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 2011-09-03 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?"

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-03 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah..." He's already taken plenty of time to look at the bruises on her neck, the bite mark creeping up on her shoulder. Instead, he glances up, as close to apologetic as he seems to get. "Sorry about that. I can fix that up, if you'd like. And make you something to eat, too." Though he's not... the best cook, he's pretty sure he could manage breakfast, or at least get her some.

He doesn't reply immediately to her concern, instead leaning over and planting a light kiss under her jaw. The light bruise there begins to disappear, in much the way that her marks did the night before.

He explains when he pulls away, though. "Yeah, there's... a morning-after medicine in it, from my world." He doesn't think he has to say much more than that, and subsequently takes another sip of his own, normal coffee.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-03 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
He looks a little startled when she suddenly gulps down her coffee--though he's now justified in having believed that she might panic a little. Once he's sure she's not going to choke to death, though, he merely gives a dry look at his own mug of coffee and continues to sip from it gingerly.

"If there are any, it's from downing a cup of coffee in three gulps. You should be just fine otherwise." He reaches down to brush some of her hair off of her shoulder, the bruises there healing up even after he's moved his fingers away. Any excuse to touch her a little more is all right with him.

At least there isn't blood all over the bed. Then she'd really freak.

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-03 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"I could at least get you something. You're obviously hungry." Leave it to Robin to be blunt about the situation. He runs his fingers through her hair a little before he sets down his own mug, though he's far from finished with it.

And then he leans in towards her, chuckling a little, "You're so embarrassed, it's cute..." He knows she'll probably hate him for teasing her like that. "You don't have to be, you know."

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-03 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"All right," he says, but he doesn't get up. In fact, he picks up his mug of coffee again, seemingly completely casual about it. Nevermind the fact that he's sitting on the blankets (good luck there) and the part where she's never going to find all her clothes unless she really looks for them.

He gives her a couple of moments to consider this, let it sink in, before he continues. "Though I'd suggest you let me heal you up before you go anywhere. Seem fair?"

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
He hums a little, with a slightly discouraging tone. He really does wish she wasn't so embarrassed by all of it, but he supposes that not everyone can be as numb to that sort of thing as he is. To him it's just... normal.

But he can't stay too unhappy for long, not with her clutching the covers like that, a blush still lingering in her cheeks. He leans forward to steal a quick little kiss from her (he feels entitled to it at this point, perhaps more than he should) and then presses his palm against the base of her neck.

"Here, I'll even be nice about it. It'll feel weird, but you won't have to move the blankets. All right?"

[identity profile] birdmetaphor.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Much better. He instantly finds their closeness preferable. It's also a good thing that she's looking at his chest and not his face, since he quickly (and quietly) bites down on his knuckle to make himself bleed a little. It doesn't hurt all that much anymore; he's pretty used to the feeling.

Beyond her range of vision, he uses his blood to draw four symbols in the air right above her back, then press them, paper-thin, against her skin. The blood in her body starts to move a little in a slightly unnatural way--the body may feel a little dizzy as it tries to compensate. Soon things are working the way that they should, though, and he treats her entire body like one large bruise. It's a massive clearance of dead and dying being replaced and knitted up by the new and empowered. It's cold and warm all at once, but the feeling lessons the more it works.