Atem dropped off into sleep quickly. He was looking forward to seeing Seth.

Seth was waiting impatiently, and quickly entered his dreams, and wrapped his arms around Atem without precursor, breathing in his scent deeply. It was nice ot smell things, especially Atem, again...

Atem blinked when he felt those warm arms about him. he relaxed back against the other. "What is it?" he asked softly as he closed his eyes

"I've missed you," Seth said simply.

"I missed you too." He turned around and looked up at him with a soft smile. He still wasn't totally over what had happened -the light that used to be present in his eyes was still dim but not as dim as before.

Sethsmiled a little and traced a finger down hisface for a moment before he let him go. "Actually, I've missed being around... It's nice to be seen..."

He smiled a little "I've missed being able to see you and you being around too, my love." He reached his finger up and caressed his cheek.

Seth let out a breath that wasn't supposed to be a sigh, but kind of was, and closed his eyes, reveling in just the sensation of being felt and being able to feel.

"What's wrong?" He asked softly. "Something is troubling you."

"I miss being alive," he said simply.

"Do you want to pass on? I know it must be hard to see everyone else living..." he hugged him

"No... Not until you do. I won't leave you."

He smiled. "I like having you here...but what can I do to make you feel better?"

"Nothing," Seth said simply. "It isn't bad. I just realize sometimes that I miss being able ot feel things..." He drew his hand through Atem's hair. "Or smell, or taste... or be seen. On hte whole, it isn't unpleasant, though."

"You're being a bit contraditory my love. You say it doesn't bother you but at the same time it does." He looked at him in concern. "What can I do?"

Heshook his head. "Truly, nothing. I would rather be dead and stay with you than live without you, and passing on is neither of those..." honestly, he didn't rememebr what it had been like being dead before. But it couldn't have been that wonderful if he was back.

He frowned and then just held him. "I wish I could do something to help you as you've helped me."

"Helping you did help me," Seth told him. "I'm glad you've resolved ot live on and try to be the man you once were..."

"So you read what I wrote?" he smiled a little

"I am always with you," Seth reminded him. "And you said that you knew I would." He glanced around. "Areyou wanting to dream of anything in particular?

"I meant every word that I said." He held his hands and looked up at him with a smile. "What do you wish me to dream of?"

"You should dream of the future," Seth said. "What we would have had... How you saw us."

"The future? Something we'll never have?" He didn't know if he wanted to do that

"I was curios how you thought we would be..."

He smiled a little. "As you wish."

"Thank you." It would give him something ot think about as he follwoedAtem around during the day, at least.  He looked at the void around them, expecting to see something forming soon.

Atem closed his eyes a moment and the void vanished from around them. Sun was shining through large picture windows. There was the sound of water and it was warm. He had always dreamed of having a nice place like this in Egypt. Something large enough to be worthy of the two of them, yet not too over the top. He opened his eyes and looked at Seth with a smile.

Seth returned it in the bare way he usually smiled and took his hand idly, walking down the hall to explore around them. "It's a nice place... I can afoord a house like this?" He still wants clear on how much money he had. "Well, you, now, I suppose..."

"Maybe I'll work on going about making this place a reality when I go to Egypt." he whispered. Everything in the house was perfect of course. The walls were Egyptian reliefs that Atem had done himself. There were windows and balconies everywhere. It was almost palace like...and it overlooked the Nile.

"I a wonderful place..." He heard a clankling noise and followed it.

Atem followed Seth and smiled.

The stepped into the kitchen. There,Seth saw... himself, cooking neatly, smiling slightly as he busied hismelf with making breakfast. The light outside the window looked like early dawn, but his dream-self seemed wide awake. perky, even, for him.

"Why do you always picture me without clothes on?" Seth asked Atem, noting that his dream-self was naked. Not that it was probably entirely unrealistic.

He gave a chuckle. "I don't know. Maybe because you hardly ever wore them before so why should you in my dreams." He smiled as he watched the dream version hard at work.

