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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 19, 2017 17:53:47 GMT -5
"If you aren't," he amended, "I haven't noticed, and I wouldn't care if I did."
He wiped one of her tears away with his thumb and smiled.
"In too deep now, babe."
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Post by Teja on Nov 19, 2017 17:54:51 GMT -5
She rolled her eyes at him while smiling. "I didn't mean to talk about this. Anyway. If there has to be a portrait-" Her voice wobbled here and she stopped to compose herself. "- well, I guess I won't die."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 19, 2017 17:56:08 GMT -5
"Believe me, I'd burn most of the older ones of myself if I could," he laughed.
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Post by Teja on Nov 19, 2017 17:58:41 GMT -5
She made an uncomfortable noise and buried her face in his chest- now bare for her convenience. It didn't take her too long to nuzzle more than strictly necessary for her own emotional comfort.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 19, 2017 18:16:04 GMT -5
"Mm- just a moment-"
He released her just long enough for a robe to appear over himself, then put his arms around her again.
"There we are. There's hard cider in the kitchen if it interests you."
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Post by Teja on Nov 19, 2017 18:35:42 GMT -5
"Something interests me, but not hard cider."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 19, 2017 19:20:59 GMT -5
He kissed her again, long and lingering, before leaning back, smirking.
"Something is going to have to wait until I've had my cider."
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Post by Teja on Nov 19, 2017 19:25:51 GMT -5
"My tea is going to have to wait until after you've had cider?" she asked with an eyebrow lift and a glimmer of restraint on her lips. "Oh my. No, I don't think so," she said, sauntering into the kitchen.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 19, 2017 19:30:44 GMT -5
He watched her, laughing abruptly and genuinely impressed by her little bait and switch. He followed her into the kitchen and leaned against the counter, where he poured himself a glass, watching her in amusement all the while.
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Post by Teja on Nov 19, 2017 19:57:26 GMT -5
Teja stole glances at him all through the preparation of her tea, but only made little bits of small talk with him. It was better to look at him when he wasn't watching her do it. She supposed he picked up on that and started to cast his eyes down demurely; he looked entirely too studied. Well, as long as they were both playing pretend she wouldn't look away in embarrassment. Sometimes they did just lapse into contented silence together - Teja more often than Loki, granted - but her hush now was in no small part due to amazement. It was more or less the same hairstyle as he had automatically when the glamour fell away, that was true, yes; yet having chosen it on purpose, and with the one side close cut but not bare, and the other combed out and curled and braided and clipped like it was now, it took the look up a notch or twenty. He looked absolutely incredible - even now slurping cider with a too-casual side glance away from her. She was thinking about climbing into his lap and kissing that collarbone and that throat and that ear now exposed on the one side and whispering the most reverent things into it....
She turned away very suddenly at the sound of her kitchen timer announcing her tea was finished steeping. In a few she sat down, a little flushed and a little bit shy, on one of the stools at the counter beside him, and sipped her prepared tea.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 19, 2017 20:01:33 GMT -5
"Mm," he said, looking at his half-full glass by holding it up to the light. "Not bad for earthly fare. What a wonderful time of year."
He stole another look at her. Snow had begun collecting in earnest on the windowsill.
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Post by Teja on Nov 19, 2017 20:02:16 GMT -5
She smiled at him, a little besotted with him and with wintertime.
"Loki..."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 19, 2017 20:04:16 GMT -5
"Hmmm?"
He was looking at her from over the rim of his glass.
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Post by Teja on Nov 19, 2017 20:10:28 GMT -5
"Just let me savor saying it. Loki... Loki... Loki, my love-"
She had never looked happier; she didn't even care about being ridiculous.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 19, 2017 20:14:46 GMT -5
He finished the glass and set it down.
"Come here, darling."
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