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update. 

hey all. so as much as this pains me, i’ve decided to move to a new blog. too many bots and inactive blogs on my follow list, and i do feel like i need a fresh start. which means all threads will be dropped, with the exception of those that haven’t started (i.e. partners wrote starters for me or who have replied to my opens that are either in drafts or are already in the queue). 

HOWEVER, if there are threads that you really want to continue with me, please let me know so that I can move them over to the new blog. limiting these to at the most three, so we could focus on newer interactions. :) 

setting up the blog today, and i’ll be following my partners on the new blog (will be using the same avatar and URL so you know it’s me!). if you choose not to follow me over there, it’s all good! thank you for following me and/or interacting with me for this long. <3 

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potestmagice​:

Bruce nodded, and let a small smile form upon his lips. “Alright. Let me get ready and I’ll come to join you,” he told Talia.

x

“Sounds good.” She had nowhere else to be, so she decided to wait for him right there instead of coming back for him.

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potestmagice​:

The Professor nodded and smiled. “Always,” he said, looking around at their surroundings again. “You be careful too, alright?” Though he was sure that Rey was able to look after herself. She had done well in the years before this - before he met her.

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Rey was always careful, but it was nice to have someone be concerned over her well-being the way the Professor was. She still felt that warmth by the time she arrived at their agreed meeting place, and she kept looking around to see if he was on his way there, too.

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thewxnderer​:

Dean a master in the kitchen enjoyed his greasy spoons and savored tasteful meals,.” It’s genetic, kid’s gonna be a winner. Maybe a little bit smarter.” Adaptable. when the man was in a pinch he adapted. revenge was a good motivator to learn tech stuff among other things; he was also cutting himself short. He was enjoying her figure and especially the added size in her chest he would muse, “ Oh well, it smells like it’s finished darling.” flashing a smile as his green eyes looked into her gaze. 

x

“Oh thank god,” she groaned, and she smiled, pecking his lips as her way of showing thanks. The food might not be on the level of Hell’s Kitchen, but it was still delicious. The more the pregnancy progressed, the more she was sure that they were going to have a boy. Even her cravings were aligning to what Dean liked, which meant they had to buy twice the pies and the meat. Now that she was weeks away, her cravings were amping up, but it also meant that she couldn’t leave the bunker like she used to. Which was what she hated the most as she ended up worrying about him when he was out on assignment. “You’ll be here on time, right?” Bree asked him after a while, holding another forkful of food close to her mouth. “I can’t imagine you not being here.”

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retroactiive​:

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“ yea, well, you only look at me like that when you think i’m not paying attention, “ miles says with a bit of a laugh as he looked towards the blonde. she absolutely was the definition of taboo for him but he knows that he’s not about to give her up. perhaps, it was something akin to an addiction, him refusing to beat the habit of ending up with her when he knows that it jeopardizes things for both of their families. but there is a part of miles that can’t help but feel like it’s worth it with harper. like there was something more. 

“ i’ll be done here soon i think. maybe another hour, and you know my board is always with me. i wanted to look at my car today, but i’m off tomorrow. i can fuck with the tuning tomorrow. “ and there was no chance that he was going to turn down the chance to catch some waves and catch sight of harper in that bikini that he knows she’s likely wearing under her clothes. “ and i’m not against the frozen yogurt, but i’m pretty sure it’s your turn to cover. “ 

x

“I look at you like that all the time,” she said, winking at him. Them seeing each other, let alone having sex, might be considered forbidden, but she was too far deep in her feelings for him to stop. “You look funny when you focus. And when you fuck with cars.” And cute, but she wasn’t going to tell him that yet. The mention of her being the one to buy frozen yogurt didn’t faze her, and she simply nodded and began rocking on the balls of her heels while she waited for him. It was so easy to talk to Miles, and their similar interests made her feel more comfortable and accepted. Then, there was the fact that he never made her feel judged for liking the ’weirdest’ things, like her collecting fluffy stuffed toys and preferring pastel clothes instead of the more ‘serious’ styles.

“I think it is, yeah! So we can catch a few waves before the yogurt?” Harper could already feel the waves beneath her feet and they weren’t even on the water yet. But they would, eventually, and she was willing to wait for him for another hour. Harper browsed through her phone and showed Miles a few photos that she found interesting, and when the hour was up, she smiled slowly at him. “Oh Miles…time to get wet!”

