shaker, meet stranger

[mrglam]

Sadde is home; it's a Friday evening, his shift is over, and there's no school. He's reading a book, lying on his bed in his small-but-tidy apartment.

He is also quite naked, because it's his place and why not?

Comments

[first_and_final]

"Well. I can't complain."

[msglam]

"That I find you attractive?"

[first_and_final]

"It would be disheartening if we went to all this trouble only for you to say 'get away from me, beast-man'."

[msglam]

"If I ever call you anything like that the connotation will be quite different."

[first_and_final]

"Hmmm?"

[msglam]

"This might be something that does not translate well, and I am being utterly shameless. 'Beast' need not have a negative meaning."

[first_and_final]

"Maybe you need to explain more clearly what you mean."

[msglam]

"Mm, 'beast' can mean something like raw and rough and wild and untamed, and these are not always undesirable characteristics."

[first_and_final]

"I see what you mean, I think." (He's blushing slightly. He probably sees what she means.)

[msglam]

She does not blush. Blushing is not a thing she can do. "Yes, you probably do."

[first_and_final]

He laughs.

[msglam]

"You look cute when you blush, too."

[first_and_final]

"Thank you."

[msglam]

"I feel like I may be bothering you with the questions. What do you want to talk about?"

[first_and_final]

"You're not bothering me at all," he assures her. "But if you want to talk about yourself, that's good too."

[msglam]

"That's a bit broad," she laughs. "Um, I have a weird name for human standards, I'm seventeen, I have powers but am not a cape - thank you for not telling people about that, by the way."

[first_and_final]

"Would it be too personal if I asked you why you aren't?"

[msglam]

"It'd be considered personal, yeah, but my reason's pretty innocuous. I want to make sure I got control down before actually going out in situations where both I and other people could be harmed by my power."

[first_and_final]

"Very reasonable. Although I wonder what it is you have trouble controlling."

[msglam]

"I conjure things, and the method of conjuration is pretty fiddly in a way I can't really explain, I've been practicing for years and only really got it down a few months ago."

[first_and_final]

"Ah, I see."

[msglam]

"It may have been a bit reckless of me to show you it when we met."

[first_and_final]

"I haven't told. Nor do I plan to."

[msglam]

"I know, but, you know. Though I guess in my case it doesn't matter much, I don't have a family to speak of or anyone villains could threaten me with."

[first_and_final]

"I have a family, but they're all on another planet. I suppose that technically if you date me then the villains could threaten each of us to get at the other."