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An Ordinary Man	By : firefly124 Category: M through R > Miles Vorkosigan Saga Views: 3052 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Ivan was less than thrilled to find himself handing off his groundcar to the same attendant who’d retrieved it that morning.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Especially since this time, the man had to call Byerly on the intercom before sending him up the lift tube.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Ivan tried to look bland, but feared he just looked as uncomfortable as he felt.
When he finally arrived at By’s apartment, he was unsurprised to find the man standing in his doorway, waiting. His stomach felt queasy, as he tried for the millionth time to sort out just what he was going to say.
“Why Ivan,” Byerly effused, “I never expected you to respond to my message so promptly.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He made no move to invite his guest inside.
“Er, can I come in, then?” Ivan muttered.
“Of course, of course.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Byerly stepped inside and bowed Ivan in.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> As the door started to slide shut, but long before it finished closing, he added, “You’re in just as much a rush as you were last night. One wonders if you have similar plans.”
Ivan glanced back as the door finally closed, and wondered if any of By’s neighbors had heard that.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Or had heard … whatever last night.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He thought his eyes might be crossing.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He also thought watching that door shut felt an awful lot like watching that pumping chamber access hatch close behind him at the Thames Tidal Barrier. He tried to swallow and found his throat was too dry. Reluctantly, he swung his gaze back to Byerly.
“So, you’re wearing it, then,” By was saying, with a wicked gleam in his eye. “I’m … touched.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I do still want it back, though.”
Ivan shrugged. “It made more sense than walking around carrying an extra.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He began to remove it, and felt himself flush as he realized he must have done something quite similar last night.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Or who removed what? The clothes were awfully scrambled. Eep.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He handed the belt over and asked, “So where’s mine?”
“Just where you left it,” By gestured towards a chair which, yes, did have a belt flung over its back. “Or just where I left it, depending on how you look at it.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Ivan glared at him, but was unsurprised to see merely a quirked eyebrow for a response.
As he snatched the belt off the chair and fastened it on, Ivan realized that Byerly was now between him and the door.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> His feeling of claustrophobia jumped a notch. No, wait, he’d just cinched his belt a notch too tight. He adjusted it quickly, and wondered what he would say or do next.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He had about a million questions he wanted answers to, and had absolutely no intention of asking them.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It was clear that By was having entirely too much fun rubbing his face in it all, and would probably not give him anything resembling a straight answer.
“Right, I should get going, then,” Ivan said, a bit more gruffly than he’d intended. What was wrong with his throat?
“So soon?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> But you’ve only just gotten here,” Byerly protested, and pouted dramatically.
One of those vague memories drifted up to remind Ivan that those pouting lips were actually quite skilled. He set his own mouth firmly, and replied, “Yes, well, busy day tomorrow. Got to meet with m’mother about some things, so I’d best be getting ready for that.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Ah, yes, good.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Remind Byerly that they would style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>both be flayed alive by Lady Alys if word of this got … anywhere.
“Really?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Byerly was asking, as Ivan brushed past him heading for the door. “But I thought she said tomorrow she’d be …”
Ivan didn’t wait to hear what his mother was supposedly doing tomorrow. Actually doing, belike. style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>He had no plans to go anywhere near her. Not while he was still sorting out these needle-like feelings racing around the shoulder that had just grazed Byerly’s. As he stepped into the downward lift-tube, he fancied he heard By’s door sliding shut.
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