Anne Boleyn (
happyfalcon) wrote2014-09-16 08:45 pm
[For Thomas] Changing Seasons
There was no doubt, it had been hard. In the weeks that followed, Anne only got a few fleeting looks at Thomas Wyatt. Every once in a while they were able to steal fleeting kisses of the briefest touch of fingers at banquets. The letters they wrote were far more significant. Poetic verses, promises, sweet words - both were exchanged in equal passion.
But recently, Anne's happiness had taken a drastic drop. Henry had been pressuring her lately, wanting to make his relationship with Anne more public. She had refused, coyly at first, then logically. Her argument had been that, while he was married, it wouldn't do to have them both seen in public together. Henry had agreed at first without question. Recently though, he had started to grow annoyed. This would have been fine, except that Thomas Boleyn was beginning to feel the pressure as well, and was pressuring Anne to accept the king's public advances.
What else could she do? As the days grew darker, Anne turned to the only person she could trust without question: Thomas.
Anne wrote a letter, quickly and carefully when she finally had a free moment:
Dearest Poet:
Would that I could write of my fondness for you now; to tell you, as I often have these past days, that it is you that I love more than any. Alas, today I write to you with the gravest matter - The Lion seeks to show off his prize to the jackals that surround him. To show that the falcon is his, and belongs to no other.
What shall the falcon do, dear heart? You know well of the others that surround it, and the dangers the falcon faces should it refuse The Lion - though it wants nothing more than to do so.
I hope, dearest love, that you and your most brilliant mind are able to manifest some solution.
Until then, Poet, as always you have my heart, and my happiness lies with you alone.
Sincerest love,
~Brunet
Hopefully, Thomas's crafty mind would identify the new characters she developed to avoid dropping names. The Falcon, herself; The Lion, the king. What could she do? What should she do?
Slipping out of her chamber, folded letter in hand, Anne stepped down to their designated spot. No guards, no prying eyes in sight. Still, Anne kept the letter in her sleeve until she reached the left urn. Pretending to drop a bracelet, Anne dipped down to retrieve it, slipping the letter into the urn swiftly in the time it took to grab the bracelet and stand up. She continued on without a word.
Hopefully, Thomas could reply to her soon.

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"You may - so long as you promise to never call me 'Annie' again," Anne still smiled though.
George called her 'Annie' because he knew she hated it. And of course only Mary could call her 'Nan'. But Anne laughed a bit as she leaned a little nearer to Thomas. "Besides, you already have a proper nickname for me, haven't you?"
It was a merry tune, but a slightly slow one - there would be no changing partners for this particular dance. Anne stepped onto the dance floor with Thomas, her fingers laced with his. George and Mary seemed amused enough with their own partners to pay Anne and Thomas any mind. Anne's dark eyes fell upon Thomas, unable to fight the smile that blossomed across her lips.
"You realize, my dear Thomas, you have made decent headway on our little wager, but you've yet to secure a win," she teased him, keeping her voice low but still only speaking in general terms that no one would be scandalized over.
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He nodded at her mention of a nickname. "That I do. It was... now if I could only recall... the Wittiest?" Wyatt flashed a smile an instant before he had to let go of Anne's hand and make a turn to the right and step around her.
Her challenge earned a pair of raised eyebrows from Wyatt but having to concentrate on the dancesteps prevented him from giving an immediate response. He couldn't really believe she'd refuse him at the end but in no way could he simply sit back and wait until the apple fell down onto his lap, either.
"There is more to man's life than winning a bet," he offered, when again facing her, "but whenever that is the goal, I've found that by taking things slowly, a better outcome can be reached."
They had to again step in opposite directions before returning to one another. "Think of waterdrops falling on marble. One drop does nothing, but in time a multitude of them will erode the stone. A lady's heart may be soft but it is often much harder to penetrate than a marble."
He squeezed her hand and whispered. "I will take my own time seducing you, mistress Boleyn."