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naughtypuddle​:

A happy accident...?

Open to: Women

so the idea for this is that Chi gets affected by something and it gives him the ability to control minds via his touch. At first he will not realize he has this ability which is likely to end up with some odd stuff happening around him. The commands will be bolded like this for better understanding. I encourage you to talk to the mun if you have questions.

-Now, it’s not the first time he’s had something explode in his face. What used to mean singed eyebrows and scarring or worse now means he’s flying through the air and bouncing off something to land hard on the ground. Unbeknownst to him, that burst of energy is interacting with his unique biology to grant a new power: the ability to implant commands in another person’s mind when he touches them. A blurry hand is in his vision, his bell rung too hard to really hear what they say but he’s taking the hand in his.-

“Yeah. Nothin’ a good orgasm wouldn’t cure…” -Is it muttered more to himself than spoken to the other person? Sure, but it doesn’t matter to his new powers: the other person just got the bright idea that getting Chi off is a high priority.-

The changes in Chi were unexpected, and it made Riley freeze mid-strip tease. “Good orgasm?” she echoed, though the idea sounded really appealing to her. This wouldn’t be the first time that they were both sexually spontaneous, and it was one of the things she loved about their relationship.

So, regardless of his newfound power, she would have been more than willing to give him what he asked, and she did so by undoing the front of his pants and freeing his cock, so she could straddle it and glide the tip over her barely clothed cunt. The friction and the teasing were driving her insane with lust, but she kept at it, rubbing and teasing and stimulating, until her string panties were soaked and she tugged the crotch to the side to finally press the leaking head against her entrance and lowering herself onto it.

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kingdom-of-vanity​:

 “I have two. They’re long necked turtles. Slippery and Slick.” George lead the way to his terrarium, where both of the baby turtles were napping for now. “I usually give them special turtle food from a jar, but I also feed them with dried insects. They are still young so I feed them daily, but once they’d be older it’s enough to feed them just 3 times a week. Their breed doesn’t eat vegetables, but now and then we tried but mostly they ignored it.Their breed is carnivorous so that explains.” George checked on Giselle if she was still listening, and hoped that he wasn’t boring her. “They are brothers, I think that’s why they are such a good company to each other, mostly males tend to fight once they grow older, but it won’t happen with them.” At least she called them cute so he was glad about that then cast his eyes back at her for a moment. “We can. If you give them a little time and they’d see you enough they’d be more comfortable to show themselves. Slick is the more confident one, and he’s mischievous, while Slippery is the shyer one.” Although George in general was quiet, when it was about a topic he was interested in he would have managed to talk about it for hours. 

 George walked up to his window and watched her pet with curiosity. “It’s nice of you, that you took him in…and maybe…I have a bad experience with a cat I had … for one day only. The one we had scratched me badly—I still have the wound, and I had a meltdown so mum had to take it to the shelter….but I want to try.” He couldn’t see himself holding Fergus but if Giselle would hold him instead then he’d have been alright with it. 

 “Phantom of the Opera, you even asked me if I’ll be okay with it cause it has some loud parts, but I think I’ll be fine….I don’t have a tv in my room yet, so follow me.” George lead the way across the living room then to a side room where a wide screen tv was with a sofa in there. “Thanks for the pretzels, there’s coke, beer and orange juice.” He leaned over to the mini fridge and took the coke out for himself. “It’s dad’s, he’s a big footy fan so he watches the matches here with his mates. But he’s rarely home. Mum said he’s in Japan now for a month or so.” George turned on the tv then entered the streaming app giving the remote to Giselle, before he opened the can of coke for himself. “Do you want me to pull in the curtains?”       

x

George turned into a different person when he was talking about his turtles and the ASMR that he made. Which made her assume that those were two of the things he loved the most. She didn’t know him yet to say with absolute certainty that he was passionate about them, but at the very least, she could see that he loved them. “Slick and Slippery. Love their names! And I didn’t know that about turtles! I thought they liked eating vegetables; it’s what I’ve always seen on YouTube.” She was learning new things about topics she’d never dreamed she’d be more familiar with, which was nice. When the topic shifted to her kitten, she felt a similar smile form on her lips, and it helped her understand the shift in his personality. She loved Fergus very much, and she could easily imagine his passion and excitement for his turtles mirroring her own for her feline baby. “How could I not? He was so small and thin.” She teared up just thinking about it, and she smiled nervously, wiping the few tears that had formed. “Sorry. I just hate the thought of people hurting animals for any reason.” Another tear, and she wiped that away, too, before she settled down on the couch and asked if she could have a can of soda, too. “Oh, right, right. Sorry, I forgot. Spaced out from me listening to you talking about turtles. I hope they’ll like me so that I can hold them. And sure. Makes the room feel more like the inside of a movie theatre.”

