Kid!Verse

[lovely_ambition]

Galahad: 9

o Galahad arrives at the garrison.

Galahad: 11
Gawain: 13

o Galahad begins spending his nights in Gawain’s bed.

Galahad: 13
Gawain: 15

o Galahad begins to go through puberty.

o Those early days, adjusting to the smell of Galahad, the feel of him that change from child into the teen he wants. Galahad’s breath drifting over his hair, pushing the curls around his ear and just...so wrapped in Gawain so unintentionally, but Gawain not wanting to let go. They should have a drowsy, awkward conversation one morning before any of the "Do you like me?" stuff starts. Galahad’s eyes still closed, still clutching to Gawain’s waist, Gawain prompting this sincere and huge smile from Galahad and Gawain just falls hard right there, leaning in to kiss him and at the last minute, pressing the kiss to his forehead. The next night, Galahad starts his rocking and gets so aroused when Galahad starts moaning in his sleep. The first morning after Galahad admits he's been dreaming of Gawain, and Gawain’s hand just...strokes up his inner thigh, up and down continuously for about 30 minutes; Gawain whispering: 'you're mine now.'

Galahad: 14
Gawain: 16

o Galahad has his first wet dream while in bed with Gawain.

o When Galahad first starts going through puberty and Gawain starts realizing he wants Galahad and Gawain having to explain what's happening: "no, that's normal, Galahad." while keeping his newfound lust in check. Galahad: "so you've had this problem when sleeping?" Gawain trying to dissuade Galahad from sleeping in his bed and Galahad’s first wet dream when in bed with Gawain. Galahad biting his lip, all flushed and pretty, waking up all embarrassed and Gawain just with his grin and his: "What'd you think of?" and Galahad admitting quietly and embarrassed: "You." Gawain’s lust starts going into overdrive. Galahad just wants the weirdness to go away. There should definitely be a moment of whispers and half-lidded eyes and near-kiss, waking up in the middle of the night, Galahad clinging to Gawain and all whispering and: "I had another dream of you." Gawain making him describe it. Galahad biting his lip and about to explain, but just gasps loudly as Gawain rocks against him. as Galahad describes what he did, Gawain tries to replicate it, Galahad all panting and: "I thought...you were supposed to do this...with women!" Gawain just pausing all "you want me to stop, then?" a moment's hesitation before Galahad is all: “NO! Don't DARE!” and then it just slows and stops when Galahad looks Gawain in the eyes, all: "Then you kissed me." but Gawain doesn't want that then, wants it to mean something, to surprise Galahad. Gawain all wrapping his arms possessively around Galahad, all: "You stay with me from now on. Every night."

o Galahad and Gawain’s first kiss. Galahad believes it’s against a wall outside, Gawain knows it’s in bed when Galahad was half-asleep.

o Puberty scenes for the boys, with little beard hairs; absent touching that never quite leads anywhere, but works them up. Galahad so determined that he's straight and Tristan is all: *snort* right. He kind of nudges and gently informs Gawain about this 'challenge', because he knows Galahad sleeps with Gawain at night. Gawain just all completely worked up from not getting anywhere and also, because Galahad sleeps with him at night. They start up the touching, but before they even go anywhere, Galahad always falls asleep, exhausted from all the training and Gawain just gets off, glaring at Galahad, barking his frustration. Gawain in conversation trying to lead him on, all: "Have you ever had any sexual dreams about other men, Galahad?" and weaseling out of Galahad that he has dreams about Gawain. First, Galahad doesn't want to admit it, but Gawain would have heard him in his sleep, talking a bit and that first night Gawain hears his name between Galahad’s moans. Galahad denying fervently, flushing so hard and Gawain just plainly goes "I heard you, Galahad." his hand just grasping onto Galahad’s cock, stroking gently. Galahad still trying to deny, panting and gasping and moaning. Gawain kind of sing-song whispering, "Tell me that you dream of me" and just brushes his fingers over the light teensy beard-hairs, but Galahad’s still all shy and embarrassed that night so he just curls into Gawain’s embrace and falls asleep, not answering. Gawain is getting frustrated beyond belief (emotionally and sexually).

o In the stables, Gawain poking Galahad hard in the chest, forcing him to stagger back: "Do. You. Want. Me. Or. Not?" and Galahad doesn’t answer until they're in bed again. Galahad slips into bed, but this time causes a bit more friction with the hips than usual and Gawain thinks he's just imagining it because he wants it and he's not going to the whores, he wants it from Galahad. They fall asleep again, but this time, in the morning, Galahad wakes up on top of Gawain, sprawled completely and Gawain wraps his arms around him, won't let Galahad get up, smirking all mischievously and evilly. Galahad groggily awakes, Gawain just evenly and quietly whispering to Galahad: "You're hard right now. Were you dreaming of me?" and Galahad not completely awake yet, just agreeing with small groans, burrowing deeper into Gawain before really realizing what's going on, Gawain spider-walking his fingers up Galahad’s legs starting just below the knee and walking slowly up the inner thigh and up past the tunic, just whispering playfully the whole time: "I didn't do this in your dream, now did I? Or were you doing something to me? Anyone else make an appearance?" Galahad can't decide if he wants to get out of bed or stay there, still all whimpery and unsure, but he rolls onto his back, Gawain wastes no time straddling him. Galahad confused and going: 'what're you doing?' Gawain grinning, all: "Now I know you're interested. Now it'll get interesting." and Galahad is squirming and trying to get out from under Gawain (but not wholeheartedly), and that just adds to the friction. Gawain just growls, going: "Not. Yet. I have a plan for you now." intending to make Galahad beg for it. Galahad just staring up with wide, wide eyes. In training the next day, Gawain coming up behind Galahad, wrapping his arms around his hips to walk him through the move, whispering in a growly, sex-voice all the things he wants to do to Galahad. Galahad just stumbles through the move, swallowing hard, and then, when he tries to get friction, Gawain just backs off, all: “Nuh uh.” He gets Tristan to help him in training, Tristan gets all: "Hmm, should work on knots. Gawain, tie Galahad up" Galahad just sits up, going: “WHAT!? No!”

o The wake-up blowjob; a two hour event of learning everything, going multiple times with the exploring and a few hours of Galahad telling Gawain not to do a thing, just let him try anything he wants to Gawain, slapping away Gawain’s hands when he tries to start something. Gawain just like, "can I at least touch your hair?" running through the curls again and again, tugging lightly to let Galahad know when he's doing something good; the curls fitting so perfectly around his fingers as he pets. Galahad doing a full body perusal of Gawain with his mouth; starts at the feet and works up, taking his sweet time, then: "Turn over, Gawain. Your back is jealous" and repeating the process; Gawain just moaning and panting all pleased as Galahad does this, Galahad completely memorizing Gawain’s body as he does that for hours. After, Gawain is just so sated and lying back and grinning and nearly worn out: "How did I live without you before?" "With your hand, possibly?" "I'll trade it for your mouth". They go five minutes and then Gawain tugs Galahad under the covers again, Gawain just taking his sweet time fucking Galahad again and again and again; Galahad all sweaty and hair damp and sticky and his mouth just always open, his fingers lazily trailing down Gawain’s cheek, his chest as he lets out tiny moans. Galahad getting up, thinking he'll get food and next thing he knows, Gawain is pinning him to the wall, tearing the hell out of his lower lip with his teeth until it bleeds, but Gawain just licks it up in such a sloppy way too, licking it up and shoving his tongue down Galahad’s throat as he slowly gets Galahad’s legs around his hips and fucks him against the wall.

