Valentine's Day }{ Open post

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WHO || Characters in the log [open or closed]
WHAT || VALENTINE'S DAY
WHERE || ALL AROUND THE CASTLE
WHEN || 2/14
HOW || DO WHAT YOU WANT

It's Valentine's Day! All around people are happily snuggling up with their loved one or drowning their feelings in booze and/or ice cream. Give out cards or chocolate or commiserate with other single people! Whoo Valentine's Day!

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sylar & lila | closed (also not actually in the castle)

[watchmaker]

[on this special day lila gets a text from her favorite dumbass:]

funny story: i really wanted nando's, so i came all the way to england to get some.

[bittersweeter]

Funnier story, I can be there in half hour.

[ because she's already flinging her clothes around in the closet to find something to wear and shaking her hair out of the twist she'd had it in, chucking the pen used in place of an elastic across the room. thanks for the negative notice, dickhead. where is her underwear... oh fuck it. ]

[watchmaker]

[srsly gurl how long do you expect to keep that underwear on anyway.]

same one as last time. i'll try not to eat everything again, but i can't make any promises.

[bittersweeter]

[ long enough to eat. ]

I will stab you if you don't leave me some chicken.

[ YOU KNOW SHE WILL. so getting dressed, getting beautiful, getting hella cute on this, her first valentine's date. doing all the things. ]

[watchmaker]

[that ... is a good point. it's all a good point, actually.]

just tell me what you want and i'll order it so you'll have it by the time you get here. NO STABBING.

[bittersweeter]

[ she texts him something chickeny. PERI PERI CHICKEN. and then continues to get ready. jfc they really need to work on his timing, tbh. ]

Leaving now. Toodles.

[watchmaker]

i'll be waiting.

[they do. but meanwhile he'll just be eating his own chicken. mmmmmm.]

[bittersweeter]

[ a half hour later, lila careens into a parking space, texts sylar to tell him she's there and to come fetch her, and with a pop of the key fob to lock the doors, heads inside to make a scene when she jumps into his arms because its valentine's day and she does what she wants. ]

Hi you. [ happiest face. ]

[watchmaker]

[ftr he looks gorg and is wearing green on valentine's day because he fucking can. (disguise 26) he's already standing at the door ready to passionately make out with her because he's not above making a scene either. THESE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR LIVES.]

Hello, Lila. [that came ... after the passionate making out.]

[bittersweeter]

[ it's funny because she's wearing red, as per usual -- she only has two colors she favors, red and blue, so it was a fifty-fifty chance they look like a christmas tree.

she buries her face against his shoulder for a minute, ridiculously happy. this is one of those rare times he is more important than food. ]

I missed you.

[watchmaker]

[BEST CHRISTMAS TREE EVER THO??? he squeezes her close and takes this moment as an opportunity to sniff her hair. mmm, green apple.]

I missed you, too. Did I surprise you?

[bittersweeter]

Yes! I was just going to text you all night, but this is so much better. [ truck flipping smile. ] But I guess that means you get no sexts in iambic pentameter. [ ur loss. ] Food though...

[watchmaker]

Well, it's like I told you. I got hungry. [shut up dumbass. he's leading her to the table now tho, where her food awaits. :')]

[bittersweeter]

You got hungry and flew to England...? [ just say you came for her. say it. aww yeah peri peri chicken. ]

[watchmaker]

Okay, maybe not. Unless you count hungry for love. [eyebrow waggle HOW IS HE REAL.]

[bittersweeter]

[ ahaha still not as good as "i hunt the hunters", but good quality. ] I might. [ she's so pleased. surprise dates are the best thing ever. and now she's going to plow into her food like the piglet she is. ] Where are you staying?

[watchmaker]

[mmm he'll be right there with her. he ordered more for himself when he ordered for her ... it was worth it. between mouthfuls of food he manages to speak — ]

The same place we stayed last time. I figured I couldn't go wrong with it.

[bittersweeter]

[ she grins, happy he picked the same hotel. she loved that room, that night. best birthday of all time. this is like their first proper date all over again and it makes her stupidly giddy. ] I do have fabulous taste.

[watchmaker]

Mhm. [hold on he has to eat some more.] I got you something. Probably laying it on a little thick, but I don't remember ever celebrating Valentine's Day, so. Trying to make it count and all that.

[bittersweeter]

[ she drops her fork. ] Where, what is it, can I have it?

[watchmaker]

[he pulls a small box out of his jacket pocket and slides it across the table to her. inside the box is a watch. and bitch you know getting a jaeger-lecoultre was intentional.]

[bittersweeter]

[ did you know that lila has super speed? because in opening this present she sure does. and then she stops, lips parting in surprise, fingers tracing around the edge of the watch face. glancing up, she chews on her thumbnail. her knuckles brush across her lips in a rare nervous habit as she looks down shyly. ]

You got me a watch.

[watchmaker]

[he's not sure what he expected her reaction to be, but her nervousness is suddenly making him feel a little unsure.]

Do you like it? I know it's not ... exactly the same as your grandad's, but it's the same maker and everything.

[bittersweeter]

[ her fingers curl around the watch and she gets up, circling the table to sit in his lap, arms going around his neck. ] It's perfect. I love it. [ brief interlude for a kiss. ] Thank you.

[watchmaker]

[oh hello there. his arms go around her waist while she goes in for the kiss.] You're welcome. Besides, you got me a watch first, it was the least I could do.