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Besides, a simple dance was the farthest thing from her mind. Especially when he spoke so eloquently and with such finesse. As he whispered to her, Anne blushed slightly. Oh, she wouldn't likely refuse him, she just liked to tease him - but if he kept speaking like that...oh, Anne was already aching with need for him. For so long, for so many weeks beforehand, they had not been together.
She was about ready to combust, do great was her need.
Teasing and bring clever was her way of combating this, but her defense was wearing thin. As Anne gave his hand a brief squeeze before pulling away to complete another turn around him, she glanced at him over her shoulder with a dark gleam in her eyes.
"Ever the artist, I would never seek to interfere with your work," she purred. "Shall you make me your next masterpiece?"
Anne smiled mischievously as she completed the turn and the music faded and the ladies curtseyed to their partners before a new melody began.
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The dancers assembled into a new formation for another piece. This dance required them to switch partners and therefore it was harder to maintain any kind of real conversation but Wyatt was just as happy to simply smile at her, to hold her hand when possible or speak words less important than he would have otherwise done.
He did, however, manage to whisper something to Mary as they were going in circles hand in hand, and then a little bit later Mary was repeating his words to George, who glanced at Wyatt's direction and nodded. When this dance was completed, George raised his voice before the musicians had a chance to start another song.
"Friends, and family! May I have your attention, please?" he started with his hands up in the air. "As we all know, our little party got a welcome addition last night with the arrival of one... frosty poet." The crowd turned to look at Wyatt and murmured their approval. "I hear they have a new poem for us to enjoy today. I suggest we take a small break from dancing and let Master Wyatt recite his newest piece of work."
George gestured Wyatt to step forward which he then did, smiling at the crowd. "Thank you, George. This poem came about as I travelled south and visited the port of Seaford. I began thinking of sailors in the Mediterranean and of their encounters with Venus, rising from the sea. English winters are cold and I doubt the goddess graces us with her presence in these waters but I would like to believe we have beauty here that equals her nonetheless."
His cheeks might have blushed saying that; after all it was rather sentimental. Wyatt then paused to let the audience to get ready.
"Though this port : and I thy servaunt true,
And thou thy self doist cast thy bemes from hye
From thy chieff howse, promising to renew
Both Joye and eke delite, behold yet how that I,
Bannisshed from my blisse, carefully do crye,
"Helpe now, Citherea, my lady dere,
"My ferefull trust," en vogant la galere.
Alas the dowbt that dredfull absence geveth
Withoute thyn ayde ; assuraunce is there none :
..."
He continued through all the four verses of the poem, sometimes taking a longer pause between words when he couldn't quite decide how he wanted the lines to flow, and sometimes giving special emphasis on certain words and phrases. All for Anne.
...Forget me not, en vogant la galere."
That was the end of the poem. Wyatt had been looking past the guests as he spoke, but now his gaze fell up the people that so quietly had been listening. He smile again, anxiously waiting to know how well the poem was received.
((OOC: Full poem with modern spelling & notes/explanation here:
http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/Archive/Wyatt16.htm#anchor001 ))
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When the music started anew and the next dance began, Anne found her partner switched to the timid William. To avoid drawing attention to herself, she didn't seek where Thomas had gone with her eyes again, she merely exchanged pleasantries with William, teased him about her sister and made him blush.
But then George's hollering startled them both. As he made the announcement and described Thomas as being 'frosty' Anne couldn't help but laugh a little. She and William stepped back out of formation as George commanded to give Thomas proper space, though Anne made it a point to stand up front beside Mary to hear him best. Again she blushed as he spoke of beauty here that at least equaled Venus - was he...referring to her? No, he must have been referring to their fair country, for she knew he loved it so. Yes, that must have been it.
