Thyra Rosetta

 The TWENTY NINEyear old is currently working as a MANAGER at the RADCLIFFE HOTEL. Rumor has it they’re a SHAPESHIFTER (Snow Leopard) and can be SELF-DESTRUCTIVE and COWARDLY, but also COMPASSIONATE and BENEVOLENT. Some town’s folk would say they’re the CRESTFALLEN.

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ivmwc​:

Just the fact that the woman’s voice already sounded much happier, was more than enough to make up for the fact that she’d essentially agreed to her own doom: shops. With people. It was something she didn’t get to do for years, and something she still wasn’t fully up to par with, but she’d do it. For Thyra. “In person it is,” she replied.

Andy sounded like she babbling incoherently as she tried and failed to get replies out to Thyra, but the woman was just off. For her part, Andy didn’t take terribly long in the shower. As much as she wanted to just stand under the shower head and have it wash the day away, her shower thoughts were hardly ever kind to her, so it wasn’t the best of ideas.

Shortly after being left to her own devices, Andy was back in their room, clad in a bathrobe that served no other purpose than to keep her modest. Being able to vibrate at super speed really left one completely dry, hair and all. She walked into to their closet, the sound of rummaging could be heard for a bit before she came back out in her sleepwear and climbed into bed. Knowing that Thyra would likely already be nice and warm, she said, “Sorry for the ice block that is me.”

Thyra didn’t care. The moment Andy climbed in, the shifter already scooted over to her usual place - in Andy’s arms. “I don’t mind.” At the beginning, it definitely was something to get used to. The sudden cold feet each night was surprising but it became something expected eventually. 

Her eyelids felt heavier since she slipped into bed first, waiting for the other to come out of the bathroom. Their bed really was .. amazing. It was worth the time researching which mattress would be best. Thyra could fall asleep within seconds. It was already a feat that she hadn’t passed out while waiting for Andy. 

“I think the one thing we don’t need to swap out is this mattress.” She let out a drowsy chuckle as she nuzzled into the other, clearly letting sleep take over now. Despite being a snow leopard, Thyra does not have as much grace and elegance.. as there was already soft snoring coming from the girl. 

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ivmwc​:

Andy shook her head, a dreamy smile already on her face -even if it didn’t quite reach her eyes yet. “Nah, it’s never too late to change your mind. If we make it out of bed tomorrow we can go furniture shopping…or maybe even just do it from the tablet,” she suggested.

The simple three words, ‘I love you’, had been exchanged so many times between as they grew up together, and even now its new context had been said many times over. Yet it never failed to warm her all over, and for a fleeting moment she felt like she was alive once again. “I love you more,” she replied almost immediately, wanting to take advantage of that feeling. As if it somehow made it more real, and legitimate that she was saying it with whole heart. “Yeah, yeah, I’m gross, you’ve told me. Well, unless you plan on joining me, I suggest I relax your python grip on me so I can actually get to the shower.”

“Oooh,” Her tone sounding brighter, “Furniture shopping sounds fun. Andy, it must be done in person so that we know for sure if we like it. Having things delivered and returned when we decide we don’t like it is going to be such a hassle.”  Thyra snuck a kiss to the woman’s neck before letting go of the other. “As tempting as that is, I’ll leave you alone.” She chuckled as she head back out towards their bedroom, “Oh. And I love you most!” With that, the shifter childishly ran out before giving Andy a chance to say anything. Heading back and maneuvering through the boxes again, Thyra just passed the time to clean up at the least the jackets they dropped off earlier. 

After she was done, she flopped onto their bed to wait for the other to be done.

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ivmwc​:

“Is that what I’ve been doing? Bullying you? Because if that’s what deep, deep, down me would want to do, then it must be mean, and if that’s mean, then that must be what you’ve been complaining about all night,” she posited as if they were still back at the meeting. “But that can’t be accurate, because even though you keep calling me mean, you also seem to very much enjoy the final outcome, and most people don’t enjoy the outcome of bullying…well, except for those with a deprecation kink…” She trailed off as she turned to face Andy with a questioning look on her face. There was more teasing involved here, but it was also an attempt to stall the inevitable.

