tearmeanewone | rendez-vous + APPOINTMENT POST

I've never been more sure of anything in my life. This is where I want you to stay, and this is right where I want to stay too.

[He holds her close, burying his face in her hair and just inhaling her scent. It's remarkable, really, how she fits into his arms just so and feels like the most natural thing in the world there. Like two pieces of a puzzle, almost... and somehow that thought also feels natural and right.]

You had best stay right here, otherwise I'm going to come after you. Got it? [She grins into his neck and puts a little kiss there.]

[He laughs a little, and this time it's actually genuine.]

Now why would I want to invoke your wrath?

You say it all the time: life is boring without a little excitement? [She grins and puts a little bite on Gai's neck. ]

[Try as he might, he can't suppress the tiny little pleased shudder that races up his spine at that bite.]

Using my own words against me? I really am a terrible influence on you.

You make it so easy to do it though. [She keeps kissing and nibbling at Gai's neck, tracing her hands over his shoulderblades.]

I do leave myself open to you...

[Two can play at this game. Gai will just let his own hands wander down her back; once they reach the small of her back, he slips one hand down and under to give her rear a gentle squeeze.]

[Elizabeth squeaks and laughs when Gai gropes her. That's the first time that's happened without a skirt in the way. Skin on skin.] Gai!

[Gai's smile is all innocence as he gives another quick squeeze, enjoying how it feels without any fabric between his hand and her.]

Did you say something?

[Elizabeth grins and stretches up until she reaches his ear, so she can repeat herself. ]

Ga~a~ai...

[And maybe she's sliding a knee between his. ]

[And Gai can't help it-- the moment she slides her leg between his and breathes his name into his ear like that, he's arching forward, rubbing himself against her thigh with shameless abandon.

That is no fair. Absolutely no fair. And he couldn't care less.]

[Elizabeth giggles in response, shifting her hip to help.]

Don't you have to... [She looks down at where Gai is rubbing against her.]

Yeah, I need another one.

[DAMN CONDOMS. DAMN THEM TO HELL. Except not really, because he is so not ready to be a father anytime soon.

But they do make all of this rather inconvenient when all Gai really wants is to just be able to start playing around again.]

[Elizabeth ponders for a moment--] Do you need a new one if I just...

[She wraps her hand around him.]

I should still clean up, just to be safe.

[What a total mood-killer. Yeah, he is definitely going to talk to Law about that tea.]

[It really is. Elizabeth pouts and knocks her forehead against Gai's.] Hurry back?

As fast as I can.

[And he kisses her, starting out sweet and lingering but allowing a bit more passion to creep in as a promise of things to come.

He holds the kiss for almost a minute before pulling back and rolling out of bed to head out to the bathroom.]

[She likes that promise, even after is runs off to the bathroom. Once again, Elizabeth lays herself out in the warm spot Gai left behind, and thinks.]

I'm trying to think of something I should tell you. [Idly, she spins the thimble on her short finger.] ...but I'm embarrassed to say that I think you know everything.

You have no idea how much of an honor that is. Then again, I suppose the honor goes both ways. You're the first person I've ever told about that.

[As somber a subject as it is, he won't deny that it feels good to get it out in the open. One less skeleton in his closet, in a way, though there are still a few left. But one traumatic revelation is enough for the night as far as he's concerned.]

Yes, I'm glad you told me. I'm glad I could hear it from you. [She curls up a little more tightly in the warm spot and looks over at the bathroom door again.]

I guess I just don't have as many terrible things to tell.

And I'm glad for that much.

[No one, no one should ever have as many terrible things to tell as he does. He's well aware that if he were to write up his story into a novel, people would most likely decry it as being unrealistic that one person could go through so much.]

[She is too, she supposes. At least she wasn't in the hands of Comstock's scientists for more than six months. At least she wasn't killed for crying. But part of her does wonder...]

You don't resent it?

[At last Gai emerges from the bathroom and makes his way back over to the bed, quirking an eyebrow at her.]

Why would I? There's no point in being resentful over something that can't be changed. I learned that much a long time ago.

[This was the hand he was dealt. The only thing he can do is make the best of it.]

Yes, well, jealousy is real. Comstock couldn't have his own child, so he stole me. [She holds out a hand for Gai to take, a simultaneous invitation to climb back into bed with her.]

I'm going to try to make you the happiest man alive. I just wondered if my past would make you feel like you had to hide yours. Or that it would make you question how much I really understand.

[He takes that hand readily, climbing back in and curling up against her to pull her back into his arms.]

I think you're thinking too much.

[He punctuates that sentence with a kiss, then draws back just enough to rest his forehead against hers.]

I already am the happiest man alive thanks to you. Everything I've experienced was worth it if it meant that I got to meet you here.

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