o Teasing, teasing licks at the head, Gawain still asleep with those tiny, pleased groans, awaking slowly, not realizing what's going on just yet, only that he likes it, slowly waking up, all: Hmm, don't remember bringing a girl home last night, his eyes fluttering open to the sight of Galahad’s curls and his lips, parted and wet and his hips just thrust up at the sight of that alone and then Arthur or someone just...interrupts them. Something’s always interrupting, and Gawain goes obsessive with Galahad’s mouth, kissing and trying to guide him lower, Galahad’s all: "Um, no. Want to kiss you right now" and then mornings later, Galahad remembering how well Gawain responded to being woken up last time. Barricades the door. Galahad running his fingers through the tiny tendrils of chest hair growing on Gawain’s chest before just...oh lord, spending so much time teasing the head of Gawain’s cock, Gawain waking up to that warmth, trying to sit up, and Galahad’s hands forcing him *down*, easing off and just licking down the length so slow and in a big show and Gawain just completely breathless, can't even ask Galahad what he's doing, trying to speak but he just can't: "I...I, Gal…Oh...gods...I, what...*MOAN*" Galahad sneaks his fingers just lower, teasing around the opening, all his pressure of his lips and tongue around the head for more sensation and just...lord, making Gawain cry out LOUD. Also, first time blow job, Gawain’s just like "you don't have to, but if you really, really want to, here, do this-" Galahad eases off, all raising his eyebrow and takes the time to lick up Gawain’s neck to growl in his ear: "Are you implying I don't know how to use my mouth?" and Gawain like, completely speechless in the implications.

o Right at the start when he's just teasing and then he starts, and Gawain just...writhes and his back arches and he's just...gasping with: "Gala...oh...for...GALAHAD!" and Galahad just finishing and licking his lips, happy and amused at Gawain, Gawain cuffing him upside the head, all: "If you could DO that, you TELL me!" and Galahad with his coy grin. "Make me." Galahad just all completely evil and teasing Gawain and Gawain just growling: Not. Funny. He should totally go to a whore and be all: “Here. Money. Teach me how to be better with my mouth.” and then rimming Gawain when he's done with that. Gawain just all "how... how?" and another blowjob, but this time, oh, tongue-tricks, Gawain trying to get it out of him, snooping around, finding out that Galahad spent about three weeks learning things and one night, just pins Galahad down all "Show me. Everything." Galahad all: "Okay. Where's my money?" with this shit-eating grin. in the future then when they have to explain things to Tris and Gawain is just all: "Your Father is...GOOD." Galahad with a smug grin.

o Gawain just starts fixating on parted, wet lips at dinner, drinking…people having to knock him out of it and Gawain’s totally leaning in for kisses 24/7 to the point where Lancelot threatens him if he does it again in public, like, this default of falling into Galahad and kissing him and this point where everyone totally KNOWS Galahad and Gawain are in love, but it's never spoken aloud. They don't even realize they're doing it, so in love and acting it, all curled into each other, all paying attention only to each other, Galahad with half-lidded eyes as Gawain feeds him fruit and Arthur snapping at them to stop because it's distracting them from their fighting. They totally pick up where they left off post-movieness after a while, all: "No fighting now. We can go back to that."

o Gawain with his growly sexed-up self at puberty. He grows out of his boyish tunic, so he gives it to Galahad: "This can't hurt! Here, Galahad, have my tunic" soon later, Galahad starts wearing it, right around his puberty. That period of time for Arthur with Lancelot, Tristan, Gawain, and Galahad all in the midst of puberty and each of them are being so sex-driven. Lancelot flirting with everyone, Galahad trying to sleep with everyone using his coy, innocent act, Tristan’s just...manipulating in his flirting, picking someone and seducing her/him until they break and beg and Gawain’s totally more one-track minded, just "want sex now" Arthur, just with his head in his hands as Lancelot flirts with him and Galahad goes all touchy-feely on him, he just snaps: "Not. Me." Galahad pouts and heads off for someone else, and Lancelot goes to Vanora.

o Galahad and Gawain running into each other in the middle of one of their heated sex-needing moments. (literally running into each other) and Tristan totally slept with Arthur before Lancelot got a chance. Tristan and Lancelot grow out of it, Lancelot settles with Arthur a bit, but Gawain and gala had? Still in it, but it's still so misdirected and trouble-causy! Gawain starts noticing that the tunic he gave Galahad is showing off some...interesting things; taking to just staring at his legs, distractedly replying if someone's talking to him and all Gawain can remember are those nights when Galahad would sneak into his bed. Tristan talking to the oblivious Gawain, trying to smack him upside the head, saying everything except: "Go sleep with him! He wants it!"

o Their first kiss at 14 and Gawain bites his lip so hard it bleeds and Galahad bites him back. Gawain’s just all: "You...devil!" and kisses him harder. Galahad has the tiniest scar off his lip that Gawain can only see like, right up close and he's so proud of it. In the future, Tris totally keeps catching them in compromising positions, all "...dad?" Galahad just tearing himself away, panting hard, sweetly: "Yes Tris?"

o Puberty waking up: Galahad denying his feelings for Gawain, nights and nights of Galahad burrowing so close to Gawain in his sleep and Gawain wakes up before him, and with the dreams, Gawain waking up with his hand tucked under the tunic, just resting on the inner thigh, so close. Gawain gets off on hearing Galahad moan, just...wishes desperately that he could stroke himself. This desperate kiss in the middle of sleeping, Galahad not even awake, but no matter how much he denies it during the day, he always, always winds up in Gawain’s bed that night. It’s becoming less about protection and more about desire. He keeps trying to keep the time they're in bed normal, because he hates being proved wrong. It becomes a game between them, Gawain trying to get Galahad to admit his feelings for him and Galahad trying so hard to deny them. Gawain’s triumph when he hears Galahad moan his name, taking advantage of Galahad being half-asleep. Spider-walking his fingers up the tunic, and Galahad’s encouraging grunts and moans, not realizing who it is. Gawain’s hand going up the tunic, like, the lightest touch up Galahad’s inner thigh that has him shivering a bit and he's encouraging it and not waking up and Gawain knows he's winning. Gawain just pressing his face into Galahad’s neck and inhaling his scent deeply, wanting so badly, shifting until it's not his fingers up the tunic…it's his mouth and tongue. That’s when Galahad wakes up and Gawain just gets so frustrated that there's the big confrontation in bed one night with the: "Stop pretending you don't want me, and stop teasing me and let me have you, Galahad, damn it. I'll treat you well and I want you badly and I know that you want it. I hear you at night. I feel you in the morning. Damn it, Galahad, let me have you." not really saying anything more, but after their first time, all outside in spring rain and with the tunic (and Gawain totally thought it'd be this one-off, few times thing) he gets so attached, drunkenly confessing after a few months of that to someone that he thinks he's in love with Galahad (which is something not even Galahad finds out for like...15 years) He tells Vanora and Vanora’s all slipping him drinks and concernedly sitting there with him as Gawain mumbles on and on, clearly infatuated and in love with Galahad.