Andy could hear the tears in Thyra’s voice, and it took everything in her not to just agree with her sentiment of how unfair it all was. All that would do was likely upset the girl more, which was definitely not how she’d hope their night would end. Instead, when she felt Thyra’s warm skin against her own, she just dropped the shirt altogether so she could reach back and take the shorter woman’s arms so she could wrap them around her middle.

She was looking to provide Thyra a physical reminder that in spite of everything, she was still here. Still with her, in every way that mattered. And in the process, she found a way to ground herself too. Too keep from reverting back to drowning in the memories of what was, and focusing on what is. “And ruin our new bathroom, in our new bedroom, of our new house? Wouldn’t dream of it.”

Her arms tightened almost immediately, letting Andy’s presence ground her before her mind went down the rabbit hole again. She promised the other she’d stop dwelling on the past, yet here she was almost in tears because she saw the injuries inflicted on the younger girl. 

Trying to get herself together, she moved onto the topic, “Yeah.” She smiled, “Maybe we shouldn’t have gone with the light tones for the furniture. Is it too late to go for darker colours?” She couldn’t help but beam at the idea that this was their house. That one of their childhood dreams finally came true. “I love you.” She gave another kiss against the woman’s back before peeking over her shoulder, “But you did say you were going to clean up and it’s getting late. Thank god we don’t have to wake up in a few hours for work.” 

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ivmwc​:

“I wouldn’t, but I can’t speak for my vampire side,” she stated matter-of-factly, even though she already knew she’d rather die a second time before she let herself fully change anywhere near the shifter. Andy had managed to remain in control while out in the field purely out of spite towards Caspian and his lackies. She didn’t know if she was capable of mustering that kind of control on her own and she was not willing to risk it.

The former witch let out a a small sigh and said, “Somehow, I don’t think so. Magic is can be capricious in that way when it knows that it’s been misused. My body was never meant to be able to do what can now, and I think the pain is just part of the ‘punishment’, if you will, for having mixed things that shouldn’t have been.” Even if she had no hand in any of what was done to her.

The warmth of Thyra’s fingertips was a welcome distraction to the dull ache that was now very evident on her back. It also somewhat softened the blow of realizing that any time her wings came out and went back in, she’d essentially be left with an open wound. It would probably have healed almost instantly if she’d actually taken to that one hunter like a kid to a capri-sun…but that wasn’t her. “Darn,” she said, with a hint of smile to try and lighten up the mood, “That’s the spot I can’t reach.”

Thyra just wrinkled her nose at that. There was probably a layer of danger there but that will just have to be tackled whenever it happens. Instead, the shifter was going to continue with the light mood. “Mmm.. I’m going to interpret that as you just really wanted to bully me deep, deep down.” She shrugged innocently. 

The hotel manager did visibly look disheartened when the other didn’t think magic would be able to ease the pain even by a little bit - and she would know since Andy was a witch. “That’s just.. so unfair.” It really was. Andy didn’t ask for this. She wasn’t even turned into a simple vampire - even this was less painful. It was all because the hunters needed someone to experiment all. Thyra blinked away the threatening tears as she focused on the back. 

She could only imagine how painful they are as she brushed against them. It really was unfair that Andy had to go through so much pain. Meanwhile, she got away scot-free. Leaning forward, she place a soft kiss in between her girlfriend’s shoulder blades. “Maybe it’s a good thing, so you don’t scratch at them.” She mumbled as she leaned her forehead against the other. 

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ivmwc​:

The former witch simply rolled her eyes at the whinging. “You know, you keep saying that and I’m going to develop a complex. Might even decide to actually be mean to you one day, just to prove a point.” They both know she would never follow through on that. Thyra was the hardest person to be mean too, and that wasn’t just an Andy issue. It was an everyone issue…except for Thyra’s grandfather, but he was just a dick all around.

