Rating: 15
Word Count: 100
Summary: Betting against Alex is usually a bad idea... or maybe not?

( I won the bet. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Summary: Light drizzle has a different effect on each man.

( Light drizzle pattered over Milos’s skin. To his right, Alex grimaced. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Summary: Alex is obsessive about keeping his files in order, but there's one he's willing to let slide.

( Two office moves and the file was still in Milos’s drawer, not in the cabinet. )

Rating: 15
Word Count: 99
Summary: There's the conventional place to hang mistletoe, and then there's Alex's.

( "Don’t I get a kiss under the mistletoe?" )

Rating: 15
Word Count: 388
Summary: Alex was a little too thorough with Milos the night before...
Notes: Inspired by a prompt on the imagineyourotp Tumblr page.

( "This isn’t funny, damnit!" Milos glared up at Alex, gripping the quilt in an effort to stop himself from gripping the arrogant bastard’s neck instead. )

Rating: 18
Word Count: 5,124
Summary: Alex and Milos plan to go through their notes together; sent to deal with dinner, Milos falls foul of another plan entirely—one that shakes his new-born faith in his owner to its foundations.

( The next three days passed in a whirl of social obligations brought about by Alex’s standing as both a noble and an Elite Corps knight—and, Milos suspected, in no small part due to the Five Families' sudden, pressing desire to ingratiate themselves with him. )

Rating: 15
Word Count: 2,296
Summary: Alex takes Milos to train, but ends up fighting Kennet instead... not entirely for the reasons he says.

( Despite being attached to the royal palace and main barracks, the three practice arenas Milos had seen with Alex were all quite small, the covered racks of training weapons nicked and blunt—although not blunt enough that he’d been able to avoid a few scrapes and cuts—and the ground surface was dusty and dry. )

Rating: 18
Word Count: 4,497
Summary: Alex has no choice but to have dinner with the Duke, but what happens afterwards is all by choice. Just not by Milos's.

( The Duke was waiting at the top of the steps when they returned, all welcoming smiles and bonhomie. Beside him, the picture of ease and relaxed charm, was Sir Kennet. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,678
Summary: There are explanations Milos can believe, and then there's the downright ridiculous. Alex supplies the latter, then drags him off to talk to the servants he has suspicions about: a plan that rapidly goes awry...

( For the second time in as many days, Milos woke to find himself alone in bed. This time, however, he discovered to his horror that he wasn’t alone in the room. )