dreampost: even more after dark edition (III)

[wotanon]

[ AGAIN, but this time it's future is now's fault,

shit's going to be sexy in here.

please list what you're open or not open to somewhere in your toplevel pls and thank ]

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[unbr8kable]

[Leans in, more heavily than necessary]

I can only continue my good work when it's undercover. But I can trust you to keep my secret, right?

[crossmyheartandhope]

[When she leans in like that, he is reminded, quite suddenly, of the fact that neither of them are wearing terribly much - flushes a little, and ducks his head.]

...uh. Sure, uncaped crusader. Your power's safe with me.

[unbr8kable]

[Continues to lean on him, squirming against him to get more comfortable even as she waits for him to shrug her off so he can sit back normally]

Ah, good. Guess that punishment can keep.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Doesn't shrug her off; in fact he may go somewhat still for a beat or two, at the squirming, face creeping darker]

Man, what kinda do-gooder punishes regular citizens?

What were you gonna do to me, stick me in jail?

[unbr8kable]

[Stays flopped where she is, then, though it's apparently not any less cold pressed flush against him from her reaction]

Who's a regular citizen? Everyone knows you're a known sock thief with a shaky at best knowledge of traffic laws.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Dude, rude. I only got a couple pairs of your socks. That's like nothing, next to most clothes dryers.

[unbr8kable]

Couple pairs! I thought you only had like three, total!

[crossmyheartandhope]

Well, we traded the one. Then you left another pair, and I washed em for you, but I forgot to give em back and they were clean, so...

[unbr8kable]

Wow. ...You know the underwear drawer magically replenishes, right?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Dude, if you just keep getting new ones instead of cleaning em, you're gonna run out of room eventually. Then it's all socks all the way down.

[unbr8kable]

Couple extras would come in handy now, wouldn't they?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Man... yeah. Couple extra'd be great about now.

[A beat]

You ain't doing a bad job keeping us warm, though.

[unbr8kable]

Toldja. Shouldn't've doubted me.

[crossmyheartandhope]

You doing okay, though?

Your shirt's still, uh.

[unbr8kable]

[Pauses, then pulls away from him a bit, careful]

...Guess it's cold? Like, I figured, but...

[crossmyheartandhope]

I mean.

[A pause]

If you're cold, you're cold. You want me to gtfo while it dries, just say the word, dude.

[unbr8kable]

[Hesitates, and hesitates some more, setting her shoulders in a way that doesn't quite succeed at looking casual]

If...if you don't care, I can...I'll ditch it. But...

[Pauses, and even this close to the fire her flush is obvious]

I mean, you don't gotta leave. You're keeping the warm in...and it ain't like there's much to see anyways.

[crossmyheartandhope]

I don't know about that. About - like -

[He sure has managed to go back to beet red in the space of about five seconds]

A-anyways, I ain't gonna make you freeze. You can do whatever you wanna do.

[unbr8kable]

Pretty sure even you know about that. But--uh. Then.

[She pauses, as if egging herself on. Then, careful of the blanket, she wraps her arms around her body, and-- Well, from what he can tell from her expression and her accidentally nudging into him a few times, mostly just kind of squirms around unproductively]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Not quite what he meant. But he's too busy being distracted by the squirming to set things right,]

Sorry. Uh.

You need space, or...?

[unbr8kable]

No, I...

[She struggles a bit longer, almost elbowing him before stilling> She takes a deep breath and lets it out; purses her lips. Carefully does not look at him]

...I'm, uh. Stuck.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...don't tell me you're for real frozen solid.

[unbr8kable]

Yes, I'm an ice cube right now. You're really just listening to my ghost. --I'm just stuck in my shirt, dumbass. Pulled my arms in but it's all wet and sticky so instead of slipping off, it just kinda...hooked on. So I can't really...get out.

[does that really make him the dumbass...]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[They are tied for dumbass status,,,]

[That said, it takes him a couple of beats to come out with this next part:]

You, uh.

You want me to, like. ...help?

[unbr8kable]

...Better than just sitting there laughing, I guess.

Just like--pull, it should only take a minute.