open ♔ valentine's day

[romanticidal]

♬ Careless Whisper - George Michael

WHO || Anyone and their special someone [Closed]
WHAT || Various Valentine's Day activities
WHERE ||Anywhere
WHEN || Feb 14th, 2016
HOW || Actionspam or Prose

[ It's Valentine's Day! ( aka Singles Awareness Day )  Assume that all missions that are posted already are going out after this. ♥ ]

Comments

[lissatrinall]

I normally wouldn't do this. [ go dancing??? sexy dance with her mentee???? b oth...?? ]

[beks]

I hope that doesn't mean this is a one time occasion. [Rebekah stays near Lis'sa, enjoying the dancing, enjoying the company. She knows that her behavior with her mentor has been edging further into a flirtation that she shouldn't continue, but she's never been one for rules and living up to standards.]

[lissatrinall]

It probably should be. [ emphasis on ... should ]

[beks]

[There are countless objections that Rebekah could make at this moment, but instead she chooses to focus on the language of the reply. On words like probably and should. Words that allow leniency and a bit of possibility.]

I'll just have to hope I can lure you out once more.

[lissatrinall]

For now, let's settle for tonight.

[beks]

[What's that? Let's settle in for the night? No? Oh. Good thing Rebekah has vampire hearing.]

I can manage that. [She replies warmly, shifting her hand on Lis'sa's hip so that instead it's holding to her hand. She turns the other woman slowly (despite the upbeat music) and allows both of her arms to drape over her shoulders, keeping the same closeness, but now Rebekah can look into her eyes.] I can manage that quite well.

[lissatrinall]

[ yeah well she crit failed her give any fucks check, apparently. she just stares back intently for a moment with those unnatural slitted eyes of hers, before sliding one hand around the small of her back. ] What else can you manage?

[beks]

[The press of Lis'sa's hand at her lower back isn't anything that Rebekah would pull away from, she's already been walking right along the thin line between flirtation and downright attempts at seduction. Her own gaze back at Lis'sa is still pushing that presence of a heat that isn't just the temperature of the room surrounding them.]

I could keep up with you. [Which could inspire countless thoughts, she's sure, and Rebekah is confident that she'd be perfectly content with any of those thoughts.]

[lissatrinall]

Then prove it. [ one eyebrow arcs up briefly, and she draws away enough to gesture back through the crowd ]

[beks]

[No one has to challenge Rebekah more than once. She moves through the crowd, back toward the bar, and then further beyond that. They hit the streets and it's late, but the city isn't quite so desolate yet. It's Valentine's Day and some couples are getting ready to head off to the privacy of their own home for the night.

For Rebekah the cooler air hits the warm dampness of her skin, the sheen of sweat making the air feel far colder than it truly is. It feels good, though. She can hear a faint ringing in her ears, but she knows it will fade quickly. Taking a breath, she glances to Lis'sa and steps in closer to her.]

My flat isn't far from here. [It's probably just a fifteen minute cab ride.] Unless you have somewhere else you'd like to go?

[lissatrinall]

Not particularly. [ the flat will do. she didn't plan this shit out extensively aight. ]

[beks]

[Rebekah nods and moves toward the curb. Her hand still lingers behind her a bit, reaching out and hoping that Lis'sa will take hold of it as she moves to hail a cab. She manages to get one (cha 19) relatively quickly and opens the door for Lis'sa to get in. She smiles at the other woman.]

Shall we?

[lissatrinall]

[ lis'sa is not much of a hand holder, even momentarily, as evidenced by her hesitation, but she slips hers coolly through rebekah's as if to let her draw her in to the cab, because that's totally fine ] Mm.

[beks]

[For Rebekah it's still that hint of old traditions. Of being a polite date. She doesn't let the hand holding linger once they're in the can. She does, however, ensure that she's seated close to the other woman. She even turns to face her, fingers moving to twist at the ends of her hair.]

All the centuries of seeing style change and I'm still finding new ways to appreciate beauty.

[lissatrinall]

[ she seems fine with the closeness, at least, and makes no move to budge ] I've only the one and a half under my belt, I'm afraid. But I've never been very easy to impress.

[beks]

There's nothing wrong with high standards. [She smirks, appreciatively, at her.]

[lissatrinall]

They've served me well enough so far. You strike me as a woman who doesn't tend to settle for anything beneath her.

[beks]

That's true. [She also learned not to try and seek the approvals of others. Many loves were lost due to a jealous brother.]

I'm also quick to find passion.

[lissatrinall]

I tend to keep mine in reserve. Some people misread that to mean that I don't have any.

[beks]

My brother ... he often misread my love for others as removing love from him. That I was trying to leave and yet, now I'm this world he's the one that has chosen to leave his family.

[lissatrinall]

Has he changed much, in this world?

[beks]

I'm not sure if changed is the right word for it. There's much he doesn't remember, things that happened -- that changed our relationship. Made it stronger. He doesn't recall those events and it makes him less trusting of me. Which I wasn't sure could be possible. He's stubborn. He's always been afraid of us loleaving him behind and here there are many things he's been left out of. Memories that he can't recount.

[lissatrinall]

There are some people who firmly believe that the memories that are lost are lost for a reason.

[beks]

I wish I could trust in that sort of sentiment. However, it's left him in the dark regarding more than anyone should be.

[lissatrinall]

Maybe it's not for his benefit.