Silently Anne listened, entranced. His written words were captivating enough, but when Thomas actually took the opportunity to read his compositions aloud, it was positively bewitching. There was no room for doubt - this was for her. Anne couldn't help the self-centered thought; but for whom else could this possibly be dedicated? She bit the side of her tongue to keep tears from her eyes.
En vogant la galere.
Mary, always enamored with such art, was the first to applaud. The smile spread across Anne's lips before she too was clapping. Others around them absolutely erupted into applause that seemed to echo throughout the entire house. Despite everyone in the room, Anne's eyes were fixed on Thomas. For her, there was no one else in the room.
"Wonderful!!" Mary called out to him joyously, nudging Anne playfully.
"As always," Anne's voice was softer but she was just that overcome with emotion that she could not will her voice any louder. But the smile on her face conveyed her approval and admiration clear enough.
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"Music!" George ordered while bringing Wyatt a cup of wine. "Here, you deserve a drink, my friend. That was excellent. It begs one crucial question, however." He took a sip from his own cup and grinned. "Who is this woman that inspires such poetry in you? Do not tell it is someone you briefly met in Seaford."
Wyatt shook his head, hoping that Anne wouldn't hear George's half-witted insinuation but in vain. The two Boleyn sisters were still standing nearby. Though it turned out to be for the best as Mary stepped up right then.
"Don't spoil the memory of a lovely poem, George," Mary chastised her brother. "We enjoyed it thoroughly, didn't we, Nan? Shall we dance some more? This music is perfect for circle dancing."
((ooc: Gah, all those typos in my last paragraph/previous tag: fell upon, he smiled again))
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"Of course we did, it was wonderful! Pay no mind to our brother, Master Wyatt. Your poem was lovely, as always!" Anne smiled, waving George off. But her attention was back on Mary to answer her question. "I think for now Mary I'll partake of the pastries and fine wine, but you go on!"
Mary pouted but soon another male guest whisked her off to join the dancing. Anne took a goblet of wine from a passing servant and drank slowly. The music and frivolity were indeed wonderful, but as the hour was drawing late, more guests were beginning to retire to their rooms for the evening. The room was slowly but surely emptying. But this didn't bother Anne. The more guests left, the closer it would be to bedtime.
Then she could sneak back to Thomas's room once again. This time, she wouldn't be able to just sleep beside him.
But she tried not to think too much on her plans just yet. It would only make her more anxious. So Anne just enjoyed her wine and plucked up a small pastry when a servant came near.
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He swallowed the first piece and smiled faintly. "Would you care to play a game of cards with me? It looks like there's a table free right there." He nodded towards the corner where a pack of cards had been left haphazardly on a small round table.
Wyatt walked over there, placed his pie and drink on the side and gathered the cards into his hands. "A round of Cent?" he asked, turning back to Anne. "I thought we could sit for a while before you need to retire for the night."
((ooc: I didn't read the whole thing nor do I intend to exactly play out the game but I found it here: http://www.davpar.eu/histocs/piquet.html
And thanks for the new pictures!))
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"Sounds like fun, indeed let's," Anne moved to sit at the table and set her pastry and wine at the one side of the table.
She nodded at the suggestion of Cent. It wasn't her favorite game, but she was good at it. Anne was good at a lot of card games. She tapped her fingers on the table, waiting for him to deal.
"It does indeed sound nice - a relaxing game of cards before cuddling up in bed under the covers," Anne smiled. "Finding some way to keep warm."
((ooc: Thanks for the link! :) ))
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Wyatt tossed out the cards with numbers smaller than seven and after shuffling the rest carefully, dealt twelve cards for both of them.
"You know the thing George was trying to imply... there's no truth behind it. You're the only one. The only one I'm with, or think about. Just you." He touched his heart again, like he often did to express his feelings, but he also moved his leg under that small table so that the tip of his boot touched her shoe.
"Just a quick game, I propose," he said, looking at his cards more closely now. His hand wasn't too bad but there were entirely more interesting activities to look forward to.
