Kid!Verse: 3/3

[lovely_ambition]

Galahad: 36
Gawain: 38
Tris: 19
Gareth: 9

o Galahad’s mother, older now and seeing Gareth just does this double-take, all: "Galahad, he's nearly the image of you" and: "You had another child! And look at Tris!" and him all blushing. Gawain meets Galahad’s sisters, the ones he might have had to sleep with, she winds up having this huge crush on Gawain and she's just like Galahad, only a girl. Gawain’s frightened by it, really.

o Vanora planting Gareth atop a table to sing and recite things, teaching him all her songs and he's such a little extrovert; sings them all so charmingly and makes everyone fall in love with him.

o Now and then, Gawain works Galahad up so much they have rough sex, pushing him just far enough to get the sex. Galahad catches on after like, three years, catching himself before he yells, all: "We've had this argument. And…you're not angry" "No, I am angry. Grrr. You just can't tell." with little hand motions. Galahad just raising an eyebrow and goes: "You don’t have to fight with me to get sex, I can always just talk to Guinevere and come back." Gawain grabs his hand: "Great, let's go do that"

o Gawain would have such ecstatic glee when Gareth came to live with them. Galahad all feeling left out that time around and a little resentful. Tris and Galahad bitching about how precious wee Gareth gets all of Gawain’s attention and happiness. Then there should be a huge Lucan & Tris breakup right around then with Gawain and Galahad taking sides and Tris admitting to Galahad, all snarly and pained "Lucan was the one I loved. I ... I wanted to be with him! He wanted to run off and have affairs with women." Gawain all: “So he panicked! Why not?” and Galahad just narrowing his eyes all: "Did you panic with me?" Gawain hemming and hawing and avoiding the question: "That's not the point" and Galahad all: "It really, really is now" and Galahad’s voice all firm and "did you, Gawain?" in charge and dominating and man, but Gawain wants to throw him down and have him, but knowing that there were some woman way back when during fights and such and they resolve to work together to get Tris and Lucan back and then they do their split thing again, but now Tris *and* Gareth’s there. Gareth doesn't understand, dragging Gawain by the hand to Galahad all pouty and indignant and: "You're not in the same bed at night. Make things better!" Gareth all: "I'll CRY! And Guinevere will yell at you!" Galahad all "what does she have to do with this? He's evil." Gawain snarking: "he's YOURS." Gareth with his: "She thinks that when I cry, it's you two's fault." both of them all: 'you've never actually cried at anything in your life. You just manipulate people with your tears.' Gawain: "like someone else I know." the both at them at each other's throats, and they're both so, so, AROUSED, but neither of them wants to say it. "Vanora, can you take Gareth for an hour?" (Angry sex!) "Two. No. Four." "Four hours, please?" and Vanora knows exactly why, but is still: "...four?" They both just nod and run off. Gareth all shrugging his shoulders, tugging on Vanora’s skirt, all: "Why are my parents so weird?" Vanora just like, "they just love each other very much, and sometimes need some time alone." Tris sitting off with Lucan, snarking: "He's lucky. He hasn't caught them yet" because Tris so has caught them a lot and tries to keep Gareth from doing the same.

o One day Lucan all "Tris. I just saw Arthur and Guinevere together. Chop my head off, please?" Tris is just all snitting: "Just the once? Lucky bastard." Lucan musing: "I don't think it happens more than three times a year." nudging Tris in the side, Tris rolling his eyes as Lucan laughs: "s'pose your father and Gawain, what...three times a month, huh?" Tris is all just: "Try day." Lucan’s eyes widen, grabs Tris' hand: "We have to beat them!" Lucan totally worships Galahad and Gawain, his role models. Tris just all "are you mad?" Lucan grinning and tugging on the tunic, all: "They got you to wear one of these, they have non-stop sex..." Tris all: "PLEASE STOP" Lucan totally goes to Gawain and Galahad in the tavern, sitting down all: "Got any stories?" and they all slowly learn that when Galahad is pissy, Gawain is sex-crazed. Arthur tries to keep Gareth away.

