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[ from here. ]

[ He's not totally sure how he ended up here. If pressed, he'd suggest Pihu picked the landing coordinates based on proximity alone, but that doesn't explain why he'd bothered to haul himself off his ship and out into the wilds when there's a perfectly serviceable bunk on board. Things he does know: it's safe enough, if only because it's one of the old buildings they'd camped in while scouting years back, it's out of the apparently persistent rain, and his wet cloak is a terrible cushion between him and the old, sturdy table he'd sprawled out on.

There's probably several solutions he hasn't thought of yet, but he likes this one where he waits for Cayde to come find him best of all. A real damsel-in-distress situation, if the distress includes alcohol and cold rain. Or maybe it's all just an excuse, because luring Cayde somewhere private proves SO difficult on the best of days.

Maybe he just wants some solitude. With someone else. It's hard to say and he won't look at it too closely with this much liquor in his system. ]

Is that you? [ There's no door in the doorway and the sound beyond could be footsteps crashing through the underbrush or it could be distant thunder, he doesn't know. Could be death coming for him, too, and wouldn't that be ironic? ]

[Cayde has a fair idea how Andal ended up here. Probably because he's a drunk idiot who gets nostalgic for camping in the wilderness, and maybe Cayde shouldn't judge him for it because he does the same type of shit, but he will. Loudly and mockingly.]

[There's no attempt on Cayde's part to hide his approach once he lands, he knows Andal well enough to know the man can find somewhere safe to hole up even drunk off his ass. Just like he knows Andal well enough to know this isn't about the boots or whatever other complaints he has about a situation he put himself in. It's another thing they both do, manufacture some ridiculous situation just to reach out to someone.]

Yeah. It's me.

[His messages were terse, but mostly that's because he had to dictate to Sundance while he was on his sparrow. It's hard to hide the mix of genuine happiness and amusement in his voice in response to hearing Andal's now he's here. Making his way into the building to look for where exactly he's at.]

'M here to see a guy about some boots. You seen him?

[ He's slower to react than he'd normally be even if it's only by the handful of seconds it takes him to perk up. He's flat on his back in the middle of a table set dead center of the room like it used to be a meeting place at some point in the way-back-when. Surprisingly, he's not actually naked, though he's made a halfway decent effort at getting himself there. Did he lie when he'd said he was naked? Maybe. It's possible. He's bare-chested when he levers himself up onto an elbow and it takes a second for his eyes to focus through the gloom on the shape of -- what he assumes to be -- Cayde. ]

Seen 'im. [ A smile blooms wide across his face, cheeks flushed. He's clearly inebriated, but it's mellowed out some from where he'd been a while ago, like he's on his way back down the hill rather than climbing up it. ] Took you long enough.

Aw, don't act like you're not happy to see me.

[Cayde full-on swaggers up to the foot of the table and stands there, hands on his hips and everything. If his facial expressions could stretch to 'smug satisfaction' that's what the look on his face would be right now, but he settles for slightly narrowed eyes and a raised eyebrow.]

I mean, I could always leave. Pretty sure there's a Fallen pack holed up not too far from here.

[ It takes a little more effort than should normally be necessary, but he manages to get his other elbow under him and, one pause for a breath later, he heaves himself up to sit. He's better than this, really. He doesn't normally have to drag himself around like he's forgotten which planet's gravity they're dealing with.

For a moment he just sits there, leaning back against his hands, studying Cayde like he's searching out an answer, but definitely doesn't know the question anyway so he just shrugs helpfully and offers him his most winning smile. ]

Could. Or you could stay here. S'been a while. And it's raining.

[Cayde looks up at the ceiling like it's the sky itself and heaves an exaggerated sigh, mostly pretending he doesn't still find that stupid smile ridiculously charming even though it's been getting him in trouble for decades now.]

It is raining.

[Fine. Andal wins — not that it was ever gonna be difficult — and Cayde sits at the end of the table and reaches for one of Andal's feet to drag it into his lap.] Might as well put your clothes up to dry if you're planning on staying the night.