Seth watched as his dream self happily cooked, laying things neatly on a a set of lotus-printed plates, and on a tray, which he painstakingly decorated with a small flower in a carved vase. After one last look to make sure it was all perfect, he happily picked it up and daintily carried it away; Seth followed in itnerest.

the dream Seth silently pushed pen a door, opening onto a bedroom with the same painted walls and teh early sunlight streaming through their large windows, thorugh sheer curtains. Seth could appreciate the decorating, at least. The dream of him sethe tray carefully aside, as a version of Bitey lifted his head and gwowed sleepily, from wher ehe had apparently been resting on Atem's sleeping lap, and (dream) Seth shushed him and then leaned over to kiss Atem in his sleep.

The pharaoh was sleeping contently, his slender form outline by the soft linen blankets over him. There was a smile on his lips and he didn't even seem to notice Bitey or perhaps this version of hismelf had gotten used to it over time. The kiss elicited a soft moan and violet eyes opened, a smile instantly coming to his face. "Hello love." Then he pulled him down and kissed him deeper than before.

Seth kissed him back, then pulled back with a smile. "Surprise," he said, turnign and setting hte tray over Atem's lap. "Breakfast." He sat sideways on hte edge of hte bed beside him.

He pharaoh blinked and smiled warmly. He shoved Bitey off his lap then and looked down at the food. "Why do I deserve this, love?" He looked over at him and brushed his fingers over the ring on his lvoer's finger gently

"Does tehre have ot be a reason to pamper you?" the dream Seth asked, and smiled again, lifting his hand with Atem's fingers caught in his grasp, kissing his knuckles.

"Your dream of me seems quite..." Set hlooked to find a word, still holding Atem's hand lightly but not acting as though he noticed he was doign so. "Emotional?" That didn't quite cover it... "...Happy?"

"I would like you to be happy. I would like to think I could make you happy...get you to come out of your shell over time..." He sighed a little. "though I love you just as you are all the same." He watched their dream selves again and felt a slight ache in his heart -this was never going to happen for them. "I enjoy being pampered." His other self intoned and he smiled as he looked at Seth kissing his knuckles. Then he pulled him down for another deep kiss.

Dream Seth honeslty didn't seem to mind it. Real Seth fell silentit didn't look liek they were going ot get to beakfast anytime soon, but they didn't seem to mind.

The kiss ended and the pharaoh looked down at the food. "So what have you made for me today?" Atem watched them and smiled a little...so that was what happiness was like

"Several things..." Seth wrapped an arm around his lover, his fingers twirling absently the ring e wore. "Including waffles, snce i know m husband liks them so much..."

Seth blinked, startled. "Husband, Atem?"

The pharaoh smiled. "Waffles are nice." He kissed him once more.

Atem looked over at Seth and nodded. "I....was going to ask you to marry me......." his voice trailed off. "the ring I put on your finger...should be familiar to you."

Seth kissed him back, then tossed a couple links of sausages off the plate, where Bitey happily scarfed them up. He cut and stuck a fork into a bite of food and held it toward Atem's lips, sitting as close to him as he could without being in his lap, looking supremely comfortable there.

"...You were...?" Seth asked, and drew closer toteh scene, inspecting the ring he wore. "...it's the one from Khemet..."

Smiling up at his 'consort' "You take such good care of my, love." He opened his mouth and took the piece of waffle into it with an even wider smile. "Perfect as always."

"Yes..." he said softly.

"I did make them," Seth pointed out immodestly, and chased the waffle with a light kiss. "Not that you need to e taken care of..."

"...I'm even more sorry now..." Seth murmured, and returned to wrap his arms around him.

"Don't be sorry." He held him tightly. "Someday...someday we'll get it right..."

"No I don't need anyone to take care of me, but it's nice to be taken care of by you all the same, my love." He took the fork and cut off a piece of waffle and held it up to his love.

"We were close this time." He watched the scene unfold.

"So very close." He laced his fingers with Seth's then and looked up at him. "Maybe in the next life we'll be able to have this."