o The family training; Gawain just throws Galahad his sword, and they start training again, and get so damn worked up and as soon as training is done, just a quick "look after your brother, Tris" and they run off. Tris taking Gareth to Lucan’s, all bored and trying to explain why they left in such a hurry. Lucan all: "Were they training?" and Tris is all nodding, and Lucan just snorts: "Thought Arthur forced them to stop" Gareth on the floor playing with Tris' arrows and the new hawk, ruffling its feathers and giggling, and Tris just shakes his head. "I still can't believe how damn cute he is." Lucan shrugging: "He's essentially the child of Gawain and Galahad. Did you expect him to be ugly?" Tris all "you find my parents attractive?!" Lucan just shrugs and kind of shuts up. Tris groans, all: "Oh, gods, you do." Gareth all perking up, wanting to know what they're talking about. Tris having to learn how to water down everything around Gareth; Tris just hands him something else to play with, staring incredulously at Lucan, all: "They. Are. My. Parents." and Lucan knows he's just been backed into a corner. Tris points to Gareth: "AND HIS!" Lucan’s just desperate and: "i know! It’s why he's so cute!" Lucan shrugs, going on to explain, his rational: "Galahad's got a real gorgeous look to him, and really nice thighs, really good body and Gawain is really very manly and quite dominating, also got a good form. Why shouldn't I think them good-looking?" Tris just completely "...." his eyes so wide they might explode, his voice all strangled and: "My...PARENTS" then of course, Gareth looks up, all teary-eyed and tugging on Tris' tunic. "Tris. Your hawk bit me."

o Gareth totally has to have a wee kitten or puppy from the town as a 'pet', rolling around in the fields while Galahad goes for a swim. Gawain wandering around, finding Gareth, but not knowing Galahad’s there, sending Gareth back to the garrison and: "Where's your Da?" and Gareth just points to the water. Gawain just raises his eyebrow and goes over: "You went for a swim and didn't TELL me?" wading in the water with the clutching and the sex Galahad’s hair all wet and sticking to his forehead and getting out all refreshed and pleased, Galahad riding on Gawain’s back piggyback back into the garrison. Gawain grunting and all: "I'm not that strong anymore!" and Galahad takes that as a challenge, so there has to be wall sex to the point where Guinevere is all just: "Do you NEVER stop having sex?" and Galahad is all: No, no, Gawain. It'll be a surprise. You won't know when it's going to happen. Guinevere, all: "Gawain, aren't you 42 now?" and Gawain just shrugs. "Galahad says I look 30 still." she finds out that Arthur’s been lying to avoid sex with her: "Arthur says it becomes more difficult to have sex at your age." and Gawain just snorts and is all: "more difficult. Lady, try and keep Galahad off you when you're training with your axe...and sweating...while he's riding..." Galahad all: "We need to leave now."

o Gareth would totally get into tons of mischief, always running and laughing gleefully as someone chased him down to catch him, running accidentally straight into Galahad’s arms, who just swoops him up and holds him upside down, all: "And what are you running from today?" Galahad craning his neck slightly to the side as Gareth just beams innocently at him and then pinning Gareth to the ground and tickling him until he admits it and Gareth all: "Mother always talked about you two so much." Galahad all "good things, right?"

o Getting accustomed to Gareth: "I never *actually* expected to have another child" to Gawain. The lethargy and the tiredness, half-asleep handjobs; falling asleep with Gawain’s hand stroking Galahad’s cock, waking up and continuing in the morning.

o Tris totally needs to catch Lucan ogling Galahad and Gawain, just leering. Tris comes up, crosses his arms, all: "They look good?" and Lucan’s so caught up, he doesn't realize it's Tris: "Better than good. I mean, gods...look how Galahad can bend" Tris just smacks him hard, turns around slowly as he realizes, protesting: "Well, he CAN!" "My FATHER, Lucan. FATHER!" "Not, you know...biological" "...MY FATHER." "Yeah, but it's not like he actually...helped make you or anything! He's fair game!" "*facepalm*" Lucan kissing him to make up, Tris all: "You had BETTER not be thinking of either of them"

o Galahad reaching for his sword to point it at someone's throat, but it's not there cause they haven't had reason to fight in ages, like, it's a knee-jerk reaction for him and he can't kick the habit (his fingers twitching for the weapon). Tris takes that up too, learning from Daddy that pointing sharp things at people gets stuff done your way. Gawain just widens his eyes, all: "Did you teach him that?" Galahad all bewildered: "no!" Gawain all "he got it from you!"

