Honestly, he'd been ready to do this at the barracks. Or in a rented room at the Forgotten Knight, if Aymeric had wanted more luxury. (Let it never be said that Estinien had had a single romantic thought in the first decades of his life.) It hadn't even occurred to him that Aymeric might invite him into his home. Estinien isn't sure why this of all things is what surprises him. It just... does. And he blinks at the warmth of it. Ridiculous as it may sound, it feels more intimate than he'd expected.
Maybe because Estinien does not even make ordinary house calls to visit friends under normal and respectable circumstances. Because he doesn't really have friends.
...Except for Aymeric, now, he supposes.
That doesn't feel odd to think at all. "Your home. Aye." He cuts his gaze to the crowd, just a moment, before fixing his attention back on Aymeric, grin going almost mischievous, "Though, if you'd enjoy giving them more to gossip about..."
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Date: 2024-04-25 01:23 am (UTC)Honestly, he'd been ready to do this at the barracks. Or in a rented room at the Forgotten Knight, if Aymeric had wanted more luxury. (Let it never be said that Estinien had had a single romantic thought in the first decades of his life.) It hadn't even occurred to him that Aymeric might invite him into his home. Estinien isn't sure why this of all things is what surprises him. It just... does. And he blinks at the warmth of it. Ridiculous as it may sound, it feels more intimate than he'd expected.
Maybe because Estinien does not even make ordinary house calls to visit friends under normal and respectable circumstances. Because he doesn't really have friends.
...Except for Aymeric, now, he supposes.
That doesn't feel odd to think at all. "Your home. Aye." He cuts his gaze to the crowd, just a moment, before fixing his attention back on Aymeric, grin going almost mischievous, "Though, if you'd enjoy giving them more to gossip about..."
He gives a lazy, one shoulder shrug.