In our bed, my love. Unless this is in reference to some errand I didn't run or a commitment I promised to accomplish earlier today, in which case, I'm properly dressed and cleaned and about to get on with all the very proper reminders you about to give me. And I'm lucky to have you.
[It is bad. It's terrible. But he's not complaining, as he pulls on a very contemporary-looking soft blue sweater and starts shambling toward the spiral steps of the lighthouse. No problem at all!]
[ Once he's down the stairs, she immediately makes him face away from the giant windows that face the water, moving to try and pull him down.] Piggyback ride time. I need to cover your eyes for the surprise.
[Barclay allows himself to be pulled down somewhat, although let's be real, she's a midget so he's not going to be pulled all the way down there without some back injury. Still, he indulgently allows her to steer him away from looking at the windows.]
This sounds dangerous, [he tells her.] Vex warned me about this. [But his voice is Very Dry when he comments about this. By now, they have established that Vex really fed him a crock of bull when it came to faerie behavior. Barclay is hardly irritated, but it makes him-- wry. He turns his back to her then squats down to get her up on his back.
As soon as she's aboard, he straightens.] I want to remind you that if you charge me into some walls, it'll be your manicure that gets chipped first.
[ The minute she's able to, her legs wrap around his waist and her hands clamp down over his eyes, her arms resting on his shoulders to keep her aloft (even if she knows he won't let her fall). As it is, she laughs at his words.] I wouldn't dare mess up these nails, honey.
[ She gives his side a little bit of a nudge with one of her legs, much like you would a horse.] Turn around towards the windows. [ And when he does, she'll only keep his eyes covered for a moment longer before she counts down from three and then... lets him see.
Outside their home, in the water is a boat, waiting to be named and allllll his.]
[Weirdly enough, Barclay has ridden enough horses in his lifetime that he knows exactly what she means. And well, he's a lot smarter than a horse so it's no difficulty at all, to interpret the little nudges of her slender hands and limbs. He takes off, moving at an elegant pace. Across the floor, aiming for the door until she corrects his course... stopping by the window. Before he hits the wall, because she's very gentle that way.
He opens his eyes.
And she feels it, in the spread of his shoulders, the drub-a-dub-dub of his heartbeat through the flat of his back. He gasps. He'd seen such boats, of course; Eudio had a decent yachting community and he'd learned to care for them after he inherited the Aerie from the Sturmhond. But there had been few here and he'd never thought...
...
maybe it's not--]
Does somebody need a paint job? [he asks, tentatively. After years of privileged life and this strange war in Xistentia, he's still that poor street urchin who traded the books gifted to him for bread money, hunger beating out pride.]
[ She snorts and then scoffs immediately afterward, which makes for a series of ridiculous noises coming from her.] I freaking hope not, I paid for a new coat of paint. [ It's then she realizes that he might honestly think that. Her legs tighten around his waist without her even realizing it, as if she's trying to hug him closer because she knows who he used to be. He was the same as her except centuries before when being a street urchin was hella worse.
She tucks her head, her mouth closer to his ear.] She's yours, Barclay. I got her for you. She's got a cabin and old-school steering and sails and everything. She's very yar, is what the guy told me which I think is a good thing-- [ She'll keep talking about if he doesn't shut her up.]
[He doesn't understand. Then he does understand, but he can't believe it. But of course he believes it; he believes her. Barclay would believe most things Kenzi told her, if he could discern it wasn't the tone of a joke. No matter how utterly surreal some of the things she shares happen to be.
You aren't joking, he almost says. But he ends up saying nothing at all.
Instead, he turns his head, his ear bumping into her cheek. And though they're at a funny angle and his neck protests, he kisses her, with affection, with as much passion as he can muster without cracking his vertebrates. Yar is a good thing, but she's considerably better.]
[ To be fair, Kenzi's second language is sarcasm. Then Russian. Then a few other languages after that. Barclay always seems to roll with the punches and catches on when she is joking, now that he knows her.
This isn't a joke and he seems to come to that understanding, shutting her up with an affectionate kiss. She grins against his lips and tightens her hold on him a little more, the monkey that she is.]
So you like her then? Or should I take her back to the boat store? [ Kenzi plz, there is no boat store.]
Hmmmmmm, [he says, his shoulderblades and the stretch of his back vibrating tangibly between her thighs as he ponders. He unwinds his head back around (because he's only mortal you know, because his player fucked up and forgot to give him superpowers during the Marvel plot, it was terrible) (because his neck would start to hurt), and then tilts it thoughtfully.] Hmm. How should I answer that? [he wonders aloud, possibly referring to the window for advice.
And then-- perhaps unexpectedly, he abruptly breaks into a run.
Straight out the doorway, then starts pelting down the stairs. She finds herself jostled wildly, of course, bumping and knocking. But he keeps his arms tight, preventing her knees from scraping or her beautiful shoes from scratching. It's only a matter of minutes-- laughing like a banshee— that he bursts out into the sunshine, and across the sandy decline toward the beach.]
[ She lets out a raucous laugh when he bursts into a sprint towards the water, she holds on for dear life, of course. But hey, it's a great reaction to a great gift. He keeps her secured to him, at least. And she just keeps laughing, with him until they get down to the beach.]
Holy shit, Barclay. Don't kill us both before you even get on the boat.