Galahad: 37
Gawain: 39
Tris: 20
Gareth: 10

o Galahad just picking him up in his lap, poking his nose, him giggling; Galahad teasing and grinning with the "My baaaaby loves horses." all writhing and giggling and "not a baby!" him and Tris, all bemused at their parents

o Flexible Galahad: Gawain is all: "just how long did you intend to keep this from me?" "Well, I was saving it for the chance that it would get boring in bed." "Has that happened yet?" Galahad all: "Surprisingly, no. You did uh, impress me with that interesting bit of sex at the tavern after midnight the other week. I had no idea you could do that atop a table."

o When Tris is all grown up, he sits down with Galahad and Gawain in confession mode and be all: "I...I think...I think I want to raise a family, but...but Lucan really doesn't want to." Galahad just muttering "I know what that's like" or you get Tris finding some woman, and winds up breaking Lucan’s heart and Lucan just goes to Galahad and Gawain, pleading, just, "I do love him. I do. It's not just sex, I swear it." and mostly pleading to Gawain because he knows where their places are, knows Gawain will know what to do in that situation because Gawain had contingency plans in case Galahad met someone else.

o Tris moves in with Lucan, giving Gareth his own room (because they would share) and Gawain and Galahad are just: "You're...moving in with him? Really?" and they can't believe that Tris is all grown up. Tris all: "Yeah, you two moved in together ages ago, right? Long before me." and they hem and haw, all: "Actually...6 months after you." Gawain just shaking his head: "Now I feel old" Galahad nonchalantly all: "I'll make you feel 17 again tonight, Gawain" and dragging Gawain out to where they had their first time, just sitting spread-eagle on the box, raising his eyebrows and Gawain just has a completely vivid memory of that day (Galahad not looking too much older; Gawain just glaring at him for it. and Gawain’s got tiny laugh lines and crow's feet) Gawain just with amazement: "You don't look a day over 25, Galahad. Still. And if you shaved the beard, you'd look 20. How in hell am I so lucky?" mostly just playing with Galahad’s thighs still, grinning mischievously, all: "And these...these haven't changed in the slightest." and slowly mounting Galahad with a straddle, Galahad tugging on Gawain’s hair, which is almost criminally long now, purring in his low quiet voice all: "This used to be so short. Nothing to grip to." their public sex atop the box with the tunic and it's still just as good as before with the glow and the sweat after and Gawain is just all shiny and happy and: "I feel better. Mmm, thank you looove." and Galahad laughs at him, all: "When did you turn into a woman?" adjusting his tunic down and thrusting his hips up against Gawain all: "When's Gareth getting out from Arthur's Latin lessons?" Gawain babbling something, giving Galahad hickeys and Galahad just panting and trying to talk sense all: "Our...the baby might come...by..." and Gawain’s just growling, "he's 10. I think he's a little too old to be a baby anymore."

o Going to Tris: "Tris, you have to help me get Galahad to give in" Tris is just all: "I don't want to know. I don't want to know." Lucan: “I do!” Gawain narrowing his eyes when he finds out that Lucan is interested in him and Galahad, just snarls all: "Hands off Galahad." Tris all just groaning: “Gawain!” Tris sighs all resigned, "Fine, what do you need my help with?" Gawain is all: "can you train with your father and find out how flexible he is?" tries just blinks all: “...what? And....and how! And again, what?” Gareth just tugs on Gawain’s shirt: "What's flexible mean?" Gawain, patiently: "When your body can do lots of stretches in very impressive ways." and Gareth all knowledgeable and proud: "He can do lots of 'em! When we train, he stretches his legs lots, and they go all straight, like in a big line!" Lucan and Gawain: "Really?" Gareth nodding all proud: "Yup! Like he can bend in all sorts of ways! Daddy said he'd teach me