She fell silent then, not wanting to distract him from the movie. Giselle was all settled next to him on the couch, and she popped the tab of her soda can before the music started. She’d heard of this musical many times before, but this was the first time that she was going to sit down and watch it in full. It might be a different experience because she was watching it with someone else, someone who enjoyed musicals, so she might end up liking it just as much as he did. Giselle did her best to keep quiet during the musical numbers so that she wouldn’t miss out on anything, and halfway through the movie, she was snuggled right up against George, her head resting on his chest. She occasionally reached for the snacks that were laid out, but for the most part, she had her eyes glued to the screen. It was only when the film was over and the credits were rolling that she exhaled loudly, a wow being the only thing she could say in response to the musical as a whole. “I…I loved it,” she admitted, finally turning her head up to look at him. “I wish Christine and Erik ended up together in the end, though. Raoul is great and all, but Erik loved her deeply. At least, I think so.”

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thewxnderer​:

“Oh my god, Ben!” she gasped, shocked and thrilled by the new angle. Carly’s eyes widened as she looked into his eyes, her mouth slightly open as she was pushed and pulled up and down his cock. He must have had a similar thought as her: that they wouldn’t see each other for a while, so they should make the most out of the time they had together now. And she wasn’t about to complain about it. Not when she wanted this just as much as he did. Ben was the best out of everyone she had been with, and she couldn’t imagine anyone else coming after him. He had set the standards abysmally high that it might be impossible for any other guy to follow and meet those standards. Not unless they were Ben reincarnated into another body. So, she didn’t complain as she bounced up and down and up and down, the movements repetitive but no less hot, her eyes closing to hide the fact that they were rolling up to the back of her head from sheer ecstasy.

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thewxnderer​:

“Mmmm. Anything for my soldier man,” she murmured, waiting for him to take a bite before she began nuzzling the side of his neck. Lust didn’t need food as much as he did, but it didn’t mean that she couldn’t enjoy watching him do it. And tease him whenever he tried focusing on enjoying his food; she could be a little ‘cruel’ that way. She did give him enough time to finish his bites so that he wouldn’t go hungry, but once the last morsel was finished, she was taking his plate and setting it down on the table behind her so that she could start kissing him. Even though she was the personification of lust, she too, could get carried away with her emotions. And the time she spent with Rick had her form some kind of attachment to him, similar to the ones she had formed with other military men over the ages. “Such a tasty soldier man, too,” Lust added with a groan, having run the tip of her tongue over his lips.

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favcritesins​:

Quinn had a way of making him want more. There was never a moment he didn’t want to rut her insides, and fill her up with his seed. His cock, despite just erupting with a large load for her, was ready for even more of her. His grip tightened on her hips. He knew she had just came too, but it didn’t deter him. She could keep up with him, which was no easy task. He could go a whole day of just the two of them enjoying her, until they both literally passed out. It was their favorite way to work out, without Quinn needing to get into her leggings to tease him. Ramon pulled himself out of her, reluctantly. It was never a motion he enjoyed doing, but it was a necessary one. “God damn… that body,” he groaned under his breath, slapping her thick ass. “I want more of you. I’m not going to stop. I can’t. I want to duck your god damn brains out,” he added. Ramon then slide his wet cock between her asscheeks, skimpy grinding between them, letting her hole feel his throbbing, veiny length. 

“Mmmm yeah? You like this body, Daddy?” Quinn turned her head to look at him over her shoulder and give him a coy smile before she reached behind her to part her cheeks for him, so his cock had a wider space to rub between. “Use it, then. Use me hard.” To another woman, it might be a challenge they would find difficult to meet, but she was used to him and his stamina by now. The number of times they had sex in a day had prepared her for it, so it was like she was made to be his little fucktoy. His cocksleeve. Quinn shook her ass at him to tease Ramon further even though she knew that she didn’t have to do much to achieve that. Maybe she should have seized this chance to change their location, maybe convince him to go back to the house and continue fucking there, but there was something else about fucking in public that got her more aroused than anything. “You’d want all the other men to know whose pussy this is, don’t you? Let them know.” And it wasn’t just to let the guys know: it was for the few other women she had seen eyeing Ramon like they wanted to have a piece of him, too. Quinn didn’t like the way they’d stared at him, and she wanted them to know that he was definitely, absolutely off the ‘market’.

