http://actionlaced.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] actionlaced.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] uisgeannan2011-08-30 11:18 pm

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Here's something no one in Paradisa would ever expect to see: Euri, grinning from ear to ear, on the verge of skipping down the sidewalk in City Royale. It's a bizarre sight, made even stranger by the fact that she seems to be bleeding a bit from the side of her head, and there's a nasty red mark on her arm that's threatening to turn into a bruise.

Yup, it's as if she doesn't even notice.

She pauses at a corner and looks around - checking to see if she can spot a specific person - and when she doesn't see him she continues on, not even the least bit annoyed. Very un-Euri-like, but in her mind she has every right to be utterly ecstatic.

Because today, on this perfectly average summer day, she managed to cast her first curse.

It's a big deal to Witches, and especially so to her, as virtually all of them are able to do as around thirteen. Five years late is a long time, but she isn't thinking about that right now. All that's on her mind is that she isn't a complete failure as a Witch, and therefore, still has a chance of fitting in.

It's the best feeling in the world, and it's one she wants to share with more than just Dog. Unfortunately, there are few people in Paradisa she can even discuss this with, and even fewer who would approve of curse casting. So she's hunting down probably the only person who would be okay with it, even if he's sometimes not the easiest person to find. She's starting to debate summoning Dog, so he can do his whole bloodhound tracker thing....

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-01 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
He barely has time to kick one of his own shoes off by the time Euri's boots land with an uneven thudding sound on the floor, so her decision to further undress is welcomed in more ways than one--he's able to wiggle the other one off in time for her to settle back down on him, drawing his leg up a little in response.

He likes the attention at his neck, craning his head back, inviting her to do more. Her efforts aren't wasted further down, either. He closes his eyes, one hand reaching for her waist and the other tangling up in her hair. He pulls her head closer, muttering in her ear. "Much better. Do whatever you want..."

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-01 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
A little surprised by her reaction, he has to let out a breathy laugh. His arm hangs by his fingers, still curled around the base of her neck. It's what he'd imagined earlier, just a few moves late. Two out of three ain't bad, or so they say.

"I'm not. Is it that surprising?" He smirks up at her. Even if he wasn't teasing her then, she makes it so easy to start now, "But if that's not what you're into..."

He takes advantage of her confusion and suspicion (and momentary distractedness) to push her over, rolling on top of her. He steals a quick kiss to try and keep her down, his hand ghosting down her middle; it stops momentarily, his fingers presumably tracing along where he feels that warmth around her stomach. Then he goes lower, and lower, until he's pressing his fingers against her through already questionably thin fabric.

Yeah, the smarm isn't going away any time soon. "I can be whatever you want."

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
He chuckles again, smiling that strange smile of his. It's just too much fun watching her like this. He really likes her, and the surprised noises she makes, and the way her hair falls about her face like that.

"You're great," he says, leaning down to nearly grin against her skin. More kisses, a very light bite to to where her neck and her shoulder meet. He could do this for hours, just get lost in her. "Hah, am I going too fast? Just tell me."

He's busy balancing what's best for her and what's best for him; he doesn't want to do anything that frightens her or makes her more uncomfortable than she'd like. But still, his fingers start to move a little, stroking her slowly. He would have had to move his hand anyway if she wanted him to stop, so it... well... the reasoning made more sense in his head.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
He mumbles an affirmation against her neck; he knows. His immediate response would have been 'I've had a lot of practice', but somehow he thinks that Euri wouldn't like that so much. She seems content in what may very well be a world of illusions, where there is only her and himself and no one else. And he's all right with that too. No need to drag thoughts of others into this, especially when she's just fine on her own.

He shivers a little under her fingers, rewarding her with a proper kiss (she seems to like those a lot) and slowly speeding up his movements. He doesn't know how long she can last, but he's trying to pace it; if not for her, then at least for himself.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
It's the fingernails at his back that really spurn him forward, it makes him sharp and attentive and draws more breath from him than it should. Her murmuring isn't a bad incentive either, though.

He pulls his hand away, biting at her lower lip. It's not enough to draw blood (not yet, anyway), but he means it to be a suitable distraction while he feels around for the top of her panties and tugs them out of the way. He runs his fingers over her a little, just enough to get her used to the idea, before he slips one, two inside of her and feels his way around, trying to find a response.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
As much as he's trying to pace himself, he's very tempted to forget all that with the stinging being scraped along his skin and the murmured, throaty moan that escapes him as presses down against her, wishing for a second that he could just forget it and fuck her right there and then.

But even as his own breath starts to grow heavier (waterlogged) he continues his meticulous work, brushing up against the inside of her with his fingertips and mercilessly teasing her wherever he gets her to squirm, to moan, to dig her fingernails further into his back.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-02 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
To her credit, it definitely works.

He gasps, a growl quickly following as the feeling shoots along his collar and into his chest heart lungs ribs spine, especially, settling into the pit of his stomach with warmth and anxious anticipation. Damn it, he's weaker than he thought, affronted with this...

