Before Sage was pushed into the world of spells for hire and muddied magic that is just as much blood and bone as it was belief, Sage believed in those once upon a time stories that he was read at bedtime. He believed that there were happily ever afters to be found, and that there was goodness in the universe between the stars to keep the darkness at bay. This was before he found out that he was a witch, before he realized that he wasn't the kind to get a happily ever after but rather the one that would be killed when his use ran out.
The arrival of Zelo, all golden smiles and shining laughter, made Sage want to remember again though. Made him want to fight for a happily ever after that the world though he didn't deserve, a happily ever after that neither of them deserved. They were the monsters in the stories, they were the ones that needed to be cast out for the princes and princesses to live happily ever after, but-- but fuck that. Sage was going to do everything in his power to give Zelo the happiness he deserves, no matter how fleeting.
If this, being close and warm and tangled with a simple swamp witch is what makes the dragon pleased, then fuck if Sage will let anything come between them (and maybe that was why witches were feared, they were powerful and selfish and willing to burn the world down for the few that clawed their way into their hearts. Sage will watch the world burn just to save Zelo.) Sage is tired of wanting and carving out spaces of himself for a world that doesn't care beyond what he can do for others. He just wants to make sure Zelo is happy, that he has a home.
So Sage pulls Zelo closer, presses fingers against the newly bared skin, against the knobs of his spine while he whispers promises against his lips as he leans back, pulling the other with him. With the ground beneath him, Sage knows that the world is above him, the universe in bright eyes and brighter laughter. He just needs Zelo to know that he means it, means every shaken word between ardent kisses.
"Together. As long as you want, I will be with you." A shaken noise, pleasure and happiness bubbling in his throat, making Sage's tongue looser. "Whatever you want, I'm here. Please, Zelo..."
They can have this, Sage will find a way to keep Zelo here as long as the other wants to be here. Sage doesn't care what he has to do, he will forge their happily ever after out of starfire and ancient magic, out of pure will and the desire to see the other happy.
letS TRY THIS AGAIN
The arrival of Zelo, all golden smiles and shining laughter, made Sage want to remember again though. Made him want to fight for a happily ever after that the world though he didn't deserve, a happily ever after that neither of them deserved. They were the monsters in the stories, they were the ones that needed to be cast out for the princes and princesses to live happily ever after, but-- but fuck that. Sage was going to do everything in his power to give Zelo the happiness he deserves, no matter how fleeting.
If this, being close and warm and tangled with a simple swamp witch is what makes the dragon pleased, then fuck if Sage will let anything come between them (and maybe that was why witches were feared, they were powerful and selfish and willing to burn the world down for the few that clawed their way into their hearts. Sage will watch the world burn just to save Zelo.) Sage is tired of wanting and carving out spaces of himself for a world that doesn't care beyond what he can do for others. He just wants to make sure Zelo is happy, that he has a home.
So Sage pulls Zelo closer, presses fingers against the newly bared skin, against the knobs of his spine while he whispers promises against his lips as he leans back, pulling the other with him. With the ground beneath him, Sage knows that the world is above him, the universe in bright eyes and brighter laughter. He just needs Zelo to know that he means it, means every shaken word between ardent kisses.
"Together. As long as you want, I will be with you." A shaken noise, pleasure and happiness bubbling in his throat, making Sage's tongue looser. "Whatever you want, I'm here. Please, Zelo..."
They can have this, Sage will find a way to keep Zelo here as long as the other wants to be here. Sage doesn't care what he has to do, he will forge their happily ever after out of starfire and ancient magic, out of pure will and the desire to see the other happy.