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We're not that different, you and I. Noah Dietrich ♱ Angel { 205 | 29 }

[novhfence]

( — apennyfordyourthoughts )

Ford tapped his fingers on the table he was at, looking a bit nervous and bored all at once, he wasn’t used to the feeling of having nothing in his hands, particularly a good book or puzzle of some sort. Ever since being dropped off in the town, he was feeling more anxious than ever. As the piece of paper was pushed his way, his eyebrows furrowed a bit, tilting his head as he stared at the grid. Biting his lip he looked at the male, blinking a few times he slowly took the paper, analyzing every possible moves before drawing a circle in the bottom right corner, giving the male a small smile as he handed it back. “I am, I haven’t really explored much since being thrown in here,” he shrugged. 

Noah could sense the anxiousness. Not only was he graced with the quite literally God-given talent to read others well, but he could recognize it because he could relate. It was the least he could do to help provide a distraction, and when the other male entertained the silly, little game, the angel felt a small sense of accomplishment. “I prefer to describe it as gently tossed rather than thrown in here,” Noah playfully replied, scrawling an ‘x’ in the middle and pushing the paper back. While his warm grin never left his expression, he offered a more solemn (though hopefully consoling) thought. “Everything happens for a reason... even if it doesn’t necessarily appear that way at first.”

[novhfence]

( — lydiasthemostfunagirlcanhave )

✴︎ — Lydia drew her next ‘ o ’ under Noah’s second mark, shrugging. “ No, we’re all completely doomed to dreadful boredom for the foreseeable future, ” Lydia joked. She shook her head, “ there’s an arcade and a roller skating rink. And like, food, and stuff, ” Lydia grinned with a shrug. 

“An arcade?” Noah failed to conceal his boyish joy at the prospect of such a thing, though his brow was soon furrowing in careful thought as he studied for his next move. Three times did he pick up his hand to scrawl an ‘x’ on the page only to change his mind within seconds. But finally, he settled upon the top row, middle column and immediately, his expression brightened. “I have a proposition... Loser owes the other a round of games at the arcade. And it isn’t actually a proposition, because I won’t let you turn this idea down.”

[novhfence]

( — ophelia-lange )

Ophelia’s head was back, her eyes lost in the setting sky. She wasn’t even really aware the Angel was there until he spoke up. “Oh” The blonde muttered softly before looking at the paper he’d slid closer to her. “..we could play that.. or..” The witch paused the drew a bigger board on the sidewalk in front of them with a shimmering energy. Like a neon floating board for adults. Half adults. Maybe not even half. She put his ‘X’ back at the top right in pink, and put an ‘O’ in the bottom left in green for her. “Pick a spot!”

Noah’s expression wasn’t unlike that of a hopeful child’s, anxiously awaiting his silently offered game to be accepted. The angel’s impossibly warm grin faltered for a moment as it seemed his latest companion was disinterested, however his features soon brightened with awe and amazement as she replicated the tic-tac-toe board in thin air. “You—? That’s... Yeah— That’s wicked,” Noah finally stammered out, shaking his head in disbelief and unable to rid himself of his beaming smile. After recollecting himself, he focused back on the game at hand far more intently than necessary. Bringing his hand to his chin and tilting his head in dramatic thought, he finally settled on pointing towards the middle. “Wait— No, just kidding,” He backtracked, deciding again and this time pointing to the middle of the right column. “You might have all your powers and glowing ‘O’s, but that doesn’t mean you’ll beat me.”

[novhfence]

( — lydiasthemostfunagirlcanhave )

✴︎ — Lydia had been in town for what was likely only a few days now, and she had exhausted herself attempting to find a way out and then exploring every last part of town. She’d found a few nice spots to sit, but she’d settled on attempting to actually interact with some of the other people present, although ‘ interaction ’ was more her just sitting near other people. She’d settled next to someone and was staring blankly into space when a piece of paper was pushed in front of her. She glanced at it, and then at the man who’d pushed it towards her, smiling back. “ Tends to happen when you spend three days straight exploring… wherever we are without actually resting much, ” she replied, drawing an ‘ o ’ in the lower left corner.

Quite frankly, Noah wasn’t sure what sort of reaction his little game would warrant from his unsuspecting companion. However, a smile was more positive of a response than he was expecting, and he was quick to return it with one of his own before placing another ‘x’ beneath his original mark. “Any exciting discoveries?” The angel asked conversationally (and out of genuine curiosity), “I mean, three days is a lot. You must have found at least one promising thing by now... or are we doomed to a completely dreadful town for the foreseeable future?”

[dansdraw]

Dan + Fireworks.

