Reilyn fiddled with his hair as he slowly stepped down the stairs into the dungeon. He drew a shaky breath, rehearsing what he wanted to say in his head. Moving off the last step, he took a deep breath, trying to shake his nerves away, and continued past the door and into the room. 

He walked up to the cell, facing the prisoner inside. Reilyn and Ignatus stared at each other in awkward silence. A spider scuttled across the floor, cutting in between them. Both men took turns looking down at the arachnid, then back towards each other. 

Ignatus smiled and rubbed the back of his head, attempting to break the tension. “Umm…Gous.” |Umm…Hey.| His grin sat crooked on his face as dark wavy hair fell in front of his kind eyes. Reilyn crossed his arms and tried not to meet Ignatus’ gaze, his cheeks reddened. 

After a moment Reilyn sighed and walked closer to Ignatus. “Migo…nee…” |I…ah…| He blushed, “Pobrat’ku keu’hocceo unu hwaliq re Lay’Fat?” |Could you teach me some Morgaan?| 

Ignatus raised an eyebrow at the Eyll, puzzled. Reilyn frowned in response and Ignatus chuckled, “Re gecuit, kyaut kyr faci’carpio ku tebud pebei?” |Sure, but why would you want to learn that?| 

“Migo’anamqu tebude.” |I like learning.| Reilyn pouted. He looked away and fiddled with his hair again. “Uet Llyma’da kympesen kea kymbis talex keu.” |And Mistress Llyma takes my books from me.| 

Ignatus glanced around himself, motioning to the walls and bars of the cell he was locked in. He smiled at Reilyn again. Reilyn’s knees felt weaker every time he saw that smile. 

The dark haired Human shrugged, teasingly, “Hmm yane, Migo dihi’clybeo don mayn llulti re’ysporum kyut faci.” |Hmm Well, I don’t have much else to do.| 

A soft grin spread on Reilyn’s face, and he sat down right outside the cell, across from Ignatus. Ignatus adjusted himself and sat cross legged, facing Reilyn. “Hmm…” The dark haired man pursed his lips as he thought. 

Reilyn stared back quietly, observing Ignatus’ features and feeling the warmth grow on his face. The Human’s dark eyes glittered in the flickering lantern light, “Byita, gaeilve mwod,” |So, hello is,| Ignatus moved his hands around as he spoke, emphasising the translation, “Hello.”

Nodding slowly, Reilyn made an attempt. “H-haelow?” He grimaced, aware his pronunciation was far off the mark. Ignatus waved his hands reassuringly and chuckled. 

“Hel-loh.” Ignatus spoke slower, stressing the correct way to say the word. 

Reilyn nodded, gulped and tried again, “Hel-loh.” 

“Pebi’tai ku!” |There you go!| Ignatus grinned. Reilyn felt himself turn beet red. 

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Reilyn hopped down the stairs, making his way to Ignatus. Behind his back he held some sweets. They were small circular cakes, made from thick, spiced dough and raisins, and dusted with sugar. By now, they had cooled down. He skipped past the door and grinned at Ignatus as he walked into the room. 

Playfully crossing his arms, Ignatus cocked an eyebrow. “Kyr’clybeo ku pebi?” |What do you have there?|

Making his way to the cell, Reilyn revealed the cakes. Ignatus’ mouth watered the moment he saw them and caught a whiff of their sweet scent. “Llyma’da clybae hwaliq carrco talex duillal ymarns. Migo’kymperae ute’hwaliq, duilla dihi’botae don ynotiuem.” |Mistress Llyma had some left over from her event. I took a few, she didn’t notice.| 

Ignatus laughed heartily, “Honita kyaut, ti’lle ku rindes, rinnant kyut’haede quontis cabulis.” |Thank you but, please, try to stay out of trouble.| Reilyn smirked in response and handed Ignatus the cakes, sitting down next to the cell. 

“Migo duillal clybeo pemae pebei migo pobrat ku raere kur taibus, uet mwaci quont elopu re duillal yspor mwomi mwygis wyacil.” |I told her I can take your food down to you, and make her other servant’s jobs easier.| Reilyn smiled proudly, watching Ignatus nibble on the sweet. 

“Oh?” Ignatus looked back at Reilyn, a couple stray grains of sugar sat on his lips. 

“Duilla dihi’botae don caromin kiitte quont’maetrum.” |She didn’t completely dismiss the idea.| Reilyn’s smile beamed off his face. 

Ignatus chuckled and wiped the sugar from his lips. “Hmm yane, migo ku botae kympere ysporum quontis mwomi pebei’duilla clybsen re’wynque dihi’cares unhil.” |Well, I’d take you over the people she usually sends down any day.| 

“Ku botae don’faci paresse.” |You better.| Reilyn blushed and playfully crossed his arms.