[A ploy to get him naked? Maybe. But he focuses for the moment on doing what he came here to do and starts undoing the shinguard to take this first boot off. He will concede, there's a lot going on here and it might be hard to get these boots off drunk, but only because (as Cayde has told him many times) Andal's clothes are stupid.]

[ Drunk or not, he could have managed to get his boots off if he'd really wanted. He's sure Cayde knows it, too, and it means all the more that he not only caves to Andal's dumb demands, but that he's bothered to haul his ass all the way out to wherever the fuck they are just to actually do it. ]

Tried to start a fire. [ This is true, and the evidence of his attempt still sit in the old fireplace, still-damp tinder and branches alike. There's not much around that's still dry, it seems to have been raining for a while, and he'd left his kit back in his ship and he definitely wasn't going back for that. He'd just get more wet, wouldn't he?

He watches Cayde's fingers work, cheek tipped against his shoulder and his still-damp hair spilling into his face, and can't help but intervene when he goes for the wrong clasp first. ] No, here— [ as he sits up, reaching in to redirect Cayde's hands to the correct place. ]

So you could've taken these off yourself!

[Of course he pretends to be scandalised by this "revelation," but Cayde barely puts the effort in to shoot a glance Andal's way for it. Truthfully, though he'd never admit it, he's too confused by being genuinely and openly wanted to do much other than what he's asked. Always a little uncertain when the layers of sarcasm and insults and pretending to barely tolerate eachother are stripped away, so he focuses on the boot instead, moving his hand as directed to undo the clasps and get this thing off.]

Nah.

[ He probably could have, if he'd really needed to. His mind had settled on demanding Cayde did it instead, and whether or not he himself was capable became a moot point entirely. Muscle memory and years of practice only go so far sometimes and that's the excuse he'll die with if he must. Definitely not because he wanted Cayde here with him. Definitely not because he's drunk and nostalgic and needed someone to keep him company. Absolutely not because the room is already warmer just by merit of Cayde being here, too.

It's more work than boots should really necessitate to get the first off, layers of clasps and straps that peel away one by one until it's just the boot itself that he pries his foot out of with a mild sigh of relief. One down, one to go, and he replaces the first foot with the second so Cayde can work on it while he peels his own wet sock off. ]

[Cayde huffs an amused breath and tosses the boot aside, looking at it on the floor and the way the whole contraption of it sprawls out on the floor. He'd smile if he could, another one of those amused breaths coming out of him when Andal plants his other boot in his lap, making quicker work of it this time now he knows the order of everything.]

[It's a rarity for Cayde to be quiet this long when doing anything, but he's kind of... Content? At the moment? It's a strange feeling, to just be calm and quiet for a little. It's certainly been a while, longer since he got to have this kind of moment with Andal. Even if it means driving through the rain and taking off his boots to do it, it seems worth it right now.]

[ His second boot falls to the floor with the first, all its parts and pieces clattering in protest as if to make a point. He tosses both socks after them once he's got the second one peeled off, but if Cayde thinks he's taking his foot back he's got another thing coming. There's a joke on his tongue, something his drink-addled mind thinks is sharp and cutting, but when he actually looks up at Cayde again he can't be bothered to ruin the quiet of the scene.

The sound of the rain on the roof above sets a certain sort of calm to the room. Andal can't help the little quirk at the corner of his mouth or the way his eyes light up just so like he knows a secret Cayde doesn't. He touches the edge of Cayde's hood, head tipping curiously as he traces the shape of it down to where he can curl his fingers into his collar. ]

How'd you get so wet?

[He half considers making a comment about Andal leaving his gross, damp foot in his lap, but Cayde lets it be. Rests his hand on top of Andal's foot and lazily rubs his thumb in circles by his ankle. Eyes cast up to the edges of the ruined ceiling and what he can see of the sky past it, unconsciously tilting his head a little toward Andal's hand when it trails the lines of his cloak.]

Would you believe it? Some guy made me come out to some crappy building in the pouring rain just to see him.

[ He grins wide again, bright like the stars, and tugs Cayde a couple inches closer. It's a slow bridge building between them, carefully cutting out the extra space, and Andal can't help but idly wonder how long he might have stayed here alone if Cayde hadn't actually come. That's the beauty of it, though: it's not really something he has to concern himself with. Cayde would come. Cayde did come. And he's here now, rain and all. ]

What kind of a monster, [ he admonishes, half-slurring his words. It's clear he's only half paying attention to what he's saying, that it's not really a question at all. ] Guess he owes you now, huh?