[novhfence]

Noah had been content to keep his head down and keep to himself, busying himself with childish pastimes (i.e. his beloved, old Game Boy) while he tried to better understand the circumstances he was abruptly thrown into. The angel wasn’t comfortable here, though he tried his best to mask the feeling now as he silently pulled a scrap sheet of paper towards him and scrawled two vertical and two horizontal lines to create a 3x3 grid — A tic-tac-toe board. After a pause, he scribbled an ‘x’ in the top right corner and wordlessly pushed the paper to the stranger beside him. It was only a matter of seconds before he was offering an impossibly warm grin, soon explaining, “You seemed awfully bored.”

[novhfence]

( — marshall-chamberlain )

Struggling the whole way in, he was eventually thrown down onto the road that lead to a little downtown area. “What the hell?” Marshall spat as he started to get up, grumbling nonsense like he was about to attack the men that just threw him into this spot. Though by the time they backed up, he’d charged and hit… a barrier? “Oh what the actual fuck..” He sighed out while stepping back to try to see if he could see where this thing ended. “..Well..” The vampire started and turned on his heel. “Guess we’re here now, eh?”

“It’s no use fighting it,” Noah oh-so-helpfully stated the obvious after passively watching the other male struggle for a moment. The angel had already tried for himself with the same outcome. It was no use dwelling on the miserable way in which he felt being trapped — There was bound to be plenty of time for him to mope on his own. For now, it was the most he could do to offer what he hoped to be a reassuring grin, disregarding the concept of personal space as he reached out to brush dust off the other’s shoulder from their scuffle just moments ago. “If it’s any consolation, I can imagine far worse places to be trapped in. At least there’s cellphone reception to keep Candy Crush updated,” Noah tried to joke, despite the circumstances.

[novhfence]

( — candrewbelieveit )

Completely interlaced in the taller angel’s kiss, Drew felt a wave of electricity wash down the length of his body as Noah’s hand caressed the nape of Drew’s neck. Beginning to feel a bit adventurous, Drew allowed his hand to find it’s way to Noah’s torso. In a heat wave of passion and excitement from Noah finally relaxing and eventually deepening his kiss, Drew took it upon himself to grip at Noah’s shirt. He let himself get lost in the lips of the object of his affections (deep affections, so far.) After a moment had passed, them paused and interlocked in each other, Drew slowly and affectionately pulled away. As thrilling as kissing Noah was, he felt the need to break up all of the fireworks with conversation. “You heard the announcement, right? We’ve been matched together.”

A part of Noah felt as though he'd lost all concept of time for the duration of their kiss, but another made it seem like it ended just as quickly as it had passionately escalated. It was difficult to ignore the way his stomach felt to curl with heat, but Noah promptly distracted himself by combing his fingers back through his own hair the moment the both of them pulled apart, sheepishly clearing his throat before speaking. "I have," The older male admitted after regaining his composure, the warm grin gradually returning to his face. There was something hesitant about the way he then reached out, catching the side of Drew's face in his hand and allowing his thumb to trace over the boy's cheekbone. "The idea of all this is... —well, it's mental, and I'm so sorry you're stuck with me." Already, his grin grew to a smile filled with adoration. "I feel like I've already said it a dozen times, but I'm not really sure where I managed to get so lucky."

[novhfence]

( — candrewbelieveit )

Drew’s heart skipped as Noah’s fingers traced their way around his. “Noah,” Drew’s giddy smile faded to a more serious tone. “I like you. A lot. More and more every time you flash that mesmerizing smile at me. Short of murdering me, there’s not much you could do that wouldn’t keep me coming back,” he went back to widening his smile, “again and again and again and…” he trailed off, leaning back towards Noah, hoping to find their lips intertwined once again.

Noah's expression softened to one of concern with the solemn way in which his name was said. Always one to expect the worst, it came as something of a relief to hear what followed — More than just relief, really; Drew's sincere words warmed his heart and soul. "Seeing as I quite like you as well, I don't hope to do anything even remotely harmful to you, and—..." Just when Noah began to ramble, he became painfully aware of their close proximity and promptly trailed off, his gaze remaining fixed on Drew for a few beats of silence until the small space between them disappeared. Unlike the first and previous time, there was no sense of hesitation to this kiss. Still, it was gentle and unrushed, even as Noah freed his hand to instead capture the back of the other angel's neck, keeping him close as he dared to deepen the kiss.

[bastillesmiths]

[novhfence]

( — candrewbelieveit )

Drew noticed the taller angel twisting his face in an attempt to amuse him. It worked, of course. Everything Noah did made Drew smile a big, unwavering, infatuated smile. He anxiously ran his fingers through his hair and brushed his hand close to Noah’s. His head still spinning from the kiss, Drew dreamily asked, “and what exactly was your first impression of me?”

Another smile earned felt like another small accomplishment. Noah returned it with a broad, dimpled one of his own, his fingers moving on their own accord to lace between Drew’s the moment their hands brushed. A bit lost in thought, Noah found himself peering down at their hands for several beats of silence before giving a delayed response to the boy’s question. “Well, I do remember you asking me what my third favourite dinosaur is... I knew then that none of my weirdness could easily scare you away. Seems I was right, because you came back around even when I was completely miserable.”

