Cold As Ice

Occupation: - Investigative Journalist - Light Fae Diplomat - Security detail for the Ash

[lcnternliights]

"I hate hugs full stop," Foster murmured, focusing intensely on his phone as if it held the secrets of the universe. "I'm happier when no one is touching me but I make exceptions for you, of course. My one true ice love."

"It's definitely the sexual tension," Foster snorted, finally looking back up at Aiden. "Nah; I mean, there's a couple girls I'm casually seeing, but nothing like that. One of them I think would kick my ass if I even breathed romantically in her direction. The other? She's just fun and cool, and good in bed, not much else going on there."

[frostyaiden]

"Hey the ice bros gotta stick together, can't let the humanoid furnaces have it all," Aiden said chuckling to themselves. Letting Foster order before putting his own and handing off his card. When they moved over to the waiting area they were looking at Foster slowly nodding along.

"Well damn now I do feel special being called your one true ice love," they said smirking. Crossing their arms over their chest they shrugged, "Guess were in the same boat then," he was still his own feelings on Jess as far down as they could go, "Down to do some shitty romcom drinking games if you are? Order shit ton of chinese too, if you want."

[ofdyinglights]

Jess hummed contentedly when she felt him brush his lips against her skin. She would probably overthink that later, wondering if she had given too much away about how she felt, but for now, she was enjoying how close they were. And then Aiden repeated that word back to her. Love. "Yeah?" she asked, keeping her voice casual as if she wasn't wondering if she had heard them correctly. But his tone had been light, and he had said it without hesitation, so she was inclined to believe that they didn't mean it that way. "I love you too, slick. And you're cute. Even when you're being annoying."

She felt his fingers trace down her side and shivered in response. It wasn't even that cold, and it was more the surprise that caused her to instinctively snuggle closer to them, as if seeking heat. "No fair, I have nothing I can use against you like that," Jess complained, pressing her face to the crook of his neck. "Just a regular ol' human."

[frostyaiden]

Aiden chuckled, fully pulling her on top of him, moving their hands to her hips as he let her settle. "You love when I'm annoying," they mumbled kissing along her jaw again, "You could get rid of me if you really want to, you know?" They have to keep their tone light, the thought had crossed their mind that she could find someone else, someone that would make it past just being a crush with her. Which is how he ended up where he was, just trying to enjoy how much time he got with her. "You have plenty," he grumbled pressing idle kisses against her neck, "There's never been anything regular about you, Tex."

[lcnternliights]

Foster let out a very audible gag, rolling his eyes. "You better fucking not." There was a brief flash, his light blue eyes suddenly very dark and red, but only for a moment. Foster tried very hard to keep his shapeshifting up at all times, but in moments of flared emotion, it slipped. He let out a relieved sigh at the feeling of the chill Aiden passed on, shrugging a little. "Yeah; close to the Canadian border in Minnesota. Little town. Probably never heard of it."

"Aww, how romantic," came the deadpanned reply, but the idea wasn't one that Foster hated. Between constantly feeling hungry and constantly being too hot, if he could ease the pain of one of them, the temperature issue would be far easier to solve. "I didn't realize you wanted me to carry you with me all the time, bud."

[frostyaiden]

"What you don't like warm hugs?" Aiden quipped as the lined up, catching the way his eyes changed. They'd gotten use to it after a while, learning when Foster was actually crossed with him. "Been a while since I've been in Canada, so you might be right on that. GPS best thing to ever happen to the world, way easier to do my jobs now."

"Come on V-Day is coming up, romance is in the air and all that," pausing to think before grinning slyly, "Or that might just be all the sexual tension between folks. No one you want to buy some chocolate for?" His tone switching from teasing to more genuine curiosity as the moved up the line.

[ofdyinglights]

"Oh, come on, you love me and my bad jokes," Jess quipped back with an easy grin, although it shifted into a softer, more genuinely affectionate smile when she looked at them a little too long. Laying like this with Aiden, it was difficult not to imagine what it would feel like if he actually said those words to her. But she knew that they wouldn't, just as well as she knew that no matter how many times she had tried to get over them, her feelings for him never really went away. "No, that's not true," she countered, back to sounding easy-going as she snuggled in close. "I also keep you around for free tickets and a date to the State Fair. And to cool me down when it's hotter than hell outside."

[frostyaiden]

The word love rang through their head, turning his gaze away from hers to watch their hand play with some of her hair, twirling it around their fingers. He felt the way his heart skipped a beat, reminded on how few times he felt genuinely warm. It's not that they felt particularly cold either, just able to notice the absence of warmth. When he was with her, he remembered, feeling heat everywhere her skin touched his. Leaning down they brushed their lips against her cheek then her jaw, "Mmm, love you? Yeah. The bad jokes? Nah. Just lucky you're cute," he mumbled, his tone light and playful. Pulling back he kept one arm around her waist and put his hand behind his head before rolling his eyes. "Ah I see, to be fair that last one still involves my body," they said, tracing their fingers down her side and letting the cold seep through, not enough to be freezing just enough to feel her shiver against him.