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The keys clinked quietly in Reilyn’s hand as he walked through the dreary holding cells of Llyma’s dungeon. His footsteps slowed as he approached where Ignatus was being held. He was nervous. Why was he nervous? They had talked before, quite a bit. He was sure Ignatus enjoyed his company.

Well, he hoped so. 

Once he was in front of the cell, Ignatus looked up at him with a tired smile. “Caic, migo’mwoae mellicitis pebei ku dihi’clybeo don quont trib re keu kymere diu’cares.” |Here I was worried you didn’t have time to see me today.| He spoke softly. 

Reilyn shook his head and slowly pulled the keys into view, the lantern light glinting off them. “Mao keu’pebo kymperae ute trib ruia quontis haede quont mwom.” |It took me a while to sneak these away from the guard.| Reilyn made eye contact with Ignatus for a moment, then quickly looked away. Ignatus raised an eyebrow. 

“Ku dihi’llotes don keu coit haede.” |You can’t let me out.|

“Dihi. Kyaut-” |No. But-|

“Kyaut?” |But?|

Reilyn gulped, “Migo carpae ku kymere.” |I wanted to see you.| He opened the cell door and closed it quietly behind himself. This was the first time, truly, he and Ignatus were in the same room. Alone. Together. “Ros clybeo honnatae uet…ku mwsen bretis kyut keu kyaut…quontis cawellis…” |We’ve talked and…you’re kind to me but…the bars…| In between speaking he knelt on the floor and pulled himself up to where Ignatus was sitting against a wall. 

The cell was small, had a cot, a basin filled about halfway with water, three walls and the barred entrance. Simple and constricting. Llyma did well enough to make sure Ignatus was fed and able to take care of his hygiene, but apart from that, she was incredibly stingy to her prisoners. 

“Mwsen llawsae caic botae mwoae…synefocsen.” |Being stuck here has been…suffocating.| Ignatus leaned towards Reilyn as he spoke. “Kyaut ku clybsen ruia keu llastod haesum quont mwasen llulti mwygis mwymiss.” |But having you to keep me company makes it a lot more bearable.| He chuckled. 

Reilyn gave him a shy smile. Ignatus was the only one here who treated him like a person, not something to ogle at, not a status symbol, not a possession of Llyma’s. Just another person. 

“Brille hwepsen re quont’aud re quont cawellus ruia keu kymere?” |Sneaking inside the cell to see me though?| Ignatus had a touch of mischief in his dark eyes, “Rinipsu diasecqu. Ros pebo paresse re llastod pebei taretum.” |Pretty scandalous. We’d better keep this a secret.|

Reilyn let out a small laugh. He moved his hand towards Ignatus’ and let them touch. Their fingers slowly intertwined. Reilyn and Ignatus’ eyes met. The Human’s little smirk was gone, replaced with a more longing expression. Reilyn felt his cheeks burning and looked away. He felt Ignatus’ other hand under his chin, turning his face gently so they looked at each other once more. 

“Ignatus’bo migo-” |Ignatus I-| Reilyn began to speak but cut himself off. Ignatus arched an eyebrow. With his head fuzzy, Reilyn moved closer to Ignatus. 

Their lips connected. It was a soft back and forth. Ignatus gently bit Reilyn’s bottom lip, then dragged his tongue across it. Reilyn leaned harder into the kiss, raising his arms and wrapping them around Ignatus’ shoulders. Ignatus let out a small gasp but pulled away for a second. “Reilyn…” He whispered, his eyes moving up and down Reilyn’s body, taking in every scar. “Ku dihi’clybeo don faci re pebo, unhil…re pebo.” |You don’t have to do this, any…of this.| 

Reilyn shook his head and reached for Ignatus’ hand. Rubbing his fingers against the Human’s palm, he looked the man in the eyes. In Reilyn’s best attempt at Lay’Fat, “I…wahnt you.” He mispronounced every word as he spoke hesitantly. 

Ignatus’ face turned red, he smiled, and leaned towards Reilyn, kissing and grabbing him more passionately than before. Reilyn lost his breath for a moment, feeling Ignatus’ lips move from his own down to his neck, and Ignatus’ hands move down his body to his hips. Reilyn grabbed the Human’s hair with one hand and his back with the other, moaning as Ignatus traced circles down his throat with a greedy tongue. The two were on their knees, facing each other, Ignatus gently pushed Reilyn down, his back onto the cot. Ignatus leaned down, pressing his lips into Reilyn’s again, reaching down and grabbing the Eylles ass, pulling his pelvis upwards and grinding into him. 

The both of them were lost for words, making small pleasured and hungry sounds, using the moment to explore each other. 

Ignatus dropped Reilyn’s hips back down onto the cot and moved his hands up the Eylles body, pulling off the revealing top that hardly qualified as clothing. Ignatus kissed and licked his way down Reilyn’s chest. Reilyn clutched the cot, keeping his other hand entangled in Ignatus’ mass of dark wavy hair. Ignatus moved further down, digging his fingers needily into the top of Reilyn’s loincloth, sliding it down the Eylles hips and off his feet. 

