A/n- Should probably have called this series 'Bonding Avatars' or something, but I think Shez can count as a tactician since they direct people and make strategies. Either way, this was a story request from a friend on Discord.
The Commission Files- File #a1196 Bonding Tacticians Part 2
Characters: Mark, Male Shez, Female Shez
Based on: a commission by Pegaslick on Twitter
Shez was slowly walking back to the room he shared with his double, he had just gotten back from the training towers and was ready to spend some time resting up before dinner. It was actually his double's turn to help cook and he was looking forward to it since he wondered if they even cooked similarly to each other. Either way he got to the door and opened it. As he did there was a bit of shuffling around going on the bed, but soon enough the familiar look of purple hair popped up from the end of the covers.
"Heyyyy, how did the training go?" F!Shez asked casually, though there was a tone of something strange in her voice. Something like a mix of pleasure and breathlessness, but he didn't catch onto it that quickly.
"Oh, you know, same old same old." M!Shez replied. "Got to meet some new people as always. Did you know that there is a guy name Legion who also just has a bunch of copies of himself around? Kind of seems like they all share the same braincell though." After that joke it was almost as if you could hear the muffled sound of laughter behind where F!Shez was laying and she responded by shifting around a bit to make the springs on her bed creak so M!Shez couldn't hear it. Though that did have the unintended effect of lowering the covers enough to show him that his counterpart was laying in the bed naked. "Oh, was I interrupting something?"
"Nah, why would you think that?" F!Shez replied back quickly. "You know we like to sleep in the nude sometimes, I was just a bit hot, that's all." Another murmuring sound came from the other side of the bed and that caused her to make some more movements to drown out the sound, and now M!Shez was starting to realize something was up. Between all the weird noises and what he saw when the sheet moved down even lower on F!Shez's body, he just had to point it out.
"So, uh, when were you going to tell me about the extra set of hands you grew?" He asked since he saw a pair of hands grabbing at her breasts. "And if those are your hands why are you covering up, we really haven't minded before." In response F!Shez hung her head a bit and sighed before giving up the game.
"Alright, you were interrupting something." She admitted. "Come on out Mark." And with that the face of the devilishly cute tactician from Elibe popped out from behind F!Shez's back and rested on her shoulder. "You know, I told you if we kept quiet he might leave us be."
"Sorry." Mark said sheepishly. "I couldn't help myself, his joke was pretty funny, you are pretty hot, and I just can't get enough of these breasts of yours. They're just so perky and squishy." M!Shez was in a bit of shocked surprise for a few moments before he started breaking out laughing.
"Oh, my goodness!" He finally choked out. "After all that talk of 'I'd never do anything like that with him' I catch you in bed with him literally the next day."
"Shut up!" F!Shez said throwing a small pillow and hitting him in the face. "It's, it's different now. Mark is a really nice guy actually, I think you'd like him, we have a lot in common actually."
"Yeah, I'd say you have a lot in common." M!Shez continued. "You're both naked, both laying in bed, both alive. Totally valid reasons to bone someone." He was having a ton of fun with this, but it was all in good fun and F!Shez could notice it so she wasn't going to be too harsh on him.
"Hey, you could join us." Mark suggested. "I have no problems with a threesome."
"Yeah, come on, let us show you just how much in common we have." F!Shez teased before she glanced out the window and realized what time it was. "Damn, actually I have to get going if I'm gonna have dinner ready for everyone in time. Sorry Mark, can we pick this up another time?"
"Of course, whenever you want to talk or continue with this, just let me know." Mark said understanding the situation. "I'm looking forward to seeing what you make as well, so good luck!" He gave her a friendly peck on the cheek and she slid out of the bed and got dressed quickly before leaving. Now it was just the two guys, and while it was a bit awkward for Shez, Mark was perfectly comfortable laying in the bed in the nude. "You look, confused." Mark stated after a bit. "Would it be better if I put some pants on?"
"Yeah, probably." Shez replied. So Mark put his undergarments and pants back on and sat on the edge of the bed. "Thank you. Now, care to explain how that all happened? Because nothing against you or anything, but she was swearing up and down the castle halls that you were a cheating letch and a horrible person and then I walk in on you two naked."
