[Dimitri nudges his nose further against Claude's shoulder. Kent is having to make some impressive adjustments for all of this, although he doesn't seem to mind. It's just a light exercise before dinner, right?]
Was I? [Claude smiles, lifting a hand to brush fingers through Dimitri's bangs. (With Kent where he is, Claude doesn't have too much access to his hair.)] How so?
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...You were always the star, in my eyes...
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You're an incredible leader.
[Everything he felt that he wasn't.]
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[He knows it isn't. He's fishing for compliments.]
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The other ways I was fond of you could not be likened to a star.
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It is the opposite of what was requested, true. So... I will close my eye now, and just... listen.
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[And Claude begins reading from his book, his voice soft, feeling so much love for the man leaning against him that he can hardly stand it.]