Ryland hummed, not quite believing said truce until Kethaias had wrung out the cloth and breathed against it. Overselling it, he thought, but it was no doubt for a smile, and Ryland gave him one, stretching back out like a cat while he did so.<br/><br/>"Oh, making your own promises," he said. His skin was still throbbing from the cold, but Kethaias leaned over him, trapping him between the heat of his body and the pillows and carpet below. Just that was enough to have his cock giving another twitch of interest. It was far too soon, even with his blood up over the scuffle.<br/><br/>Kethaias was not without his ministrations, though. A proper lover after all, doting on him like this. Giving real compliments--<i>finally</i>--though they were still all about his beauty, and there was that familiar admonishment as well.<i>Spoiled.</i><br/><br/>"I am, aren't I," Ryland purred. Kethaias was watching his mouth. He tugged his bottom lip between his teeth and let it slide slowly back, just to watch his pupils expand. "And I would. Why don't you send me a woven carpet of wildflowers for my room? I'll gladly lie back on them there. The wheat I can't help you with. How absurd." As though a carpet of wildflowers wasn't. "Might I interest you instead in finding me in a bath among bubbles flecked with gold, all glinting in some strong morning light?" He huffed. "Nevermind. Morning is too early. Afternoon?"<br/><br/>It did sound lovely, though, now he thought about it. Too lovely not to share. Kethaias obviously needed more temptation, and while Ryland had him thinking of fancies, away from the terrible depths of despair, he could encourage it.<br/><br/>"I could emerge shimmering, and let you smear gold wherever you liked. You'd be able to see," he said, smoothing his hands down Kethaias' chest, "exactly where you touched me."<br/><br/>His hands reached the king's stomach, and he slid his arms around to the small of his back in an embrace. Kethaias was solid. Ryland lifted himself to press hot skin to his chillier expanse of nakedness, since he was hopeless in bringing Kethaias down with a tug.<br/><br/>"Is it more daring to make you find your way to my room tonight? I think so. You need a little more thrill in your life, and I<i>am </i>spoiled after all. You'll have to put up with being expected to pull your weight in this tit for tat. Just look how much effort you have to make up for already. You're in my debt."