Seth took the wafflebit quickly, and rested his head briefly against Atem's shoulder.

He chuckled. "What is it my love?" He brushed a hand through Seth's hair

"I'll do everything in my power to make it so... Yo want me to act this way...?" It seemed odd, to see himself acting so... happy.

"Absolutely nothing," Seth said contentedly, perfectly happy and unworried by anything. "The new drapes should be here today... I hope they get it right this time. I'd hateto have to send them back again."

"I would like you to be happy and feel comfortable showing that emotion." He whispered.

"I hope so too. The last things they sent us were horrid. And not fitting at all." He sat up a bit more and kissed him again wrapping his arm around his waist and pulling him closer

"............" Seth nearly argued, but in the end kept his peace. After all... logically... there was nothing wrong with being happy... though somehow hte idea made him vaguely uncomfortable.

"I do accept you the way you are....were....though my love." He whispered and leaned up and kissed him gently

"You're teasing me," Seth accused. "But it's true. They didn't match the decor... I very clearly told them I wanted an Egyptian pattern, and what they sent was obviously Babylonian..."

"They were morons, clearly." His hands wandered over Seth's body, breakfast of the food type nearly forgotten.

Seth kissed him back lightly. "I know. You just wish I were happy." ....Yes, still strange to consider...

(( Seth and Atem like having waffles for breakfast ^^ ))

(And lunch and dinner XD)

(( and snacks throughout hte day... ))

(XD)

(anytime is waffle-time)

"Yes...I suppose I'm being a little too idealistic in this dream but it's my dream so suck it up love." He teased. Gods it felt nice not having that heavy burden on his shoulders....

"Obviously," Seth agreed, oblivious ot the idea that he might still have been being mocked. He very carefully slid back from Atem for a moment, setting the food aside so that it wouldnt' spill on their clean comforter and bedroom, and then leaned back over to kiss Atem soundly.

"'Suck it up'?" Seth echoed.

"Accept it." he said with a small smile.

He watched the food leave and he smiled a bit then looked at him "No more waffles?"

"I accept your highly idealistic dream, I suppose... The fact that Bitey is behaving is proofof hte unrealistic nature..."

"I thought you were more interested in something else..." Seth drew his fingers down Atem's chest lightly.

Atem frowned. "I suppose...." he was rather enjoying the dream though maybe it was a bit over the top.

"You maybe?"

"That's an idea..." Set kissed him again.

"Mmmmm a good idea." He kissed him back and pulled him on top of him. "Oh look you're on top what will you do?" He smirked playfully

Seth actually was, a bit, though seeing himself act like that kind of made him twitch. And of course while they weren't loking Bitey stood up and promptly devoured the rest of hteir breakfast, though his dream self didn't seem to notice, and so maybe it wasn't entirely unrealistic...

"Seme," Seth said simply,. and quite seriously.

Atem smiled a bit as he watched.

Atem chuckled a bit. "Really?"

"Maybe not... but I could, you know. Don't doubt me." He kissed Atem, straddling his lap and shoving hte covers down.

The pharaoh laughed a bit. "you really are not the seme type, my love....leave that to the experts."

"I could be if I wanted to." He could do anything he wanted to, after all. Of course. "I simply prefer to let you continue to pleasure me with your greater experience..."

"Keep dreaming Seth." The pharaoh laughed and pulled him down for a kiss.

Atem smiled a little as he watched them. Part of him ached for something like this....and ge lowered his head a bit before resting it on Seth's shoulders. "It would be humorous to see you as seme." he mussed a little. "Not that I've made all that great of one so far...."

"You don't think I could seme?" Seth sounded affronted. "I would make a great seme."

"Keep dreaming Seth." He said with a chuckle...

Seth said nothing, effecting a tactical withdrawal from the argument. His hands ran lightly down Atem's chest, resting on his hips.

"I could," he denied. I simply... well, what he said."

"Giving up already?" He smiled up at him

Atem smiled a little. "We coul've been so happy..."

"Not giving up," Seth denied. "Why would I give up? I'm right."

