Geralt is right, Eskel's smile is to melt for. It works like a charm with Jaskier, who is already pretty shameless anyway - Eskel jumping in with his kindness puts out any little shame he may feel for once in his life pretty damn quickly. When he laughs at Lambert's and Geralt's little exchange, his hand moves to Eskel's wrist, and he leaves it there simply because he can... and because apparently Eskel doesn't mind. Promising.
"The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb," Jaskier recites with the utmost sincerity. "I wouldn't have even guessed if Geralt hadn't told me about his age difference with Eskel, trust me."
He hopes the compliment comes through and it isn't mean by accident. Jaskier wants them to know they have a good thing here, that they are lucky to have each other, without accidentally implying that the fact they were foster kids in the first place is a good situation to be in. Sometimes even a writer like him has trouble wording things like that - some subjects are too complex to express them with words on the fly.
"I'm assuming this 'old man' isn't the kind to go to bars with his sons? Because I'm digging this whole--" His need to gesture is stronger than his little flirt attempt, so he raises his hand from its spot on Eskel's wrist to make a whirly movement with his finger, indicating the whole table. "--bringing the whole family to see Jaskier's show deal. The more the merrier! I invited Yen, too, but she's in Spain. ...whiiiich you know already. Obviously." He finishes his drink as he looks at each of them with curiosity in his eyes, blues staying a little longer on Eskel. Time to try to dig out some information. "More friends are also welcome, of course. If you have any mates or even significant others that appreciate good music, then--"
His Super Smooth Plan To Find Out If Eskel Is Single is interrupted when Jaskier's memory makes a connection to significant others and finally remembers where he's seen Lambert before. There's a gasp and widening eyes as he points at him, sounding very pleased with himself when he speaks.
"CHEERS AND BEERS! THAT'S IT! That's where I know you from! You looked so familiar and I couldn't pinpoint from where, it was driving me insane! But now I know! I almost hit on your boyfriend, sorry about that."
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"The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb," Jaskier recites with the utmost sincerity. "I wouldn't have even guessed if Geralt hadn't told me about his age difference with Eskel, trust me."
He hopes the compliment comes through and it isn't mean by accident. Jaskier wants them to know they have a good thing here, that they are lucky to have each other, without accidentally implying that the fact they were foster kids in the first place is a good situation to be in. Sometimes even a writer like him has trouble wording things like that - some subjects are too complex to express them with words on the fly.
"I'm assuming this 'old man' isn't the kind to go to bars with his sons? Because I'm digging this whole--" His need to gesture is stronger than his little flirt attempt, so he raises his hand from its spot on Eskel's wrist to make a whirly movement with his finger, indicating the whole table. "--bringing the whole family to see Jaskier's show deal. The more the merrier! I invited Yen, too, but she's in Spain. ...whiiiich you know already. Obviously." He finishes his drink as he looks at each of them with curiosity in his eyes, blues staying a little longer on Eskel. Time to try to dig out some information. "More friends are also welcome, of course. If you have any mates or even significant others that appreciate good music, then--"
His Super Smooth Plan To Find Out If Eskel Is Single is interrupted when Jaskier's memory makes a connection to significant others and finally remembers where he's seen Lambert before. There's a gasp and widening eyes as he points at him, sounding very pleased with himself when he speaks.
"CHEERS AND BEERS! THAT'S IT! That's where I know you from! You looked so familiar and I couldn't pinpoint from where, it was driving me insane! But now I know! I almost hit on your boyfriend, sorry about that."