o The year period after, where he really comes into his age and maturity and growth, everything hitting him at once, just as Gawain’s slept with him once and keeps wanting more and by the time Galahad is about 16 or so, Gawain’s just absolutely smitten, completely taken and completely taken back by how well Galahad grew up like, he was cute and wanted before, but now, Gawain is in lust and love. He scares other people off from even socializing with Galahad, possessive in the worst form; trying to scare Tristan off, but Tristan wont even acknowledge it. Tristan trying to pick up Galahad, all: "If he wears the skirt, he's going to get me leering at him" "Tunic. TUNIC." Gawain growling and wrapping one arm around Galahad’s waist possessively, the other up the tunic.

o Tris’ mother: Gawain and Galahad both slept with her, but they did it together, threesome because there's the confusion of whose it is and Galahad and Gawain are just kinda all: “*cough* yeah, together, both of us. Same time.”


Galahad: 15
Gawain: 17

o Galahad slipping into Gawain’s bed, kissing and nuzzling his neck and pleading all of 15 years old, lil boy, but Gawain is all: “Our first time won't be here. It'll be outside.”

o They have sex for the first time, outside in the spring rain atop a crate in the spring.

o Galahad spends two weeks on a mission with Tristan and casually comments: "Tristan, you wouldn't, oh...want to teach me anything?" this secretive little fling that Galahad's just using to get better and Tristan uses for satisfaction. An off-hand comment to Gawain about Tris: "you know, technically, I could sort of be his mother!" and Gawain just groaning, all: "I know I say you're a woman sometimes. I don't mean it literally." Gawain doesn't really mind, because Galahad’s becoming like...sex-master and only Gawain gets to experience all of it and Galahad does it all just to please him and Gawain just stops Galahad outside, tugs him around an alley, just goes: "...wake me up once a week with a blowjob. Don’t care when. I promise I'll make it worth your while."

o The first voyeuristic wank: Gawain stumbling in, eyes wide and just breathing all heavy; Galahad with his legs spread, hand shoved up the tunic and Gawain goes all possessive on him. Galahad in the room wanking, while Gawain’s been out at the tavern in Gawain’s room, no less and Gawain stumbles in, and is about to go back out, when Galahad opens his eyes, still wanking away, "no, stay. Watch." Gawain inches away from Galahad, standing and watching, Galahad’s free hand wrapped around one of Gawain’s shirts, pressing it to his face and taking deep drags of breaths. Gawain so lusty and: "let me touch you" all hoarse, Galahad just panting "not...yet" slowly taking the tunic off, lying back on the bed for Gawain to watch: "Galahad...Galahad, don't ever, ever, ever let anyone else touch you" and Galahad just arching his back as he climaxes and Gawain pounces on him. Gawain: "more sex now?" Galahad all, "of course"

o Galahad making Gawain wank for him, whispering in his ear, sitting propped up on the bed, Gawain a foot away, never touching and eyes all wide: "Gawain. Slower. Spread your fingers...slower. Slow-er." Gawain sobbing all "I can't go slower, i have to-" Galahad just grinning with such interest, leaning forward: "Slower strokes, Gawain, massage in a circle around the head" in a whisper, Galahad just totally relishing the control heavy breathing with his power. Gawain tries to speed up and Galahad threatens to tie Gawain’s hands up. Galahad: "You go slow and you stay slow" Gawain all: "And why should I listen to you?" Galahad: "because you do this, or I go back to my own bed right now. Or I go back to someone else's bed" Galahad just pure evil at the moment, getting off on it. Gawain pauses and just...slows and Galahad leans down and breathes right on Gawain’s hand, circling and circling and just inches closer and starts kissing him all hard; segueing right from wanking to blowjob and Galahad poking his curl-tousled head out from Gawain’s blankets in the morning, yawning and grinning and pawing at Gawain all: "Morning. More sex?" then the last day with the touching and the closeness and the possessiveness and the: "you're mine now" Galahad curling into Gawain like a cat and Gawain being all protective of him; them just leaving the room and Tristan just snarking: "They're alive" Galahad’s more confident than he's ever been, flirting with everyone; Gawain can't decide whether he's amused or annoyed at it and then realizes he just wants him.

o Gawain has a neck/jaw fixation. Galahad and Gawain having two weeks of super-insane sex-driven horniness where Gawain keeps tugging Galahad back for more, and Galahad begs for more when Gawain begins to tire. It can be when they first start sleeping together; exploration phase with hormones and teen testosterone with Galahad all "show me how to do that again!" Gawain marveling: "Your...neck. Oh, gods, your neck," and making so many marks; they’ve both got tousled hair and ruffled blankets and still no beards. Galahad all bright eyed and eager to learn and moaning and: "Do that...do that again...with the...”

o The transition during the teens of Gawain coaxing Galahad to sleep naked. It takes like, a week, then...the FRICTION when they wake up and the easy access! That’s when Galahad does the wake up blowjob because Gawain’s right there, and naked. Galahad just cushioned in against Gawain’s bare chest to sleep.