[Cayde laughs and goes easily, putting his free hand down on the table so he can lean in properly when he's tugged and move close enough to press his temple lightly to Andal's forehead.]

Guess he does.

[ A handful of joke answers rise and fall like waves in his mouth but he kindly decides against all of them for once. He breathes, slow and quiet there in that space, eyes closing as the room around them swims a little. But his grip stays tight and he lifts his chin just high enough that he can touch his lips to Cayde's cheek. ]

I got a coupon for a free soup you can have.

[Andal's breath absolutely reeks of liquor, but more than that it's warm and close and Cayde can feel his beard brush over his face whenever Andal moves or speaks. Cayde hums and moves his hand up Andal's leg to rest on his thigh, he feels like he can feel how soaked his clothes are through his gloves, amazed Andal can even stand to be in them.]

Yeah? [Cayde laughs, and shakes his head just slightly.] Gonna catch a cold, out here like this. Maybe you should keep it.

Maybe I will.

[ Whether he means keep the coupon or catch a cold is hard to say, but it really doesn't matter as he drags one leg out of the way and slides it behind where Cayde's seated, fencing him in so he can't make any hasty moves away. His fingers are on Cayde's chin suddenly, whisper-light and freezing, and he holds him still as he presses a slow kiss to the rise of his cheek. ]

Or you could make a fire.

Can't. I'm stuck.

[The cold of Andal's fingers almost makes him jump, but Cayde manages not to. Just barely manages to stay still enough to soak up that affection; eyes falling shut as he tilts his head just slightly in a silent demand for more.]

[ He snorts against Cayde's cheek, but he can't argue. Hell, he would have argued Cayde trying to get up again anyway, so it's really in both their best interests that he stays put. Another kiss, then, softer and quicker, to the curving lip of the plate between his eyes, to the flat stretch between that and the seam of his mouth. ]

Guess you got some work ahead of you, then.

I do, do I?

[This is pretty much what Cayde was hoping for when he came out here, though he wouldn't object to a fire. Like hell he's moving to start one unless Andal pushes for it though. Right now he intends to soak up every moment until the booze catches up and Andal falls asleep, letting out a pleased sigh at the kisses and touches.]

[ The attention, intimate though it is, has a singular goal and that's to get as warm as he can, as quickly as he can. He could have dealt with all of it before Cayde even arrived, sorted himself out a fire (maybe), got himself dried out and warm, but he likes this better, somehow. A reward for his suffering. He shifts himself closer, half in Cayde's lap, and traces the seam of his mouth with his thumb. ]

Gotta warm me up one way or another.

Well now, I only agreed to help with your boots.

[Cayde turns his head to look at where he tossed Andal's boots on the ground, shrugging a shoulder as if to say he did his part, even as he puts his hands on Andal's hips to try and get him fully in his lap.]

And would you look at that? I did it.

[ He tries to make Cayde's work easier, but his balance is off enough that it takes him three tries to even get enough momentum going to get his leg the rest of the way over Cayde's lap. He does take an immense amount of pleasure in how the rainwater in what's left of his leg armor seeps into Cayde's clothing as he settles on top of him, knees planted on the table, and his palm glides across the gap of his cheek and up under the hood he's still got up. ]

What, you want a prize?

[Similarly, Cayde takes some small delight in knowing his gloves are wet when he slips a hand around to rest at the small of Andal's back.]

I wouldn't turn one down.

[ He makes a sharp noise in the back of his throat that transitions far too easily into a slow laugh that's meant to negate the shiver. His skin is damp and clammy enough as it is, a wet glove shouldn't make a difference, but apparently it does even as he pushes Cayde's hood off for him. ]

Or you could leave since now you've done your job.

CAYDE-6 hunter vanguard.	SHIRO-4 vanguard scout.	DRIFTER classless lightbearer.

NOTUS-4 hunter.	LUNA JAIN warlock.	CHIKE ALDERS titan.

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