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Shadow Lincourt || 25 || Graphic/Fashion Designer || Australian

[pokerxandxparkour]

“I wouldn’t mind dropping in on someone like you, Sunshine. And probably the same amount of times you hear being asked about your accent and all that.” She blushed slightly, smiling at the compliment. “So I hear. It fits me perfectly? How so?” She was genuinely curious. “Perfect! How about fish and chips? I could really- oh! Poutine! Totally up for some poutine! How about you? New York Fries? I mean, they have other things, too, but who cares when poutine is involved! But then again, if you’ve only been here a month, you might not of tried it yet. So how about it!”

[shadow-lincourt]

“Well, I wouldn’t mind you dropping in on me anytime you like, as long as you don’t knock me out in the process,” Shadow chuckled as she shrugged. “I think people just ask me questions that make me talk for a long time, just so they can listen to my accent, which I have no idea why, because really it’s not even that great,” she replied as she smiled at the blush. “It’s a really pretty name and you’re really pretty,” she simply explains as she shrugs again. “Uh,” she began as an amused smile took over her face. “Sure, poutine it is.”

[austenamelia1]

She felt heat rise to her cheeks as she looked down - and had a moment to be surprised by it. She was admittedly at a low point in her life, but she hadn’t ever really been one words of reassurance earn such a physical reaction - maybe it’s because she rarely believed they were more than just words. Hearing it from Shadow somehow mattered. She bit her lip, eyes trailing back up. Another rare moment for Austen - she struggled for the right words. “Thank you, pretty girl. Really. Just hoping someone will still be around by the time the worst is over.” She added, a forced lightness in her tone. When Shadow asked the question, Austen tilted her head. “No goodbye for you either? I’m sorry, Shadow. That’s not fair to you.” She said. But when she received an apology of her own, she gave a light, dismissive wave of her hand. “You are going to have to let me drag you out of that apartment more often, though. There’s a whole big world out here.” She said playfully.

Austen chuckled at the admission. “Lie by omission. Doesn’t make it any better.” She teased. She waited for the answer, drumming her fingers restlessly against her thigh. The grin that formed when the blonde spoke was immediate. She stood, reaching out her hand. “I know just the place. And we only have to hop one fence. I think.” She spoke nonchalantly, as though she wasn’t proposing they entirely defy the purpose of aforementioned fence.

[shadow-lincourt]

Shadow’s head tilted to the side as her eyebrows rose slowly, the smile on her face only tugging into a bigger one as she watched Austen react to her words, which was also a little surprising to the blonde, she’d never really seen this side to Austen before and if she was being honest, she liked it, it was adorable --- she was being adorable and the Australian would be lying if she said that she didn’t still have a crush on her, because she did, she still seriously liked her. “I’m just being honest,” her tone was quiet this time as she stared at her for a moment longer. “Well, I’ll still be around,” she said without hesitation. “So, you got me,” she continued. Her head shook at the question. “Yeah, no goodbye for me either,” she shrugged. “But oh well, nothing I can do about it, so, doesn’t really matter now,” she sighed. “No need to be sorry.” At her next words, the blonde couldn’t help but laugh. “Seriously? There’s a whole big world outside my apartment. Shocking!” She joked. 

Raising her hands in the air, she grinned. “Okay, okay, I am sorry for being unfair,” Shadow chuckles. Her eyes moving down to Austen’s fingers tapping restlessly against her thigh and she furrowed her brows a little, but then she smiled as she watched her stand and she took hold of the offered hand, getting up as well. “Okay, then lead the way.”

[katelynjameson]

“Yeah,man,” Katelyn smirked. The Canadian was in no way shy about sex. Itwas something she thrived off. And it wasn’t as though it wouldgenuinely mean anything between herself and the blonde. They were friends. Just as shewas about to answer, she felt Shadow’s lips against her own. Her handnaturally rested on her hip, drawing her closer.