Galahad: 16
Gawain: 18

o Galahad starts upon his sexing it up to learn things for Gawain. Galahad coming back from the mission with Tristan, just sitting in Gawain’s room, one candle all half-lidded and lusty and waiting, biting and sucking on his finger, all: "Gawain, when you said I should be yours..." Gawain just all staring at the finger and the sucking and the halted speech, the: "I...Galahad, you know...I...I want you. I want you to be mine." and Galahad, "how long?" Gawain can't give a clear answer: "We...we can...one day at a time, Galahad"

o Them getting all cracked on some plant Tristan gets them to, I don’t know, smell/smoke/taste, like weed. Tristan wouldn't change, Galahad giggles and Gawain mellows out. Tristan giving it to them, knowing full well the effects. Just smirking, all: "It helps your body relax" and Galahad kinda just collapses all over Gawain’s lap pawing and touching: "Gawain...your...face...your HAIR!" He develops a fascination with Gawain’s hair and just strokes Gawain’s hair/scalp. Tristan all fascinated and thinking: “Mm, want both of them.” Galahad in Gawain’s lap, the stroking of Gawain’s hair just starts going lower and lower and lower and lower t’il his hand is in Gawain’s lap in FRONT of Tristan, but through the cloth still and Gawain’s too high to really encourage Galahad, just sits back and lets him do what he wants. Tristan taking advantage of the moment, shifts and shifts and shifts until he's close enough on the bench to be able to scoop Galahad into his lap. Galahad all off-kilter and craning his neck up at Tristan, wide-eyed and: "Hi!" so eager and bright-eyed and in Tristan’s lap now, and Gawain is literally like, a foot in front of him. On the bench, playing with him like a ragdoll. Gawain tugging him back forward, into straddling, steals a kiss, all: "My pretty swollen red-lipped man" Tristan tugging him back: "My pretty thigh-blessed boy for the night" Galahad all "why can't you share?" biting his finger, oral fixation boy. Tristan and Gawain share a growly look. Galahad gets up clumsily. "I will toddle off to Lancelot if I have to" Lancelot all open arms. Galahad: "He's bendy!" Gawain: "how do you know that?" goes into Lancelot’s arms, turns around, Lancelot just grinning as he shoves a hand up Galahad’s tunic. Arthur walking in on them all "what is going ON?" Galahad giggling: "He's bendy because he told me so and showed me so" Lancelot all: "Can I keep him? Please? I'll be good" nipping on Galahad’s neck to all their jealousy: “I'll be VERY good.” Arthur and Gawain just exchanging an angry look. Arthur: "you get Galahad off Lancelot. I'll give you a week off training. BOTH of you" Gawain just: "fine, but Lancelot is the one ON my Galahad" Galahad and Lancelot all distracted, his hand roving up the tunic until Gawain forcibly removes Lancelot’s hand and pulls Galahad away and Arthur tugging at Lancelot’s hair. They both just whimper.

o Gawain and Galahad have possessive sex. Gawain makes marks, saying "mine". "Don't you dare, dare, DARE every go to Lancelot for ANYTHING" Galahad all shocked at how fierce and possessive Gawain is and the. "Ga…wain...how'd you...how do you...DO THAT?" with yelpy shrieks and moans. Gawain grinning and pleased with how much he can make Galahad react. Galahad all "you MUST teach me that. I'll shorten my tunic for you if you do" someone knocking on the door. Galahad: "BUSY!" in a strangled voice. A pause. Then Tristan going: "Galahad, try your tongue where your fingers usually go" this other pause as Gawain and Galahad stare at each other, and Galahad just sinks down lower and lower, but not a blowjob, just shoves his tongue inside Gawain, and Galahad’s already good with his tongue. Gawain’s all: “You don't have to...oh. OH. OH...GODS” his mouth just dropping open so much and just writhing and just finishing up and Gawain just breathing so hard and shaking his head "h-h-how are you so good at that?" Galahad coming up with this please smile, licking his lips: "remember how I take so long to eat and drink? I enjoy things with my mouth and my tongue"

o Arthur separating them during training; Gawain leaning in for a kiss, and Arthur pushing them in separate directions, one hand on each of them. A romantic dinner they plan, which all the other knights crash; Bors just picking the food off Gawain’s plate and Tristan smirking. Galahad just sulking and drinking; Tristan picking off Galahad’s plate. Gawain having to chase down Galahad after with, "you know, it really was the thought." about to say they love each other aloud, but instead, they just have this kiss.


Galahad: 17
Gawain: 19
Tristan: 20
Lancelot: 21

o Woman arrives at the garrison (of very ill repute with men) with a baby in her arms. Lancelot, Tristan, Gawain, and Galahad all just freeze because there's an equal chance that one of them is the father. She leaves the baby with them for a while, while she looks into going back to her village. They have no idea who the father is.

o Lancelot hates the thing. It irritates him, he's uncomfortable around it, and so Arthur has help whenever it's Lancelot’s turn to take care.

o Gawain just gets frustrated and gives up a lot. He and Lancelot bitch about the child.

o Tristan gives affection like the hawk, but when others are around, he goes mechanical. Gawain rolls his eyes: "We saw you being affectionate. Give it up,” the baby tugging at his hair and cooing.

o Galahad's completely entranced by the baby, wraps him in his own cloak and walks around the garrison singing to him.

o Gawain and Lancelot start freaking out because both Arthur and Galahad have expressed interest in the baby.

o Galahad’s has the baby in his arms, wrapped in his cloak. He’s swaying and Gawain just quietly sneaks up behind him, wrapping his arms around Galahad's waist and resting his chin on his shoulder as the baby tugs at his hair and Gawain sways them both as he quietly asks: "You like these things, then?" Galahad just looks down, all amazed and enchanted by this baby, going: "I've always wanted a younger brother" and Gawain just sweats relief.

o Gawain just starts finding Galahad caring for the baby inexplicably turning him on so Galahad winds up being unable to be with the baby for more than five minutes before Gawain pounces.

o The mother comes back, and after piecing things together, realizes the kid is Tristan's, but Tristan knows he can't raise the baby so he has this melancholy parting with the both of them.

o Gawain has an actual moment of realization along the way where some pretty, pretty girl propositions him and he realizes he doesn't want to.

Galahad: 20
Gawain: 22

o Vanora gives birth to another child. Gawain starts to really panic, because Galahad's not so much talking about how much he wants a younger brother when he cradles the baby and sings to it. Instead, he's saying: "I'd want a son this handsome." So Gawain is just like: ‘damn it, he wants kids’ and Galahad’s just getting more fatherly urges as he grows up, but he still wants Gawain.

Galahad: 23
Gawain: 25
Tris: 5

o The mother's dying and wants Tristan to raise this kid (who's five), but they're all: “Um, *cough* about that...” Guinevere and Arthur have Lucan as their surrogate kid.

o Gawain and Galahad totally have to be forcibly dragged out of their room when Tris arrives for they are in the middle of steamy, post-wedding sex that neither of them wants to admit it's because they're totally re-invigorated, poking out from the bed sheets, hair tousled and panting and: "Again?" "Why not?"

o Arthur walking in on their sex, seeing the writhing blankets and just turns away. Galahad stopping, he's horizontal on the bed, pops out, his hair mussed and his cheeks flushed. "Sorry. Forgot to lock it. What did you want?" and Gawain continues under the blanket: "S'okay, not my commander. I can do whatever." Galahad: "Gawain stop, Arthur wants a word" "Then let him speak." Galahad just trying hard not to moan, pausing between words, and flushed cheeks so bad.. Arthur just staying turned away all: 'this is not happening' climaxing with Arthur in the room and Arthur all: "You two have to lock your door. There's a child around." "Bors' brats know better than to come here." "New child. Tristan's boy. Don't you remember?" and Gawain all: "How could I forget? Galahad practically attached him to his hip."

