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[livlaughlove]

livio

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Powers nerfed & gained

Self-healing: Nerfed on arrival from near-instant to delayed by a few minutes. Think 5-10.

Superhuman strength: Nerfed on arrival. Still super strong, but not to the same extent.

Dragon Blessing - Strength: Makes up for original nerf. Plus dual sets of horns, one pair curved down to frame his face, one pair curved back and up. Sharp and harshly angled, like his sunburst tattoos.

Dragon Blessing - Balance: Thick, alligator-like tail.

Deaths & Resurrection prices

Death - August 2024: Killed by a Corrupted Vash.
Price: Marksmanship skill. Can no longer aim a gun worth a damn.

Other permanent changes

Memory Loss - February 2024: In Razlo's heartspace, his memory of Chapel defending him to the other Masters was destroyed. He still recalls having been fiercely loyal to Chapel, but not why.

Scarring - March 2024: Scars in an enormous jaw pattern spanning from his thighs to upper arm, with teeth marks along both his chest and back.

Temporary changes

Hydra form - May 2025: from Event/TDM 24. A bunch of fungi made LR into some fun guys.

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weasel's note: livio's handwriting is extremely neat and uncannily consistent. every letter is always the same exact size and shape. as if simply writing perfectly in times new roman was a humanly possible thing.

livio can commonly be found where he lives at vash's house or looking after the school.

plotting contact: PM // discord @ fuckweasel

Comments

[livlaughlove]

[as time stretches on, livio almost feels content. just enjoying the touch of their bodies against each other, the movement of their breathing, the sensation of a hand brushing his hair.

then nick says that and livio's heart kickstarts. he's still for another long moment afterward, then he sniffles and wipes at his eyes and cheeks behind wolfwood's back.

when he leans back enough to look at nick, his brows are pulled up above Those Eyes and his copper-flushed cheeks. meeting nick's gaze -- warm, even if wolfwood might not admit it -- livio almost forgets what they'd just promised. he's so scared to lose this moment and any chance at something similar in the future. but nick was the one to bring this whole thing forth, and it's only fair that liv make an effort, too, no matter how daunting it may be. so with all the nervousness of a schoolkid with a crush, he leans in to tentatively press his lips to nick's.]

[lupusxylem]

[This is why Wolfwood wanted to give Livio room to initiate. Not just to bolster his confidence, but just to give him the choice to take it that one step further or not. So when he decides yes, I will actually…Wolfwood’s shoulders sag with relief.

It’s like something he’d been waiting for all along. He just never knew.

Their arms still around one another, Wolfwood tilts his head just a bit to facilitate Livio’s kiss, making the angle just a bit more comfortable for both of them. Of course, their big noses still clonk together a little, but that’s fine. Wolfwood is still smiling through it regardless, tasting of cigarettes.

It doesn’t linger overly long. Just as long as it needs to, even though Wolfwood feels himself linger with their breath mingling even after they part. He chuckles against Livio’s lips.]

There you go.

[livlaughlove]

[maybe they don't fit quite so perfect together right now, but that's okay. they make it work, give and take, and that makes it just right. livio is so wrapped up in nick that it feels like no time at all passes by the time their lips part, and he still finds himself almost greedily inhaling wolfwood's smoky breath, so distinctly him. his smile is so wide it forces his eyes closed.]

Hahah... I -- didn't realize how long I've wanted to do that.

[lupusxylem]

Yeah? Keep talkin’, my ego needed to be bigger.

[Wolfwood murmurs, brushing their noses together. Get nuzzled, nerd.]

You can have one any time you’d like. Free of charge.

[And if Livio thought he wasn’t going to be embarrassing and teasing about it will guess what-]

[livlaughlove]

[as if livio would be opposed to any of it? please. he's nuzzing right back and laughing warmly.]

Oh? D'you charge Vash for 'em, Saint Nick?

[lupusxylem]

Sure did. One shell per kiss on the cheek. Two if he wants lips.

[This is a lie. He’s lying to you right now-]

[livlaughlove]

[lord help them both, liv is straight up giggling.]