"Sure, I've got time." Mark replied. "Pretty simple really, the summoner pair us up for a lore finding trip together because they figured that we'd be a pretty good team, you know the whole fierce mercenary and brilliant tactician sort of deal, and they were right. And as I usually do I tried talking to her to get to know her better because I like knowing people because that helps me plan battles better. So she kind of went off on me about some misconceptions she had and I explained to her what the truth was, and we kind of hit it off after that."
"What kind of misconceptions?" Shez wondered. "Just in case I have the same ones."
"Well, she didn't realize that Lyn, my wife, and I have an open relationship. Actually she really didn't even know what an open relationship was." Mark noted.
"Neither do I, enlighten me." Shez requested sincerely.
"An open relationship is one where the people involved are allowed to be intimate with other people as long as they stay loyal to their partner." Mark explained. "It started out as just a way to spice up our sex life, but it kind of blossomed into something wonderful."
"Go on, I'm listening." Shez noted.
"Well, let me get your opinion on something, even though I feel you share the same thoughts as your female counterpart. Do you feel that you fight and plan better when you work with someone that you're close to?" Mark asked.
"Yeah, of course." Shez replied. "Knowing someone helps you sync up with your attacks and it makes you want to try harder for any number of reasons depending on what type of relationship you have with them, be it friendly, a rivalry, or even the romantic type."
"That's exactly what she said." Mark noted with a chuckle. "Well, Lyn and I have found a way to deepen our bonds with our friends even more than we first thought."
"By having sex with all of them?" Shez wondered.
"Yeah!" Mark said genuinely. "Think about it, when is a person most vulnerable? When they are naked. And what's the most fun and intimate thing you can do when you're naked, having sex. It's a win/win in my book, having a good time and making a better friend, what could be better than that?"
"What about the friends who aren't comfortable doing it with you, are they somehow less of your friend?" Shez asked.
"Of course not." Mark replied truthfully. "Lyn and I might be a bit more sexually active than most people, but we know that there are people who prefer to be with one person their whole life or who prefer not to have sex at all. For those friends we find other ways to be closer to them, simple as that."
"You make it sound so easy." Shez replied.
"Eh, we've had a lot of practice." Mark noted.
"So, that's what you talked about and how you got in her pants huh?" Shez asked as a recap.
"Well, there was also a fair amount of flirting too, but that was the main chunk of the conversation." Mark confirmed.
"I guess it's true, we're a couple of air heads." Shez said shaking his head.
"Nah, I think you two are pretty intelligent people, you just show it in different ways." Mark assured him.
"How do you mean?" Shez wondered.
"Well, what you may lack in book smarts and formal training you make up for it in what I like to call 'emotional intelligence.'"
"Emotional intelligence?" Shez questioned.
"Yeah, you two just get people on a personal level, which is pretty cool to me because that's something I take pride in and had to work a long time to master, but you two pretty much have it naturally." Mark explained. "It's the sign of a good leader, it's no wonder you two were summoned here to Askr."
"Eh, it's nothing special, really." Shez replied a bit embarrassed from the compliment. "But if someone as legendary as you is saying it, I guess it must be true on some level. Hey wait, are you trying to butter me up for something?"
"Uh, no." Mark stated truthfully. "But if I was, is it working? Because part of this whole 'open relationship' thing with Lyn means I can sleep with anyone I fancy. And I am also attracted to men as well as women."
"Of course you are." Shez said shaking his head in disbelief for a few moments. "But yes, it is working. I would be lying if I didn't say I wasn't interested in testing your theory on deepening bonds with friends. But maybe I could do with a bit more buttering up, just in case."
"Hey, butter is my specialty." Mark joked. "And honestly there is a lot of butter with you Shez. Along with being a great leader, you're a top notch fighter as well, especially with that power of yours. Even though you can only make a sword out of it, I've seen and heard you do some pretty creative things with it. Like surprising an enemy by parrying with it moments before their weapon hit you, using it sort of like a dagger where you put your hand up to someone's gut and then stabbing them with it, and just using as an all purpose tool. I'd hate to have to face you on the other side of a battle."
"Well, I guess you can thank Arval for that." Shez noted. "She told you about Arval right?"
"She did, very fascinating stuff, can't say that's ever happened where I come from. But I think it would be nice to have a partner in your head that could focus on one thing while you do another." Mark replied.