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kingdom-of-vanity​:

 Even if it wasn’t logical, the minutes that have passed ever since she left his room felt way longer than how much time actually passed. He was being careful not to make himself cum so he just slowly rubbed himself, stopping once Giselle came back to his bedroom. “I’m really turned on, I couldn’t help myself not to.” He said on a whimpering voice tone, moaning once he felt that tightness and warmness all around his cock. “Being inside you is the best feeling ever.” He preferred this position because he had a full view on her gorgeous body, on her big breasts bouncing, his cock going in and out of her pussy. George reached out to stroke her belly then held onto her big breasts, feeling how his cock began to throb more, being so close to the edge. When he heard her asking him to come inside her, he wrapped an arm around her waist, thrusting up inside her faster, panting louder. Although he loved this position he just wanted to push deeper and harder so he gently pushed her on her back again and after a few firm thrusts he came inside her, resting his head on her breasts as he was still inside her, his cock twitching a bit, as a few more drops of come were squirted inside her. “I love this, it’s so addictive…I’d love to do it all day long.” He pressed a soft kiss onto one of her nipples, fondling the delicate skin around it. George leaned over to her other breast, where he licked her nipple, still being inside her. “What does it feel like for you? When we’re…doing this.” George shifted a bit so he could kiss her neck, snuggling up to her. “Sorry…we should eat. It’s probably my new pills’ side effect. I get an erection a lot…do you think I should ask for another medication?” He asked before he pulled himself out of her, reaching over for a tissue to clean his cock. 

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Giselle was surprised at how needy he suddenly was, and her curiosity was quenched when he mentioned that he was on new medication. If being extra horny was the pills’ only side effect, she could live with that. “Don’t you dare,” she gasped, her eyes closed as she was still riding through the sexual high that he’d brought her to. Her orgasm had been nothing more than mind-blowing, and she hated the moment when she felt his cock slide out of her cunt, most likely leaking the last few drops of cum onto her inner thighs and his bedsheets. “All pills should have that as their side effect. Life would be so much more fun that way.” She hid her grin by nuzzling the side of his neck and then laying full on her back again, laughing softly. She agreed that having sex was addictive; she never was as sexually active as she was with him, and she assumed it was because she genuinely cared for him. Every time they fucked, it was both a way to satisfy their sexual urges and to express their growing love for one another. It was a wonderful thing, and she again did not regret walking into the Pollard house that day during her house party. Life without him in it would have been dull, and she might have ended up with some cheating asshole. Her body was sore, her breasts were, too, and she was tired. If he wanted to go again, he could, and she wouldn’t stop him, but she was done for now. “And it’s nice. Wonderful. Like I can’t think of anything or anyone else but you. Like I want more but at the same time I don’t because if you give me what I want, then everything will be over soon, and I don’t want that.” She paused as she reached up to tuck a few locks of his hair behind his right ear. “What about you? Does it feel nice? I always wondered what it was like for you.” He might have planned to get up and shower, but it might be a little difficult considering she had slid her arms around him, hugging him to her.

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caracarnn​:

“That would actually be a good idea.” He says with a wide smile and a nod of his head. “But Tolkien sounds interesting enough also. Shadowfax…I like that one.” His eyes scan the horses, landing on the white horse, before he turns once more to look at Soleil. “Roheryn is another good one too.”

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"Shadowfax and Roheryn sound like great names for horses! I think they like it, too!" Maybe it was a coincidence that the two horses were tossing their heads back and forth, so their manes whipped from one side of their head to the other. Soleil couldn't stop smiling; she loved being around animals, and Rand had a lot of those. "I love your home. It's so peaceful."

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caracarnn​:

“That sounds noble.” He comments with a smile with all honesty. It was the truth. He thought that perhaps, maybe, that sort of behavior might be apart of the girl before him as well. “but can I ask? how does an animal…get misunderstood?”