"Yes, I think we could have..." He wrapped his arms around him.

"You are?" He smiled at him a bit

"Why did things have to go so wrong?"

"Of course I am."

"Prove it." he dared him

"Because we weren'tmeant to have morethan we did, apparently... At least we hadthat much."

He sighed.

"Too bad for you, now I don't feel like it.I suppose you'll just have ot fuck me like normal..."

Seth wrapped his arms around him tightly. "You canstill be happy... and if you're happy, I'll be happy."

The pharaoh chuckled and pulled the other close. "I love it when you act like that and then just tell me to fuck you like normal. It's cute." He then kissed him deeply

"I know. I just wish....we could be together again. I miss the constant contact..."

"I'm not cute," Seth denied, simultaneously, both dream and real Seth, who had obviously still been paying attention. Then he blinked in surprise, and made a face.

"You're sexy actually, my love." both versions of Atem intoned.

"Thank you," Seths replied, placated. Then Seth scowled at his copy ande decided to shut up so that this wouldnt' keep happening. HE didn't like thinking that that emotional person was even remotely in character for him...

"I love how sexy you are. It turns me on and makes me hard, my love." He said seductively.

"Mm... given my seat, I can tell..."

Atem blinked at his dream self....he had been thinking something similar.....and the thought had scared him.

"Indeed. You probably like it all hard and throbing against you like that

"It makes me shivere in anticipation," he said candidly.

"Atem?" Seth asked, noting something inhis demeanor.

"Huh?" he blinked at the other.

"Does it?"

"You seemed like something was wrong."

"Can't you tell? I'm positively flamingwith desire."

"No...it's just odd I guess...." he didn't elaborate on what was odd though

"Are you now?"

"What is?"

"Absolutely."

"How will I ever put out those flames?" He grabbed him and pulled him close kissing him deeply as his fingers gripped Seth's ass hard.

"It's nothing." He smiled a little

Seth moaned a little and kissed him back. "I doubt you can. Around you, I tend ot always be flaming..."

Seth's hand trailed slowly through Atem's hair, but he said nothing.

"Really?" his pharaoh smiled a bit.

Atem blinked a little and then chuckled as he turned off those feelings. That was jsut too weird

"What's so funny?" Seth asked, again in conjunction with his dream self, and glared at him(self) again. Damnit, stop copying!

"It's nothing my love." they both said softly and then both Atems kissed their respective Seth's gently

And both Seths responded immediately, one pullign Atem close, the other pressing against him.

Both Atems pressed forward a bit deepening the kiss a bit more

Real Seth was mildly surprised, and barely kept himself from hesitating before he responded. Dream Seth,ofcourse, had no compuctions about replying immediately in kind.

Atem was the one to pull back. He looked at Seth and then away. "I'm sorry...I don't think either of us are ready for something like this...." how could his body possibly yern for something like this after what happened....

"how badly do you want me today my love? Enough for a quickly before the curtain people show up?"

Seth toyed with Atem's hair. "I understand... You shouldn't feel bad for it..." because he would only imagine that not wanting sexwas going ot make Atem feel bad and disoriented, given that wasa very major partof whatthey used to do...

"If you think you can be quick enough... Othewise, we should wait until they're gone for an extended session... If yu think you can survive another three hours?"

"I don't even think we could do somthing like that here...." He sighed a bit.

"I can be quick and very thurough. I thought you would know that by now."

"Just making sure youcould be quick now." He raised an eyebrow. "Are yo waiting for something?"

"It's a dream..." Seth said thoughtfully, ore caught up in the idea than what Atem was actually talking about. "I imagine we could..." pure academic interest there.

He wrestled his lover down on the bed taking a position over him and he leaned down and took him into his mouth suddenly.

"You really think we could...."

"I see no reason why we shouldnt' be able to..."

He was silent

Seth was surprised, mostly because he had expected Atem to jump right in; he figured their banter was foreplay enough. Apparently not.

