#v: kcd

[bhaal1st]

→ @ritterlich said: " Don't give me the eyeroll. I stand by it. " 😂😂✌🏼

Just to make her point she rolled her eyes again, this time without turning her head away in annoyance. " And I, " she began, crossing her arms across her chest, " stand by the fact that you are being RIDICULOUS. " And how easy that was for her to say. Always on the defence, always all too ready to jump at any chance to argue for her superiority in any way no matter how trivial the occasion was. It was for her own protection though the habit had extended itself to any argument she engaged with. It was hard to shed the desire to prevent a catastrophe by arguing her case even when there was little to NO need to actually do so.

After all, they were surrounded by allies, friends even, though she might be more hesitant to hand out that label to any of them ( never feeling safe anywhere, hm? waiting for one of them to wise up to how much money they'd make by betraying you? ). She shook her head. " No, I think I will KEEP rolling my eyes at you for as long as you spout such nonsense, frankly. " And who was he to demand she keep her thoughts to herself, hm? Especially when she was involved in the conversation.

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→ @knightedgales said: ❛ just . . . start from the beginning. ❜ / girl what did u do...or what did you BOTH do...

The beginning, she thought, would lead her all the way back to her birth, her destiny seemingly determined long before she had even grasped the importance of the fact she was to be a lady rather than a lord, unable to inherit, unable to be anything but a token traded for land and connections and to continue a lesser part of the family line. And while Henry had been courteos, she hardly expected his sympathy to reach far enough that he would accept the reason WHY she jumped at every invitation for a dance and why any attempt at forcing her back into being the well behaved lady she was expected to be was met with violence. So unbecoming of a lady! But hopefully so! the last thing she wanted to be was a lady if the violence should warp her into something beyond her womenhood she would accepted it gladly. But then no man, not even Henry would let her get away with avoiding her punishment for her DEFIANCE. Better to keep the truth from him, to try and mitigate, to deceive where she could and brush away what she could not erase.

" He tried to hurt me, I defended myself. " And that was hardly a lie, was it? But it was not physical violence the man had tried to enact on her. No, he had recognised her, caused her harm in ways he could not begin to imagine because he seemed so sure that to ask her to come home was the good and PROPER choice. So she had run off and promptly been followed. How could she have known that her escape would end with a fight and blood on her hands? The man would recover, so she feared ( did she wish death upon people now? was that the price she had to pay to remain hidden from her own family? ). Henry, bless him, had joined her side to protect her — how revolting it was to think of herself as a damsel in distress, of needing his help, but it got her out of more unwanted questions. No one would dare disturb a ' poor suffering woman ' after such a mess, not when she seemed so eager to leave with the supposed winner of this duel ( and the gossip over its cause would reach the nearest cities soon no doubt ). But where she had thought to have escaped an interrogation she learnt now she had only succeeded in DELAYING it for a short time for while they were now away from other prying eyes, Henry's eyes were still on her nonetheless. " What more is there to tell? I did not want to go with him and he took offence at that. The escalation of this dispute was his fault. "

[bhaal1st]

→ @pirkstein said: [ spiderman ] an upside-down kiss, just like in the movie — i need hans' stupid ass to get caught again in a tree somehow to mirror their first meeting but make it cuter (and wren still threatening to leave him there <3)

Destiny had a funny way of showing itself at times. She had gone searching for Hans when he had not returned in a timely manner only to find him in a predicament that echoed a very familiar first meeting between them. She had to confess it did amuse her greatly to see him in such a predicament yet again though she would guess he felt rather differently about his situation. " I don't know which thought is worse, " she announced as she stepped closer. " The idea that you got yourself caught by such a simple trap a second time or that you might have gotten caught on purpose in a rather ... shall we say interesting attempt to be ROMANTIC. " And with both possible answers being rather foolish in nature, she took her time as she circled him, far too happy to taunt him over this repetition of their first meeting to immediately let him down. And who knew, perhaps he enjoyed the thought of being at her mercy for a little while! Who was she to rob him of such a thing? He had known her long enough to be aware she delighted in causing mischief, he knew this would take some TIME.

She was not without compassion though, electing to stop walking around him when she finally stepped into his field of view. " Just how do you always end up in these situations I wonder. " He was lucky indeed that it was only a well disposed friend whose attention he had caught and not that of a bunch of cutthroat bandits or perhaps whichever hunter had set this trap up in the first place ( that was, if he had not arranged this mess himself after all ). " It seems I cannot leave you alone for even a second! " But for all her mocking and teasing her hands were gentle as she reached for his face, kneeling in the dirt to be able to meet him eye to eye. " And what, pray tell, do you expect me to do now, hm? Help you down again? You seem to have learnt nothing from the last time I so graciously offered a hand. " She was grinning from ear to ear as she leaned in closer. " Maybe I ought to just have my fun and then leave you here so you can contemplate your situation for yourself. " They both knew she would not be so heartless as to leave him hanging like this, had not been this cruel even when they had first met though then she had certainly CONSIDERED it then.

Things were different now, her feelings towards him were different now and as foolish as an entanglement such as this was ... how could she resist hat her heart desired? " No, I know how to teach you a lesson, my lord — " Her lips met his and despite the absurdity of the situation, despite the mocking and poking fun at him — what she shared with him was real, a gentle caress, a wave of adoration and desire. She could imagine nothing she would trade this moment for. She would not SPEAK of love, for love was far too grand a promise than she could make him, but the way her hands yearned to keep him close, cheeks flushed as she sighed eagerly into their kiss ... she hoped that at the very least her desire was clear to him. And if he paid attention to the way her breath quickened, if he felt the hint of a smile on her lips even now — surely he would know there was more to it though she dared not to speak of it. " And I shall give you nothing more for now, " she spoke as they parted again, " for I hope to motivate you to escape your situation YOURSELF this time. I am confident this will be a lesson you will not forget. "