is he glad that Kalim doesn't have some kind of truth-compelling spell. Water magic doesn't demand honesty.]

And I try not to let Najma near my hair. When we were younger it was a different story. She liked to play with my hair, and I usually did her hair for her. But now...

[Now she's got the power to do his hair in a silly way, take pictures, and send it to Kalim, absolutely not.]

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