Seth blinked as he realized what he was saying, and that it had somethign ot do with serious issues, and frowned. "I'm sorry."

He kept sucking on him intently. He pondered his next course of action.

"Are you ready for somthing like that?" he asked softly...."I mean....if it could be done....." he had no clue what he was asking

Seth was staring at their (mirrored) ceiling, admiring the lines of Atem's back, breathingquicklyand forcing hismelf not to otherwise react.

That was a good question... and one Seth actually thought about before replying to. "I think so..." he finally said. He didn't have to pretend that he had always been ready, at least... Atem knew what had happened.

Atem's violet eyes flicked towards the clock and he smiled a little...that curtain appoint would be anytime now...He dragged his tongue along the underside of the shaft and then he tended to just the tip...as the doorbell rang.

"But....wouldn't it just make things worse?"

"It helped me, both other times..." Damn it, how had Atem gotten him to talk about this? He shook his head. "I'm not like you, though. You should wait until youare ready."

"But..." He didn't know what he wanted and was a bit confused as to how it had helped Seth...

...Damnit! Seth glared a moment, then shoved at Atem with his foot. "We'll have to continue this later..."

Seth shook his head again. "It's all right."

The pharaoh removed his mouth slowly flicking his tongue over the top. He knew Seth would be very hot and bothered the rest of the day untill he could finishe what they had started.

Atem leaned in once more and kissed Seth.

"I'll pay you back for this..." Seth promised, grabbing a long skirt from teh closet ot dress, though it did little to hide his 'problem',without some major readjustments.

Seth kissed him back, hands resting lightly on his arms.

"I look forward to that, my love." He leaned back in the bed then. "While you take care of that I'm going to finish breakfast...." he noticed the missing food and the content dragon..."Or maybe not...I think I'll just rest then. COme back to me when you're done."

He wans't sure where this was leading too or how he could even think about this after everything. He was sure he would hurt the other somehow...but he pressed onwards his hand resting on Seth's cheek lightly

Seth kissed him back a moment before he pulled away. "Do you want to, Atem? If so, I can."

"All right. And you aren't to leave... the finished product is tto be a surprise. understand?"

"Do you want to? I mean...it won't freak you out or anything?" He was more concerned about Seth then himself

"Mmmmmm." Atem rolled over and fell asleep

Seth watched him a moment, smiling, then disappeared from the room.

"No, it won't freak me out.... not badly... it's always hard at first, but it's the only way I've found to get over it, is to go through it..." He frowned as he once again thought about what he was saying. "But you aren't erady, are you?"

The pharaoh rolled over and snuggled down in the blankets.

Atem wans't sure if he would ever be ready bt he would never know if he didn't try....He looked at Seth and smiled a little. "I'm willing to try if you are."

Seth hesitated a moment, then nodded. this would... possibly... help Atem, after all, and he wanted Atem to be back to normal...

Atem leaned in hesitantly and kissed his lover.

The pharaoh on the bed rolled over and blinked. There was something going on...he almost felt like he was being watched. Then he looked right at where Atem and Seth were and he blinked...another him...and another Seth? What the hell?

Seth kissed him back, after a moment moving to sit on the bed. It wasn't like the dream people knew they were here, anyway, and it was Atem's dream... they were entitled to use it. He didn't notice the pharaoh there, holding Atem's hand and pulling him close.

Atem continued the kiss not really paying attention to what was going on he was trying to focus just on Seth...and knowing it was Seth...

The pharaoh blinked at them and smiled a little.

Seth lightly pulled him closer, not being forceful at all but encouraging him.

Atem kept kissing him his hand trailing through Seth's hair lightly. A soft moan escaped his lips.

He kept watching wondering about this...maybe he had been dreaming....he reached out and touched Seth's arm lightly and then he looked at this other person who looked like him...intersting

Seth shivered and gasped at the feel of the hand in his hair, closing his eyes lightly. It wasn't his hands, but it was close... Then his eyes snapped open and he looked in surprise at het dream pharah, who was looking at them. ...?!