[ofdyinglights]

Jess returned his smirk with one of her own. "True, you were very accommodating," she replied, chasing after them and deepening the kiss before eventually settling back against their chest, her focus once more on her phone. "Excessive? Hmmm... No, I don't think I know that word. Meat lovers it is. Besides, it's accurate." Flashing him a grin, she entered the rest of the order before dropping her phone onto the bed and turning her full attention to Aiden. "By the way, I miss nothing, slick. I get to keep you in bed for longer and I'll still get the full view of your ass when I make you get the food."

[frostyaiden]

"You know I take direction well if you ever have any complaints," Aiden said, this time an actual sigh slipping out after she kissed them. Looking at her, he blinked before laughing and shaking his head, "Christ Tex, that one was bad even for you," they said. "Oh so that's why you're always so happy to kick me out of bed," they said, "See, I knew you only keep me around for my body." It's a little harder to make that joke when he has her attention solely on them, even if he managed to keep the smirk on his face.

[ofdyinglights]

Jess couldn't help the smile that automatically grew on her face when they kissed her again. For a second, after he let her get resettled, she simply stared Aiden in sheer awe before dropping her gaze back to her phone—too distracted with trying to hide the blush on her cheeks with a curtain of hair to notice the slight shift in tone.

"I was plenty hospitable last night, was I not?" she quipped back, squirming a little against them when they poked her. She repeated the order as she added it. "French toast... Chocolate chip waffle... Omelette... What kind of omelette? I picked the place, so you get to pick the filling." Jess glanced up at him with a contemplative expression. "Hmm, we can order coffee. Don't get any ideas, I am simply sparing you from coffee making duty. It has nothing to do with wanting to keep you here or anything."

[frostyaiden]

"Trying to take all the credit?" Aiden asked raising a brow, he moved his hand from her side down and gave her ass a squeeze, "Last I checked it was a team effort." Glancing down at her, they smirked and shrugged, "Course it's not," leaning down to kiss her again before kissing her cheek. "Does mean you miss the view of my ass if I stay here," he quipped giving her a playful wink, "But I'll take getting to stay in bed with ya, Tex." Thinking it over he shrugged tracing his fingers up and down her side, "Is it excessive to get the meat lover one considering how much bacon we ordered?"

[lcnternliights]

"I'm doing my best to - I'm so fucking jealous." Foster let out a sigh. "I can sort of alter the air around me a little bit; but it's just enough to kind of cool me down, nothing compared to the cold temperatures I prefer. I"m trying and it helps that it's winter, but Jesus I wasn't made for this place."

"How about both, and ice tap and a boba tea. I'm always down to stop to eat or drink something, and this one is the best of both worlds. Maybe I should see if I can't find an elemental to help make me some sort of charm to help keep my body temperature lower."

[frostyaiden]

"Gonna start calling you Olaf at this rate," Aiden said shaking their head, though they did reach out to touch their shoulder. Cooper had made his glamour strong, but his hand still visibly turned to ice as he passed on the chill. "Where you use to be before here? You mentioned up north right?" he said trying to recall.

Nodding he started heading towards the shop, holding the door open for Foster. "Could see what Cooper can come up with, his glamours hold up well and he makes those anti sunlight charms for vamps," he mused out loud, "Might try to use me to make it, you could have a little piece of me to always hold." He was grinning towards the end giving Foster a playful wink.

[tommydashwood]

[ofdyinglights]

Jess felt her breath catch when he leaned forward, but she kept her gaze steady and locked with his, a smirk tugging at her lips. When she snuggled back up to him, she glanced up from her phone and pressed her lips to his in a soft, fleeting kiss. "I like living on the edge," she replied with a wink. "What's life without a little risk?"

Looking back down, she rolled her eyes and shoved him playfully—as much as she could while pressed against him—before settling back in. "You snooze, you lose, slick," Jess quipped back, putting in an extra order of bacon nonetheless. "So, I want french toast. What do you want? I'm thinking we should definitely get a third thing to split. If we're doing a lazy morning in bed, we might as well do it properly, right?"

[frostyaiden]

Aiden chased after her, holding the back of her head to kiss her again before letting her fully get resettled. Rolling his eyes at the wink a fond grin on his face, giving her another squeeze on the side. "Very dull, very boring, and very long," he quipped even if the last one came out a little more genuine than his usual joking tone.

They really needed to stop spending the night they thought to themselves, running their hand up and down their side. It was almost too easy how comfortable they felt around her. "What happened to southern hospitality," he quipped back, poking her on the side. Eyes glancing at her phone as she went through the menu. "Chocolate chip waffle and...split an omelet? Comes with those potatoes on the side. We lazy enough to order coffee or is this where I finally get kicked to go start a pot?"