[shadow-lincourt]

Shadow smirked against her lips, breath slightly catching in her throat at the feeling of Katelyn pulling her closer and she slowly moved her hands to rest on her hips in return as she deepened the kiss. Gosh, this woman was so damn attractive and Shadow definitely liked her, maybe a little more than she’d admit, from the very first moment she met her, there was an instant attraction and it had only grown as the days went on.

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[ameliascinema]

@margotrobbie: I think I died and went to heaven @elnidoresorts 

[aitanax]

[katelynjameson]

Itwasn’t often that Katelyn found herself surprised. If anything, sheseemed to be the one that shocked others; however, Shadow had managedto just that. Her dark hues widened. In hermind, there was little more attractive than watching another womansmoke– there was something about it that really got her going. Notto mention, the blonde was certainly that on her own. Harshly, shebit down on her bottom lip; just watching her. “Oh, you can try itany time,” she mused, not remotely talking about her weed. Though,she could have that as well. Katelyn was all about sharing. “Proveit.”

[shadow-lincourt]

Shadow kept her eyes on Katelyn, smiling a little bigger at her words. “Mm, can I now?” She whispered, leaning forward slightly as her gaze darted down to her lips, her tongue darting out to lick her own as she raised her eyes again, a smirk pulling onto her face once more. “Prove it?” She repeated, but she barely waited for an answer as she moved towards her completely, leaning closer and pressing her lips against hers. 

[austenamelia1]

She shook her head the moment the girl spoke. “No. Better than that, darlin’. I’ve got this whole walking disaster train wreck thing going on. Everyone loves a project. I wasn’t quite good enough either it turns out. But hey, karma, right? Had that one coming.” She said. She had managed recently to shake the bitterness - but a sound of almost resignation was in her voice. But it was Shadow’s confession that made Austen’s smile shift into something more genuine. A confession of her own rose to her lips, but she just barely bit it back. Admitting her own feelings would do more harm that good at this point.

At the girl’s answer, she laughed. “You’re not fair, you know.” She added, playfully. The look that crossed Austen’s face as Shadow posed the question was a dangerous one - it was rarely ever good news when she had a plan. She spoke with feigned nonchalance, throwing in a stretch for good measure. “How do you feel about a little late night swim?”

[shadow-lincourt]

Shadow smiled. “You’re good enough too, Austen. You’re only human and we tend to make mistakes, some bigger than others, if anyone can’t stand by you through the difficult times then they aren’t worth your time or deserve to be in your life,” she spoke truthfully, then her eyebrows rose. “Wait, Rory left?” She asked, this is what she got for basically sheltering herself in her apartment to work on her designs, only leaving when necessary. “Well, that’s what I get for being a hermit, didn’t even have a clue,” she chuckled a little, she may have also stayed inside because she was still a little shocked at the fact that both Rory and Austen ended up being in the same town as her. “I’m sorry, darling,” she spoke as she offered her a small smile.

Laughing, Shadow bit her lip, her shoulders shrugging again as she ran a hand through her hair. “I never said I was fair,” she joked and threw a playful wink her way. Tilting her head, she waited for the other woman to inform her of what she had planned, one brow quirking upwards at the look that fell across Austen’s face. “Late night swim sounds perfect.”

[pokerxandxparkour]

“Sure, I do it every day, Sunshine!” Eretria laughed before taking a seat on the back of a bench, feet where most would usually sit. “That’s really nifty! I like your name, by the way. It’s kinda strange, but one of those good strange things. Is there a story behind it at all? You’re kinda gorgeous, did you know that? And by kinda, I mean really. I’m Eretria! Did I say that? I have a habit of introducing myself twice sometimes. Or forgetting to. Are you hungry? I’m kinda hungry. Want some lunch?”

[shadow-lincourt]

“Alright, then I will expect to see you dropping from random places from now on,” she smiled, her eyes following her as she took a seat on the back of the bench. “You have no idea how many times I hear that,” she laughed. “Not that I know of, there could be, but I never really questioned my parents as to why they named me what they did,” she shrugged. “Thank you, you’re pretty gorgeous yourself,” her head tilting to the side as her brows raised slightly and she nodded with a chuckle. “Mhm, you did introduce yourself, you’re name is quite beautiful, fits you perfectly,” she commented. “I could eat, yeah.”

