Deerly Beloved

[chambermusicandtenpins]

deerlyBeloved: DumbleDaddy Feeling hot for teacher? Need some magic in your life? Just have a thing for men in three-piece suits? Send an owl to this handsome local wizard and let him cast a spell on you.

( Albus Dumbledore | 46 | M | wouldn't you like to know )

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[chambermusicandtenpins]

[Too late he got three replies already YOU JEALOUS?] Damning to who? You? No one else seems particularly bothered by it.

[followorperish]

[He never entertains such a useless emotion.]

Damning to you and your image. I have seen the man you paint yourself to be.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[Liarrrrrrrr.]

I paint myself as nothing. Since when do you care about my image so dearly?

[followorperish]

I like to know my enemy. [And that's it. Clearly.]

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[Clearly.]

Knowing is not quite the same as caring about it so wildly.

[followorperish]

I think you are being incredibly presumptuous. Asking simple questions does not make me wild.

[And he is rather wild anyway.]

[chambermusicandtenpins]

Then it matters not a bit to you what may be written about my in a profile, I assume.

[followorperish]

If you wish to be embarrassed, go right ahead.

[Only don't.]

I'm sure you will have plenty of company to keep you warm.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

You need not concern yourself. I keep myself warm without any trouble. [READ THAT HOWEVER YOU WILL.]

[followorperish]

You realize, if you do take a partner...

They will be in danger.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[There is a long, pained pause, where Albus has to fight down a swell of pain in him. He has no partner and knows he never could take one again, but there is such a deep well of helpless fury at the idea of Gellert seeking to control him this way, even after Gellert had abandoned him so long ago.]

And why is that? Is that part of what you deem necessary for the greater good?

[followorperish]

You are mine. [That is said plainly and without hesitation. If anyone else asks him the same question, they will receive the same answer. This is his territory.]

Despise me all you like, but that is the truth.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[His heart aches at those words, words he remembers hearing Gellert say to him once upon a time, when they had meant something very different and had carried so much weight in his soul.]

What a poor master I have, then, that only thinks of how best to slaughter me.

[followorperish]

[His features darken - anger hiding the pain. He has gotten good at disguising the best part of himself behind his rage; his ambition. Even so, this is difficult.]

Come back to me and I will forgive you.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[Albus is quiet for a long, long moment, still not looking at Gellert. Eventually, he exhales slowly, wearing a wry smile.]

I don't believe you would.

Maybe I would have once, but not anymore.

[followorperish]

[He lowers his voice, his tone heated so Albus doesn't miss his meaning:]

You are mistaken. I would lavish you with kindness and protection if you came to me.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[Smiling bitterly, he says:]

We have thirty years worth of resentments built up in us. I hear it in you whenever we speak.

[Albus has his own, in truth, but they sit on him in a different way, a mix of anger and sadness and grief.]

[followorperish]

Mmm that does sound like it would lead to a wonderful reunion.

[Angry sex? Angry sex.]

You're just enticing me further, Albus.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[In spite of himself, Albus flushes red, glancing away from Gellert for a moment. He hadn't exactly expected such a forward response, and it shows in the way he stumbles to speak.]

Sex isn't quite the same thing as forgiveness, Gellert.

[followorperish]

[Having the upper hand is a pleasant feeling, but there is more to it than that.]

But it is really nice, isn't it? Especially between us.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[Still burning bright red, Albus lets out a strained laugh, murmuring:]

You would try to seduce me after threatening me, Gellert?

[followorperish]

One needn't have anything to do with the other.

[Albus is still very attractive and, well, the body does have needs.]

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[Still glancing away, he tries to force his voice steady even while the color in his face remains.]

You overestimate how lustful I feel when I am being menaced.

[followorperish]

Then should I court you?

[He will. You know he will.]

I remember...

I brought you flowers. Daily.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[Do it, Gellert, you know you want to.]

You still overestimate yourself, if you think I can be so distracted.

[But his voice is a little sadder. Yes, he remembers those flowers. He would press them in the pages of his books, where his siblings wouldn't stumble on them. On nights when they were apart, he would look at them and feel so loved, as if he had never understood what it felt like to be cherished before.]