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"When the behavior of one is presumed to be the behavior of all," she replied, her smile faltering a little. "And not just by a small group of people but rather most of the world. Like have you heard of...dragons? Many think they're dangerous and carnivorous, but they're really omnivores and would only eat meat when they're threatened or really stressed. Usually, they’re so sweet.”

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bewitchingbaker​:

Chris rubbed his chin. What exactly were they dealing with? From the pieces he put together, it looked like a ghost. But those runes? That’s what was confusing for him. Just what in the hell did Mrs.Felipe get them into?

“Ok, don’t freak out. But I think we might have a ghost on our hands,” he said, “…As well as a necromancer. Sooo I’m thinking an 8 on the creepy scale.”

His eyes widened hearing the rustling, instinctively grabbing Harper just in case she needed protection. Those brown eyes of his flashed a dark purple, hands ready to cast whatever hex he needed. 

From the bushes a small bright blue orb, reminiscent of a certain fairy from Ocarina of time. Chris looked at Harper with a calming smile.

“I think this might be the ghost we were looking for…”

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Harper was on the fence about ghosts. On one hand, they couldn't really hurt anyone, but there were a few that were more than capable of malevolent acts. When Chris announced that the ghost they were probably looking for was there, she raised her head and peeked out, and then fully straightened up, her eyes wide as she stared at the blue orb.

"So...the ghost is a nice one?" she whispered, but she fought back the urge to reach her hand out and try and touch the floating orb. She didn't think it would be a smart think to do, and she kept holding on to Chris, her head resting over his chest. "If so, then we should help. Just tell me what to do to help out." Her inexperience didn't stop her from trying to help him whenever and however she could. She began to look around for Lord Quas, getting a little worried when she couldn't see him.

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retroactiive​:

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when he walks into the indoor swimming pool, and he sees ashley, he can see the way his presence effects her. there is no doubt in his mind at this point. because he can see her face warm with color and he can see the way her body language changes as he moves closer to the gorgeous woman, his daughter jazz at his side. in this moment, jaime doesn’t need to say much or do much with ashley. instead, all he needs to do is nod his head and make it very clear that he’d acknowledged her and all of the things they had done the night before. “ y’all have fun. i’m gonna hang around. i’ve got nowhere to be today, “ jaime smoothly informs before he nodded his head with a smirk while looking at the blonde who was supposed to be focused on teaching his daughter technique. the club owner went to head towards the bleachers that lined the side of the pool, pulling out his phone so he could do a few work taskings, making a few orders. but every once in a while, he looks over towards the blonde in that skimpy blonde and he’s not coy about the fact that he’s checking out her body. that was punctuated by him moving his free hand to run his hand over the outline of his cock and drawing her eyes to it. there was no chance that she didn’t notice him when they caught eyes more than a few times. 

x

Jaime was torturing her.

That was what this all was, really. He knew she could feel him staring at her, raking his gaze up and down her body, and drawing her attention to how hard his damn dick was. Ashley could remember the way he drove that member of his in and out of her cunt, and it was making it harder and harder for her to concentrate on the lesson. Thankfully, she was in the water at that point, so she could cross one leg in front of the other to try and squash the growing ache between her legs. Ten minutes felt like an hour, and thirty minutes felt like three. She silently cursed herself for offering an hour and a half of swimming classes because that meant she had an hour to kill, and she couldn’t get out of the pool to guide the students by the sidelines. It wasn’t her style, and she knew that the parents watching would find it weird if she did that. So, she struggled on, and by the time the lesson was over, she was so ready to be bent over and taken like the needy whore that she was, that she almost made a beeline for Jaime before she turned to the right to pass it off as her guiding the remaining students over to their moms and the couple of dads that had arrived. When Jazz and a couple other students were left, Ashley turned towards Jaime and placed a hand on his daughter’s shoulder. “She’s going to finish class in a couple more weeks. All of them are, actually. If you want her to get more advanced lessons, she could.”

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kingdom-of-vanity​:

 “Alright, I agree. I prefer if we don’t have too many guests, so that’s a good idea. I’ll let mum know, would you tell John?” He smiled when Tilly responded to her name by looking at Giselle, it was quite a clear giveaway that she wasn’t autistic. Till he was nonverbal he didn’t respond to his name at all, or very rarely, and even nowadays it didn’t always happen. It was relief that Tilly was already curious about her surrounding and people instead of living in her own little world, blocking out everyone. “That sounds nice, Tilly will be glad to see them.” He reached out to fondle their daughter’s curly locks before he took the menu and began to read it. “I like the menu.” 

