closed 🪶⚡ all i really, really ever want is under the mistletoe

[garudas]

Who: Cidolfus Telamon & Benedikta Harman.
Status: Closed.
Where: Around places.
What: Cid and Benedikta follow a lead and sneak into a fancy holiday party. Event stuff TBA.
Warnings: it's them, what do you want from me



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[garudas]

[The levin hovers around the ring, almost as if it means to burn a mark there where it sits. Her eyes close against the heat, a stuttered breath leaving her, and when she opens them again, they're alight.]

Be careful, or else I might end up giving it all to you instead.

[ramuhs]

[Just a wry grin at that as his lips brush over hers.]

As if you weren't going to already?

[garudas]

[She chuckles, low and breathy, into a stolen kiss.]

But then I will have nothing left to give anyone else...

[She leaves a little red mark of her lipstick against the corner of his lips before she's pulling back just far enough to meet his gaze.]

And what of your tricks?

[ramuhs]

[A low grin.]

My strategies are less of the "seductive" persuasion.

[Not that he hasn't used that angle before, but not as often compared to his other "charm" tactics.]

However a well placed smile and feigned interest have gone quite a long ways for me.

[Look, he knows he has his looks as well.]

[garudas]

[With her hands on his jacket, she pulls him closer again, a possessive gleam flashing in her eyes.]

And that works on... other women?

[ramuhs]

Hasn't failed me yet.

[And he's going to give her that roguish smile and shining gleam in his eyes as his hands move to her waist as his voice lowers.]

I keep more of a distance, however.

[garudas]

[She purrs again, the sound low in his ear, and it turns into a feigned disgruntled noise.]

Good, because should anyone lay their fingers on you, I've no objections with removing the problem.

[She reaches across him to grab her wine from the table, swirling the last drops of it around as her eyes scan the room.]

The guards stationed at the doors might be good practice.

[ramuhs]

Oh?

[A subtle glances as his hands slowly slide up her side.]

What do you think of getting from them?

[garudas]

[And now it's her turn to wear a roguish smile, one that very much mirrors the one he dons when he is up to something, as she sways her hips between his hands. She's only learned from the best...]

Some keys would be a decent place to start. Surely they would not be there if they weren't watching something valuable on the other side.

[ramuhs]

[Oh ho. Interest shines in his eyes as he continues to not so subtly run his hand over her dress.]

You really think you can?

[He doesn't really doubt her, he just wants to tease her, goad her a bit.]

[garudas]

[She knows that he's just teasing and that he does have confidence in her, but...]

What, you do not think I can?

[There's a playful nip of his lip in retaliation.]

If you could do better, then by all means...

[ramuhs]

[A quiet chuckle at that.]

No, I'd like to see you first.

[garudas]

Ah, you want to steal my tricks, do you?

[She downs that last sip of her wine and sets the glass down, deliberately pressing her hips to his as she does.]

Fine. Pick a guard and we will see.

[ramuhs]

I just want to observe my lovely bird is able to do, nothing more.

[But he is amused as he looks at her first before scanning the guards around. Not too many, but enough...

And then a smirk.]

All right, that one, over there.

[And then one he nods towards is a heron.]

[garudas]

[Her eyes narrow at him.]

... A bird? Really?

[ramuhs]

What, would you prefer the one over there?

[A tilts of his head towards a feline looking one, a jaguar.]

[garudas]

[She follows his nod and makes a face at him.]

You know how they get.

[She hasn't exactly had great experiences with birds... Though, it could prove to be in her favour. With one last bristle, she taps his shoulder to nudge him out of her way.]

Do try not to get too jealous.

[ramuhs]

I'll try not to.

[He'll let her go...but not before he takes her left hand to hold it up between them, that ring front and center.]

But it'll be a little easier with this.

[garudas]

[He'll see her chest stop with a stuttered breath. She's tried not to bring too much attention to the ring on her finger, if only because it has proven to be more distracting than anything, sending her thoughts tumbling into places they should not be tonight.

Her thumb brushes over the cool metal before it moves across the inside of his hand.]

Or will it prove to be an issue?

[She is very much not inclined to take it off.]

[ramuhs]

[A subtle smile as his eyes never leave hers.]

Or perhaps give them an even greater challenge... Men are all the same, after all.

[He leans in closer, lips against her ear.]

Coveting what cannot be theirs.

[garudas]

[A shiver rips through her, and she cannot help but move in for another kiss, this one more fierce and passionate, hidden by the way his body cages hers near the wall. Fortunate, for the guards cannot see them among the crowds, so she takes full advantage of their blending in.]

Careful, or I might throw all this whole plan away and let you covet me instead.

[Her finger toys with the top button of his shirt before she expertly pops it open, grinning slyly against his lips.]

Alright, a challenge it is, then.

[ramuhs]

[He just accepts that kiss, returning it in full. Normally he really isn't a jealous man, and he has the confidence and security to not feel much of anything with her flirting with others to get things done—certainly not where they are now, anyway. That doesn't mean he doesn't feel a bit possessive at times, nor would he really want to "share" all her charms away.

So there will be one last little nip against her lips with a smirk.]

You're always welcome to my arms should you need any comfort.

[A playful tease suggesting if she should fail he'd always be here.]

[garudas]

It will be you who will be needing my comfort when I devastate you with my prowess.

[One last lingering kiss, as if to remind him of who she truly belongs with, before she bumps his hips to walk past him. She grabs his wine glass on the way.]

Make sure you are watching closely.

[ramuhs]

[A low chuckle as he turns to watch her, leaning against the table.]

I will.

[Very close.

And since she took his glass, he'll just take hers that she left behind.]

[garudas]

[She smiles sweetly at him over her shoulder and sidles past the people at the next table, shoving them unceremoniously out of her way. There's a very pointed sway of her hips, knowing that he is watching her, as she approaches the heron. He will have to lean a bit if he wants to see, some of his view blocked by the crowds milling about and socializing nearby.

There's a small but sharp cry from her as she suddenly "trips", spilling her wine all over the front of the heron's jacket.]

Oh, dear—! Silly me.

[Her voice takes on a completely different cadence, higher pitched and clumsy. And thus, the "let me clean that for you" scenario ensues. She had several ideas up her sleeve if this one did not work, but it had never failed her before. It would seem that high society falls for it just as easily as the lowest and worst taverns in Valisthea. Of course, it is that much more effective as she pulls out a handkerchief from the front of her dress, making eyes at the heron as she does.

With a press of her body to his, she cages him against the door that he is guarding and starts to dab the front of his jacket with the napkin.]

What lovely feathers you have...

[She watches as the heron's skinny throat bobs as he swallows when she slips her hand over one of his wings and around his hips where she thinks the keys might be hidden. There is a fleeting glance over her shoulder to Cid, and she smiles at him, a light breeze brushing past his cheek as she does. Is she trying to make Cid a little jealous? ... Maybe.]

Oh, does that tickle!?

[She lets out an uncharacteristic giggle when the heron squawks in amusement and pulls his wing away from her hand, but his eyes light up with curiosity at what she says next.]

I should have known, my own wings tend to be quite sensitive, too.