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As he spoke again, Anne's gaze paused. She couldn't stop her smile and slowly she looked up, and only then did she tilt her head up. Of course she'd given no credence to George's words. He had no idea what he was talking about, as usual. But the fact that Thomas spoke up to clarify, to make sure she knew the truth...it made her incredibly happy. She brushed her shoe against the side of his boot in return.
"I know, but thank you. I do so enjoy hearing you say it, after all," Anne grinned.
Then her attention was back on her cards to pay proper mind to the game. "Agreed," she nodded. The guests were dwindling now, they wouldn't be missed if they left at the same time shortly enough. "A quick card game at least...some games are worth drawing out, don't you think?"
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Taking a sip from his drink, Wyatt waited Anne to draw replacements to her cards first, then did the same with his. He fell into a silence, concentrating on gaining a combination of cards that would earn him the most points.
There was still some chatter in the room and a lone lute player plucked the strings of his instrument at his pleasure. The Boleyn wine was being consumed by the remaining men and women.
Wyatt kept his voice low as he spoke again. "I suggest you leave first. I'll stay behind and follow soon after. Be as you are now... for to draw out the game, I wish to undress you."
He discarded the Queen of Hearts on the table. Maybe not a smart move regarding the card game but he didn't care.
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Her eyes flickered up to meet his gaze as he spoke. Anne's chest heaved up and down rapidly. The turn completed, she revealed her hand - not the best play of her gambling career.
Anne nodded slowly, agreeing with his suggestion. For another moment she was lost to her daydreaming, imagining the drag of his fingers over her skin as he undressed her.
"I hope you'll forgive my impatience, I don't think I can last five more hands," her voice was low. "I'll surrender to you this time...though of course, regarding our other game, it will hardly be the last time I do so..."
With that she rose, abandoning her cards, taking a long drink from her cup and bowing her head to him.
"I eagerly await our next game, and I shall give it my all, be sure of that," Anne smiled teasingly as she started out of the room.
Down the hall she went, a brief glance revealed she was alone, and she ducked into Thomas's room and waited impatiently.
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"Impatience can be a virtue...," he tried some feeble explanation for the burning they both felt in their bodies. "Good night," he added, raising slightly from his chair as Anne left the room.
Wyatt exhaled. Then he finished his drink. He didn't want Anne to wait unnecessarily, but he had to give her some time to get to his room without anyone noticing. He got up slowly, shrugging his shoulders. George was occupied with his lady friend, Mary nowhere to be seen. Nobody important would miss him, so Wyatt saw it fit to leave.
He didn't bother knocking on the door to let Anne know he was coming. That would have been suspicious behaviour, it was his room after all. He simply slipped inside and sought out for her with the intention of enveloping her into a warm embrace.
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But an embrace alone wouldn't satisfy her. Anne tipped her head back slightly to feverishly press her lips against his. Her tongue wasted no time chasing the taste of wine on his mouth, as if she hadn't drank enough herself.
Normally there were witty phrases and soft promises at this point, but Anne had not patience enough for that now. She was burning, crushed beneath the weight of her skirts as though they were made of mortar. Already her fingers impatiently slid down his chest to his doublet, shaking as they moved the clasps undone.
This showed her desperate need, but the soft moaning likely proved it further. Anne broke slowly from his mouth and trailed kisses to his jaw and further to his earlobe.
"Thomas..." she'd been waiting for so long. Too long.
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He smiled into the kiss as Anne's nimble fingers worked on those clasps. Meanwhile his own hands found the ties to her skirts. He tugged them loose impatiently, only stopping enough to allow her to slide the doublet down his arms and let it fall onto the floor.
Wyatt closed his eyes, moaning in response, and tilted his head in the direction she wanted at first, but then leaned forward to press hot kisses across her bare shoulders. With a needy sigh he dropped down on his knees. Anne could take support on his shoulders as he proceeded to lift her feet up one at a time in order to remove her shoes. He then slid his hands under her skirt and caressed the backs of her legs all the way up until he could squeeze her backside.