"Yeah, it was pretty good while it lasted." Shez reminisced. "Okay, one more butter up and I think I'm ready."
"Simple, your really handsome." Mark said simply, and as with everything else he had been saying Shez could tell he was being very genuine and truthful, and he really appreciated that. "I mean that hair, almost one of a kind, and you style it in that rugged hiding one eye look, so cool. And you're obviously in shape with all the work you do, but you aren't overly muscular either, you have that slim but powerful look going on, very sexy in my book."
"Okay, okay, you've got me." Shez said to stop Mark from going on since his face was starting to turn into a tomato. "You've convinced me that you're not a sleezeball and I'm ready to get on with it if you are."
"I will be once you give me a few moments to clean up." Mark said getting up and pulling some soap, water, and towels out of his cloak that was on the floor.
"Clean up?" Shez wondered.
"Dude, I was just balls deep into your counterpart. I know you two are close, but even so I don't want the possibility of making you sick, so I'm just gonna wash my junk off a bit in your washroom so everything is good and clean." Mark explained.
"Is that really necessary?" Shez wondered some more.
"Not particularly, but what kind of friend would I be if I didn't and something happened?" Mark noted.
"Good point I guess." Shez replied.
"If you want you can take your clothes off while I do it so we can be ready when I'm done." Mark suggested.
"Yeah, that's a good plan actually." Shez agreed. So Mark went to go wash his junk off and Shez stripped down naked. As he had stated to his counterpart before, they were comfortable hanging around their room like this. He wondered if maybe he should start rubbing himself a bit to get hard to impress Mark a bit, but once he started thinking about what they would be doing it kind of just happened naturally. Shez was mainly attracted to women, but he could get with a guy every now and then, like that time he slept with Linhardt after they napped together.
"Alright, I'm all clean and ready to go." Mark said as he came back into the main part of the room. "Hey, looking good Shez, should have figured you had a nice looking cock after seeing the rack on the other one."
"Uh, thanks?" Shez replied, not really knowing how to respond to that. "By the way, did she tell you anything else about our relationship together, like to keep something secret?"
"Oh, yeah." Mark confirmed. "She told me that you two get it on from time to time, which honestly good for you two. If I had a female version of myself I'd probably do it too. Now, like I told her, I can't promise I won't tell Lyn, but I won't tell anyone else."
"If Lyn is anything like you, I think that'll be okay." Shez noted a bit relieved that Mark didn't find it too weird that he banged his counterpart every now and then when they were both horny. "Hey, what's that bottle in your hand?"
"Lubricant, it helps smooth everything out." Mark noted.
"Oh, so like what Linhardt had." Shez replied.
"So you've done this before?" Mark questioned pretty rhetorically. "Yeah, Linhardt is pretty knowledgeable when it comes to this stuff too, it's always the mages you know?"
"I'll take your word for it." Shez commented. "So, how do you want to do this?"
"Well, honestly, I wanted to test something out." Mark explained. "When me and your counterpart first started I did my usual thing and tried to find her sensitive spots, I kind of want to see if yours are similar."
"That seems like a sound strategy to me." Shez replied.
"Okay, then I'm gonna need you to sit on my lap." Mark said as he sat on the edge of the bed again and started applying the lubricant onto his dick. He was still pretty worked up from being with F!Shez and he was excited to have another willing partner so quickly, so he was pretty much at full mast already. "Do it kind of angled like, like my lap is a chair your sitting on one side of, that's how me and her were when we started out."
"Like this?" Shez wondered as he could feel the tip of Mark's cock poking at his backside.
"Yeah, just like that." Mark confirmed. "Just go as slow as you want, we've got time."
"Alright." Shez noted. But he was actually pretty excited so he got into a good position and slowly sat down on Mark's dick, taking it as far as it could go. "Oh Goddess, that feels...so good."
"And I haven't even gotten started yet." Mark teased. "Okay, spot number one, kissing the crook of your neck." And without hesitation Mark moved his head in closer and started kissing on Shez's neck. The reaction was almost instantaneous, Shez started to make little moaning sounds with each kiss and Mark could feel the goosebumps rising on his skin as he went on.
"Ooooh yeeaaah, that's the perfect spot." Shez noted and Mark had to stop himself from laughing since that's exactly what his counterpart said.