As she began by taking off her jacket and tossing it into the hamper, she said, “I knew there was a possibility that I might have them, based on the fact that natural bezerkers do, but I’d never managed to actually fully change like that before…but, to answer your first question, yes. They and the talons were not fun bring out, but in the moment I just wanted Ca- I just wanted the hunters gone.”

As she grabbed the hem of her shirt and got ready to lift it up and over, she was mindful to say, “Just, remember that the focus is any fresh wounds or marks. Anything white lines or raised tissue, is old, it’s healed, it’s nothing to be worried about.” Even as she said it, Andy knew the likelihood of that sticking was minimal. There was a reason that even after that one fateful change in Thyra’s office, Andy still wore long-sleeves everywhere…but she needed the help so up and over came the shirt.

“You wouldn’t!” If she wasn’t talking to Andy, Thyra probably wouldn’t be so confident. In all the years they’ve known each other, the other had never been mean to her. A lot of teasing, but never intentionally mean. The scariest person she knew was most likely their grandfathers and she never enjoyed the one-on-one lessons she had to go through with her grandfather. Whether he was being mean, or simply just strict, Thyra was not a fan. 

Her eyes softened when she learned that showing any of the berzerker traits seems to hurt the other. If only there was something she could do. “..I wonder if there’s a way to prevent that whenever you bring them out..” Maybe if they’re lucky, the witches could find something that could at least make it hurt.. less. 

Thyra was not as good as hiding her expression as the other but she still tried. Her eyes already softened at the sight even if she was told not to worry about them. However, she was also good at getting back on track.. sort of. Scanning her back, the wounds weren’t that hard to miss compared. “...They seem to be healing fine.” She softly spoke as her finger gently brushed against the area next to it. “There’s just a bit of dry blood.. a shower would get rid of those easily.” She couldn’t help but think that Andy might reopen this same scar each time her wings came out. 

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ivmwc​:

Andy just laughed lightly iin response and said, “I’m saying that it might not be a bad idea, but it’s been a long day and I also understand the desire to not want to deal with a shower. I’ll leave it up to you.” As Thyra proceeded to grumble on about snuggling, Andy had no arguments. It was something they’d been doing since Andy was literally old enough to sit up on her own. It was as much a part of her daily life as breathing once had been. Seeing as how breathing was something she still hadn’t entirely given up, even though she could, the same applied to the affection.

The younger woman was about to answer, when Thyra began to wiggle about and then tried to pull her up -which was as comical as one might imagine if an infant tried to pull an eighteen-wheeler. She let her tug at her arms for a few more seconds before, finally standing up. The sudden change in resistance threw the blonde off-kilter, but Andy was more than fast enough to wrap her arms around her waist and pull her in to keep her steady. “Yes, please. I would appreciate some help with my back,” she said with a small smirk as she then led them to their bedroom and the en suite.

Andy was definitely taking advantage of the speed and strength that came with being a vampire. Her face flushed by the impromptu ‘dip’ and basically blanked out momentarily before being led into their bedroom. “So mean.” Her complaint held no malice as she was chuckling behind. One would think she’d get used to it eventually but years later, Andy was still capable of making her blush. 

Heading to the bathroom where there was better lighting, Thyra leaned against the counters, “Did it hurt when you brought out your wings?” Now she was envisioning something like.. Logan from the X-Men movies where it hurt to reveal and retract his claws. “....Did you know you had wings?” Thyra would never know unless they popped out accidentally one day, but Andy was always more observant than her. 

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ivmwc​:

Andy wanted to argue how that wasn’t possible. Wanted to sit there and list out all the ways that she objectively knew she’d missed the other more, and tell her the proof was in the fact that the woman had been the first thing she thought about as soon as she conscious and the last thing she saw in her mind’s eye just before she was out again day in and day out since the day she watched her leave. But it was far too late to tread down that road, so instead she just gave her a quick squeeze in response to the nuzzling.