Boy, I feel special, then.

[lupusxylem]

[And that goes straight to his heart. Ow. Liv you can’t do this to him, you can’t be this sweet.]

You are.

[He reminds, clonking their heads together gently.]

…mind if I stay a while? We’ve got lost time to catch up on.

[He doesn’t want to be overwhelming, but also…he doesn’t want to leave yet.]

[livlaughlove]

[at the mere implication that wolfwood might leave so soon, liv slips his arm around nick's waist to hold him there. his grip isn't painful, but it sure as hell isn't shy like most of his touches are.]

Y'ain't goin' anywhere if I can help it.

[lupusxylem]

[Now that’s more like it. Livio might as well have cracked the code, because Wolfwood practically guffaws again, immediately dropping his head on Livio’s shoulder again.]

Haha, a’ight. I didn’t wanna leave anyway.

[He gives Livio another squeeze.]

Kindof different from you fallin’ asleep on me all the time at Hopeland. But also exactly the same.

[livlaughlove]

[even if wolfwood can't see it, livio's smile is so wide it hurts. he tilts his head just enough to press a kiss or two in nick's hair.]

Yeah?

Is it okay to ask what I was like?

[lupusxylem]

Course.

[Wolfwood closes his eyes, because at lease recalling this is a happy memory.]

You came in just like all the other orphaned kids do. You were scrawny, if you’d believe it. And you spent the first couple days keepin’ me awake at night crying. So one day, I decided to ask you if that’s all you were gonna do from now on.

[He sighs, deeply.]

Kinda took you under my wing after that. We fed the chicks together, played together…I somehow convinced you to smoke with me behind Miss Melanie’s back, one day. You were always dogging my heels…but I didn’t mind it. It was nice to…yaknow. Have somebody that I wasn’t just taking care of. You were somebody I could actually be friends with.

[Wolfwood starts to lean to one side, suddenly, and if Livio allows it, he’ll pitch them over so they’re laying down.]

Then I was taken away. And I figured I’d never see you again. To this day, I dunno how you ended up with them, but I figure it’s the same thing that happened with you.

Cept you never bulked up for some reason. Alternate universe you had other priorities, I guess.

[livlaughlove]

[liv is surprised, but not unpleasantly. he's more than okay with lying down together -- even takes a moment to gently push his cookbook off the mattress so they have more room. (petunia Stays, though.) then that hand lifts up to nick's hair and strokes through it thoughtfully.]

I didn't see you get taken... I'd already run away. If I'd known... [he would have followed. he would follow wolfwood anywhere, but he doesn't need to say so out loud in this moment. nick already knows.]

... Nicholas, I want you to know it doesn't matter to me that you're different. You're just as much mine as the you I grew up with. [especially if the history of the grove is to be believed in. in a way, that makes this nick even more "his." they've known each other across lifetimes, now. it feels like they're fated to be together, like the corniest cheap romance novel. he bets nick would laugh at him if he said as much out loud.]

[lupusxylem]

[He imagines the sequence of events is a bit different in some way, despite it all leading to the same outcome. Perhaps they turned out a little different. And maybe the Nicholas that Livio knew was different. But hearing him say that…

He huffs, leaning back just enough so he can look him in the eyes.]

Yeah? Cause I was thinkin’ the same thing.

[He shifts just a little, his hair fanned out on the mattress under his head.]

Bet he’s not as cool as I am, though.

[livlaughlove]

[the eye contact and just the look of him laid out on livio's bed is more than enough to bring a flush back to liv's face.]

You are pretty damn cool. Beautiful, too. Or -- d'you prefer "handsome?" [added with a nervous little laugh.] I think you're both.

[lupusxylem]

You can call me anything you want, baby.

[He’s smirking up at Livio now, eyes half shut.]

All of the above, maybe? Like the sound’a that…

[livlaughlove]

[it feels just a little ridiculous that "baby" makes him even redder, but liv doesn't fight it. just chuckles some more.]

I'll keep my options open, then, hot stuff.

