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esp_dragon) wrote2013-09-09 09:48 pm
esp_dragon) wrote2013-09-09 09:48 pm
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Fandom: Noblesse
Summary: M-21 has a question for Tao.
Rating: G
Notes: Set after season four.
Also, I give up on titles. ORZ
Genre: General/Family
Word count: 648
Status: Complete
"Tao," M-21 said, looking the other man over as he tapped something out on his pocket computer on the sofa, "where do you keep your cables?" Because M-21 had seen Tao's fight with the blond agent from the security cameras before Tao had wiped them clean and M-21 knew the sizes of the suit's pockets – even if Tao had made adjustments to his own, Tao carrying that amount of cables would be noticeable.
"Huh?" Tao said, tilting his head back to look up at him, lifting an arm at the same time. "They're right-" Tao blinked, his hand pausing about chest height. "Oh, right, you wouldn't know, would you?"
M-21 raised an eyebrow. "No." They'd only known each other for a few weeks; they'd sparred, but it was usually Tao advising them from the sidelines. When he did pull out his cables, M-21 had assumed they'd either come from a pocket or from up his sleeve.
Tao's lips quirked up into a quick grin and then he waved his fingers, turning his hand so his palm faced M-21. "Watch."
Watch? But M-21 did as he was told.
Nothing happened for a few seconds but M-21 didn't look away, because this was Tao, and when he told someone to do something, there was a reason for it. Even if the reason didn't make sense.
M-21's eyebrows drew together when he saw movement at Tao's wrist and-
What.
A thick black line as wide as M-21's thumb was snaking its way up from under Tao's top. It was a tattoo, that was the only thing M-21 could think of it as, meandering its way to Tao's palm, and – it lifted off Tao's skin, becoming round and solid, like…a cable.
It kept going, the cable growing longer and longer, throwing off blue sparks as it curled around his fingers and then slithered to the sofa, and the tattoo didn't slow either, except when it twisted, like it was waving at him.
Tao had enough cables to completely cover himself. That meant – "How big is your tattoo?" It could explain why Tao preferred long-sleeved tops, but then again, apart from when they were recovering from a fight, no-one else wore short-sleeved tops either.
"Hmm." Tao clenched his hand into a fist and when he opened it again, there was a gap between the cable and the tattoo. He set the cable down on the sofa. "It'd be faster just to show you."
Tao leaned forward and in one smooth movement, pulled his top over his head.
There were a lot more black lines crisscrossing each other along Tao's back in jagged lines, almost as if there was a pattern to it, but the pattern was continually shifting like they were filled with restless energy just like the body they were on. …Maybe it was because they were connected to Tao they were like that.
The tattoo encompassed the whole of Tao's back, lines winding around to his front, running up his arms, others dipping past the waistline of Tao's trousers.
"That big, huh," M-21 stated, watching them move.
"Yup!" Tao pulled his top back on, tugging it a little to straighten it. He picked up his cable again and it started to wrap itself around Tao's knuckles. Just before it had done that three times, the part of the cable touching Tao sank down onto his skin and flowed back under his sleeve.
"So," Tao said once the cable was 'gone', "do you wanna help me with my latest project?"
"What is it?" M-21 asked warily as he came around the front of the sofa.
"Weeell," Tao drew out, his eyes lighting up as he pointed his pocket computer's screen at M-21, "I was thinking uniforms; make sure we all match."
M-21 sighed as he sat down. He'd better stay and try and make sure Tao didn't plan anything too extravagant.
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Direct your attentions to the usual enablers, Key and Kai. Also, this post.
I want to do a different version, from Tao’s pov. Because this is me and I like exploring how different things feel. XD; I’d also been considering a third version, where the trio are sharing the shower room after being enhanced again in season five.
Picture drawn by Key! Put into the fic with her permission. :3
Summary: M-21 has a question for Tao.
Rating: G
Notes: Set after season four.
Also, I give up on titles. ORZ
Genre: General/Family
Word count: 648
Status: Complete
"Tao," M-21 said, looking the other man over as he tapped something out on his pocket computer on the sofa, "where do you keep your cables?" Because M-21 had seen Tao's fight with the blond agent from the security cameras before Tao had wiped them clean and M-21 knew the sizes of the suit's pockets – even if Tao had made adjustments to his own, Tao carrying that amount of cables would be noticeable.
"Huh?" Tao said, tilting his head back to look up at him, lifting an arm at the same time. "They're right-" Tao blinked, his hand pausing about chest height. "Oh, right, you wouldn't know, would you?"
M-21 raised an eyebrow. "No." They'd only known each other for a few weeks; they'd sparred, but it was usually Tao advising them from the sidelines. When he did pull out his cables, M-21 had assumed they'd either come from a pocket or from up his sleeve.
Tao's lips quirked up into a quick grin and then he waved his fingers, turning his hand so his palm faced M-21. "Watch."
Watch? But M-21 did as he was told.
Nothing happened for a few seconds but M-21 didn't look away, because this was Tao, and when he told someone to do something, there was a reason for it. Even if the reason didn't make sense.
M-21's eyebrows drew together when he saw movement at Tao's wrist and-
What.
A thick black line as wide as M-21's thumb was snaking its way up from under Tao's top. It was a tattoo, that was the only thing M-21 could think of it as, meandering its way to Tao's palm, and – it lifted off Tao's skin, becoming round and solid, like…a cable.
It kept going, the cable growing longer and longer, throwing off blue sparks as it curled around his fingers and then slithered to the sofa, and the tattoo didn't slow either, except when it twisted, like it was waving at him.
Tao had enough cables to completely cover himself. That meant – "How big is your tattoo?" It could explain why Tao preferred long-sleeved tops, but then again, apart from when they were recovering from a fight, no-one else wore short-sleeved tops either.
"Hmm." Tao clenched his hand into a fist and when he opened it again, there was a gap between the cable and the tattoo. He set the cable down on the sofa. "It'd be faster just to show you."
Tao leaned forward and in one smooth movement, pulled his top over his head.
There were a lot more black lines crisscrossing each other along Tao's back in jagged lines, almost as if there was a pattern to it, but the pattern was continually shifting like they were filled with restless energy just like the body they were on. …Maybe it was because they were connected to Tao they were like that.
The tattoo encompassed the whole of Tao's back, lines winding around to his front, running up his arms, others dipping past the waistline of Tao's trousers.
"That big, huh," M-21 stated, watching them move.
"Yup!" Tao pulled his top back on, tugging it a little to straighten it. He picked up his cable again and it started to wrap itself around Tao's knuckles. Just before it had done that three times, the part of the cable touching Tao sank down onto his skin and flowed back under his sleeve.
"So," Tao said once the cable was 'gone', "do you wanna help me with my latest project?"
"What is it?" M-21 asked warily as he came around the front of the sofa.
"Weeell," Tao drew out, his eyes lighting up as he pointed his pocket computer's screen at M-21, "I was thinking uniforms; make sure we all match."
M-21 sighed as he sat down. He'd better stay and try and make sure Tao didn't plan anything too extravagant.
Direct your attentions to the usual enablers, Key and Kai. Also, this post.
I want to do a different version, from Tao’s pov. Because this is me and I like exploring how different things feel. XD; I’d also been considering a third version, where the trio are sharing the shower room after being enhanced again in season five.
Picture drawn by Key! Put into the fic with her permission. :3