Galahad: 41
Gawain: 43
Tris: 24
Gareth: 14

o 25-year anniversary; 25 different sexual acts. They have their public thing, and Galahad’s all: "Gawain, you know how in 25 days, we'll have been together 25 years?" Gawain raising his eyebrow: "Hmm?" one night is just a kiss and Gawain just gives a pout whining: "Gal-a-haaaad!" Galahad amused that Gawain is the one whining now. You didn't even give me tongue" Galahad just challenging him with a raise of an eyebrow: "Are you going to get me angry so I won't give you a blowjob tomorrow night?" Gawain hops into bed at that: "I'll behave!" Galahad gets Gareth to give Gawain flowers and Gawain gets Tris to do something too, Tris all: “*whines* why?” Gawain: "He raised you." Galahad blindfolding Gawain, straddling him, with the touching of the hands and all: "Think you can feel your way around? You've had 25 years. I hope you don't make any mistakes." They start it all giggling and silly and the realization that it really has been 25 years makes them sober up. Gawain tickling at Galahad’s thighs and Galahad just sobers up, all looking tenderly at Gawain and taking off the blindfold, whispering: "Gawain, twenty five years." They just look at each other for like a full minute and the hoarse, emotional 'I love you'

o Their actual 25th, the day of: Everyone is all: “Do we have to be around them?” They're intolerable with the schmoopy love gazes and the touching and the dancing and the kissing and soon everyone leaves, sick of all of it. Then, they're all alone together with Gareth and Tris and Lucan. Lucan and Tris eventually all like: privacy now, and grab Gareth away. Gawain feeds Galahad something in the empty tavern. Galahad is all: "remember how you said we should take it one day at a time? I think we're past that. I think I want to commit to you now" their own private little ceremony where they nab Tris and Gareth, all: "Just...just be with us when we commit to each other, okay?"

o Tension between Lucan and Tris because Tris thinks they ought to be as enamoured with each other as g/g are. Lucan getting all pissy and bitching to Guinevere, to Arthur, at Galahad and Gawain. He bitches to Guinevere, and she bitches to Arthur. Arthur sighs and shakes his head, mutters something about, "it took them about 25 years to admit it, all right? 25." Guinevere just doesn't believe it either and thinks that g/g is still just about the sex. Tris trying to defend them: "They've very much in love!" but she just won't have it; she needs actual proof and to see it. She walks in on them dancing and whisper-talking on Galahad’s 30th in candlelight in the tavern. They clear it out; Gawain wraps Galahad in his arms, swaying him back and forth and whispering to Galahad everything he loves about him right in the centre and Guinevere is passing through, not realizing, sees Gawain’s hand in Galahad’s hair, Galahad’s head on Gawain’s shoulder, hears Gawain whispering on and on about how much he loves him. This puts Guinevere in a foul mood, because Arthur has never ever treated her that romantically

o Guinevere helps get Gawain and Galahad back together after a fight or, a big anniversary is coming up (their 25th together) and Guinevere casually asks Gawain what he plans to do, and when Gawain says 'nothing', she just raises her eyebrow, shakes her head and goes: "No. I'm planning something for you." Guinevere just plans this HUGE to-do for them; romantic parts for them and a big party for everyone else. Then the quiet announcement that they're going back to Sarmatia and no one knew about it. Tris just falls into a vulnerable moment, all: "...Dad?" Galahad quietly just comments that it's long past time. Galahad not asking Tris to come because he's so sure that Tris wants to stay there, then this moment of quiet desperation where Tris just pleads, 'please don't leave me' just quiet and desperate because he's needed Galahad since he was 5. Now, Galahad is torn. On the one hand, Gawain wants him to go to Sarmatia and he loves Gawain lots. On the other hand, Tris wants him to stay, but Gawain would eventually end up wherever Galahad wanted to go. Even though Tris is all grown, he can't imagine not having Galahad there for him (and Gawain to a lesser extent) because the biggest thing nagging at him is mortality.