Bringing his hands back out in the open and wrapping them around Anne's hips, Wyatt pressed the side of his face against the hard of her bodice. Then he pushed her skirt and farthingale down to her feet and rose up again.
((ooc: I got so stuck in this tag for not wanting to assume what she was wearing (didn't know what you had in mind; a dress or a skirt + bodice) but I hope the latter is ok. It just fit my purposes better.))
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Oh, but his touch at her thighs...that had her nails gripping the fabric of his undershirt. Anne's head tipped back a bit and a soft moan escaped her as his fingers traveled higher. But then they were gone again - out from under her skirts and back at her hips. With his face pressed so flush against her, Anne couldn't help the smile on her face as she pushed her fingers through his hair.
Once he was back up again, Anne lifted one foot first, then the other to nudge her discarded clothes out of the way. She kept her lips just slightly away from Thomas for the moment, instead locking her gaze with his while her fingers trailed down, finding the hem of his trousers. One hand slid lower still and gave the most fleeting touch to his bulge. Her usual fox-like self wanted to tease him further, while her burning self wanted nothing more than to have him pin her down to the bed.
As if to satisfy both quarreling sides, Anne leaned up again to kiss him hard. Her lips slightly parted with just the tip of her tongue flicking against his lower lip.
Her fingers in the meanwhile tugged and teased at his trousers, pulling the laces loose slowly, as if the kiss were distracting her.
((ooc: That's absolutely fine! Seems like there would be more layers than usual anyway considering it's a special occasion!))
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"You like that, eh?" he chuckled when Anne's hand brushed against his groin, as if it was by accident. As if. He looked down and smiled, and then they were back to kissing. Keeping their bodies at a small distance except from lips firmly connected, she was able to untie his trousers while he reached behind her back to get to the corset strings. He moved his hips under her touch.
"I like that," he gasped, answering his own question a little late as well as a little breathless. He absolutely loved her for being so forward. Everything was so much easier when he didn't have to pretend this was something other than it was. But despite of the urgency he felt in every inch of his body, he wasn't going to make love to her with his boots on and his trousers dropped to his knees like it had happened at the night of the masquarade. Lovely memory it was and all, but not how he wanted to be intimate with her.
After getting those laces undone, Wyatt pulled off her bodice, then brought her hands to the hem of his shirt and lifted up his arms. "I undress you and you undress me."
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Thomas finished with her corset before she was completely done with his trousers, thus they didn't fall, and he demanded the attention of her fingers elsewhere. She tilted a brow at him as he issued the direction. But she obeyed, gripping the hem of his shirt and pulling it up over his head. Of course she couldn't keep it as simple as that. As the fabric dragged up his body, Anne leaned hers against him. Then as his shirt cleared over his head she brought her lips up to press against his neck, his chin, then pause at his lips.
"As if I needed instruction," her eyes lit mischievously at that. Really though, he should know her better - when Anne wanted something, she pursued it wholeheartedly.
Her lips pressed more fully against his as she finished with the ties of his trousers, finally loosening them completely and letting them fall. She pushed down his linen undergarment as well. But of course there were his boots to deal with.
Naturally, Anne had a plan.
"You'd best lean against the bedpost," she whispered. Then slowly she knelt down, waited for him to obey her suggestion before her fingers wrapped around the ankle of his boot. As she began to lift his foot slightly to pull the boot off, Anne leaned forward and teased her tongue against the underside of his length. All the while she didn't break eye contact with Thomas.
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As Anne pushed down his trousers and knelt in front of him, a smile broke across his face. He supported himself against the frame of the bed, one hand behind the bedpost, the other ghosting over her cheek.
