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Caleb knew he had a tendency to work a little too hard and a little too late when his friends were off on their own pursuits and a certain drow was off doing whatever it was drow wizards on the run did when they had to be on the run. But Caleb needed distraction when someone couldn't provide it and work was that.

Currently he was bent over his newest spell book painstakingly copying a delightful sensation spell he planned to spring on Essek when he returned when he heard footsteps stop outside his office door and a soft tap then hit the door itself. Caleb looked up eyes suddenly blurry as he realized how late it was. His students knew how late he tended to work so it was no surprise that one of them might have come to him when they needed some help.

"Come in," he called out tiredly. "The door is unlocked."

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Essek does what he would not have considered to be possible, he reaches for Caleb's hands to draw it into his own, looking up into those eyes that look so wonderfully beautifully, like a ocean of possibility. He could nearly drown in them.

Then he steps a bit closer, tentatively and hesitantly.

It was not that he feared that Caleb would break his heart, but just that he was not used to such simple acts of emotion like these, it felt fragile and precious and he wanted to hold it and cherish it for as long as possible. "For as long as you want to have me, I am yours."

"I will take as close to forever as we can have," Caleb replies gently but a bit nervously squeezing Essek's hands, "We have had so little time together as is that I don't want to waste anymore.....I want everything that you want and so much more Essek...please."

There was a smile and then Essek hummed thoughtfully before he leaned down and he pressed a kiss to Caleb's forehead and then not wanting to mess anything up and hoping that he was not, he very softly and gracefully sat down on the edge of Caleb's chair, not depositing himself on the other wizard's lap just yet because he did not feel like he should be presumptuous despite their feelings. "I am hoping that with this disguise, I will have more time with you."

Caleb doesn't know how to ask for what he wants, which is Essek in his lap so he can hold him close and breathe in his scent. But he's feeling shy and unsure so he doesn't ask, he just reaches out and touches Essek's shoulder gently. "I know it will schatz,"

He smiles. "You are brilliant Essek you and I will make this work and it will be everything we hoped for."

Essek was so very weak to Caleb, however he could also determine the uncertainty there-- like he was unafraid of what to take for himself; this was new and this was fragile in this form though their friendship was incredibly strong, it had been the doorway through which Essek floated through, relied on. "We will use our friendship as a stepping stone, as well as the trust between us."

Hard gained but well treasured.

"What do you want, Caleb Widogast? You know that whatever it is in my power to give, I will..." anything that did not involve anything outside. He leaned in on the chair of that arm to press a kiss to the top of the hair, the scent of apples like a comforting presence.

Caleb flushes and it takes him a moment to consider how best to ask for what he wants. "Would you...sit on my lap," he says softly, "I would like to feel the weight of you in my arms."

He has always enjoyed when Jester does the same thing. It is a quiet comfort and he wants that with Essek now as well.

For a moment, Essek just watches Caleb. This was not something he was familiar with though he has noted on a few occasions in the grove where Beau sat on Yasha's lap so he does not think that it is too strange.

Very carefully, he slides onto that lap and then wraps his arms around Caleb's shoulders. "Like this?" there is a bit of disarming tentativeness in Essek, considering that this was his first time with a great many things including reacting to a intimate friend such as Caleb was now.

Caleb wraps his thinner arms around Essek and nods. "Yes perfect," he says softly as he leans in to press a kiss to Essek's forehead. It feels different from the last time he did it...more intimate...warmer with less of the negative emotions."

This is when Essek finds his voice as he feels the arms around him as well as the lips against his forehead. "I have a few conditions of course." now this is where he starts to be the ever forthright Essek that everyone knows and loves. "The first is that when I am away for whatever reason, it means that you need to start taking care of yourself. I want you to eat properly in my absence when at all possible and now I will be casting sending just to remind you to eat.'

Oh no, Caleb. You may have bitten off more than you can chew. "If you are going to be mine, you are mine and I will not tolerate any negligence." he taps that nose softly with one perfectly manicured fingertip.

Caleb sighs affectionately and nods. "I agree to your terms schatz I am well aware how I am with no one to check on me. It is fair you hold me to a standard I do not hold myself to."

He smiles and gently squeezes Essek in a hug,

That made Essek smile in that secret way of his, and then he followed the tap to the nose with a kiss to the very bridge of it where that beautiful bump was located, the one that made him look distinguished. "Good boy." not knowing of course that would cause a little bit of fluster to the other man.

Caleb is very septival to praise and the simple words make him flush red as he fights the urge to shiver. He fights the urge to thank Essek for the praise as he would have done with Wolf or Astrid.

Essek feels the briefest of shivers go through Caleb and he very carefully strokes that hair lightly and gently, keeping the weight firm but also gentle. "Would you like to go to dinner tonight? I can wear my Seth disguise, we can go to your favorite place if you want..."

It could be their first date.

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