[ Uh-huh. Geralt doesn't argue because it isn't the point. (He knows Jaskier is laughing, and perhaps that's worthwhile enough on its own.) He ignores Jaskier's exasperated gestures, though in Geralt's defence, he's got one foot off the bed just so Jaskier isn't shoved right off the other side.
He leans back against the pillows. Is he? No. Not escape. Just to give Sam some room. They've invaded his damn home, after all. As hospitable as Sam is, Geralt thinks it still must be a headache. Especially when Sam's got his own shit going on. Someone missing altogether. Someone Geralt still hasn't got any idea what the fuck happened to. ]
He's only that way with you. You absorb it like a crusty bread in soup.
[ The attention, Geralt means, which he isn't saying just to poke fun. Rather, it's that Sam is different with Jaskier than he is with Geralt. Because Sam was overbearing, at first. And then, surprisingly, he wasn't. Geralt is not so oblivious that he doesn't realize it's simply because the man made an effort to step back with the Witcher in particular. There's something to be said about that even if he's refusing to ruminate upon it. About how he feels. Jaskier might've sensed it regardless; Geralt would've normally left the moment Jaskier was capable of moving. Taken the bard and Ciri home. If it were anyone but Sam, he'd have never placed them in the hands of another while he was still not entirely at full strength.
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He leans back against the pillows. Is he? No. Not escape. Just to give Sam some room. They've invaded his damn home, after all. As hospitable as Sam is, Geralt thinks it still must be a headache. Especially when Sam's got his own shit going on. Someone missing altogether. Someone Geralt still hasn't got any idea what the fuck happened to. ]
He's only that way with you. You absorb it like a crusty bread in soup.
[ The attention, Geralt means, which he isn't saying just to poke fun. Rather, it's that Sam is different with Jaskier than he is with Geralt. Because Sam was overbearing, at first. And then, surprisingly, he wasn't. Geralt is not so oblivious that he doesn't realize it's simply because the man made an effort to step back with the Witcher in particular. There's something to be said about that even if he's refusing to ruminate upon it. About how he feels. Jaskier might've sensed it regardless; Geralt would've normally left the moment Jaskier was capable of moving. Taken the bard and Ciri home. If it were anyone but Sam, he'd have never placed them in the hands of another while he was still not entirely at full strength.
But he's here. Accepting the...help. ]