karliah abruptly kissing fox to scare off the people following them !!
❤︎ ˚｡⋆ ↪ 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒 & 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 !
and here he thought he'd been subtle, (subtle as the fox, he was, and a talent at the chase; else he wouldn't have styled the cunning creatures as his namesake) or the gods be good forgotten. he'd not set foot in the city in months, and neither had she by his estimation, though perhaps their last faux pas and hard-won escapade had won some suspicion. he didn't think a human with a grey-flecked beard and dark hair and a dark elf the most shocking sight around, enough to draw ire or attention, but perhaps he'd been wrong?
he'd a mind to simply flee, try and outrun, but he liked her idea far more. foxes played dead to lure their prey, as it was known. nothing was beyond the ken of what one was willing to do, nothing beyond its cunning, therefore they were truely highest in nature. he wouldn't lie that the kiss and its suddenness didn't surprise him, but he knew its purpose immediately and leaned into it, drawing the other thief in closer and leaning against the surface she'd pressed him against as if one helpless against his lover's charm.
it seemed to work. from under his eyelashes he glimpsed one of the pair cease abruptly mid stride and run an embarrassed hand back through his hair.
later they would have a chat about better signaling, but for now he wasn't going to allow this victory to slip from their grasp. “my love,” he said sweetly, “people are starting to stare ..”
