Felih keeps working on him gently, and he starts to hum familiar melodies as he keeps healing him up. He's glad the water is refreshing, steadily growing cleaner even as they scrub themselves free of dirt and blood. He nuzzles into the Exarch's hair, purring softly as he works, healing up cuts and bruises, everything he finds, before slowly working his way back towards his torso, where the worst of the wounds is.
"Of course," he murmurs, hands massaging at the Exarch's body, rubbing and working gently, before finally cleaning the larger wound right in the center, and starting to work on healing it from the core outwards. "Why would I ever do anything else? I could not abandon you to such a fate... ah, take a deep breath, darling, and hold it as long as you can... this is the trickiest part." Working so deeply, shutting his eyes to micromanage the flow of his aether into the wound that cut clear through his beloved friend.
"The most grievous will take the longest time to heal, but just bear with me, G'raha," he murmurs, still staying close, holding him in a way, one hand on the front of his wound, and the other on his back against the other end. "We'll stay safe and sound and warm and clean in this bath until I'm finished."
The Exarch can only nod as he does as Felih asks, drawing in a long, deep breath and keeping it in as he works the aether. It's nothing to the pain of being shot in the first place but it isn't as pleasant as healing the other, more minor hurts had been. Still, of all that the Exarch has learned in his decades of extended life, patience was among the first.
"Hmn..."
So he remains, still and silent and huddled close to Felih. When he must breathe again he does so in small, shallow gasps. The humming helps and slowly, under the water's surface, the Exarch finds his fingers tapping out a rhythm to Felih's melody against the other's skin.
Felih works dutifully, and all the while, Felih murmurs soft comfort and encouragement against G'raha's jaw, trailing soft kisses along it and then down over his neck, his purr strong and steady to comfort his lover.
When he finally finishes, sealing the wound closed on both sides of his torso, Felih lets out a deep breath and moves to simply hug the Exarch tightly, moving to sit in his lap and wrap his arms and legs around him.
"...I'm so glad you're safe," he breathes against him, ears low as he bunts against his shoulder, then up under his chin, purring even more noisily than ever. The water cleanses itself as time goes on, and the constant warmth of the water helps soothe him even more. "You scared me so much, darling. From the moment on Mount Gulg, to this very moment... I feared I'd found you only to lose you again."
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Date: 2019-08-12 10:38 pm (UTC)"Of course," he murmurs, hands massaging at the Exarch's body, rubbing and working gently, before finally cleaning the larger wound right in the center, and starting to work on healing it from the core outwards. "Why would I ever do anything else? I could not abandon you to such a fate... ah, take a deep breath, darling, and hold it as long as you can... this is the trickiest part." Working so deeply, shutting his eyes to micromanage the flow of his aether into the wound that cut clear through his beloved friend.
"The most grievous will take the longest time to heal, but just bear with me, G'raha," he murmurs, still staying close, holding him in a way, one hand on the front of his wound, and the other on his back against the other end. "We'll stay safe and sound and warm and clean in this bath until I'm finished."
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Date: 2019-09-19 09:38 pm (UTC)"Hmn..."
So he remains, still and silent and huddled close to Felih. When he must breathe again he does so in small, shallow gasps. The humming helps and slowly, under the water's surface, the Exarch finds his fingers tapping out a rhythm to Felih's melody against the other's skin.
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Date: 2019-09-19 11:25 pm (UTC)When he finally finishes, sealing the wound closed on both sides of his torso, Felih lets out a deep breath and moves to simply hug the Exarch tightly, moving to sit in his lap and wrap his arms and legs around him.
"...I'm so glad you're safe," he breathes against him, ears low as he bunts against his shoulder, then up under his chin, purring even more noisily than ever. The water cleanses itself as time goes on, and the constant warmth of the water helps soothe him even more. "You scared me so much, darling. From the moment on Mount Gulg, to this very moment... I feared I'd found you only to lose you again."