[austenamelia1]

Watching Shadow’s smile fall, the girl thoroughly regretted saying anything. But that feeling lessened as she spoke. “You’re too good not to be the first pick. She chose wrong.” She opened her mouth to say something else - but then she paused and tilted her head. “You liked me?” She wasn’t entirely able to keep the surprise out of her voice, not that she’d bothered to try. She shook her head. “You were my first friend there, you know. Pretty girl who could never sleep either. You made that place feel like home, even if it was just for minute. Never thanked you for that.” 

To her surprise, a soft smile returned with Shadow’s next words. “God, how are you even real?” She asked with a soft chuckle. Austen wasn’t sure what she’d expected - but it wasn’t a full pardon. “I’m really, really okay with leaving that past way behind us. Across the border and far away behind us.” She agreed, surprised to feel almost relieved. Almost.

[shadow-lincourt]

Pressing her lips together in a tight smile, Shadow shrugged at her comment. “Wasn’t good enough though,” she answered truthfully. “But thank you, you’re sweet, darling,” the smile growing a little on her face as she watched the realization of her words hit Austen, her head slowly nodding in response. “Yes, I did,” her voice was barely above a whisper as she raised a hand to rub the back of her neck. “Glad I could help, love and no thanks needed, honestly.”

A small chuckle then left her at her words, her shoulders tilting upwards in a shrug. “Because I am,” she simply stated in slight amusement, the smile continuing to grow and she sighed in relief. “Good, then that’s where it’s staying. Now, what plan do you have for us to do?”

[austenamelia1]

A look of mischief crept across her features for a moment as she raised an eyebrow, playful challenging tone in her voice. “Could always use some company for the fun kind of terrible.” A soft chuckle escaped her.

She almost regretted issuing the apology - almost. She had never done well with admitting mistakes - her preferred method was clearly to run far, far away from them. “The way everything turned out… with Rory.” She spoke softly. “I don’t know the whole story. Or most of it, really. I do know you deserved… deserve better.” She had a feeling the apology was long overdue - but she had always valued the relationship she had with Shadow. It was easy, and even the presence of the blonde managed to cheer her up on a bad day. Austen, nonconfrontational and flighty (at best), never wanted to risk damaging that.

[shadow-lincourt]

“Yeah?” Shadow smirked as she tilted her head. “Well, I could always be that company if you wanted.” She let out with a smile. 

The minute Rory’s name came out of Austen’s mouth, she realized what this was about and the smile fell completely from her face, her gaze shifting to the floor as she shook her head. “Oh,” she whispered, her lower lip moving between her teeth as she nibbled on it. “You don’t need to apologize for that. You didn’t know anything and short version; before you came along, I liked Rory and she liked me, thought we were heading somewhere, but in the end she chose you, even though she knew how I felt, but it’s whatever, because along the way I actually started to like you as well. So, just imagine liking two people who end up liking each other and then getting together, was kind of a shitty thing, but don’t worry,” she spoke as she sighed. It was better to tell Austen the story of what happened then to let the other woman continue to wonder exactly what the whole story was, now it was in the open and they could both stop thinking about it. “But hey, I am not dwelling on it anymore, because it’s not going to change anything, so, please, don’t you do it either, it’s in the past and that’s where it’s going to stay. I really don’t care anymore.”

[austenamelia1]

The smile that always seemed to form around to blonde took hold almost immediately. “Think I’ve been making terrible choices for about 24 years. Might as well make the fun kind of terrible for a bit, yeah?” She let out a soft chuckle before chewing on the inside of her lip and meeting Shadow’s eyes. “I feel like I owe you an apology, pretty girl.”

[shadow-lincourt]

At the sight of Austen’s smile, Shadow couldn’t help but return it. “That long, huh?” She spoke in amusement as she shook her head. “Fun kind of terrible sounds like a good thing to do,” she let out with a small laugh and then the smile dropped a little as she furrowed her brows. “What for?”

