Round 3

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Welcome to the BBC The Musketeers kink meme

The lowdown: You post your prompt, anon or not. Someone else will hopefully fill it (also anon or not). Not for profit, just for fun. And in this case, for king and country.

Anon is on, IP logging is off.

Rules:
No wank
No kink-shaming
Be respectful to everyone
The mod is not your babysitter
Use the warnings
No prompts with characters under the age of 16 in sexual situations, please.
Please keep the discussions in the prompt post to a minimum. We have a discussion post

Mandatory trigger warnings/warnings for both prompts and fills:
non-con/dub-con
abuse (physical and mental)
issues such as racism, sexism, homo-/trans-/-bi-/ace-phobia etc
character death
suicide
self-harm
eating disorders
extreme physical or mental illness
substance abuse (alcohol, drugs, medication)
bullying
gore and horror

If this list misses anything, do let me know, though please understand that if absolutely everything is added this list will never end.

You are encouraged and advised to add additional warnings at your own discretion.

Please make use of the subject line.

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Comments

Touch and consent, gen Aramis or slash Any/Aramis (and sth like 'accidental abuse', I think)

[(Anonymous)]

So Aramis is a very tactile person. He thrives on contact and likes being close to people, and he shows e.g. his support through light touches to people's arms or by companionably slapping a person's shoulder.
To a non-tactile person or somebody previously not used to much touching, this might be uncomfortable or it might even be seen as Aramis coming ont o them (which it really isn't).

And there could be "character X" (I'm thinking either Athos, Porthos or d'Artagnan, but Treville or anyone else who fits would be fine, too) who silently endures these friendly touches and has managed to hide that he feels weirded out by someone touching him in this casual, familiar way, until one Aramis!touch in a time where X is sad or stressed or distressed is meant as being supportive and meant to help X feel not-alone, but instead it's the touch that's the last straw, and the touch that makes X explode and push Aramis away and yell at him ("Stop touching me! DON'T touch me! I don't want your fucking hands on me!").

Aramis, of course, hadn't noticed until then that his touch was unwelcome. But he does understand boundaries and consent in all things, so he apologizes, earnestly, and says that he's really sorry and that he should have noticed; he promises he won't touch X again (maybe he has to apologize several times, because the first times X stormed away or wouldn't listen) and, true to his word, Aramis doesn't touch X again; he's still nice and as charming as ever, but he'll keep from touching X and won't even stand close to him, keeps an ever-respectful distance.
HOWEVER!
Compared to how close Aramis is with his friends, him keeping a respectful distance seems.. cold? Something like that. X notices that Aramis just IS that friendly, and that it's just ARAMIS, and that he now is the only one of Aramis' friends that doesn't get half-hugs or cheeky smiles accompanied by shoulder nudges, and he feels really left out and, after a while, desperately wants that touch back - and maybe also finds himself wanting to reciprocrate those touches, which is complicated, because now Aramis is always too far away for X to casually touch him, and every time he tries and manages to 'companionably' touch Aramis, his slap ends up too heavy, his grip too tight, his nudge too forceful, perhaps his attempts even leave bruises. Aramis doesn't complain and thinks it's only fair that X takes his frustration out on Aramis, a bit, because Aramis is the guilty party here, after all. He'll think of it as his penance and wait it out.

(maybe X also can't stop himself staring at Aramis and Aramis-touching-other-people, because with every passing day he notices how he really does want that, too, after all, and X is confused and jealous.

Aramis/others interpret that stare as anger or some other negative emotion. Maybe others want Aramis and X to make up, and so they leave them in scenarios where there's just the two of them, hoping that they'll talk out whatever is wrong, which maybe leads to awkwardness, and maybe leads to Aramis apologizing again, because he thought X was giving him those looks because X is still angry, or is angry on behalf of the other people he still touches, and Aramis tells him that he asked the others if they also minded Aramis touching them, and assures X that they told him they don't mind, and that Aramis respects everyone's wishes and X needn't worry about them, and that it's noble that he does worry about them or.. something. Idk. Things like that.)

It's up to you if X manages to tell Aramis that he didn't mean it when he exploded like that, that he takes back what he said, and that he really wants those touches back.
Gen or slash, I'll gladly take either (though I do love slash best). Angst is A+++ and always welcome. And, as this prompt is really specific, I'd also be happy about fills that are only a BIT like this prompt. "Aramis learns that his touch is unwelcome, so he stops touching that person" would make me happy, too. Whatever inspires you. Happy writing :D

Re: Touch and consent, gen Aramis or slash Any/Aramis (and sth like 'accidental abuse', I think)

[(Anonymous)]

+1! I can definitely see something like this happening not long after Athos joins the Musketeers. Still off-set and prickly from what happened with his wife and brother, still in pain and aloof.

While Aramis is post-Savoy, mostly healed (thanks to Porthos' care) but unaware that he's still a bit clingy.

Re: Touch and consent, gen Aramis or slash Any/Aramis (and sth like 'accidental abuse', I think)

[(Anonymous)]

Oooh, yesss! That would be a perfect set-up for this prompt. Good thinking! Yes!

Re: Touch and consent, gen Aramis or slash Any/Aramis (and sth like 'accidental abuse', I think)

[(Anonymous)]

Like this. As the person above said, I can see this with Athos more so than the others. Especially when Athos is new and they haven't developed a close friendship yet.

Re: Touch and consent, gen Aramis or slash Any/Aramis (and sth like 'accidental abuse', I think)

[(Anonymous)]

I could see this with d'Artagnan.

Re: Touch and consent, gen Aramis or slash Any/Aramis (and sth like 'accidental abuse', I think)

[(Anonymous)]

+1, though while I can see it with Athos like people have mentioned, I can also see it with Porthos in the beginning of his initiation/commission. Maybe because he thinks it has something to do with his colour of skin and the reputation Aramis is known for in regards to entertainment. Or he thinks Aramis wants to purify his skin or something silly since he's religious... This is a excellent prompt!

Re: Touch and consent, gen Aramis or slash Any/Aramis (and sth like 'accidental abuse', I think)

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, yeah. Yes! See, this prompt could work really with _any_ of the other three musketeers :D

Re: Touch and consent, gen Aramis or slash Any/Aramis (and sth like 'accidental abuse', I think)

[(Anonymous)]

I like the idea of Porthos, since it would typically be played as one of the others, and I'd love to see all aspects of that explored, including maybe the idea that Aramis and Athos are already friends when Porthos comes onboard, and maybe Athos even unconsciously gravitated to Aramis because of the causal touching with no pressure to reciprocate - Aloof Athos feeling affection starved and getting comfortable with it, then Porthos comes along being wary of everyone's intentions...

Re: Touch and consent, gen Aramis or slash Any/Aramis (and sth like 'accidental abuse', I think)

[(Anonymous)]

ooo, I like. Any chance you'll flesh out this idea further and turn it into a story for us?