o Galahad should be coming from hot Gawain sex when he first meets Tris, so he's in a good mood, plays with this kid for an hour or so, pokes his nose and then grins and heads off, planning for his night of hot Gawain sex, leading to the inevitable Lucan going: "’kay, so apparently, Galahad’s not so bad." He would get the story of how Galahad loved Tris when he was a baby, through Gawain’s bitching about it and Tris is all wide-eyed and: "Really?" picking Galahad in his head already. Galahad and Gawain miss tons of the meetings in favour of sex; lots of hot sex, showing up late all flushed and grinning. Guinevere just shaking her head, Arthur clearing his throat nervously and Gawain just gives Galahad a pat on the arse in the meeting. Arthur resorting to the tried and true method of separating them physically; done it for 10 years. Galahad pouts while Tris just watches with wide eyes. Arthur gets distracted and when he looks again, Galahad’s in Gawain’s lap. At the meeting, with Galahad in Gawain’s lap, just nibbling on his shoulder, Arthur gets Bors to help him forcibly pick up Galahad and put him and Gawain at separate ends of the table: "Discussion now. You can fondle later." "Later and in private."

o The night before Galahad takes Tris as his own, he and Gawain have bittersweet angsty sex. Gawain: "You're making a mistake" and Galahad whispering back, "Tristan said you were a mistake for me." and the angry, "Tristan is dead!" "His son isn't! He'll be my son. Raise him with me, Gawain!" "...I can't do that." so there's cause for Galahad to angst out.

o Bors and Vanora get married too. Gawain and Galahad are just grumpy that time though and they don't admit to anyone that it's because they can't and then they have bitter 'what if' kind of sex, whispered and serious and: "But Gawain, I mean...if I were a wom..." "I'd have married you ten years ago. Shut up." Bors and Vanora’s wedding: "We're getting married. Vanora wants you two to be the bridesmaids." They stick around after the wedding t’il night, with the stars in the sky and total sex under the stars there. They totally go overtime with romance after this just because they can’t get married. Gawain having Tris do cute things for Galahad; Tris sitting quiet on the bed waiting for Galahad to wake up to take him to whatever Gawain has planned and he's so patient because he's Tristan’s kid (all cross-legged and watching Galahad). Galahad groggily waking up, all disoriented. Of course, it must once more get to the point of Arthur intervention, all: "Is this some mid-life worry? You two are going too far with this." Gawain smirking; "Guinevere yelled at him" and Arthur all: "Everyone knows...we know about you two, we know what you have. You can stop." Galahad just snaps: "You got to get married. Vanora and Bors got to marry. We don't." all cross and sulking and angry, Gawain just tiredly there and then Arthur leaves and Galahad starts bitching out Gawain, all worked up and angry, winds up his rant and just tackles Gawain to the bed.

o Post-Badon hill, they just spend a week in bed before Tris shows up. Gawain stocks up on food and every time Galahad tries to get up, Gawain just tugs him back into the warmth and the blankets and the embrace because they'll be recuperating from the battle and Gawain is all: “not letting you out of my SIGHT” because Lancelot is gone, and so is Tristan and they're the last couple from the old days left. Galahad soaking in the warmth of Gawain’s chest, heavy sleepy breathing.

o Also, for Tris, when he first arrives and they have to decide what to do with him (figuring out who he's going to stay with) and Bors is all: “Give him to Gawain, he's already raised one.” Gawain is all kind of relieved, because Galahad seems passive. Galahad is all fawning and cute alone with him. Galahad privately dressing Tris up for winter and for a group meeting, when he's wee, and Tris is getting attached to him and they still have no place for him, but he's literally sitting on Galahad’s hip when they go in and Gawain pales, but still no connection to; 'I’ll take him' that goes on for a bit, that confusion; discussions at the round table, with Guinevere just sitting there and snarking about how ill-equipped the men are to deal with Tris. Gawain being unable to find Galahad because Galahad keeps sneaking off to put Tris on a pony and to play with him.

o Gawain completely has to adjust to this, completely objects for a while and Tris and Galahad being inseparable, making Gawain jealous and the moment Gawain starts softening up is when he sees Tris in Galahad’s lap, Galahad reading him something and Tris just falling off to sleep slowly, cuddling in, and the warm look on Galahad’s face, Gawain grudgingly giving in. Galahad making Tris laugh, all childish giggles. Bors and Arthur and Guinevere and Vanora (and Gawain even) just completely surprised by how good Galahad is with the kid. Bors and Guinevere snarking together all: "Didn't think a child could raise another child." Guinevere baiting Galahad about the kid and Lucan’s just watching, all passive and interested. She’s snide and "how do you expect to raise him. He’d have no mother!" Guinevere snapping at Galahad with private things that Arthur’s told her that she shouldn't know and Gawain steps in now, all pissy. Arthur stepping in to stop them all, but Guinevere and Galahad keep bickering. Gawain forcing Galahad to leave as they're still trading insults to the point where Arthur and Gawain have to hold them back, Lucan just standing protectively over Tris and Galahad just bitching all the time whenever he can about Guinevere.

o Lucan watching over Tris ala Galahad and Gawain, all: "I’ll show you how it goes around here" and Tris all quiet and shy and Gawain realizing that Galahad is all distant and Galahad starts meeting with Arthur privately, discussing taking Tris and then Tris getting clingy to Galahad and dependant on Lucan.

o The chaos as the kid shows up, Guinevere and Arthur just married, Galahad and Gawain at first not giving a shit, totally thinking Vanora or Guinevere will just snatch up the kid. Then they have the meeting about him with the shouting and the loud and the anger where Guinevere makes some snide comment about how Galahad couldn't do it even if wanted, just offhand, getting him all stubborn. The Lucan and Tris stuff; Tris should meet Galahad, have a cute hour or so and so he forces Lucan to find out more about him. Lucan all: "...why! He’s just...Galahad." dismissive and snarky: "Wouldn't you rather know more about Gawain? Gawain is the BEST! He has really neat hair and his axe is just like Dagonet’s!" and Tris all "who's Dag'nay?" "Friend of your father's." and then the graves, then Tris all confessing that everyone's all strange and no one even talks to him, "cept you and Gal’had" Lucan all shrugging and: "’spose I could find out stuff." Lucan talks to Gawain so he comes away with all this glowing, happy, noble stuff, so it's like, Gawain’s fault that Tris chooses Galahad.