"You don't mind if I start thrusting do you?" Mark asked to confirm.
"Whatever you want, just keep working on my neck." Shez panted, and he was starting to understand why his counterpart's voice had sounded weird when they were talking. So Mark continued to kiss his neck while he started to bounce Shez up and down slowly on his dick. It was a wonderful warm and tight feeling for him as always, but Mark got off more on knowing he was making someone else feel good than the actual sex most of the time.
Okay, spot number 2! Mark thought to himself as he crawled his right hand down Shez's back until he reached his butt. He took one of his cheeks and gave it a firm squeeze and that elicited an even louder moan from Shez. So Mark continued fondling his butt cheeks as much as he could with the thrusting he was doing.
"Feeling good still?" Mark asked when he felt he needed to take a breath.
"S-Shut up and keep fucking me." Shez said taking his left arm and locking it around Mark's head to keep it in place. And again, Mark was having a sense of deja vu since this is exactly what happened with the other Shez. But he wasn't complaining, he just continued to kiss and suck on Shez's neck, probably resulting in a hickey if he was being completely honest, and he picked up the pace on his thrusting. Both of their bodies were getting hot and sweaty and along with the lube it was helping Mark get deeper and deeper into Shez with each thrust. He was glad that he was just average size, because he figured he wouldn't be able to get this much of himself inside if he had a huge dick.
Well, I can't really start playing with his clit since he doesn't have one, guess I'll try the next best thing. Mark thought as he planned to move onto the last sensitive spot he had found on Shez's counterpart. So with his free hand Mark started to rub Shez's shaft up and down, pressing it against his chest to get just that extra bit of friction and heat between them. This sent Shez into overdrive, he was being stimulated in three very good spots and he let Mark know by getting even louder and longer with his moans. He honestly didn't know how much longer he could hold out.
But Mark had a feeling about when he would go off, call it a hunch since everything else was lining up with what happened before. So Mark started thrusting as hard as he could so he could get off as well before counting down in his head.
5...4...3...2...1...now! And as soon as the countdown was done Shez let out a guttural moan and his cock in Mark's hand started to twitch and spurt out cum all over his shaft, chest, and some on Mark's hand. And since he had done his job and gotten Shez off Mark let himself go as well and shot off inside his body as well. It was pure bliss for the both of them, maybe in different ways, but bliss nonetheless. Eventually the two of them caught their breath and Shez got off of Mark's lap and sat on the bed next to him.
"Did I at least last as long as she did?" Shez wondered.
"Pretty much exactly on the second for both of you." Mark assured him.
"Whew, good." Shez said relieved. "Though this doesn't explain how you two were horizontal when I walked in on you two."
"Well, I found your weak points, now it's time for you two find mine." Mark teased. So after they rested up a bit and drank some water the two men went at it again and when they were down they were laying down on the bed together.
"So, think you understand me, and to a lesser extent Lyn, better now?" Mark asked when they were done the second time.
"Yeah, I think so. You're a really smart and caring guy, you just show it in a unique way." Shez commented. "But I like it, I like you. Shez was right, I think we do have a lot in common and we could be good friends."
"I told you so!" F!Shez cut in. Neither of the guys had heard her come in and walk up to the bed.
"How long were you here for?" M!Shez asked a bit embarrassed.
"Long enough." F!Shez teased him. "But as much as I would love to rub this in your face just a bit more, it's time for dinner. And I think I did an excellent job with the help of the other heroes on cooking duty."
"So, what are your thoughts on sharing a meal Mark?" M!Shez wondered.
"Sharing a good meal with a friend is almost as good as a night of intimacy." Mark replied genuinely. "And since we all already did that, and I'm hungry, I'd say we better get a move on before it gets cold!" And with that Mark cleaned himself off and got dressed pretty quickly for a guy who just got done with two rounds of hot sex. "Come on you two, we can get the good seats closest to the line if we hurry."
"He's very excitable, but I like him." F!Shez noted as she helped M!Shez clean up and get dressed.
"Yeah, you were right." M!Shez admitted. "Mark may be a bit odd, but he's a good man. I'd have him for our mercenary group in a heartbeat."
"See, now we're talking!" F!Shez said with a smile. "Now come on, before my food gets cold!"
