Author's Notes: This is a collection of drabbles written off of prompts from an LJ community I no longer remember. They're all more or less connected, focusing on a relationship between Basch and Balthier. Some are angsty, some are sweet, some are filthy. I had fun writing them all.


They fell onto the bed, unmindful of the spoils of hunting surrounding them. The perfume of cactus flowers caught beneath their bodies twined with the scent of sweat and rising passion, filling the small room, making it seem even closer.

Petals caught under Basch's fingers as he splayed his hands under Balthier's back and lifted the sky pirate to his devouring mouth.

Groaning and laughing in the same breath, Balthier kicked Basch's legs from beneath him, sending them both to the mattress again. Around them rose anew the scent of crushed blossoms.