o The arrival and Lucan showing around and Tris asking about everything and everyone and you get Lucan’s perspective. Tris still has no home, poor wee boy. Lucan going: "Guinevere is...she's okay, I suppose. I don't think the others like her so much." Lucan pointing out Guinevere and Galahad, all "they fight all the time", and you see them arguing with Arthur and Gawain just watching on edge and Tris asking in a small voice: "Who's going to take me?" Galahad and him stumble into their father-son relationship; while he has no place to go, Galahad winds up the one to have to take care of him for an afternoon or something and Lucan hasn't said much about Galahad other than, "He fights with Guinevere all the time and Gawain always follows him around lots and lots" Galahad just wipes Tris’ runny nose, finds him clothes for their daily meeting about Tris’ fate, Tris starts getting clingy and in the meeting, while they fight again, Tris just speaks up quietly, whispering to Lucan announcing in this whispery voice that he wants to go home with Galahad. Lucan all "...Galahad?" and Gawain hears that (but is the only one to hear it) and comes over, crouching down in front of Tris, going: "Tell me," all gently, worried for his and Galahad’s relationship. Tris steps in and whispers into Gawain’s ear. Gawain standing up and looking at Galahad as the room goes quiet and everyone stops arguing. Guinevere snorting when Gawain says Tris chose Galahad. Gawain quietly going "He wants you." and that sets them off again. She shuts up when Tris just makes his way over to Galahad's legs and tugs on the tunic, looking up with wide eyes and Galahad just picks him up swiftly and rests him on his hip. Gawain is too shocked to say anything. They have this fight outside after with Tris still on Galahad’s hip, Gawain just utterly objecting to this for weeks and weeks, but he warms up to Tris slowly.

o Though Galahad and Gawain were clearly doing it during their service, really, wouldn't everyone just expect them to move on after? They would be expected to find women, settle down, etc.etc. Gawain’s bitching about Galahad taking the kid and Bors just shrugs, going: "Why would you care? Not like it affects you." like, even Bors and Dag had flings back when they were teens and stuff. The acceptable thing to do was to turn to each other. Gawain not even realizing he doesn't want to marry anymore and Galahad never really would have, once he was with Gawain. Gawain going deadly silent in the tavern and Bors just kind of going, "It...doesn't affect you, right? Because our duty's over. No more Romans. No more needing to turn to each other."

o When Tris is still figuring out what Gawain is to Galahad, there's this whole thing where Galahad pushes Gawain away in order to try and make Tris’ adjustment easier.

o Tris' perspective, hanging around the Wall with Lucan (still too early for attraction), going: "I wonder what they do alone." going to Bors & Vanora, and Guinevere & Arthur asking how come his father's not with a woman. No one knowing how to answer properly. Tris trying to set Galahad up on dates, using his cuteness and sniffling to get woman to go out with Galahad and Gawain is v. displeased with that.

o Tris, faking a wee-wound just to get Galahad’s attention off Gawain. They have a competition the beginning with sniffling and wide-eyes with tears to get Galahad’s attention and Gawain is totally all: “I cannot compete with that” so Gawain uses sex. Gawain shows up one night, intending to completely straddle Galahad and tease him finds Tris sitting there, wrapped in Gawain’s cloak, sniffling cuz he's cold. Gawain just glaring, grinding his teeth, but Galahad gives him secret sex during the day to keep them satisfied and the night he actually gets to have sex with Galahad, Tris gets sick and Gawain wakes up first and realizes the tears and pain is real, falls into paternal mode for the first time. One hand still draped over Galahad as he wraps the other around Tris' waist and scoots him closer and finally just sits up, turning all his attention to Tris (sitting him on his knee), one hand to his forehead, worried and: "What's wrong?" usually Tris will immediately ask for Galahad, but this time, it's just, "Don't feel good," with lotsa snifflies. Galahad waking up in the midst of the commotion, kinda undressed, sitting down beside Tris after he dresses, Tris just clutching to him as he sweats and has wide-pained eyes and Gawain just strokes Tris' back.

o The conversation in which Galahad and Gawain explain what they are to each other to Tris, back together and back into infatuation: "see, Galahad is like your mum, and I’m like a dad..." Galahad just glares: "He calls me Father. That makes you the mother" and Gawain ending seriously with Tris in Galahad’s lap and Gawain just taps Tris’ nose, all: "Now, stop setting your father up on dates with women" and the first kiss in front of Tris, just leaning in for a quick peck over his head.

o That whole awkward transition time where they think they have to stop because they're supposed to be with women and then Tris and Gawain all grumpy and pouty and "I don't like it", but really he has no actual reason not to like it unless he admits he wants Galahad to himself. Realization: Tris going to Gawain and telling him how much he knows Galahad misses him although he doesn't say anything and Gawain being all touched by this kid he's supposed to dislike, then trying to fish out details like, "What's he doing? Has he said anything?" Galahad asking Tris what he did with Gawain. Tris and his wide, not-understanding eyes as he just tells everything and someone else has to slap sense into the both of them. Maybe Arthur, because Galahad would just irritate Guinevere more. He kind of gets them together and quietly tells them about him and Lancelot, kind of hints at being all: "If he were still here, well..." and leaves Galahad and Gawain alone to talk. Gawain bitterly asking: "How's your child?" and Gawain can’t be angry at how Galahad gets when talking about Tris. His face just lights up, Gawain leaning closer and closer, omg, breathing in Galahad; Galahad just stopping, "Gawain, what are you doing?" and they're all close and whispering now. Galahad admitting that Tris has taken a liking to Gawain, and then you get bitter Galahad too wondering why Gawain hasn't gone back for his beautiful Sarmatian wife yet. They keep putting off going home to Sarmatia without realizing it, cause they don't want to leave each other. Something has to get all on Galahad’s face, like...just this tiny eyelash and Gawain leans in to brush it off.

o The big epiphany that they're staying for each other and the hookup! After a big public fight where they air all their grievances and deep down feelings in the middle of the tavern and they just pounce each other after. All the issues are in the open, all their feelings are out there (after a mission and a small skirmish) and they're just so desperate for sex too. Gawain’s issues about the kid and not wanting a wife and Galahad bitching that he never pushed Gawain out of his life; fumbling fingers trying to undress and touch each other and groping and kissing right there. Lucan sees and goes off to tell Tris what's going on and Tris completely doesn't understand and now there's all this shifting and poor kid is all unsure about the change because before, Gawain was just some guy he admired and now, he's completely a part of his life. Gawain and Tris are both awkward around each other and need Galahad around to smooth the way and Gawain marveling when he gets this up close view at how good Galahad is with the kid.

o Guinevere finding out; sneering and snide and mean about how they aren't normal, etc.etc. She’s talking to Gawain and in the background, Galahad and Tris and Lucan are totally playing tag, giggling. Galahad is so very ticklish, Lucan and Tris pouncing and tickling him and he's so ticklish and they get him on his back, and the tunic rides up, which Gawain just admires. Guinevere has to smack him to get his attention; Gawain didn't know Galahad was ticklish and now uses it to his evil advantage, tickling the inner thighs, moving the light motion into light strokes as Galahad gasps and breathes hard.