Reilyn’s hand fell away from Ignatus’ hair as the man sat up, admiring Reilyn’s figure, the slimness of his waist, the cushion of his belly, the curve of his hips, the softness of his thighs. Ignatus unclipped his raven feather cloak, tossing it aside, then he pulled his own shirt off and threw it alongside the cloak. 

The Eyll sat up as well, placing his hands on Ignatus’ chest, leaving little kisses on the Human’s body while lowering his hands to pull Ignatus’ pants off. Ignatus helped remove them, their fingers brushing against each other’s in the process. 

“Collacum’ku.” |Lay back down.| Ignatus whispered into Reilyn’s ear. 

Reilyn gulped, nervous again, but laid back down on the cot, blushing as he saw and felt Ignatus’ hands trail up his thighs. The Human’s hands found their way back around to his ass again, Ignatus’ lips kissing his inner thighs. Ignatus began teasing the tip of Reilyn’s cock with his tongue. Reilyn gasped in response, both hands gripping the cot tightly. The Human slowly took Reilyn’s full length in his mouth, moving up and down, gently sucking on the tip, then continuing the motion. The Eyll writhed and whimpered softly. 

Giving Reilyn’s arousal one final, slow, deliberate trace with his tongue, Ignatus pulled his face away. He grinned as Reilyn whined needily. Ignatus tightened his grip on the Eylles ass, lifting Reilyn’s hips and giving himself a view of the smaller man’s opening. Reilyn lifted his legs, quivering under the dark haired man’s touch, his grip, his kisses. Ignatus’ greedy tongue found Reilyn’s entrance, tracing around it, feeling Reilyn tensing, then relaxing. 

The Eyll breathed shakily as Ignatus explored him, trailed that tongue around and inside him. He clutched the cot, quivering hands, moaning as his breath was taken from him. Feeling Ignatus’ warmth against him, he let his body surrender to the Human’s skilled hands, to the Human’s skilled mouth. 

Ignatus lifted his head, leaving Reilyn gasping, and wet. He lowered the smaller man’s rear to the cot again and crawled back up to Reilyn’s face, meeting the Eylles lips, kissing him more. One of Ignatus’ hands interlocked with Reilyn’s. The Human briefly placed two of his fingers into his own mouth, coating them with saliva, then removed them and slid his free hand in between Reilyn’s legs. Reilyn spread his legs a little more in response and Ignatus gently pushed a couple fingers inside him. Keeping their lips locked together, Ignatus felt Reilyn’s breathing hitch and smirked as he felt Reilyn moan into his mouth. Ignatus gently thrust his fingers back and forth, Reilyn began to move his hips into Ignatus’ hand. The Eyll reached his hands around Ignatus’ shoulders, digging his nails into the taller man’s back. 

The Human pulled his fingers out of Reilyn, and Reilyn felt Ignatus shift and then felt something larger start to move inside him. Ignatus wrapped his hands around Reilyn’s hips, entering and re entering the smaller man with his cock, getting a little deeper each time, moving a little faster the deeper he got. Reilyn’s breathing got louder as waves of pleasure were sent up his body, his nails dug even harder into Ignatus’ flesh. Ignatus softly bit into Reilyn’s neck as he moved in and out of him.

Reilyn bit his lip as he felt himself come. Ignatus started to slow down, still as hard as he was before. Reilyn whimpered and shook his head, tugging on Ignatus’ hair, pulling the dark haired man’s face towards his own. “Taigis llastod.” |Keep going.| Reilyn huffed and moved in to kiss Ignatus. Ignatus thrust back in, harder than before, keeping his lips on Reilyn’s and his hands firmly on Reilyn’s hips, holding the Eylles pelvis upwards. The sensation began to feel almost overwhelming, Reilyn tried to cry out, but his voice was too dry. His nails left marks down the taller man’s back. Their lips stayed connected, Ignatus’ mouth curling more into a smile with each small whimper and cry he felt from Reilyn. 

“Migo gwum pebi quont caic re-” |I’m about to-| Ignatus’ voice was a touch raspy. Reilyn squeezed Ignatus’ shoulders and tried to speak, but was cut off by his own ragged breathing. Ignatus pounded into Reilyn for the final time and finished. He dropped Reilyn’s hips gently and pulled himself out. For the next while the two laid together in a comfortable silence, their breathing fading back to normal, sweat glistening on their skin. 

Ignatus traced his finger along Reilyn’s face, “Tis mwydo ku dihi’botae don tai.” |If only you didn’t have to leave.| He lamented. Reilyn gave him a forlorn look. He didn’t want to think about the rest of the world, or about what his life would be the moment he left Ignatus once more. To stay here with him, in this quiet moment, that would be enough. 

If only they had more time.