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she wasn't from west hills, but angel was very familiar with towns like it. she'd grown up in one. too much bible didn't make up for something being wrong in the soil. "god ain't watching anywhere anymore." it was rare she shared her opinions so freely with a cop, but she wasn't too worried about it. she was just passing through with little intent to return this way when she headed back west. "if you ask me, he gave up on us a long time ago."
REPLY to @blakesque / andrew dumas *
"pull over, we can spare a few minutes." they weren't in any huge rush. they'd end up in rush hour traffic heading past the city anyway. they were coming up on the last rest stop for a while anyway. they needed time to talk when neither of them had to worry about keeping an eye on the road. "stop at the next rest stop," melissa instructed. "let's make some food, and talk things through. i want to know what's on your mind."
REPLY to @blakesque / christian king *
@blakesque sent ❝ don’t ask if i’m okay—just lie with me for a little while. ❞ - Christian to Melissa 😚
melissa looked at him from the doorway, her eyes adjusting to the lowered light in the room. there was only a little bit of light coming in through the blinds. she nodded and used her toes to shed her shoes. she left them by the door and lay her jacket over the desk chair. she was a strict no outside clothes in the bed person, but right now didn't seem like the time to strip. she just padded across the floor in her jeans and socked feet until she reached the bed. "okay, scoot over." she instructed with a smile. "i won't ask any questions until later." she worried about him, but she also knew he would open up if she just gave him time.
@blakesque sent 17. in an inn / hotel - christian
over time two separate hotel rooms became one with two beds and then now, just the one bed. it was a much better arrangement, both financially and because it meant they could finish the day like this. the tv kept flashing, but it had been muted when they both kept hitting the wrong button on the remote trying to turn it off. they'd given up to give their full attention to each other. one of melissa's legs hooked over christian's hip under the covers. one hand tangled in his hair while he thrust inside her. the bed shifted a little, bumping the wall. "we should probably be quieter. thin walls," melissa suggested, but she wasn't too set on it. she liked their time together and how this was going more than she cared about upsetting temporary neighbors.
being a research oriented person, she could happily spent hours in the various archives looking into things. she'd lost track of how long they had been at this and melissa was really starting to feel it. a break was desperately needed. coffee too, coffee sounded incredible right about now.
"if i stay here i won't take a break," melissa laughed wryly as she stood up. her back was starting to hurt from being bent over her books and her computer. the chairs weren't particularly comfortable, but they never really were. she yearned for her desk at home, but it had been better to come here and really put their minds together. she twisted, stretching her back, and giving her hands a quick shake to loosen everything and wake herself up.
REPLY to @blakesque / sage king *
@blakesque sent ❛ you can tell me if something is bothering you. ❜ // from christian
she knew she'd been quiet. she didn't mean to be. usually, her side of the business wasn't something that kept her up at night. cursed objects, haunted paintings, she knew how to contain them both literally and in her head so they didn't bother her much when she left her work in her office. not today though, her work came with her. there was something about the last case she'd taken on that was just sitting wrong with her. "it's not you," melissa assured him, but that didn't keep her brows from creasing with consternation. "don't you think something feels a little off. i don't really feel like...like we wrapped that one up in a bow, you know?" maybe melissa wasn't ready to drive away from this one.
@blakesque sent 056. a police station in the middle of the night . / from sage
melissa raised an eyebrow at sage wordlessly before she passed her card to the front desk cop. being woken up at 2:30 in the morning with a call from the police station was not in line with how she'd expected her day to start. grumpy and tired as she was, she wasn't unwilling to help him out. she signed the bail paper work and took her card back. the harsh light of the station did nothing for either of them and she couldn't wait to get out of it. she gestured for him to follow her out. "you got caught breaking and entering? really?" the clear problem there being that he got caught, not that he was committing a a crime.
@blakesque sent “you keep staring at me instead of watching the film. what’s up?” / from christian
melissa had picked the movie. it was one she'd already seen, and thought was good enough to share with him. she had fully intended to watch the movie, but then there'd been a scene where the lovers sat together on the couch just like they were. the main character pulled their love interest close to them, and ever since melissa had realized how much she wanted to do the same, but she wasn't sure if she should. she hadn't realized she'd been staring, just trying mentally to go through the steps of how she might initiate such a gesture or if she even should. "nothing's up," she sighed and shifted, scooting over and decided to just make the move. "i was just thinking about us." melissa put her arm around his shoulder and scooted into his side. "is this okay?"