[he's just pulling these out of his ass at this point. fuck if he knows whether people actually call their significant other that. what he does know is that wolfwood is looking awfully kissable right now, so by golly, he's going in.]

[lupusxylem]

[Judging by the way Wolfwood snorts when he says it, he certainly wasn’t expecting to be called that at least. He appreciates Livio trying though, it’s cute. Hot stuff…

When he sees him coming in for a kiss, it’s one happily received. It’s actually a little thrilling, to have someone Livio’s size leaning over him like that. Like, he’s not (strictly) a bottom, but-

He reaches up to wrap his arms more fully around Livio’s neck again, kissing him slow and lazy. It’s nothing incredibly deep, but it’s not the chaste smooches from before. And if Livio suddenly feels Wolfwood’s tongue dart out for a taste of his lips, don’t worry about it.]

[livlaughlove]

[it feels... so nice, and deceptively peaceful, to be able to lie here with nick and laugh and kiss. it's almost enough for even livio's subconscious to forget they're trapped in a place that wants them to suffer. almost.

as it is, outwardly, he follows wolfwood's lead, keeping a relaxed pace. his lips willingly part at the slight prod, and an almost whiny sigh escapes at the same time. his fingers flex, tugging slightly at nick's hair before he eases them to massage at his scalp instead.]

[lupusxylem]

[Deceptively peaceful is right...though, it's not like they're in No Man's Land right now. They don't have to worry about Chapel, or the Eye. They don't have to worry about the orphanage being in danger, because it's not here. Maybe there's something to be said about not being home to know what's happening in their absence, if anything, but...Wolfwood can't say that's at the forefront of his mind currently.

For now, they're safe. Everything is okay. Nothing can get them in here, and even if it could, it wouldn't last long between the two of them.

It's nice to be able to just be. That's not a luxury either of them have been afforded since they were kids, which is why Wolfwood isn't rushing this. He's paying attention to Livio and his reactions, and judging by the sound he made just then? He's enjoying it, which is good.

Wolfwood, in contrast, groans at the slight tug to his hair. He likes that, thank you, more of that please. Maybe he'll try to encourage it by giving Livio's hair a slight tug of his own just before deepening the kiss proper the moment Livio allows it.]

[livlaughlove]

[livio doesn't stand a chance of maintaining any semblance of composure, between the noise wolfwood makes and the tug in his own hair. he moans openly into nick's mouth, then fears melting both of their faces off from how hot the immediate embarrassment makes him.

maybe it's enough to distract himself by complying with wolfwood's desires, reaching up to work a second hand into his hair and balling strands up in between his fists. still restrained, always far more gentle than he could be. his tongue prods the intrusion of nick's shyly. also as always, livio is slightly overwhelmed but desperately trying to keep pace with his beloved nicholas.]

[lupusxylem]

[Wolfwood's just fine with this much. He doesn't want to push too far, yet at the same time he's desperately hungry for more, now that he's been given a taste. And who can blame him, really? Especially with the knowledge that he can have this. That it's okay.

It's so freeing. A little overwhelming, too. But overall, just...

Wonderful.

He won't keep Livio pinned in the kiss for too long, at least. Just long enough to make it a proper make-out session before he pulls away with a soft sound, humming under his breath. God, that sound Livio just made...]

You're a good kisser.

[livlaughlove]

[who is keeping whomst pinned... this is the real question. livio just bats those lashes at wolfwood and stares, dazed and smitten, at him from above once the kiss ends. it takes him a few seconds to process the words and formulate a response.]

... I am?

You are.

[lupusxylem]

I'm only so good as the person I'm kissin'.

[He chuckles as he says this, pulling his fingers again through the back of Livio's hair.]

You gonna keep growin' this out? I'm gonna need a little more to grab onto, I think.

[livlaughlove]

[livio tries so hard to keep the sound in his throat a hum and not let it grow any deeper. he deserves praise. his hair is decent by now, just at his shoulders when down, but... god.]

Yeah. Yeah, as long as y'want it, darlin'.