hearthwarming: (043)
𝐨𝐫𝐒𝐩𝐑𝐒 🌼 ([personal profile] hearthwarming) wrote in [community profile] crescentview2023-03-04 02:45 pm

⛄️ winter catchall

❄️ who: oriphi & others
❄️ what: closed starters
❄️ when: winter
❄️ where: various
❄️ warnings: will add as needed
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[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-04 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Ori? You're home?

[ Ohhh, he should have timed this better. In his defense: M-21 didn't anticipate being ferried home by a gigantic wolf. He should have had plenty of time to tuck the feather in the pocket of his coat or something. But no.

He fumbles it in a panic at the sight of her, jamming it quickly behind his back, hidden in one large and still-furry hand. It hasn't occurred to him yet to transform back as she comes dashing over to him. ]


...I'm fine. It's nothing.

[ Nothing, except him being soaked and shirtless and as fully transformed as he gets, sitting in a clumsy sprawl at their front door. Very normal. ]
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[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-04 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ M-21 straightens a little as the realization sinks in. He hadn't transformed back into a human while he was flailing pointlessly against the water wolf, and now she's seeing him in his full semi-monstrous form for the first time. She's probably seen stranger as an adventurer, but... he studies her expression a little uncertainly. ]

Yeah. I, uh...

[ His smooth lies are evading him a little when "I just transformed to try it out" doesn't really explain the wolf. He gives a little huff. ]

...Was fighting that wolf thing. [ ... ] Don't think it's coming back.
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[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-04 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Definitely just injuries, right? She can feel for herself that he's just fine. As much she wants. He relaxes a little as he watches her watch him, stretching out a tiny bit under her regard. ]

It started it. [ Sort of?? ] Got in an argument with the goddess. We've never gotten along.
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[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-04 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, he's in the doghouse now. M-21 freezes in surprise, his eyes meeting hers now that he's fully idiot-sandwich-pinned.

Oops. ]


It was nothing. [ Well. He can't call it that, so he immediately backpedals: ] I mean, it wasn't, but-- look, she got the reaction she wanted, so it's fine. I think she's happy now anyway.

[ Since she gave him the feather... which he is now trying to find a better hiding spot for behind his back. ]
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[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-05 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ M-21 would insist (if asked) that he's not a dog. He was human for a long time before he was a werewolf... at least in theory, even if he doesn't have most of those memories himself.

But she's very good at that voice. He lowers his head a little, chastened. ]


Uh, it's... my hand?

[ Smooth evasions are going very well. Unfortunately he's also afraid of crushing the feather, so there's only so many places he can put it. Which is to say, basically none. ]
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[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-05 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This is probably getting more ridiculous by the moment, with his little fur stripes being mooshed as she squishes his face like that. He blinks once as her first guess lands right on the money. And then several more times as the second does not. ]

I didn't steal it. She gave it to me. ...You think I could've pulled that off?

[ Maybe he should've tried theft...? It's pretty flattering that she thinks he could manage that. ]
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[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-05 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The important takeaway from part of this is that he should involve her if he's planning any heists. He'd probably laugh at that... if it weren't for the genuine worry in the way she looks at him. He lets out a tiny sigh and reaches up to cover her hand with his, belatedly letting the transformation slip away as he turns human again. ]

...I'll be more careful. I said I'd try not to make you cry. Wasn't planning on starting a fight this time.
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[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-05 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Ngh. I'll give her credit for that much.

[ Well... this wasn't exactly how he was planning on raising the subject. Actually, he kind of hadn't planned past this step at all. Just that they needed that feather, and he'd wanted one as soon as he could in case he really did need to pull a heist.

He hesitates a little longer, closing his eyes as he leans his forehead against hers. Without opening them again he pulls the feather from behind his back and holds it between them. ]


I was going to tell you later. It's, uh...
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[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-05 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He watches her expression, tensed as if he might still flee. Is that the good kind of surprise on her face or bad? The blush is probably good. But it could mean all kinds of things. ]

Yeah. From the goddess.

[ Which she probably already gathered, based on the way he was dropped off here. His thoughts are bolting in every direction like startled rabbits and he doesn't know which one to chase first. ]

I know it's, uh. Really sudden. That's why I wanted to talk to you first. Or... or plan something fancier. But when I thought about running out of time, I just...
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1/...3?

[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-06 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ It feels like time has come to a standstill as he watches it all play out over her face. Is she trying to think of a nice way to reject him? ...Is she too nice to reject him? That's a terrible thought. He's still wrestling with that one when she just comes in with, "let's get married."

Let's get married.

It echoes in his head β€” he very nearly misses her next words as he replays that to himself two, three times to make sure he heard it right. Get married. Just like that. It could be that easy? ]
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[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-06 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ It could be that easy. She wants to be his wife. Strange, and inexplicable, when he barely knows the first thing about being a boyfriend. How is he supposed to be a husband? But she believes in him, because that's what she does. She sees the best in people. And if she thinks he can do it, then... he'll just have to do it.

She wanted to give him new memories. Happy memories. But if he had to say it, every morning he wakes up and sees her face is yet one more. If he can have that from now on, wherever the two of them go after this... ]
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3/DONE

[personal profile] feralheart 2023-03-06 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ He clears his throat. Tries to wrestle his expression under control again, with mixed success. And finally reaches over to carefully take her hand in his. ]

...Yeah. Let's do it.

[ Now?? Maybe that's not possible. But... she said yes. Why not now? ]

We can deal with the rest later. Where we're going after this. What happens next. ...As long as you're with me.

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