hadriel_logs | Event Log: Soulmates

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for Soulmates event
Where: All over the city
When: February 14th-February 22nd
Warnings: None

Oh shit, what even happened last night? You're pretty sure you had a normal night, no crazy drunk antics (unless that is your normal night). But this morning you woke up with a brand new tattoo, and it's... a name?

Maybe it's a name you recognize, one of your good friends. Maybe it's a stranger. Maybe it's someone you can barely stand. No matter who it is, you kind of feel like you should look for them and figure out what's going on with this weird tattoo. And when you find them - well, they've got one too, except this one is your name. It would seem weird, except as soon as you see each other you kind of understand. Of course you'd have a tattoo with the name of the person you've found such an amazing connection with. You were meant to be together.

So enjoy your time with your newfound soulmate. Who knows, you might wake up tomorrow with a whole new name on your arm, a new connection, a new love. Make the most of it!

► This log covers February 14th-February 22nd
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► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► If you try to pull off a stupid stunt to impress your soulmate and fail so miserably you die, please let us know here.

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[This has what has been missing in Ivar's life. He wants someone to want him, to see him as he is, rather than an object of pity or fear. With anyone else, he might have questioned it, but with Alfred, he feels it's just a natural course of action. The Viking warlord is fearless both on the battlefield and off. When Ivar wants something, he doesn't hold back. But this is taking every ounce of courage that he possesses. He leans back just a little so he can look down at Alfred.]

That's the nicest thing you could have said to me.

[Then he leans in and kisses Alfred.]

[ Alfred's heart raced when Ivar looked at him and there's a moment of realization before their lips touch of what's going to happen -- a mix of excitement and fear. After all, Alfred's not really ever had a chance to kiss anyone before. It wasn't done lightly in Saxon culture, especially among the royals.

But even so, it comes naturally, kissing Ivar back. His heart was racing and where he had taken one of Ivar's hands he squeezed it, lingering in the moment with him.

Somewhere in his mind he is wondering if Ivar's kissed many others, or if Ivar would think it odd that he's the first one Alfred kisses. ]

[Ivar hasn't kissed many others. Sure, there's been the odd woman here or there, but generally he usually had bigger things on his mind like how to conquer all of England. Focusing on something like a crush has only been able to happen since he's come to Hadriel.

He leans into it, one hand in Alfred's and the other tangled in his long hair. This feels good and right, all the pieces of a puzzle coming together to form the whole picture. There was precious few people Ivar could honestly say he cared about in his life. Alfred was definitely one of them.]

[ Alfred could stay in this moment with Ivar forever, kissing him, being so close to him. Everything about it felt like it was supposed to be and he wondered how it had taken them so long to figure it out. He savors Ivar’s hand in his hair and he’s alwyas liked that, often letting Ivar braid his hair for the simple pleasure but now the pleasure seemed multiplied.

He pulled back slowly, only slightly to take a breath. ]

Ivar...

[He worries for a moment that Alfred is pulling away as though he thinks this was a mistake, but it's clear he just needs a moment. Ivar's the more experienced of the two, but only just, and he traces his lips lightly across Alfred's face.]

How long have you felt this way?

[He was beginning to see now that what he'd thought had been avoidance and passive-aggressiveness from Alfred had really been the other trying to come to terms with his feelings.]

[ The kiss is anything but a mistake. He's still overwhelmed by the feeling of it, the pleasure the unguarded affection that it seemed to convey. There's nothing like it that he'd had before and Ivar's continued caress of lips had his skin tingling.

The question draws a blank at first, Alfred's head tilting ever so slightly as he considers it carefully. ]

Months? [ There had always been affection between them, even so far back as when they had first met and Alfred had never stopped thinking of Ivar now and again... And when Ivar had shown up here somewhere -- it was hard to pinpoint, it's a bit like when something is about to happen and then happens all at once and you don't know where it began because it always seems like it was. ]

It feels like it just always was, that it didn't begin. [ And he knew that had nothing to do with their names on each other's skins and what ever it was the gods might be doing just now. ]

[Ivar leaned forward, kissing him softly again before pulling back. One hand continued to affectionately play with Alfred's hair.]

I feel the same way.

[He'd never truly forgotten Alfred after they'd first met. He was always somewhere in the back of Ivar's mind. After coming to Hadriel, the feelings that had begun to emerge began to grow stronger day by day.]

[ Kissing Ivar seems to make time stop and Alfred melts into it, the other's hand playing in his hair leaving tingles spreading over his scalp and down the back of his neck. ]

I'm... glad. [ Relieved too. He tilted his head and nuzzled his cheek against Ivar. It was a little nerve-wracking at first -- as if he wasn't sure how the other would take the affection but it felt right too. ]

I didn't think I'd ever be able to tell you. [ Why would Ivar like him like that after all? ]

[Ivar has never felt affection like this for anyone else before. There's fear within him, that Alfred will grow tired of him or leave him like everyone else he's ever cared about has done, but at the same time he hopes things will be different this time around.]

So the king found his courage at last. [It's teasing, but gently so. He doubts Alfred would have been able to tell him all this, not for at least many more months if things had continued the way they were. This really had been a blessing in disguise.]

[ Alfred wouldn't really have any intentions of growing tired of or leaving Ivar. In fact, perhaps not right at the moment but later, his biggest fears would be that Ivar would grow tired that his ambitions will always mean more -- and maybe Alfred already believes that that's true anyway and all of this is fleeting because of it. ]

You didn't tell me either. [ Alfred retorted, tilting his head to glance at the other before there's a timid moment that turns into a shy kiss. There's still a lack of confidence when it comes to it as if he could somehow be rejected. ]

[Perhaps it is. His goals are the only thing that have never let Ivar down. Anything he's set out to achieve he's always done. It's only been the people who have let him down. So his singlemindedness might be what leads to the downfall of this relationship.]

Yes, but I had very good reasons not to. [Alfred knew a little about his abandonment issues. He'd been there when Ivar had been sent away, knowing he'd never see his father ever again.]

Do you trust me, Ivar? [ Alfred murmurs then, and he doesn't know why he asks. In a way, he's sure that Ivar does but maybe not completely. Could Ivar?

Alfred doesn't wait for the answer though as he presses closer to him on the couch, head tilting to press his lips to Ivar's again. Now that he's had a taste of it, the kissing just like the proximity of cuddling had done he craved it more and more. ]

[Ivar is still thinking of how to answer that when Alfred closes the distance between them. He doesn't trust Alfred completely, but then, he doesn't even have that kind of trust with his own brothers. But Alfred has weaved himself thoroughly into his life by now and Ivar can never truly break off their connection. He trusts Alfred a lot and it scares him to know how easily that could be used against him.

But little of this matters as Alfred's lips meet his again. All he can think of in the here and now is how he finally has a little piece of happiness back in his life again. He doesn't intend to let go of it anytime soon.]

Event Log: Soulmates

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