[lcnternliights]

closed starter for @frostyaiden location: Somewhere that's for sure

Part of the reason Foster didn't get close to people is that no one really could understand him. While Aiden still fell into that category, he'd never met anyone else who had any sort of similar frosty abilities - and this also meant that he could help keep things cool.

"How would you even survive here if you couldn't create a frosty atmosphere for yourself?" Foster tilted his head back to look at Aiden properly. "Do you think you'd melt?"

[frostyaiden]

Aiden held his hands in front of him, on his right hand the ring that kept his glamour in place. Having opted for it after breaking yet another pair of sunglasses. "I'll be real I've never felt hot," technically a lie but he wasn't broadcasting his previous form, "I always just am cold, I just feel normal. You actively staying cool?"

Shrugging he nodded his head over to one of the bubble tea shops on the street they were on. "You need to cool down? Either that or could give you a couple little ice taps if that'll help," he added wiggling his fingers near them.

[ofdyinglights]

"Well, there is something very obvious that I could offer you, but you're getting that anyway," Jess replied, lowering her voice to a sultry whisper. "How about... Next time you're writing an article, and you want me to go somewhere with you, I promise to drop everything regardless of what I have going on? Never getting an offer this good again, slick." She smiled to herself when he twirled her hair, letting herself look at him with visible affection when he looked away from her, before letting out a sigh.

"Fine," she relented, turning away to reach for her phone before snuggling up to him again, head resting against his chest. "But we're ordering Original Pancake House."

[frostyaiden]

Aiden's eyes flickered from her eyes down to her lips, his hand stilling in her hair, almost missing what she was saying. Leaning forward he kept his lips close to hers without touching, "That so? Be stupid not to take it. Sure you want to make a promise like that to a fae?" When she turned away he bit back a sigh looking at her wistfully, fiddling with one hand with the ring that controlled his glamour.

On his hand he saw the flicker of blue before it resettled back on. Glancing down at her, he wrapped his arm around her waist and chuckled giving her a slight squeeze. "Why am I not surprised? You actually going to let me have a slice of bacon this time?"

[sweater-guys]

[ofdyinglights]

Jess shot him an unamused look, trying and failing to hold the expression when he smirked at her, an affectionate smile tugging at her lips. "It wasn't a bad impression," she conceded with a laugh. "But don't ever tell her I said that." For a moment, when she looked him in the eyes and felt his fingers in her hair, she felt like she got a glimpse of what it would be like if they were actually together. Sometimes Aiden made it too easy for her to forget it was never going to happen. "Well, I was going to ask if you wanted some breakfast with your lazy morning in bed. But if you'd rather I stay here..."

[frostyaiden]

Aiden's smirk grew as he looked at her, "I'd say your secrets safe with me, but what am I getting out of this deal?" He was twirling some of her hair between his fingers, eyes moving from her face to his own hand. Looking at her for too long was always a recipe for disaster, he was likely to say something stupid if he wasn't careful. "What can't order breakfast from bed?" glancing back at her, he raised a brow, "Last I checked you and your sister live off take out."

[ofdyinglights]

"I've been burned before," Jess mumbled in response, before pulling back far enough to look at him, eyebrows slightly furrowed. "Well, technically the opposite of burned, more like chilled, but you get what I mean." She let out a soft, delighted laugh before resting her forehead against his, an amused smile on her face. "We both have jobs. Things to do and places to be and people to see. We can't stay in bed forever." And yet, she contradicted her own words, since all she did afterwards was snuggle in closer.

[frostyaiden]

"Well," he began stretching the word out for half a minute, "Actually, cause it's me touching you, it would count as an ice burn." His tone was blank, doing his best to sound as monotone as possible. Catching the look she shot him, he smirked and said, "What? Feel like that was a pretty good Z impression." When she moved closer, he brought his hand up, running his fingers through her hair. "Excuse you, I don't know anyone before noon," he said looking down at her a fond smile on his face, "Only have one thing I want to do, preferably here unless you are planning on kicking me out."

[ofdyinglights]

WHERE: Jess's and Zarina's Apartment WHO: Aiden Frost ( @frostyaiden )

Jess was still half asleep when she stirred in bed, barely coherent as she instinctively turned and shuffled a little closer to Aiden, pressing her face to the crook of his neck. "Morning," she mumbled, slinging her arm over his waist and pulling herself closer. "I swear to god, slick, if you freeze my ass right now I'm going to kick you out of bed."

[frostyaiden]

Aiden groaned when Jess started moving around, pressing his face on the top of her head. "What time is it?" he grumbled, squinting as he looked at the window as if the sunlight would tell him. A grin formed and while the temptation was there, he wasn't risking getting hit in crotch so early in the day. "No trust, Tex, I'm hurt. Sides too early to be awake, it's back to sleep time," he said wrapping his own arm around her.