Erev has never ridden for so long, and when he makes his way out of the saddle he walks with bowed legs, his thighs and his ass aching from being on horseback for so long. He doesn't have time to sit and rest, though -- he readies himself among the other servants, helps lay the fire and boil water, makes tea for his highness and then fills a bathtub for him, comes and attends him in the water when he calls for him.
His promotion to the royal retinue is a very new thing, and he isn't used to it, isn't used to being so close to Prince Leas, let alone being permitted to touch him, to wash a sponge down the scarred, muscular planes of his broad back, or massage shampoo into his short, dark hair. He's a big man, big enough that he scarcely fits into the confines of the painfully small metal tub, his knees bent up and poking out, but Erev still works to wash him, to reach in and access his thighs as best he can.
Leas watches him as he does so, slowly extends his legs one by one for Erev to scrub and then rinse, and then each of his arms, leans back so that Erev can wash the rounded swell of his belly.
"Thank you, sire," Erev says once he's finished, and Leas looks at him with that cool expression of his, his eyebrows raising, his head tilting to one side.
"Thank you?" he repeats in tones so mild it's amazing that the words feel as scathing as they do. "For what, boy, the privilege of bathing your prince?"
"... For the promotion to your retinue, sire," Erev says, and Leas huffs out a laugh, and pushes himself up from the water. Erev had been able to see it in the shadow of the water, but on his feet, with the other man being so tall, Erev's not far from face to face with the thing, seeing it half-standing up to rub against the underside of the prince's belly.
It's a large cock, long and thick and with a particularly bulbous head, and Erev is unable not to think about how it would feel in his mouth in the moment, how the heavy head of the prince's cock would feel on his tongue, sinking deeper, filling his throat.
"Warm my bed while I get dry, boy," Leas orders him, and Erev nods his head, walking away from him and musing on the fact that even his royal majesty doesn't call servants boy, not that Erev's heard, anyway. He'd used to be a cleaner in the library, and he recalls his highness seeing him irregularly as he'd passed in and out -- he'd asked for Erev by name, and Erev had been on the staff for the royal quarters only for two days before they came on this journey, and he was ordered to come along.
It seems strange, that he should go from dusting and sweeping to attending the prince's own body, to laying the warmed copper plates under the sheets of his bed to ensure it's appropriately warmed for him. The prince's tent is a thing of beautiful luxury, a full mattress laid out for him, blankets and silken pillows resting atop it, and there are various other luxuries within the space, a rug spread out on the floor, a trunk-wardrobe on its side with his clothes hung up, a mirror, a vanity.
For all these luxuries carried by cart, the prince himself has ridden on horseback and led their parade on the wooded paths -- Erev had been surprised to be permitted his own horse to ride, although the stablemaster had had him ride about a bit at first around the paddock, just to ensure he was able enough to control the horse.
Prince Leas walks into his tent now dry, towelling off his hair, his cock softer now, but not all the way soft, and he stands on the rug, looking at Erev impassively.
"You're dressed," he says, seeming unamused, "and on your feet. Explain."
"Sire?" Erev asks. "I just put the plates under your sheets, they should be -- "
Leas clucks his tongue, and says, "Remove them. I don't want heated pieces of metal to warm me, boy, I ordered you to warm my bed."
Erev stares at him, his lips parted, uncomprehending much as his brain works to process the information. Leas moves past him, pulls out each of the warmed plates and tosses them aside with a clatter, and then unbuckles Erev's belt with strong, confident hands and loosens its band about his tunic, pulling that over his head and throwing it aside with the plates.
Erev stands there dumbly as Leas pushes his trousers down from his hips and shoves him back onto the bed -- Erev falls on his ass and shivers as Leas pulls off his boots, his socks, his breeches. Erev is naked, sitting back on the prince's bed as the big man advances, and he's certain he should say something, but his brain won't quite work enough to manage it.
"Your highness -- "
"How tight is your hole?" Leas asks, and Erev feels as if he's been dipped in hot water as Leas pulls back the sheet and nudges Erev beneath them, pushing him onto his side.
"Your, your highness," Erev stammers out breathlessly, his own cock jumping between his legs as blood rushes downward. He can feel his heart pounding, feel sweat beading on his skin. "I, um -- "
"Doesn't matter," Leas says. "Every boy is tight when I fuck him."
"Is this why you added me to your retinue?"
"Why, because you're going to be tight?" Leas asks, and he leers at him, shows his teeth. As his body settles into bed behind him, Erev feels the heat radiate from his body -- of course he doesn't need a literal bedwarmer, he wanted... "I knew you'd be tight. Look at you, tiny little thing, that narrow little waist, this fat little ass."