when lucien pestered gustave to appear at the party he was hosting for the holidays , he knew he couldn't say no to him , even if he wanted to. it wouldn't be right of him not to appear at one of his closest friend's get together's , but if he did go , there was a definite chance he would see sciel there. nothing is wrong between them ━━ in fact , things seem to be going well . . . maybe more than well , he hopes. the last time they spoke , they were sharing breakfast in bed after an amazing evening together , but they hadn't spoken since that night & gustave wasn't going to pester her if it was only meant to be a one time thing. perhaps she only wanted to take out some steam ━━ to be loved for a moment with someone she trusts. that's fine . . . perfectly fine even , & they went into it with thoughts that it wouldn't be anything serious if they didn't want it to be. the last thing gustave anticipated was for real feelings to erupt from one night , quickly realizing once sciel fell asleep beside him that he was falling for one of his closest friends & there was not much he could do to stop it.
the moment he sees sciel in the crowd , he offers her a friendly , yet slightly awkward wave. his smile is shy as their eyes make contact , but suddenly everything seems to move fast & before he knows it , he's off in some secluded guest room in lucien's apartment , sciel somehow above him as she lavishes him with kisses & well placed caresses. it all happens so fast , so much so he isn't even sure who instigated it. still , gustave can't exactly ignore the feeling it elicits when she takes control like this , eyes lolling back a bit as her kisses consume him , allowing her to devour as hands rest against the small of her back , pressing down ever so slightly so she can feel his warmth. when his vision returns , he notices something hanging from the ceiling above them. it takes him a moment before he realizes that it's a bit of mistletoe , hanging right above the damn bed. it's so ridiculous & so utterly like lucien to hang this in the fucking guest room of all places. gently , gustave urges sciel to look above & before he can let it sink in for her , he lets out a soft , slightly raspy laugh. ❝ fucking lucien . . . ❞ gustave shakes his head , hands gently caressing over sciel's thighs as she sits above him , enjoying the sight of her before they continue on with their evening. ❝ not sure if i should curse him out or thank him for this. ❞ grinning , gustave sits up enough to capture sciel's lips in a heated kiss , pulling her back down with him in bed , allowing that bubbling passion to take control for only this evening. ❝ i think . . . ❞ he groans , hands raising up to begin removing her shirt , ❝ & i could be wrong , it'll have to be the latter. ❞