o The moving in together, when Tris stands there all confused, watching Gawain move his things in, going: "What's going on?” jealous of Gawain because Tris would be spending his nights cuddled up with Galahad. The first night Gawain is there, he comes in all wide-eyed and clutching his blanket and Galahad’s asleep but Gawain’s awake. Gawain’s confused, and Tris just whispers, "You're in my spot," Gawain childishly, "it was my spot long before you" Tris is confused about that. He just climbs in the middle, planting himself down and burrowing close to Galahad, making Gawain growl and that wakes Galahad up and he immediately cuddles up with Tris, pressing a kiss to his hair.

o He calls Gawain by his first name, but calls Galahad "Father/Dad"

o Galahad’s gone total father, going to raise the kid and Gawain is kind of going along grudgingly, but then Galahad catches Gawain telling the boy a story, the kid in his lap and falling asleep, clinging to Gawain’s clothes. Gawain just...hands off this sleeping kid to Galahad, all half-smiling and Galahad is just...so much in love with Gawain at that moment. They give him the room beside theirs and when he has bad dreams, he nestles up between them, clinging to Galahad all tightly, and Gawain just throws his arm over the both of them.

o Five-year old Tris curled up in Galahad’s arms, going: "I had a bad dream.” Gawain just watches them sleep one night, Galahad and Tris breathing in harmony, deep even breaths and Gawain just strokes Tris’ cheek and nuzzles into Galahad’s neck. Before this, they didn't room together and they have a big conversation while Tris is still asleep between them where they kind of realize they need to be living together, if only because they need/want each other. Tris waking up with a squeaky yawn and immediately latching himself onto Galahad with a tight clasp and Galahad just ruffling his hair and adjusting until Tris is sleeping in his lap, murmuring quietly, "Gawain, move in with me"

o Gawain making Galahad lie face down on the bed and massaging his thighs, wearing the tunic; then face up. Galahad just groans and Gawain stops, shifts, handjob.

o A birthday: Galahad all "tonight, do with me what you will." Gawain: "...anything?" slowly creeping up on Galahad in bed. A birthday right after Tris is old enough to not be sleeping with them every night, so sex alone is big to them. Gawain all grinning: "Okay. Can you get naked first?" Galahad starts, Gawain’s all: “No, no, no. Slower.” so eager, the both of them. Biting his lip. "Boots first. Slow" tossing the boots to the side, slow and hand on his belt. "Slow still?" Gawain biting his lip, tortured: 'Yes...slow.' trying to remember the last time they had sex. Always touching, but never getting anywhere. Galahad’s naked and Gawain just stares for a little and Galahad all "Gawain touch me already" his voice desperate. Gawain just shakes his head. "No. No, no, no. Not yet. Just...gods, Galahad, turn. Turn for me. It's my birthday, after all' Galahad turns and all and Gawain just blinks, all: "You've been training or...or...improving." just shaking his head constantly, all: "You've gotten better looking with age.... Your...arse...Galahad." and Galahad all: "Well? What's your birthday wish of me?" Gawain just searches and finds a few strips of leather, holding them up and grinning, all: "You're not going to touch me at all tonight" Galahad just staring as Gawain grabs him forcibly forward and shoves him to the bed, ties up the hands all swiftly. Gawain making sure the door is locked, growling and pouncing and straddling Galahad: "We haven't had sex in three WEEKS. I've gone INSANE." and "I’ve thought of you in so many different ways, how many times I could take you. Galahad, I spent two whole days thinking that I should take you in public in front of everyone. During meals, and training, and everything.” the whispering: "Happy birthday Gawain." pleased and thinking to himself: "gonna do this every year, gonna have you to myself for all the years" and their serious discussion after with the whispered: "Should we talk about...you know...future?" an early birthday of Gawain’s, with the: "So you are...you ARE moving in, right?" Galahad pouting. "Why aren't you moving into MY room?"

o Bors and Arthur helping them move their things while Vanora and Guinevere watch, all of them keeping their mouths shut for a while, but eventually they just start snarking. Guinevere still with the shock: “You're moving IN with him! This really isn't some one night stand?” Gawain and Galahad both just stop: "Arthur, does she know how long we've been doing this?" Arthur just coughs and looks down. Galahad wants the pleasure of telling her, delightedly all: "I'd say 15." Guinevere: "Fifteen what...weeks? Days?" Gawain grins at Galahad. "Years." Guinevere all speechless at that; doesn't think them able to do that. Galahad shyly grins. Guinevere just has to rethink them now, asking all these questions, shoos Arthur away: "Do you...do you celebrate birthdays? Have anniversaries? You're just moving in now? When did you first...kiss, sleep together, how do the two of you manage?" Galahad just winding up in Gawain’s lap with Gawain’s hand stroking Galahad’s thigh. Guinevere: "Don't you get BORED of each other?" and they totally both go silent. After that, like, weeks of inventive sex

o When Tris cuddles up to Galahad after a bad dream, Galahad just clings back, missing Gawain. Arthur kind of talks to Gawain, smoothing the way and Tris helps on his own too, by finding Gawain and Gawain being forced to take care of him until he can find Galahad. Tris quietly asking Gawain: "Why don't you like me?" and Gawain can't just say: "You take Galahad away from me.” Tris not understanding, but murmuring on about how Galahad misses Gawain and how that's all he talks about. Total divorcee type relationship in the early days. Galahad with Tris and Gawain has afternoons with him. Tris would be very clingy because he never knew Tristan and his mother died. Lucan having to sneak past Guinevere to see Tris too because Guinevere goes into haughty, 'you won't see that boy' mode.

Galahad: 24
Gawain: 26
Tris: 6


o Tris would have snuck into their bed; Gawain having to adjust. Gawain gets cranky because for like, days, it's all Tris (6 years old!) and he wants his Galahad sex. He reaches over for Galahad and gets Tris snoring in his ear and just this quiet whimper, and Gawain wakes up going: "I know you haven't made a noise like that in ten years." and Galahad all: “Shh! He’s sleeping!” with Tris cuddled in his arms and then Tris grasps Gawain’s thumb to suck on. Gawain just raising an eyebrow, all: “Hell. No.” Him finally getting somewhere with Galahad, only for Galahad to hear Tris cry out for him the next room over and Galahad goes running. Gawain confronts Galahad with: "you spoil him.” Galahad all: "Gawain, are you jealous that I spend more time with him than you?" and Gawain yelling: “YES!” so Galahad gets Vanora to watch Tris, picking him up like he does (Tris’ arms thrown around his neck, his lil legs wrapped around his body) and brings him to the tavern with the other kids, tells him to behave, and like, paying Vanora off. Galahad going back, all: "Don't bitch to me about not getting enough time."

o Tris sneaks into their room when he’s around six, and Gawain wakes first all groggy and puts a finger to his lips, all: “Shh” when he sees Galahad still asleep and just beckons Tris closer so they can whisper. Tris is sniffling and dressed in one of Gawain’s shirts, swimming in it. Gawain waking up and just placing his hands on Tris’ sides, all: 's'wrong?' and Tris is nearly in tears, murmuring: "I don't feel good.” Galahad rouses himself and immediately jumps into action, swooping him into his arms and Tris just wraps his arms around Galahad’s neck and holds on tight.