She chuckled at the declaration and reminded her, “Oh yeah? You just spent like an hour and a half rolling around on the floor of the Bridgeport catting it up on my lap.” She paused for a second, “Actually, you know what, I think a shower might not be a bad idea after all. Get the bar off me and take a proper look at my back and see what the wings actually did back there.” She’d learned that just because she didn’t feel pain, it didn’t mean she couldn’t be injured.

“Are you saying that I need a shower too?” She paused, “Or at least my leopard self needs a shower.” The shifter then grumbled on about how she just enjoyed snuggling up against the other in either form. It was an old habit from their childhood anyways and after years of depravity, Thyra wasn’t going to waste anymore time to get in her snuggies. 

 “Oh.” She glanced up at the other, “Do you need me to take a look? And no, I’m not trying to sneak a peek  - I just figured it might be easier to take a closer look at it if you want.” it didn’t occur to her that the wings would actually hurt, and now felt terrible for not even noticing the fact until now. “Go shower, and check, Andy..” She wiggled off the couch and turned to pull her girlfriend up with her. 

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ivmwc​:

Andy hummed at the reasoning and said earnestly, “I really think you’re the only person whose ever missed me near as much as missed them.” She actually thought that Thyra was likely the only person who missed her at all, but that was something that if said aloud, might make her big cat cry.

“Oh is that so?” she asked with a look of curiosity. “Weird, because I don’t sweat anymore, and I don’t remember rolling around in anything untoward…though I did have a snow leopard rolling all over me,” Andy noted, with an impish glint in her eye. “I’m also technically a walking corpse babe, so I’m not entirely sure how much a shower would help. Besides there’s always been this one spot on my back, I can never seem to reach it.”

“Near as much? I think it’s just as much.” She grinned, nuzzling against the other. She was not going to mention how much she was fretting during the whole time Andy was out there, even though everyone knew she’d be fine. It was just second nature to be worried about Andy...

She pulled back with an offended gasp, “Excuse me, I am clean everyday” She rolled her eyes and resumed back into position. "I don’t think you smell that bad.” She said honestly, “And for that spot, maybe you should invest in one of those.. body brushes so you can reach.” She snickered before placing a soft kiss on the woman’s collarbone. 

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ivmwc​:

Even as Thyra broke the kiss -Andy was at a point where she often forgot oxygen was a thing anymore- the vamp simply chuckled at the reprimand and continued to pepper little kisses from he shifter’s jaw, down her neck and back. “I’m sorry,” she said between kisses. “I’m a creature of habit, what can I say.”

As Thyra shifted their positions slightly, Andy took advantage so she could slip an arm under and around her to fully envelope the smaller woman in a proper embrace. When the blonde hid her face in the crook of her neck, Andy furrowed her brow and gently asked, “What’s all this about then? Surely I can’t smell that good, so why don’t I get to see your pretty face?”

Thyra whined wordlessly again, not resisting the small kisses at all. Neither of them meant what they were saying anyways. Instead, she just enjoying the moment. Despite spending so much time with the other, the shifter doubt she would ever get tired of this. 

“Nothing.. I just missed you, that’s all.” She still brought her head back up meet those brown eyes. “What are you talking about, you smel- Wait.. no, maybe you need a shower.” The shifter didn’t care honestly, but she took the opportunity to take a jab when she still could. 

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ivmwc​:

Andy just responded to her name being whined out by nuzzling into the woman’s neck, sporadically grazing her lips against the warm skin, that just seemed to be getting warmer by the second. She kept her eyes closed, not wanting to risk ruining the moment by seeing the glow she was certain would be bright enough to beckon her in like a moth to a flame.

At the complaint, she chuckled and began to say, “If there’s something you want, you can always just ask-” But her words were cut short as the smaller girl forewent asking altogether and just crashed their lips together. Not that Andy had any complaints, as she proceeded to keep their kiss going as she maneuvered her body so instead of being at an awkward angle, she was now also laying out, half her body on top of Thyra’s as she deepened the kiss even more.

Thyra chuckled softly when she felt the pressure against her get heavier with the woman moving herself. “You’re so mean.” She repeated flatly, her voice coming out a bit gruff once she pulled back enough to have a tiny space between them. But then, it wasn’t as if Thyra could ever out-tease Andy. She was never able to when they were kids, and she definitely couldn’t now that they were older. 

