Keep Going (PG-17)

Writers: Devin, Estelle
Date Posted: 15th December 2025

Characters: I'lek, N'vanik
Description: After Lirioth's flight, I'lek finds his fantasy has come true
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Date: month 11, day 14 of Turn 12
Notes: Follows “Teasing a Bronze”. PG-17 version of “I Want to Try Something”
Mentioned: Z'kim
Rating: PG-17

N'vanik

I'lek came back to himself slowly, to the languor and the pleasant ache of his body, the warmth of another rider's bare skin next to his with a strong arm draped across him, and the deep satisfaction of a really good flight. Eyes still closed, he reached out and sensed Lirioth's drowsy contentment, and he sighed, stretching and wriggling his toes in pleasure. "I had such a beautiful dream..."

N'vanik chuckled. "I'm too good to be true, hmm?" His fingers started wandering along I'lek's skin. Loseth was very pleased with himself, lying curled possessively around Lirioth.

The young greenrider's eyes fluttered and opened, and a gasp of unselfconscious delight escaped his lips. "Oh, it _is_ you!" He turned his head, so that he could see that he really was lying in bed beside the Weyrleader, the subject of many an idle fantasy, and that there was as much there to admire as he could have imagined. "That was _wonderful_."

"It was wonderful for us, too." N'vanik was in no hurry to leave, enjoying the post-flight haze and the feel of holding his prize close. "Lirioth is a tease."

"Isn't she? I told her it would get her in trouble one day." Greatly daring, I'lek brushed his fingers across the bronzerider's bare chest. "Not that I'm complaining."

Shards, it felt good to be touched, and the leftover dragonlust made things blurry enough that N'vanik didn't much care that I'lek was a man. "Are you a tease, too?" He skimmed a hand along I'lek's side.

"Well, you know what they say..." Encouraged, I'lek let his fingers trace out a lazy spiral, drifting lower. He still wasn't entirely sure that this wasn't a dream, but if it was, he was going to enjoy it. "Like dragon, like rider."

N'vanik closed his eyes. "Keep going."

I'lek's eyes widened. He couldn't help calling to mind all that Z'kim had told him when they'd danced, and it made his heart beat fast and wild...but he'd learned from his lovely Lirioth the sensual value of anticipation. He could feel her as she gently rubbed her head against the sensitive hide under Loseth's neck, and he smiled secretly as his fingertips lightly grazed warm skin, following the twists and feints of her flight in touches that came so close and lifted, teasingly, away again. "Like that?" The mischief in his voice was barely suppressed.

N'vanik made a low grumbling sound, partly impatient and partly amused. "You are a tease."

"It's one of my many skills." I'lek sounded deliciously unrepentant. "But like my dragon..." His hand descended, as he sensed the time for teasing was over. "I always follow through."

N'vanik arched toward him as his own hand slid lower to grip I'lek's hip. Leftover dragonlust heated him, urging him to seek more.

~*~ Fade to black ~*~

As pleasure faded into warm bliss, N'vanik shifted to lay beside I'lek, trying to get his breath back. He watched the greenrider with half-lidded eyes. "Thank you. For the flight, and for . . . this." New possibilities opened before him, more chances to fully enjoy the aftermath of a flight. Fewer limits, expanded boundaries. And I'lek had been a wonderful partner to explore this with. N'vanik smiled and leaned over to kiss the other man's cheek. "This was really fun."

"It was _spectacular_." I'lek felt his heart flutter as the bronzerider's lips brushed his flushed skin. He turned on his side and met N'vanik's gaze, eyes bright and as mischievous as ever. "In fact, it was _so_ good...I could almost imagine you'd done this before, Weyrleader."

"Z'kim, after all our flights." N'vanik's smile turned even warmer. "But you knew that." He chuckled before his expression grew slightly serious. "You're the second man I've ever done this with."

"Me?" I'lek caught his breath, eyes widening. "Really? Oh, I hope you liked it." He thought of something, and smiled. "You know, you're my first bronzerider, so there's something new for both of us."

N'vanik threw his head back and laughed. "Yeah, I liked it a lot." He brushed a hand along I'lek's arm. His desire was gone, but physical contact was still nice. "I hope I lived up to your fantasies."

"You exceeded them," I'lek said, snuggling closer to the bronzerider with a thoroughly satisfied smile. "And I have some very creative fantasies. I expect I'll need a long soak in the Weyr's hottest bathing pool later," he added, feeling the ache within him as he moved, "but it was _so_ worth it."

N'vanik slid an arm around the greenrider's waist, drowsiness settling over him. "I can stay here with you for a while, if you like. Then maybe I can walk you to the bathing caverns and you can be all smug about charming the Weyrleader into a second round."

"That sounds perfect." I'lek leaned against his shoulder. His eyelids were heavy, but he couldn't resist one last tease. "Though shouldn't that be you and Loseth being smug about bagging one of the Weyr's hottest greenriders?"

N'vanik chuckled. "We can both be smug."

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