[Gallumph, gallumph. The wind of their momentum blows through her hair, salting her cheeks in little breezy flicks. They come pounding down onto the beach, his feet kicking little gasps of white sand. The heat of the sun soaks through her clothes like wine on bedsheets. Like wine has done, on their bedsheets.
He swings her down so she can stand. She's perfect to him, you know. From the skinny flail of her legs, to the way her eyeliner bunches up around the cheeky symmetry of her smile. Sometimes he leans a little closer to her because he know that she's just a little short-sighted.]
You look all right to me, [he says.] Where 'all right' describes you as well as 'cute kicks' describes your choice of Koché. [Look. he knows her.]
[ He gets her set down on the beach and finds herself breathless even though she didn't do any of the hard work or running. Laughing at what he says, finding it completely adorable and irresistible when he uses modern terms, whether he says them correctly or not.]
Yes, yes, I think you're just saying that because I bought you a book. [ She grins up at him, sinking into the sand a little but not complaining. ] So what are you going to name her?
[A long arm goes around Kenzi's waist. Barclay takes his eyes off her in order to look at the boat, making a great show of looking at it from different angles, hmming and hrrming. He seems to be giving it a lot of thought. Which is kind of true; the fact is, he thinks it's important, and he cares, and he's trying, but he already knows what he's going to do the moment that she says it. He knows it as instinctively as she can tell whether somebody's complexion and hair makes them a spring or an autumn. (Personally, he still has no idea.)]
The Isabeau. Unless you're at risk of crying every time we take her out.
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Unless this is in reference to some errand I didn't run or a commitment I promised to accomplish earlier today, in which case, I'm properly dressed and cleaned and about to get on with all the very proper reminders you about to give me.
And I'm lucky to have you.
[They're basically married.]
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[ She loves this man. And also? You know it's bad when Kenzi is the nagger in a relationship.]
i have a gift for you but you have to come downstairs.
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[It is bad. It's terrible. But he's not complaining, as he pulls on a very contemporary-looking soft blue sweater and starts shambling toward the spiral steps of the lighthouse. No problem at all!]
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This sounds dangerous, [he tells her.] Vex warned me about this. [But his voice is Very Dry when he comments about this. By now, they have established that Vex really fed him a crock of bull when it came to faerie behavior. Barclay is hardly irritated, but it makes him-- wry. He turns his back to her then squats down to get her up on his back.
As soon as she's aboard, he straightens.] I want to remind you that if you charge me into some walls, it'll be your manicure that gets chipped first.
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[ She gives his side a little bit of a nudge with one of her legs, much like you would a horse.] Turn around towards the windows. [ And when he does, she'll only keep his eyes covered for a moment longer before she counts down from three and then... lets him see.
Outside their home, in the water is a boat, waiting to be named and allllll his.]
Tada!
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He opens his eyes.
And she feels it, in the spread of his shoulders, the drub-a-dub-dub of his heartbeat through the flat of his back. He gasps. He'd seen such boats, of course; Eudio had a decent yachting community and he'd learned to care for them after he inherited the Aerie from the Sturmhond. But there had been few here and he'd never thought...
...
maybe it's not--]
Does somebody need a paint job? [he asks, tentatively. After years of privileged life and this strange war in Xistentia, he's still that poor street urchin who traded the books gifted to him for bread money, hunger beating out pride.]
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She tucks her head, her mouth closer to his ear.] She's yours, Barclay. I got her for you. She's got a cabin and old-school steering and sails and everything. She's very yar, is what the guy told me which I think is a good thing-- [ She'll keep talking about if he doesn't shut her up.]
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You aren't joking, he almost says. But he ends up saying nothing at all.
Instead, he turns his head, his ear bumping into her cheek. And though they're at a funny angle and his neck protests, he kisses her, with affection, with as much passion as he can muster without cracking his vertebrates. Yar is a good thing, but she's considerably better.]
this is so damn cute
This isn't a joke and he seems to come to that understanding, shutting her up with an affectionate kiss. She grins against his lips and tightens her hold on him a little more, the monkey that she is.]
So you like her then? Or should I take her back to the boat store? [ Kenzi plz, there is no boat store.]
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And then-- perhaps unexpectedly, he abruptly breaks into a run.
Straight out the doorway, then starts pelting down the stairs. She finds herself jostled wildly, of course, bumping and knocking. But he keeps his arms tight, preventing her knees from scraping or her beautiful shoes from scratching. It's only a matter of minutes-- laughing like a banshee— that he bursts out into the sunshine, and across the sandy decline toward the beach.]
whoa i never got this notif
Holy shit, Barclay. Don't kill us both before you even get on the boat.
welcome to this notif kiss kiss
He swings her down so she can stand. She's perfect to him, you know. From the skinny flail of her legs, to the way her eyeliner bunches up around the cheeky symmetry of her smile. Sometimes he leans a little closer to her because he know that she's just a little short-sighted.]
You look all right to me, [he says.] Where 'all right' describes you as well as 'cute kicks' describes your choice of Koché. [Look. he knows her.]
thank you, i'll stay awhile.
Yes, yes, I think you're just saying that because I bought you a book. [ She grins up at him, sinking into the sand a little but not complaining. ] So what are you going to name her?
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The Isabeau. Unless you're at risk of crying every time we take her out.