[ If he hadn't wanted Andyr to climb on him, he would have been adamant about not letting him, but as it is, he honestly doesn't have the heart to fight him that much. They're having fun in a way he hasn't experienced in far too long, and Steve lets himself sink just enough that he can get his hands up and around Andyr's wrists. He pulls forward and kicks up at the same time, using the leverage to toss him even further across the lagoon. By then, he's already making a break for the opposite side. ]
I asked if you wanted company. [ It's a low-key taunt, nothing at all serious given how silly they're being. ] You could have said no. [ And that's the end of that, deciding to use the waterfall at the far end as cover and pulling himself up on the small ledge just behind it to sit. He expects Andyr to join him - or try to seek his revenge yet again - and while he waits, Steve pulls at his shoes and drops them behind him.
If things could always be this simple, this good, he doesn't know if he'd ever want to leave. Normally, it would fill him so deeply with anything except happiness, but right now, soaked to the skin and parts of him aching from Andyr's elbows and knees and the bite at his arm, he doesn't think he could feel any lighter. ] But I'm fair. I'll let you have the next one.
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I asked if you wanted company. [ It's a low-key taunt, nothing at all serious given how silly they're being. ] You could have said no. [ And that's the end of that, deciding to use the waterfall at the far end as cover and pulling himself up on the small ledge just behind it to sit. He expects Andyr to join him - or try to seek his revenge yet again - and while he waits, Steve pulls at his shoes and drops them behind him.
If things could always be this simple, this good, he doesn't know if he'd ever want to leave. Normally, it would fill him so deeply with anything except happiness, but right now, soaked to the skin and parts of him aching from Andyr's elbows and knees and the bite at his arm, he doesn't think he could feel any lighter. ] But I'm fair. I'll let you have the next one.