  Although he didn’t comment more about it because of Tilly’s screeching. “Ah…okay.” George then turned back to the menu and added ‘cherry’ to the pie as in flavour, otherwise he was okay with the rest of it, then he placed it onto the coffee table and cast his eyes onto them once they were back, after a little hesitation holding onto Tilly. “It did, but I’m okay now.” He pressed a kiss onto the top of Tilly’s head before he carefully began to cradle her. “I edited the menu…what will Tilly eat? On Christmas. Can she eat pies, or not yet?” George reached down for a plushie giraffe as Tilly began to become moody but it was all gone once she got her toy and hugged it to herself. “I made your parents a vase out of clay…do you think they’ll like it as a Christmas gift…or…is it lame?”       

x

“Definitely. Danni and I are getting together for some last-minute shopping, and I can inform her then. She’s been staying over next door a lot now, so it won’t be difficult for her at all to tell him.” She loved that things were falling in place, and she resumed the decorating once Tilly was in her father’s arms. “And I think she can, just not the big cherry pieces. She might swallow one whole. I can make her her very own cherry pie. Would you like that?” The question was posed to their daughter, who was happily hugging her stuffed giraffe. “And I know they’ll love it. Thanks for that, baby.” Giselle leaned over to kiss him on the cheek. It looked like Tilly was content being held by her dad, so she left the toddler there and put the final touches on the tree, leaving the star for last and for the three of them to put on together.

With the menu already finished, there was nothing else left to do but to check if they needed to buy any ingredients. Which they did, so she ended up making a quick grocery shopping list that would include food that would last them well into the second week of January. “You up to going to the supermarket with me? Or would you and Tilly stay home?” she asked, folding the list and tucking it inside her handbag. “And is there anything you need? I can get it for you while I’m out.” Remembering what the Christmas rush was like, it was most likely better that George stay home. The long lines, the noise, and the potential shoving…she wasn’t easily triggered by those things, and she already thought that it was a nightmare.

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retroactiive​:

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a chuckle leaves his lips and then he nods his head at eina to let her know that she had guessed correctly. “ yea. i definitely won the bet. he owes me a bit of money. and i won because of you so i guess i owe you some thanks, “ theo admits with a bright smile slowly creeping onto his face. he lifted up his own soda, taking a quick swig and holding his words while he waited to swallow. but he was right back to speaking again once she asked him if he was getting ready to head out with her father. “ nah. i haven’t been back on station for more than 90 days. so they aren’t gonna send me back out. that’s the earliest they could send me back after more than an 180 day deployment. “ but he knows a few of the guys who were going on mission with her father so he knows that he is going to be in good hands. but she doesn’t seemed too worried about her father coming back okay. his hands move to cut his steak, one piece at a time to place into his mouth. that first bite immediately makes him light out becuase the steak was incredibly tender and was covered in this compound butter. she had not exaggerated about how delicious this steak was going to be. “ or maybe i could have spotted this restaurant from a mile away. because holy crap, this steak is incredible you were not lying. shit’s good as hell. “ 

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“No, you owe me another date,” was what Eina said before she realized its implications. And when she did, she forked another piece of the steak and bit into it, the tiniest of flushes rising in her cheeks as she weighed his reaction. She wasn’t going to be ashamed for liking his company enough to want more of it: there was nothing wrong there anyway. “And I see. It’s just that I’ve heard of a few soldiers who were sent right back out on another mission even though they were on base for less than a month. Then again, they might have made some real fuck-ups that they needed to correct. Could be wrong, though.” Another bite, and then she smiled at the praise he heaped on the steak. “I can show you where it is if you want. So you can get it whenever you have a craving and not just here.” Eina was close to finishing her food by then, and once she did, she just set her used utensils to the side and waited for Theo to finish. While she might have looked too calm for someone whose dad was close to leaving on his last mission, deep down, she was nervous and afraid. She wanted him to come home and enjoy his military retirement, and if she could, she would have gone with him to make sure that he made it out okay. But she was like her mom, pretty skilled at hiding her feelings, though she had to admit that this final deployment was testing her mom’s self-control. “What do you plan to do in the meantime? Besides the usual getting in touch with loved ones.”