Well, she certainly wasn’t expecting that as his response, but despite herself, she grinned, if only because leave it to a bumbling Vaughn to say something so sweet in the most incredibly inopportune time. She steadied herself atop him carefully, taking the time to straddle either side of him as she sat up so as to not fall directly onto his chest again. She shook her head as she tried to get a word in, cutting him off in the midst of his panic, “Vaughn, hey, Vaughn–” Lena gestured towards the fairy lights and said, “They’re just lights, dude. I was going to get a head-start in decorating my room for the holidays, but as you can see, it’s Lights - 1, Lena - 0.” She leaned back to allow room for him to sit up as well, taking the moment to pull a stream of lights from around his shoulders.
“You know, if I hadn’t just knocked you over and basically tied you up in lights, I’d say this would be a cool concept for a shot,” she mused aloud, hoping that if she said the first thing to come to mind that it would help avert from the awkwardness that accompanied their every move. “Though the lights would have to be more like…” Taking some into her hands, she quieted down and focused. Her mother could always do more with her magic than she could, but she had abundant time and experience, neither of which Aleena had been afforded when her powers finally set in so late. However, she had seen her do it plenty before, the way she’d give a swish of her hand and her ice crystals would glisten, showering a dark room with light. Perhaps she could do it, too, if she could just focus.
Taking a deep breath, clearing all else from her mind, she pictured what she wanted to happen, lights from end to end of the strings coming alive and enveloping them with their brightness. A chill she knew all too well ran down the lengths of her arms, down to the tips of her fingers, and with her next breath, each light lit up around them, casting a white glow around the two. A large smile graced her lips, saying more to herself than to him, “Gods, do you see this? It’s the first time I’ve ever done that.” And it was no small feat, not to her. Her powers tended to teem just under the surface, lying in wait until the perfect opportunity to get the better of her, to show her she wasn’t as in control as she pretended to be. But this time, by the power of Zeus or some other entity, she was finally the one in control.
Feeling Aleena shift on top of him didn’t do anything to calm his nerves but he did stop speaking. Forcing his eyes to focus on her as she spoke. His hands moved to settle against the sides of her thighs. Seeing as they didn’t have many other places to rest. “Oh... yeah that makes sense.” he breathed out as he willed himself to not think about their current position. It was the last thing he needed, he instead focused on her words and the lights. “I mean I bet a shoot from this position would be interesting, true up view.” His brow tilted a bit as she continued on with her train of thought. Shifting up on to his elbows Vaughn watched as Lena used her magic.
The lights seemed to shine even more majestically with the help of the girl’s magic. As they shined they only future illuminated the beauty that was currently sitting on him. His eyes were fixed on her smile and the way that she seemed to light up as much as the string in her hands. “It’s beautiful,” slipped from his lips. He definitely wasn’t just talking about the lights but he’d already blurted that out once he figured he should cover quickly. “It so cool, what you can do just with putting your mind to it. Now, this would make an amazing shoot..” slipped from his lips quietly as he offered her a warm smile. “You’re kind of amazing you know that?”
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