o Gareth turning into this insanely flirty tease and Gawain is all quietly so proud; when Gareth is about 14, he starts wearing the tunic after seeing Gawain paw up Galahad’s, thinking he can get someone to do that if he wears the tunic and Gawain just all "...not again." Gawain is horrified, bitching at Galahad, all: "Both our children and they're both wearing tunics." all the while, Gawain is just slowly staring at the tunic: "With the...tunics..." Galahad all smug about it as Gawain sneaks his hand up Galahad’s thigh, shaking his head all: “25 years and this damn thing still distracts me. You cursed me. Or blessed it. Or both, didn't you?"

o Gareth has his first groping encounter. Gawain is all: "He's your child." and plays both sides, the combined genetics of Galahad and Gawain just completely resulting in this sex-driven child. Galahad and Gawain quietly betting on if he'll sleep with a girl or boy first.

Galahad: 43
Gawain: 45
Tris: 26
Gareth: 16

o Years after their 25th, one of them came down with like...bad disease, not lethal; tucking in with the blankets thru the winter, and doing nothing but sitting by the bedside, even as Gareth grows up and Tris and Lucan are all grown up enough to realize the implications of deeper love like this, sitting with Galahad as Gawain lies in bed sick and Gareth’s in his teen rebellious stage, Galahad’s too tired to argue with him. Everything just starts to weigh on him so heavily because he has to take care of *everything* now with Gawain so sick and Gareth rebels, wanting his attention and Galahad just sighs, all: "Fine. If that's what you want, I suppose I can't stop you. Just...don't get hurt." Gareth forcibly tugging Galahad away from Gawain’s bedside, outraged and vicious anger and hitting him and: "you're supposed to CARE! You’re supposed to yell at me! And…and tell me I shouldn't do it!" Galahad’s just tired, not sleeping and Arthur wants him to make all these important decisions that Gawain used to make. Galahad just loses it one weekend, demands to just be left alone with Gawain, absolutely bitches and rants at Gawain who's half-conscious. Tris hovering outside the door, listening and Galahad just all "I can't do it, Gawain. I need you back and healthy." so angry and his "Fuck you, Gawain. What? 30 years with me was too much? 36 KNOWING me too much? Get better, you bastard, I can't. Do. It." absolutely resigned to giving up. He has zero patience for anyone who isn't Tris at that point. Gareth starts feeling guilty eventually.

o Tris gets Lucan and Arthur all worried and: "I think he'll try to kill himself if anything happens to Gawain." Tris catches him in an attempt too when it looks bad for Gawain, gets him down on the floor, one foot on Galahad’s chest, shaking his head all: "Don't. DON'T do it. You have sons to think of, you idiot." Galahad starts scaring Tris too, all: "You think this is the first time I've tried this, Tris? No. No, no, no. I just haven't been lucky enough to succeed yet" He spends his waking hours on Gawain’s bed, Arthur coming in for the decisions, now handed to Galahad. The turning point is when Gareth comes into the room in the middle of the night one night, all apologetic and sorry and just sits on the floor beside the bed and he finally sees how worn Galahad is, barely talking, circles under his eyes and he spends a while there with Galahad, looking his age for the first time ever. Gareth just sits at Galahad’s feet, leaning against his shins and whispering, "I'm sorry. I know you love him. I know this is hard." Galahad just kisses an unconscious Gawain before finally leaving the room for the first time in so long and Galahad just laughing bitterly, all: "if that was me on the bed, he'd have throttled me by now or taken his own life" Galahad just falls apart in Arthur’s arms and just so broken and "He...he said I'd go first. He said I'd die first." Arthur really doesn't know what to do. He kisses Galahad all soothing and "Shh. Shh." Galahad just whispering brokenly: "Arthur. I'm not strong like you. When you lost Lancelot, you went on. I can't."