"God, Anne-." He was not ready for that. All the muscles in his abdomen rippled as her warm tongue wetted his cock. And having her look up at the same time... He closed his fist with a handful of her hair, still smiling.
Probably losing half of his remaining dignity Wyatt hopped to the side after Anne had removed his left boot. It certainly wasn't the easiest to try to lift up a leg while his trousers were at his knees. Sitting on the bed and leaning back on his arms worked much better. He squirmed a bit, helping to shed the rest of his clothes.
"Come here." Wyatt pulled Anne close, hungry for her kisses. Moving his hands under her butt, he lifted Anne onto his lap.
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As he pulled her up Anne smiled. She settled easily in his lap, her legs on either side of his waist. Anne's fingers fluttered up his chest, along his neck and through his hair.
"Like that did you?" Anne whispered softly. "Dear Thomas, surely you already knew that I have a talented tongue?"
She leaned in, dragging her lips along his throat, running the very tip of her tongue along his pulse. Anne gave a slight roll of her hips, feeling his hardness and sighing out loud. Anne wanted this to last forever; she always wanted this to last.
"And what else do you like, my love?" Anne whispered, pressing her forehead against his and looking into his eyes. "What else would you like of your Brunet?"
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As she rubbed against his arousal, his breathing got more rapid. Yes, yes, he did love that! It ought to be evident by the way his legs twitched underneath her. Eyes fluttering, for she was so near, he tilted his head to steal a wet little kiss. "You know I love anything and everything you're willing to grant me."
Wyatt leaned backwards to lie on the bed, pulling Anne along him. "I love... this." He loved all of this; the anticipation of lovemaking as much as the act itself.
His legs hung over the edge of the bed still. In order to get them more towards the middle of the bed, Wyatt lifted up his knees and somehow managed to buck backwards with Anne on top of him. He pushed away from the bedframe with his legs. Then he flipped her over.
"I apologize for not secuding you properly," he muttered before leaning in for a kiss while his fingers sank into her hair.
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The suggestion that he hadn't properly seduced her was utter silliness to Anne.
"Not seducing me properly? I couldn't get through a single hand of Cent for wanting you, Thomas," she sighed as she trailed her fingers between them, along his abdomen and pausing at his hips.
Anne nudged his cheek with her nose to kiss his jaw. She trailed those kisses up along the line of his jaw to his ear, her breath hot against his skin while she sucked at his earlobe.
"What would you have done differently?" She whispered.
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"I would have gone riding with you. I would have walked you to our tree and kissed you underneath it. I would have found the last rose in the frost-covered bushes and brought it to you despite of thorns." Wyatt kissed her softly.
"I should have. I did nought, but you're here."
He shifted to a better position between her legs, still restraining himself though his cock was pushing against her opening. Then he looked up with a lopsided smile.
"Your looks so often cast,
Your eyes so friendly rolled,
Your sight fixed so fast,
Always one to behold;"
He kissed her with more intention this time.
"Though hide it fain ye would,
It plainly doth declare
Who had your heart in hold,
And where good will ye bear."
Because he should have read her a poem before they ended up in bed, this was his way to make up for it.
Wyatt manouvered himself slowly into her, keeping eyecontact. He pushed their hips together and paused, wanting to savor the moment, the look on her face. "Anne...," he whispered before resuming to move again.
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It didn't matter when he read her a poem - so long as he read her one. Which he had.
As he pulled away and kept her gaze, Anne could feel the movement of his hips. She knew what was coming, had been so anxious for it. Her thighs tensed and gently squeezed his hips as he slipped inside. With every inch that slid into her, Anne's back arched and her head tipped back, a soft moan escaping her. Anne's lips formed a perfect 'o' shape and her eyes fluttered, almost closed, but not quite.
"T...Thomas..." she moaned as her body relaxed again, feeling him move inside her.
Feeling more complete than she'd felt in the longest time. Anne leaned up to seize his lips again in a deep kiss while her arms wrapped around his neck.
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