[novhfence]

( — changing-willow-carlisle )

“Never.” Willow rolls her eyes, a smirk playing on her lips. “Nah, I mean height and awkward levels. Plus the basic of 6 + 4 is 10 and that’s the actual correct thing. You’re not supposed to read into it anyways.” She starts, looking down at him, though he’d soon popped up. A small noise left her lips as she moved to her feet. “That sounds like fun though. You make it sound like being a nerd is bad. Am I banned from finding this all adorable? Like what happens if I wanna play Mario Kart?” 

“But reading far too into things is what I do, because I love to drive myself completely mad,” Noah couldn’t finish without first giving a chuckle. Knowing very little sense of personal space, he gave it no thought at all before taking her hand and continuing to lead their way. “You aren’t banned, but I’d really, really discourage it before you’re disappointed by something idiotic I’m bound to do. You especially don’t want to tease me about Mario Kart — I love Mario Kart, and I’m not sure you’re ready for that.”

[novhfence]

( — harryxgrey )

“I’m not doubting you, I promise.” Harry held up his hands in defense with a  soft grin. “You might want to get inside their heads. It’s understandable. I can’t imagine not feeling empathy, or being that close to my mother.”

“Sometimes it’s the things we’re most unlike that we find the most fascinating, or... something,” Noah started strong, but trailed off into uncertainty in hopes of not sounding unnecessarily pretentious. “Even without a proper mother though, I can safely say that probably isn’t the sort of relationship I’d hope to have... I mean, especially considering she was technically a corpse all along. Not exactly ideal.”

[novhfence]

( — candrewbelieveit )

Drew stayed entrapped in Noah’s arms as long as the taller angel would allow. Time seemed to be standing still, even though, in their case, time meant nothing. “But I think you have tricked me,” Drew said playfully, pulling away from the embrace and peered into Noah’s eyes once again, “You tricked me into thinking you were some uncouth dork who didn’t know how to interact with anyone.” His eyebrows raised in suspicion. “But in reality,” he paused, leaving room for Noah to guess in his head, “you’re a suave dork who charmed me with horror movies.”

“Oh, have I?” Noah asked rather sarcastically, quirking a brow both playfully and a bit dramatically, in anticipation of whatever could possibly follow. The smirk on his face grew as he pulled a silly expression at the younger male, trying impossibly hard not to laugh or even crack a smile all the while. “Darn,” Noah teasingly lamented at the conclusion of Drew’s observation, “You have me all figured out. I guess this means I can no longer see you, or else my secret will be out to everyone.” Pausing for a moment, he offered a smile. “In my defense, you misled me as well. I might have been right about my first impression of you—” And what that first impression was, Noah did not yet admit, “—But no one warned me about the part where I was going to get swept off my feet.”

[novhfence]

( — doublebubblejacquequeen )

✴︎ — “ I mean, it’s certainly not unimportant, although, it wanting to be a planet is kinda similar to if I were to wish to be an angel. You could feel bad for me but it wouldn’t make me an angel, right ? ” Jacqueline shrugged. “ It’s nice reasoning though, ” she added. “ I suppose that’s true, but it’d be a pretty long five years, wouldn’t it ? ”

“I suppose, in this case, Pluto being a planet would be the solution to making it seem more important. If you wished to be an angel, the question would be why; To feel more important like Pluto, or something else? No one could make someone an angel who isn’t already, but there’s certainly ways to make a person feel more important.” Shaking his head, Noah forced himself to stop his rambling. “Sorry— That was like, much more deep of a thing than anyone probably cared to hear. I’ll shut up already.”

[novhfence]

( — changing-willow-carlisle )

“I didn’t mean to, I swear.” She says through a laugh before he’d lifted his head to look at her again. “I mean, yes, I’ll accept that too, but this is more awkward than just you.” Willow motions between them to the height again. “Well alright, your 6 plus my 4 means we’ll have a 10/10 cuddle session. Which bed?”

“You meant it,” Noah muttered playfully in return, his grin proving he hadn’t actually taken any offense at all. “Something tells me that math is all wrong, but then again, I’m not always excellent at math.” There was a pause as he gave this far more thought than necessary before abruptly hopping to his feet, tugging Willow up with him. “If you promise to ignore all the things and video games that make it seem as though I have the room of a 12-year-old boy, I suppose I can allow you in mine. At the very least, you’ll have the reassurance nothing sexy has tainted the place.”

[novhfence]

( — done-ica )

“Whoa calm down there,” she mocked his attempt at being intimidating. “Don’t take it personally, I call everyone ‘kid.’“

Feigning a frown, Noah gave a defeated sigh, murmuring to himself a reminder, “Right—... Must stay on your good side, or else mosquitos... and other potentially annoying and/or dangerous creatures.”