She may never realize her actions were ever severe, since his blood leeches away from her fingers and back towards the breaks in his skin, even as he's thinking entirely of other things. He mutters something harsh and barely audible against her jaw, a mix of sudden frustration and unforgiving want, and then his hand is gone--he wipes it against the covers without really thinking, slipping her panties all the way off in the next motion. They fall somewhere, but again--not paying attention.

He pulls away for a second, long enough to reposition her leg (gripping hard at her thigh, it will probably bruise a little) and undo the front of his pants--but he can't stand the sudden lack of heat, so he presses close to her again to chase away the cooler air and indulge himself in her scent again, her taste. He doesn't give her much warning before he enters her, pushing in deep and instinctively biting at her shoulder as a shudder wracks his skeleton.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-03 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Mm..." It's a quiet, almost peaceful sound compared to his last. He lets her shift, relishing the feeling of her around him, his hand slipping away from her leg. Now that he's here, he thinks he can trust her to do what feels best.

He shifts inside of her, starting to move. He is gradual, maybe a little languid, at first; he's now a little preoccupied with her skin. He runs his tongue along the flowering red that's appeared where he bit her, the slight indents to her skin quickly fading. There's nothing better and more fulfilling than pleasure after pain, at least to him. More kisses at the end of it--there will always be more kisses, at least for her.

His pace slowly picks up as he moves to her mouth again, a little harsh (as a sweet payback for earlier). Now that he can afford it, one of his hands roams over her side and chest, eventually slipping under her bra to feel along (and tease) one of her breasts. If she thought keeping it on would somehow deter him... well, it obviously hasn't.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-03 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
He allows himself a celebratory smirk at that, a soft laugh between shallow breaths. It's kind of a victory, he thinks, since she was so reluctant to part with it earlier. He's more than happy to touch her more, especially with nothing in the way.

Hah, it's not really getting easier to breathe; not with what little air he's taking in. Her skin (or his?) is getting hot and their closeness is a little suffocating, but it's addicting and feels good and the tightness coiling up isn't something he can ignore anymore.

He wants more, but his balance is a little precarious--even now he's sometimes pressing down a little too hard against her ribs or her side (though he's honestly trying to avoid it) just to keep himself steady. To fix it he breaks their string of kissing and leans away a little, panting to catch his breath while he can...

And then he makes up for with his mouth what he can't do with his hands; he leans forward again, licking a long, hot line down the center of her chest before he runs his tongue over the rest. He expects both a hand and his mouth to make pretty quick work of things, especially with how he's able to speed up now, pressing himself inside of her again and again with a rising urge to find his edge.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-03 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
His back again, skin more sensitive and sending jolts of sensation through him regardless of the touch; her clawing is exhilarating, the pain tenses him up and he moves faster, pushing harder, just like she wants.

He focuses most of his attention on that, now, anxious to finish. Just as she moans out his name, her own escapes in a mutter against her neck, right before a shiver and a heated moan against his volition.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-03 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't take him very long to catch up, especially with a response like that (her arching around him, slick and tense and shuddering so vehemently), her cry loud enough to stay ringing in his ears in his head at the edges of his skull reverberating back down through his bones and ribs and spine and--

He pulls away and out of her before he arrives ('no need to complicate things' is one thought that stands out through the haze) but his finish leaves him no less out of breath, voice momentarily choked on a sound he doesn't want to let out.

Eventually he sighs, though, happily leaning back down and nuzzling at her neck, leaving more kisses. Mm, he liked that one... and the scratches at his back are healing up without so much as a smear of blood left to show for it.

THE NEXT MORNING...

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-03 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
So yeah. That happened.

The late morning had him up and about, getting coffee and other things started. Now he's sitting around on the one of two provided kitchen chairs, bare feet propped up against the edge of the seat, mostly just waiting for Euri to wake up--and not for the first time, he notes.

He's taken a couple of precautions to make sure she doesn't immediately run off, in case she panics or something... though he doesn't think she would. Run off, he means--the panicking might happen regardless. For now he's just watching her sleep, quietly memorizing the way her hair clings about her face, occasionally being distracted by a bird chirping outside.

Ah, right. He opened the window, too, but that's just a personal preference.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-03 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
As soon as she's properly awake, he smiles and looks fairly pleased that she's returned to the land of the living. "Svetcha." Which means, as she should strangely understand, 'good morning' back.

He stretches his legs out for a moment, pressing his toes to the floor before he properly stands and walks into the kitchen area. He comes back with two mugs, putting one on the bedside table and putting the other in her hand whether she wants to take it or not.

"Drink this." He says, then reaching for his own mug. They appear to be filled with coffee (with some cream too, because that's how he likes it and didn't know what kind Euri would prefer).

He sits down next to her, settling comfortably, and takes a sip of his own. "How are you feeling?"