OFA: In the library

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Nikola is getting rusty.

But he has a good enough memory that despite the fact that it's been a good twenty years since he sat down at a piano, he's doing a fairly decent job of making his way through Au Claire de la Lune.

He doesn't play well, but he plays with great expression.

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"I was thinking best that's ever had me," Will rephrases, moving his fingers slowly as the feeling returns to them. Everything tingles, even his ears. "I'm an idiot for holding out."

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"No argument there," Nikola says, grinning and stretching.

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"I guess that's what you learn from a century of experience," Will murmurs, resting his hands on his chest as he catches his breath. "Unless you've just always been that good." He wouldn't be surprised.

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"Not quite that good," Nikola says. "But I like to think there was at least a little natural talent involved."

As he speaks, he reaches over to trail his fingers lightly along Will's skin, over his stomach and chest.

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Will watches his fingers and then turns his head towards Nikola, fascinated. "How do you, that spark thing," he says softly. "You have full control over it?"

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"For the most part," Nikola says. "There's a limit to how much electricity I can produce, but the control I have over what I can produce is extensive."

There are, of course, moments when his control slips, but they're rare.

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"I'd say," Will agrees, still fascinated by the bursts of electricity and the tingling aftermath in his skin. The sexual side of it is probably jut a useful bonus. "And that just came with the source blood?"

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"It did," Nikola says. "Though, as with all of us, the Source merely activated dormant genes."

He smirks. "Do you always interrogate your partners post coitus?"

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"No, I--" Will scratches his head and leans back on the pillow sheepishly. "Sorry. I might, actually. I don't mean to be noisy, it's just an incredible kind of thing. Most of my partners don't-" he corrects, "-I guess I don't stick around that long."

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Nikola chuckles at that. "I wouldn't have pegged you for a one night stand sort of person."

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Will chuckles dryly. "I'm not, really. I-" he rolls his eyes up towards the ceiling. "I used to have nightmares. Didn't really make me the best company. It was easier to just get myself out of the way."

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"I see," Nikola says, arching an eyebrow. "So it was out of consideration for the other person that you skipped out on the afterglow."

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"Sort of," he sighs, it makes him sound like a jerk. "If I fell asleep next to someone, I'd wake up screaming. They're sympathetic a few times, then I just started feeling like a jerk."

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"Understandable," Nikola says. He's never suffered from nightmares himself, but he is a very light sleeper.

"Do you still have them?"

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"Not anymore," Will sighs in relief. "Joined up, met the big guy, I guess I just got better."

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"Good," Nikola says. "Otherwise, I'd have to kick you out."

As it is, he seems ill-inclined to do that, just settles in comfortably next to Will.

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"And ruin the afterglow?" Will retorts lightly. He'd deserve it. Being held is amazingly relaxing.

"And you always sleep well."

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"I don't have nightmares," Nikola agrees.

Which is not the same thing, really.

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"Do you sleep as little as Magnus does?" Will wonders.

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"I'm not sure how much Helen sleeps," Nikola says.

He's very good at dodging questions.

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"Neither much nor particularly deeply," Will elaborates and runs his fingers along Nikola's arm. "I've been wondering if it's a 'source-blood' abnormal thing."

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"I think that's mostly a case of Helen worrying too much."

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"Weight of the world," Will shrugs a little. "How do you avoid it? Feeling like you're responsible for everything."

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"It's quite simple really," Nikola says. "I know that I'm not."

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Will smiles a little. "That must be nice. Certainly easier to live with."