[austenamelia1]

“Ever just had a night where you really want to make terrible choices?”

[shadow-lincourt]

“Once or twice or you know quite a bit, yeah.”

[pokerxandxparkour]

“Drop, jump, roll, spin..you know, the usual.” Eretria laughed. “Being on top of a gorgeous girl’s not so bad, though, is it, Sunshine?” She grinned and winked at the other woman. Being serious, Eretria refused to put a label on her sexuality. To her, she just felt how she felt, was attracted to whom she was attracted to and that was sort of that. She was attracted to people as individuals, not as genders. It made sense to her, at least. In any case, she was actually still a virgin, though wasn’t shy in the least about kissing or a bit of groping. She was more nervous about being bad than worried about it being with ‘the right person.’

Who wanted that, anyways? Wouldn’t someone want to actually be good at sex by the time the 'right’ person was found? And what did that mean, anyways? What made a person right for anyone? Why not multiple someone’s? “I’m gonna annoy you with same old questions! Like why you came to Canada! How long have you been here and why did you leave Aussie Land? How bad are our accents here to you? We basically drool over yours, I know that much. Do you understand the hype to all of it? Can you do a Canadian accent? What do you miss about Australia? What’s your name? I’m Eretria! Hi!”

[shadow-lincourt]

“The usual?” Shadow laughed. “Well, it’s not everyday you have someone dropping from out of no where and almost landing on you,” she joked as she grinned, her head tilting a little as she shook it slowly in amusement. “Mhm, definitely not so bad indeed,” she nodded in agreement, her brows furrowing as she began to rattle of some questions and then her eyes widened slightly, when she finally stopped talking, the blonde chuckled. “Okay, firstly, breathe and slow down,” she began as she crossed her arms against her chest. “I moved here for nothing other than exploring something new. About a month. Left it because friends wanted to go exploring and I thought it sounded like a good idea,” she shrugged. “You’re accents are adorable and no I don’t understand the hype to all of it. Probably not. Uh, my other friends that stayed there, plus my brothers and hello, my names Shadow, I think I answered everything,” she laughed.

[nicholashoulty]

[pokerxandxparkour]

“Everyone says that, ya know?” She smiled at the blonde. “But I dropped, not falled.” She laughed at her own reference to a childhood movie. “Or flew. Flew would of fit that reference better.” She mostly spoke that to herself, but it didn’t really matter. “You weren’t there when I started down, and gravity kinda didn’t really care that someone had moved almost below me when I landed. Gravity’s funny that way, she is. But it’s all good, because no one’s bleeding or unconscious! I call that a win, right, Sunshine?”

[shadow-lincourt]

“So, I assume you drop from places quite often then?” the Australian chuckled as she shook her head at the saying, tilting her head, she quirked a brow at the continuation and shrugged not sure how to respond to any of that. "Luckily I wasn’t any quicker or I could have been right under you at that time and you would have landed right on top of me, literally, though, don’t think I would have minded,” she smirked. “But yes, definitely a win that no one is bleeding or unconscious, because it was a close call.”

[katelynjameson]

Katelyn’sexpression softened at the sight of the blonde. Her face wascertainly one that had been missed. “Why stop at just makingout,” the Canadian mused, her tongue running between her lips.There was no reason to sugarcoat her intentions. By this point it shouldn’t be lost on Shadow just how attractive she’d always found her to be. Though, anyone with eyes could see that for themselves. “So, are you going tosmoke because trust me– this is good shit. You don’t want to missout on it. Or should we just skip to the end?”

[shadow-lincourt]

Shadow’s brows raised as she spoke, her expression was definitely smug at this point as she shrugged. “Well, we definitely don’t have to stop at just making out,” she winked as her gaze looked back to Katelyn and she smiled at her, her eyes lingering for a moment, then she looked back down to the joint and she took it between her fingers, bringing it to her lips as she continued to listen to her talk. After she took a hit, she held it back out to the Canadian as she exhaled. “Just wanted a little try,” she smirked as her gaze flickered to her lips. “But I am not opposed to skipping to the end right now.”