Galahad: 25
Gawain: 27
Tris: 7

o Galahad teaching Tris how to ride, sitting him on one of the pony's. “Father, why do you wear a skirt?" and Gawain answering for him "Because Gawain likes your Father’s skirt. Now, go play with Bors' brats" and days later, Tris all proud, wearing his own tunic and Gawain is just: Oh...no, no, no. NO son of mine,” so Galahad threatens to wear breeches if Tris can’t wear the tunic. Gawain snitting: "Fine. When he turns out just like you did, don't blame me."

o Gawain trains him, and Galahad teaches him how to ride. He wears tunics, but Gawain’s displeased with that. Galahad all disappointed when Tris takes to the axe more than the shield and bow.

o When Tris is young, shunning Bors’ children: "I don't like them. They're rude and mean and they fight" so Galahad shuffles him off with Lucan, thereby helping that pairing along. Their mischief; everyone assumes that it’s Galahad at first. Galahad’s all frustrated and "I'd at least like the pleasure of committing the trick if I'm going to be blamed for it!"

o Tris getting to see Gawain and Galahad in battle for the first time; him and Lucan hidden away, but able to see the fight, Lucan with an arm around him, protecting him and both their eyes all wide watching Gawain, Galahad, Arthur, Guinevere, and Bors in battle. Ending the battle with Galahad bitching at Guinevere for not watching his back. Gawain sneering at her too because he'd ordered it as well and the kids coming running out of their hiding places, Lucan going: “Teach me!” and Tris just clinging to Galahad’s leg. Lucan taking Tris to Dag’s grave one day and telling him that one day he wants to be able to fight with Dag’s axe and Tris at this point is all unsure about wanting to battle. Gawain muttering to Galahad, "you taught him to hate fighting as much as you do.” Galahad snapping back "of course I did." Tris gets jealous when Galahad helps Vanora with her youngest child. He’s so used to all Galahad’s attention and Gawain uses that time to sneak in some training. Galahad finds out and has a major bitchfit and Tris sees them really fight for the first time. Tris going to Vanora, all worried and still jealous that Galahad spends so much time with the kid and now afraid he caused this split between Galahad and Gawain. Watching in the distance with Lucan as Gawain and Galahad patch things up

o Galahad, Gawain and Tris go on a trip to go visit Galahad's family back in Sarmatia (Tris is seven and riding with Galahad) Galahad’s mother greets them, all surprised and: "Galahad, did you bring me a grandchild?" and Galahad’s all blushing and "He's the son of one of our fallen knights. I've been raising him as my own, with Gawain's aid." but never implying more than that. At night, with the fire, Tris in Galahad’s cloak and clinging to him and Galahad’s mother just takes Gawain aside, going "Let me look at you," all touching his face and looking him over and he's all hanging his head, and she's going: "The child calls Galahad his Father, but you've raised him too, haven't you?" Gawain all mumbling, "I objected to it at first." and his mother raising her eyebrow. "What changed?" Gawain just gives this small smile: "You've seen your son and Tris. How long do you think I could look at that without falling in love with the both of them, your son all over again and the child for the first time?" while Tris is still falling asleep in Galahad’s lap by the fire. Galahad’s mother inspecting Gawain and deciding if he's good enough. Gawain just all bashful for the moment and hanging his head, not expecting to pass the test. Gawain just watching completely enthralled, taking Tris to himself as he watches Galahad interact with his mother. He knows at that moment that he's never going to be with anyone else.

o When they go back to Sarmatia and Gawain’s got Tris and they watch Galahad interact with his mother, Gawain just quietly tells him: "You know how you have your father and myself here to raise you. Galahad didn't have a mother. He didn't have any family growing up." Tris’ eyes all wide. "And you?" Gawain ruefully going, "No. None of us had parents." Galahad just smiling bashfully and leaning into his mother's touch, acting all of 6 years old in her arms and Tris just cuddles up closer to them that night because none of them did have parents and now they all have children to look after.

o They go back and Bors starts accusing them of softening. Bors would start to get all gray haired and Gawain’s got ‘em too, and Galahad delights in pointing them out. Bors completely accusing them of softening and they both protest, but then Tris stumbles along with a cut or something and they both go coddling.

o Some herb that Bors, Arthur and Gawain get their hands on it during one scouting mission puts their lust into overdrive, and if Tristan were around, he'd know and warn them, but Tristan’s gone! Over-sexed Gawain, wanting Galahad-sex whenever he can. After the first three or four times, Galahad’s just all "...I love you, but dammit, Gawain I need rest." and Gawain just growls, more turned on now because Galahad said "I love you" to the point where Galahad starts wearing breeches and then Gawain pouts all childishly. Galahad slowly turns it into a challenge, all: “Hmm…he thinks he can outlast me, we'll see.” like, this sex-challenge. Long after it wears off for Bors and Arthur, Gawain and Galahad are still going at it and Guinevere is not pissy for a long time after it, all she needed were a few good shags until she finds out that Arthur’s stopped, but Gawain is still going and getting kinda romantic with it too. Guinevere is jealous and Arthur goes to Gawain all "can you not do that in front of her?" Gawain just shrugs and tongues Galahad right there, giving Galahad a certain type of flower, smirking and going: "Follow the trail of these. Good surprise at the end." Bors and Arthur pissed off at Gawain and Galahad because Vanora and Guinevere are both bitching and: "Why can't you two be more like them?" and Guinevere wanting to know why Gawain remains so sexed up and Arthur isn't. Arthur just tiredly going: "It's been this way since Gawain was 15." Galahad talking about Lucan and Tris sharing a bed: 'It's okay, I'm sure he has good intentions. Just like you!" and Gawain just looks away, trying to act nonchalant. Galahad’s suspicious: "Gawain?" "Yes?" "When did your intentions turn not pure?" Gawain shifty eyed and mumbling; Galahad’s head in his hands. "Don't say 13, don't say 13." and Gawain is all: "Not 13." and admitting "12, maybe? You were growing into some v. nice muscles then. I just wanted to feel them!" while Galahad’s all outraged and then Gawain going, "Why are you mad, I've wanted your body for about 20 years now. Shouldn't you be happy?" Galahad just sulks and then he realizes: “Wait a minute. Tris is 14 and in bed with Lucan”, but doesn't say it aloud so before he can go to check, Gawain just growls and pulls him back down and in for nostalgia-sex.

o A year of them going through this romantic phase, indulging in schmoop and that kind of thing in this turn of a phase with dinners and flowers and candlelight right around the time they're just falling in love with each other in the deep love sense. Perfect little role models for Tris (for that year) bringing each other drinks and lap-sitting and Galahad singing in the tavern and tons of physical proximity.