Instead of continuing the kiss though that was tempting, the shifter pulled the younger girl closer into a hug of sorts and hid her face into the crook of her neck. 

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ivmwc​:

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Andy replied, her feigned innocence still very much in play, even her fingers continuing their work spoke to the complete opposite. “I mean, I’ve always been the teasing type,” she continued, dipping her head so her wam breath was sure to hit Thyra’s neck, “If anything, I think the question should be what do you currently define as teasing, and just what is it that I’m teasing you with?” Andy was so close and the lap she gave at Thyra’s neck was so quick, that it could easily have been an incidental thing. Just a happenstance of speaking so closely…

Thyra bit down on her lip to prevent herself from almost whining at Andy being so close yet not close enough. “Andy....” She breathed as her neck arched naturally when she felt the breath against her skin. “You’re being so mean. You know what I mean..” She gave up and whined while letting go of that cushion completely. Her hands then found the vampire’s cheeks so she could close the distance between them. How dare Andy tease her like this? Especially after a day of barely getting her daily dosage of the other until late last night. 

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ivmwc​:

“Are you kidding?” she exclaimed with genuine astonishment, “I felt like I could take on the entire world each and every time. Like, even if I never managed to master my own powers, my best friend was freaking snow leopard and as long as we were together, nothing could take us down.” Andy chuckled as she added, “No, no special outfit required.”

Andy used the mumbling as a paper thin excuse to move in closer to the woman’s face -which was feat as Thyra was still, in fact, stretched out across her lap- “Oh, I’m sorry. What was that? I didn’t quite catch it.” A lie, as both of them would be able to hear the other whisper from across the house. “Well I don’t know what you think you don’t know that I’m thinking, but at this point, I’m not even sure I know what I’m thinking,” she said, shortly before brushing her fingers over the small strip of skin where all of Thyra’s wriggling about had left her tummy exposed.

It was always fun whenever Andy rode on her back whenever she shifted into her animal form. Aside from being able to travel together and not lose the other somewhere, she figured that the girl did enjoy it which was really all that mattered. 

She heard Andy move and suddenly whispering very close to her so she moved the cushion out of the way and surely enough, the vampire was very close up. Her breath hitched when she felt the coolness against her stomach. “..When were you such a tease?” She mumbled with a shy smile, feeling her cheeks being just red hot by this point. 

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ivmwc​:

Andy looked pensive for a moment before saying, “How badass would it be if I did though? Can you imagine, just me casually roaming the forest on the back of a deadly snow leopard? It’d be fucking majestic. Might also be the only time where I’m the one latching on to your back for a change.” The grin was enough to show she was teasing…mostly.

At the response the look of naivety was back. “Oh? Do you really think asking Leo directly would be the best course of action? I mean, you know that I’m a hands-on learner, so if she’s expecting me to understand what falls under ‘shouldn’t be doing’ then…” If she could at least manage that pink tinge to a full red, she’d be satisfied.

“Did you feel badass when we did this when we were younger?” She laughed, “Do we have to find you some sort of outfit to go with the majestic vibes?” Her jokes cut short when Andy went back to teasing her, and any attempt to stop blushing failed. 

“Andy..” She mumbled incoherently when the other argued that their boss won’t be helpful in this case. “I don’t know what you’re thinking.” She denied as she grabbed a cushion off the couch and hide her face behind it. 

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ivmwc​:

“That’s not a bad idea, Rosetta. It’s been a while since we’ve had ourselves a proper race,” Andy agreed. “Something tells me I might even be able to keep up this time,” she added with wink. If hey happen to opt for the race, they’d probably have to work out some rules to keep things fair, but Andy couldn’t care less if she won or lost. She was just looking forward to getting to do something with her person that she’d been deprived of for so long.

Andy just raised an eyebrow at her and innocently asked, “And what exactly is it that qualifies as ‘something we weren’t supposed to’?”

