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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[crossmyheartandhope]

It ain't nothing.

[unbr8kable]

It ain't enough to rate any thanks. All I've done is sit here. ...And not wear a whole lot.

[crossmyheartandhope]

I mean... yeah. Sitting here's kinda what you gotta do to wait out storms.

I'm just saying... if you weren't here, it'd be a whole lot worse. So.

[unbr8kable]

Pretty sure going it alone’d be pretty shitty on both ends, believe me.

Either way, didn’t happen, so don’t gotta worry about it.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...yeah. Yeah. Guess there's no point thinking about stuff we don't gotta deal with.

[unbr8kable]

[She tips her head forward, nudging against his a bit]

There's enough going on we do gotta deal with...

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah, for real.

[Leans back against her]

We got it, though. One day at a time, yeah?

[unbr8kable]

Pretty much the only way to do it.

So...we're good for now. Right?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Right. We got a fire and some peace and quiet and you and me. S'about all we need.

[unbr8kable]

Pretty much.

[Settles further, finally seeming to approach comfortable]

[crossmyheartandhope]

...it ain't so cold, either, now that the fire's really going.

[unbr8kable]

I mean. We are following proper anti-hypothermia protocols.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Guess whoever came up with em knew their stuff.

[unbr8kable]

Glad they didn't have to find out how not to do it on us.

[crossmyheartandhope]

For real. How not to unfreeze a dude's one thing I for sure don't wanna be the test dummy for.

[unbr8kable]

I been doing my best...

[crossmyheartandhope]

You been doing good.

[A beat]

How you feeling? Less like you're cuddling a slushee?

[unbr8kable]

More a melty one, at least. Prolly slightly less cherry-flavored, too.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[His ears go pink again, at that]

Not cherry anymore, huh? What's the new flavor?

[unbr8kable]

One way to find out...

[And she gives a quick swipe of her tongue over his neck, and only then does it occur to her that maybe this was a bad idea whoops]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He takes a quick breath in through his nose at that - half-turns, eyes wide and cheeks dark]

[Maybe it's a night for bad ideas, because getting the visual reminder of exactly what she isn't wearing does not help in any way. Neither does the fact that her face is way, way closer than he'd planned]

[unbr8kable]

[Her flush deepens at his expression—at the color in his cheeks and down his chest, and—oh]

[She angles her head down and away, just a little]

...Too much?

[crossmyheartandhope]

...no?

[His face goes darker still; he glances toward her, and then away, and then back.]

I mean. I mean, I'm good.

You're - good.

[He should probably turn around now. He is still excruciatingly aware of how close their faces are]




[He does not in fact turn around]

[unbr8kable]

No? I-I mean, 'cause.

[Likely he can feel the heat roiling off her cheeks--off her chest and legs and arms and all of the probably too many points they're touching. She should pull away--she should probably jump out the window and hope to be lucky enough to fall off a cliff--but her limbs do not respond and she stays where she is, blushing dark and lashes low]

[crossmyheartandhope]

...cause?

[He's not as warm as she is, but he's a whole lot warmer than he was when they got into the cabin. He swallows, hard - glances toward her, and then away]