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[du_vallon]

He's definitely walked into something strange.

Porthos had finished up with the gym and stopped at the grocery store to pick up the fixings for tacos made with tilapia and other salsas, picking up beer and wine too, and when he gets home, there's the sound of rapid Spanish and laughter, two voices that he only recognizes one of. Wandering inside warily, he hangs up his coat and then feels a touch like he should have changed, because standing there in his bike shorts and a tight t-shirt makes him feel suddenly on display.

"Aramis," he greets politely, gaze sliding over to the man with him. He's handsome, that's for sure, but that could just be Porthos' appreciation of men like Aramis talking. "I didn't know we had company for dinner," he says, glancing at the already exhausted bottles of wine, a touch jealous that he'd missed out on so much drinking.

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[afineseamstress]

"It's the only thing that's real," says Aramis, "Or at least, you are the thing that feels the most real to me. It would not even be a choice between you and anything else in the world."

He lifts his head, watching Porthos. "I thought you knew that."

[du_vallon]

"I know you love me," Porthos assures, never having doubted that. "And I know I'm important. I suppose I didn't realize how important," he says, because the business with the baby and the Queen has left a few seedlings of doubt in his mind, accompanied by the fact that Aramis left him at home for the monastery. "Sometimes, I think we're utterly insufferable," he says with a bright smirk.

"I only wish Treville were here to be irritated by it."

[afineseamstress]

"He'd have kittens," says Aramis, relaxing back with a return of that smirk. "And we'd have to name the cat again. Perhaps we'd name it d'Artagnan, and he'd come back to us, too."

He brushes his nose against Porthos'. "You are," he says, "Important. You and Athos are first in my heart, always."

[du_vallon]

"I want him here so I can ask him questions," Porthos admits quietly, but also because he wants the steady Captain. He'd hand over the consulting agency without question if Treville wanted it. And besides that, he's the most father Porthos has ever had, so presenting his husband and partner to him (despite Treville knowing them) is something he desperately wants.

"I love you," he says, because it needs to be said. "And you're the most important to me. I'd die for the both of you and you both come first. Always."