“Anddyyyyyy, you’re so much faster than me now.” She laughed. “You travel at the speed of light. How could I beat that?” However, it was still nice to be able to go for a run with her person. It had been too long since they got to do things like this together. “You don’t need to ride on my back anymore.” 

She nudged Andy with her leg. “Leo keeps us on different shifts, so you’ll have to ask her.” The shifter refusing to answer, though there was a hint of red gracing her cheeks. 

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ivmwc​:

Andy let out a light chuckle. “It sounds like you’re planning on us spending a lot of time in there, which I have no complaints about,” she emphasized before adding, “But, just a gentle reminder that you shouldn’t be too upset with me if after a while I get a little antsy for the outside world…” She didn’t want to ruin the moment by dragging up the whole ‘prisoner for six years’ thing, but she felt it was best for the other to be prepared.

Having finished her drink, she took advantage of Thyra dealing with Leo to give her teeth a quick brush. She knew how close Thyra was likely to get and she did not want her to have to deal with her breath smelling like a sack of pennies. Taking her seat back, and placing Thyra’s legs over her lap, she said, “I don’t think she’ll ask for the request. She’s bound to currently be doing a happy dance that she doesn’t have to chase after us for a day.”

“Well, if we do end up getting out of bed, I’d be fine with that too - unless it’s for a jog - ooooh. What if we go for a run in the forest?” She suggested, “I may shift often but I haven’t actually stretched out my legs in a while.” While she genuinely would love to stay in bed all day tomorrow, she understood that it wasn’t too feasible if the other didn’t want to be trapped indoors all day. 

She glanced down from her position, looking a bit pensive for a moment. “...It’s not like we were off doing something we weren’t supposed to. The amount of people asking for the manager sometimes...” It’s not like her staff weren’t doing their jobs, but sometimes the guests kept thinking they would get special treatment just because they called her out. 

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ivmwc​:

Andy chuckled at the prediction of them not leaving the bed, and asked “Oh? What if we get bored? Whatever could we possibly do in bed all day that would keep us occupied?” The teasing tone made clear that she was in now way serious, and though she didn’t really need an answer, she was kind of interested in seeing what it was Thyra had in mind for them.

The tacked on question of her feeding caused her to pause. It was written all over her face that she was now mentally recalling the day to see if she actually had. “I’m almost certain I did, because otherwise I don’t think I’d have had the energy to change….but a midnight snack never hurts,” she said, already navigating the maze back over to the kitchen for a bottle of synthetic blood. “Umm, tastes just like mama used to make.”

Thyra let out a hum, giving the other a soft kiss against her temple, “I’m sure we could think of something.” Her tone matching the other. Honestly, she could just lay in bed and do nothing all day if it meant spending time with Andy. “Maybe we should invest in a TV to be at the wall opposite to us... And a mini fridge in the bedroom.” 

The shifter didn’t follow Andy into the kitchen, but instead, sprawled across the sofa now before taking out her phone to send the message. “And done. Leo will probably want us to properly submit a request later, but she said it’s fine.” It’s not like Thyra wouldn’t be the ones to handle it later with administration. 

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ivmwc​:

Allowing herself to be pulled in, she let out a soft chuckle at the suggestion. “I don’t think sleep is really the issue,” she noted, before adding, “though, if you’re going to be taking the day off too, I think I could be enticed to be a layabout for a while. Maybe if we manage to make it out of bed, we can actually get some of these boxes unpacked.” Andy knew she wouldn’t be able to get away with not sleeping for much longer. It was honestly surprising that she’d managed so far, but it seemed that whatever distractions she managed on the rare occassions the topic came up, had worked so far.

"I’ll go shoot her a message then.” Thyra would never want to turn down a day to spend with Andy. Her eyes then ventured over to the mountains of boxes they still had laying around. It was a very slow progress since the two were often busy, but they really should tackle it sooner than later - they barely made it to the couch without needing to push them out of the way. “If we make it out of bed.. there’s a very low chance of that unless we get hungry - did you feed today?”