Atem blinked at Seth and then he noticed what his lover was looking at. He didn't know what to say or do. "Um....do you think he...sees us?"

"He just touched me, I think that's a good indication he does..."

The pharaoh blinked. His dreams didn't usually act like this. "Why are you two here? And why do you look like us?" He asked softly. Normally, in his dreams there were a plethora of Seths not of himself....

Atem didn't know what to think.

"...It's a dream, of course," Seth said after a moment. Which was entirely true... just not how it sounded. Actually, this might turn out to his advantage...

"...It's a dream, of course," Seth said after a moment. Which was entirely true... just not how it sounded. Actually, this might turn out to his advantage...

"Intersting." the pharaoh pulled Seth close to him and kissed him. Atem blinked not sure of what to do

Seth froze, startled. Okay... how did he react to this? This was Atem but... not Atem...

"What's wrong?" the pharaoh asked

Atem narrowed his eyes a bit and then pulled his Seth closer to him. "He's mine you have your own."

Seth blinked. "...Let's not argue..." he suggested, since he got het distinct feelign he was aboutto be pulled in half, which was kind of a warm fuzzy feeling, if he thought about it. "...Share."

"Share!? No!?" the two said simotaniously and then they both glared at the other

Seth blinkblinked. "...I don't want you to fight over me. Either share or noone getsanything."

"He's a fiesty one." the pharaoh intoned and Atem growled. "And he's mine damnit!" He pulled Seth to him.

Then both Atem's jumped on the bed and tackled him down.

Seth erked and was promtply plastered to teh bed. "Gettoff!"

"What's wrong Seth?" Atem said...and then was echoed by his twin. The dream pharaoh then leaned down and kissed Seth as he pushed Atem back on the floor.,

Seth honestly did not know which Atem was which at this point, though one of them was clothed and one wasn't. He just kissed back, mildly overwhelmed. there was ntohing wrong - he'd just been crowded and surprised.

Atem growled as sat up from the floor. He then pushed his dream-self out of the way and started to kiss Seth in stead

Seth didn't mnd. He kissed him back as readily as he had the other. of course, he was half-sure he had hte pharaoh, right now, but it didn't much matter... it was Atem, right? And this was Atem's deam.

The dream pharaoh then sat up and watched them with a smirk. "Hot." he commented

...Seth couldn't help but agree.

Atem blinked when he heard the other and he turned and narrowed his eyes at him. The pharaoh smirked and then crawled towards them his hand slipped up Seth's skirt and stroking him suddenly. Atem contented himself with kissing his lvoer

Mm, this was getting back to how his dreams liek this were supposed ot go... Seth moaned a little into the kiss, runnign his hands along Atem1's arms, pressing toward Atem2's hand.

Atem pulled away from the kiss and blinked at what his dream self was doing. He narrowed his eyes and pushed him away, taking Seth's mass into his own hands. the pharaoh narrowed his eyes and then leaned in and kissed Atem....

Seth watched with interest. Ooh... He had never paired the Atems in his dreams together, because honestly he couldnt' see any version of Atem being uke,...

Atem pushed his dreamself away and narrowed his eyes on him. Then his head disappeared beneath Seth's robes as he started to suck him. The pharaoh, that being his dream self only chuckled and then leaned in to kiss Seth

Seth kissed him back, moaning a little into his, unthinkingly caressing his arms once more.

Atem's mouth worked over Seth's length intently. As the dream pharaoh deepened the kiss on Seth's lips

Seth moaned again, one hand trailing down ot Atem's hair, the other o nthe pahraoh's shoulder.

Atem deep throated Seth then and buzzed on him gently. He moaned as he worked this was rather exciting...his dream self continued to kiss Seth slipping his tonhgue into his moth

Seth let out a loud moan,arching up toward him, his hand burying in the pharaoh hair to kiss him harder.

Atem plunged his mouth down on his lover. His dream self pulled out of the kiss and caressed Seth's cheek gently

Seth's vision blurred a little and he arched up, panting. "Atem..."

