Nyx

[goodfellow]

Robin had heard about Nyx's accident fairly quickly thanks to a push notification on his phone from some news app. The first thing he'd done was talk to Rain, and was glad to hear that Nyx was getting care in the fae lands... but still, he worried about him. And was glad when Rain let him know that his brother was healed up and back in the city.

So one evening he went to the bar, hoping to find him.

"Ah, hello beautiful," he said when he walked in and saw him there.

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[tempting_the_fates]

"Are you still spending time with my brother?" he asked, bringing over a pot of tea and two glasses.

"There's scotch, if you'd rather," he noted as he put the tray down on a table.

[goodfellow]

"I am," said Robin. "I ah, was with him when he heard you were back." Sleeping over, actually. "And tea's nice, thanks."

[tempting_the_fates]

"You're spending a lot of time together. Sounds like you're practically roommates," Nyx snorted, pouring them each a cup of tea, and adding quite a lot of sugar to his own.

[goodfellow]

"Well, he's staying with me," Robin said. "Temporarily. With the increased attention he's getting, he couldn't really be seen coming and going from a secret hidey hole in the underground."

[tempting_the_fates]

"...Really?" Nyx asked, looking a bit more shocked than he meant to.

[goodfellow]

"Really," said Robin. "I mean, there's plenty of space, and I'm at the club a lot..." Which was also why Rain's presence wasn't impacting Robin's sex life. Well, at least not in ways he didn't want it to. Because sometimes he would have just picked someone up to be less lonely, have someone to share a bed with. No need for that though. So he was having... less sex.

[tempting_the_fates]

"So he's just in your guest room? ...Do you have a guest room?" Nyx asked. "Doesn't he melt in the sunlight? It's been a solid decade since he was out in it," he joked.

[goodfellow]

"No, he... sleeps with me," Robin said. "You've seen my bed, it's huge."

[tempting_the_fates]

Nyx blinked, opening his mouth to speak, then shutting it again.

"Right," he said finally. "I... Well, that's a surprise."

[goodfellow]

Robin wasn't sure if Nyx was reading more into that, and so after a hesitation he clarified, "That doesn't mean... he still isn't interested in sex." He said that last bit rather awkwardly. He was still having trouble wrapping his head around it, to be honest.

[tempting_the_fates]

"Sounds like he's getting there though," Nyx replied, brow creasing slightly.

[goodfellow]

Robin looked a bit surprised by that response. "What makes you say that? I'm not pushing him."

[tempting_the_fates]

"I didn't say you were," Nyx assured him. "Sharing a bed is just so intimate."

[goodfellow]

"Well, I think... it is, yes," Robin said. "I feel that. I think he feels that. He still isn't interested in sex."

[tempting_the_fates]

"Are you hoping that will change?" Nyx asked, still trying to wrap his head around Robin's relationship with his brother.

[goodfellow]

“Well… yes, I suppose so,” Robin said. “I can’t help but want him but maybe hope isn’t the right word since I’m not particularly hopeful. I’ve accepted what it is.”

[tempting_the_fates]

"You're a stronger man than I am. I couldn't share a bed with someone I was certain didn't want me the way I wanted them," Nyx admitted. "It would break my heart."

[goodfellow]

Robin hesitated, and then said, “You know him. What do you think he’s capable of?”

[tempting_the_fates]

"I just can't imagine him ever being intimate with someone. I assume he has been, at some point, but... I mean that sort of this was expected of us when we were both still home," Nyx said. "It wasn't as though he was eager."

[goodfellow]

Robin had gathered that bit between the lines, and he found it a little upsetting. The idea of Rain being... coerced.

"Maybe that's not what I meant," he said after a moment. "What about... emotional intimacy?"

[tempting_the_fates]

"I don't know. Honestly, Robin, he's never really invited me into that part of his life," Nyx admitted. "He's always been so private. Shy, even."

[goodfellow]

"Right, of course," said Robin, and thought maybe he should drop it. This was probably weird for Nyx.

[tempting_the_fates]

"Look, it's not my place to pry, just... Promise me you'll be kind," Nyx said softly.

[goodfellow]

Robin wondered if he should be offended by that, but... honestly he was worried about hurting Rain, too.

He just nodded.

[tempting_the_fates]

Nyx smiled, leaning over and kissing Robin's cheek.

"You're a good soul, Robin."