Resumption
Feb. 11th, 2006 10:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Shelley hums happily as she makes her way up the stairs. Her long skirt brushes the floor with a faint swishing noise as she walks in time to the tune. Can't get it out of her head. Someone was probably singing it - far from discouraging music, it seems, that strange curse-thing seems to have more people than ever whistling or humming. It's rather nice, she decides.
She opens the door still singing under her breath, dropping her bag on the table before turning to shut it behind her.
She opens the door still singing under her breath, dropping her bag on the table before turning to shut it behind her.
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Date: 2006-02-12 10:14 pm (UTC)"I want what you will offer, that is part of the enjoyment, you understand."
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Date: 2006-02-12 10:39 pm (UTC)She stares bitterly at the floor, but not before the flower gets another glance.
She knows what she can do. It's obvious enough, and humiliating to make him happy for weeks. But to have to say it...
"If you don't, I'll- I'll kiss you."
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Date: 2006-02-12 10:48 pm (UTC)"I accept your proposition, Lady Shelley."
A calm, graceful stride as the man in black walked over to where she was huddled down against the wall. Kneeling down across from her, he gave a beautiful smile.
"Whenever you are ready, my lady."
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Date: 2006-02-12 11:07 pm (UTC)"Shut up."
As he watches her, she wishes the floor would very literally open and swallow her. There are tears of rage and humiliation in her eyes, and she blinks hard to get rid of them.
It takes a second or two before she can bring herself to lean forward, tilting her head to the side and press her lips tentatively and reluctantly to his.
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Date: 2006-02-13 02:52 pm (UTC)A gentle, soft kiss. No insistence, no pressure. His heartbeat loud in his own ears. That oddly electric passion that comes from kissing someone who you care for.
He had waited a long time for this, and that made it all the sweeter. His body ached to draw more, draw more deeply, to inhale her breath,
(How much sweeter than he had imagined, the feeling of her.)
And never exhale again.
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Date: 2006-02-13 05:44 pm (UTC)She measures the time in heartbeats rather than focus on- anything else. One. Two.
His hands in her hair make it hard, but she breaks the kiss as soon as she can, turning her face quickly away, blush still staining her cheeks as she tries hard not to breathe unevenly.
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Date: 2006-02-13 06:01 pm (UTC)His eyes are still closed as he savors the kiss. The feeling of her lips on his that lingers but for a moment. The feeling of her breath on his cheek. The feeling of her warmth in his arms, and his hands in her hair.
The feeling of her.
As the feelings fade, as they do, Ishamael glanced up at her. His eyes carefully studying the blush and the uneven breathing.
"Now... Was that really so bad?"
A small, coy smile.
"It couldn't have been if you are blushing like that."
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Date: 2006-02-13 06:18 pm (UTC)And feels even angrier that she should have to.
"I-it's called humiliation, you-"
She breaks off, clenching her teeth and reaching up to wipe away tears.
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Date: 2006-02-13 06:27 pm (UTC)"Do not worry, Lady Shelley, I do not believe that anyone saw."
His voice was a soft coo, like comforting a child.
"That kiss can remain our little secret... Though, you shouldn't feel embarassed about enjoying a little kiss."
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Date: 2006-02-13 06:52 pm (UTC)She can't take him being so close.
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Date: 2006-02-13 06:56 pm (UTC)"You should have just asked. I am amenable to your concerns and cares."
A twisted smile.
"After all, I would have accepted anything, but you wanted a kiss."
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:05 pm (UTC)"I could have asked, but I wanted to push you. No, I- wanted to keep something a friend gave me. You're the one who threatened to break it."
She carefully puts out a hand to pick up the flower, looking at it miserably. Rather than look at him.
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:20 pm (UTC)"...Did Asmodean give you that flower?"
It was the only logical conclusion.
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:22 pm (UTC)He hadn't. Not really.
Shelley says nothing else, and doesn't look up. Let him wonder.
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:27 pm (UTC)"Your grief is understandable. Those who betray Shaitan, as he did, die the final death."
A pause. She did not know fact from conjecture
"What a tragedy... You two will never meet again. Ever. He will not be reborn, the cycle has been broken."
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:40 pm (UTC)She had feared that he was lost forever. Known, really, but hearing it hurts. No reaction. She will not give him that.
Instead she shrugs coldly, and gently replaces the flower on the desk.
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:45 pm (UTC)"If you have no other business to attend to, then let us go home, Lady Shelley."
A pause.
"Do not bother calling for someone. I am far more powerful than when we parted company. It would only end badly--for them."
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:55 pm (UTC)Tears are threatening again. Not again. Not after what she went through to get away from him. She reaches for her glasses, and puts them on, as if another layer of defense can help her.
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:00 pm (UTC)"You are right. It is not home yet, but it will be."
A pause.
"Notably, I have relocated to a slightly larger estate in the mountains. It is remote, but you will not be lacking in all the comforts that the Second Age can offer."
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:12 pm (UTC)Slowly, miserably, she shakes her head.
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:17 pm (UTC)"The property is extensive, but I will have to ask you not to leave the house or gardens until I instruct the Darkhounds not to tear you to pieces on sight. They are unbelievably effective guardians, though being hundreds of miles from civilization, they are usually not used."
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:34 pm (UTC)It is not clear if this is in reaction to his warning, or at her current situation.
Her teeth are clenched hard, but despite her effort not to, she is crying by now, still shaking her head slightly in denial.
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:39 pm (UTC)"Now, Lady Shelley, you will certainly grow acclimated as time goes on. Such is the nature of things."
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:58 pm (UTC)She ignores the handkerchief and turns stubbornly away from his hand. Her arms wrap tight around her middle as if in pain.
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Date: 2006-02-13 10:08 pm (UTC)"But you will, regardless."
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