The pharaoh placed his lips on Seth's neck and started to suck on his tender flesh. Atem pulled his mouth slowly off his priest dragging his tongue and teeth along it slowly.

Seth gasped again, eyes focused on some opint on the ceiling. This wasn't bad... not at all...

Lips flinted across Seth's neck and collar bone as Atem's mouth bore down on him quickly now wanting him to come for him

Seth arched up again, hands digging into the sheets. He gave a choked cry as he struggled against it and lost, coming finally.

Atem smiled as he ran his tongue over Seth once more. Then he sat up and smiled a bit. He watched his mirror image a moment and arched an eyebrow....it was hot to watch,

Seth panted as he relaxed. "Atem... Which one is you?"

Atem narrowed his eyes on his other self and then slapped him to the floor. He smiled at Seth. "Me..." the dream pharaoh blinked as he sat up

Seth smiled a little, too tired ot laugh, but otherwise he might have. "Possessive much?"

"All the time..." both of them said and Atem glared a little.

"Heh..." That was about hte closest he could get. "You should dream about this more often, and invitte me to watch..."

"....." Atem didn't know what to say but his other self smiled and leaned in to kiss Seth deeply.

Seth kissed back, getting a little more energy up. Mm, kissing...

Atem blinked and watched a moment. Then he sighed a bit. "Do you really like this dream Seth?" he asked softly as his other self moved a little and then vanished from sight

Seth blinked as hte pharaoh vanished. Apparently the one who said he was his Atem really was... "...Why would I not?" he asked. It was nice ot be wanted and faught over...

He chuckled and smiled warmly. "I suppose I can see why you would like it...."

Seth pulled Atem close to him. "I lost track of which of you was real," he said, and kissed him lightly.

"Should I be insulted? Or honored?" he smiled and kissed him back

"Why would you be insulted?" Seth asked. "He was you as well. The way you saw yourself in the future, if I remember correctly..."

"Maybe you're becoming who youwant to be."

He smiled a little. "Maybe I am." he rested his head in the crook of Seth's neck and closed his eyes. "But...what good will it do really? I mean I won't have you like I want...."

"Perhaps not, but I will still be here with you... and it will make me happy to know that you have become what you wanted. And as long as you can be him in your dreams..." His fingers trailed along Atem's side.

"I suppose."

"There is always a point to living. you just have to find a reason..." He looked at his hand, and hte ring materialized there." I think my favorite part of that was when you bitchslapped your dream self."

He smiled a little and took Seth's hand in his own and looked at the ring. "So you like me hitting on myself huh?"

"Over me."

He smiled. "You are <i>mine</i> Seth and not even my dream self can have you."

Seth smiled a little back at him. "I liek hearing that."

"Do you?" He kissed hs neck. "Do you like hearing that I love you?"

"Mm... yes, and all variations thereof..."

"Really?" He smiled and toyed with the ring lightly.

"Yes... that you want me, desire me, that I am yours, that no one else may have me...Asai said, all variants." He closed is fingers around Atem's.

"How about. That I want to make mad love to you. That I like being inside you...and I just want to fuck you? those are all similar terms of endearment right?"

"More or less, though you amye be missing hte point slightly..."

He chuckled softly. "I'm not missing the point my love." He closed his eyes and just sat there with the other. "Gods I love you some much, my love, my priest....my consort."

Seth smiled."I love you too... my pharaoh..." he ran his fingers through his hair. "Actually, I do like hearing those things quite a lot..."

"Do you?" He smiled. "I like hearing the words from you as well..."

he let himself keep smiling. "Atem..." he murmured. "You are wonderful. I love having you inside me, making me yours..."

"Mmmm." then he sighed a little sadly. "I'm going to have to leave soon my love...."

"Iknow," Seth said. "You needto rest, and then you need to wake... But I will be with you the whole time."

"I know."

He sighed slightly and kissed his forehead. "Rest well, my love..." he murmured, and slowly disappeared.

"I will, my love." he said softly as he slipped away into a more restful sleep.