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Natasha Romanoff ([personal profile] outstandingbalance) wrote in [community profile] undergrounds2017-02-05 09:53 am

Mr. Sandman

6 Feb.

It's February, still cold but Valentine's Day just around the corner and people starting to think of spring, it might not be surprising that romance seems to be in the air. Hard to pin down just what the difference is—but romance seems to be nagging at a lot of minds.

It might be because last night, you had a dream. Nothing clear, but bits and pieces stick with you. Maybe it was just stolen glances and light kisses, or maybe it was flashes and surprising jolts of something more physical, more raw. Either way, the dream doesn't quite fade away when daylight comes.

The strangest part? It's about someone you normally try not to think of that way.

Dreams are like that though, sometimes. It's probably nothing.

10 Feb.

A few days later, and the dreams keep on keeping on. For at least one person, it's every night. For others, it may be more intermittent. It may be just happening for the first time, after a visit to the Redbright Institute or passing through the surrounding neighbor, or after chatting with a particular vampire. It might happen spontaneously. Either way the dreams keep coming, and they continue to be about someone in particular, someone who you've been denying or ignoring your attraction to, but it's getting hard to pretend you don't feel a little warmer when you think about them.

It's starting to seem like there's something a little weird going on here. Even weirder? There's a chance that the person you're dreaming about is having the same dreams. Not just romantic dreams—the exact same shared dreams.

At least, they are if they're dreaming of you too.

14 Feb.

It's been a week now, and the dreams keep escalating. Not only do they become more frequent, they're more vivid. What started with disjointed images and feelings, more impressions than anything else, have evolved into full narratives—ranging from chastely romantic nonsense, imagining that the object of your desire is a knight coming to rescue you from a dragon, or arrived to offer comfort and support in a bleak moment, to intensely erotic. Some of them may be down right silly.

But the common thread is there. They are all about the same person, and they all expose the fact that you care about them in a way that's not as platonic as you've pretended.

And maybe it's about time you confronted that?

On the other hand, maybe you're just riding this out.

Either way, this is getting sorted out tonight. There's not going to be a better time for it
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[personal profile] freelife 2017-03-11 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Evie understood. Lord did she understand. They were similar women, in that regard. Just on opposite sides. (She's briefly reminded of another Assassin, raised by Templars).

Almost of their own accord, Evie's fingers lace with Natasha.

"I think I can manage more than friends."
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[personal profile] freelife 2017-03-13 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
She swallows, her eyes drawn toward Natasha's lips. She mimics her actions, leaning in.

"Yes- I do believe I am."
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[personal profile] freelife 2017-03-14 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Natasha's lips are as soft as they were in the dream, she realizes as she returns the kiss. Soft, hesitant.

When she pulls away, she's still close to Natasha, their foreheads touching. "I cannot promise I will be any good at this. But you do have my word that I will try as hard as I can."
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2017-03-14 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Both of his hands slid down and back to grab her ass, gripping it firmly as he lifted her up just to set her on the edge of the bench. At the perfect height to grind his hips into hers while his hands settled on the wood to either side. His mouth came down on her neck and he started nipping lightly at the skin. Going slow for the moment, encouraging her to do a little more.
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2017-03-14 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah? And what interests are those?" Daryl asked, reaching out blindly for another grape and trying to pop it into his mouth in a coy manner. His eyes staying on Jean-Claude's as he licked each finger afterwards despite there being nothing on them to get off.
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[personal profile] freelife 2017-03-15 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
What did she want it to be? Oh lord. Evie has to think for a moment, running her thumb over Natasha's knuckles. Her hands were so soft, and she loved it all the more, knowing what Natasha was capable of doing with said hands.

"I would like, if you're on the same page as I am, to... Shall we try to date? With the promise that our friendship will come first. I should hate to lose you when you find out what a terrible girlfriend I surely am."
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[personal profile] excrucior 2017-03-15 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Micheletto remains silent as Jean-Claude speaks, his gaze locked on the Duke with extreme scrutiny. It is when their eyes meet that he can finally bring himself to speak. "Whomever is to blame will find my blade across their throat, should I learn their identity." But his words do not have the same bite from earlier, especially not when Jean-Claude releases his hand.

Though the Duke's skin was icy cold, his touch's absence seems even more so. Micheletto slowly draws his hand away to place his witch's amulet back beneath his shirt, yet the sensation of Jean-Claude's hand holding his still ghosts over him. Damn it. Damn it all. This is not at all going as planned. He should just leave now, make his apologies and excuses and--

"And how would you have it unfold?" He asks, the question falling unbidden from his lips.
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[personal profile] vampire_barbie_girl 2017-03-16 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
God, if she woke up before he was done, she was going to be very disappointed. "Then I guess I should hope that Francois has given you some pointers." She thought about that for a moment, then grinned. "Or maybe it's the other way around." After all, there had to be some reason for a vampire to own a strip club, right?
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[personal profile] freelife 2017-03-16 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
She tries to ignore how much she's smiling, force the edges of her lips back down into a frown, but it's no use when Natasha's lips touch her forehead.

"But if we think it's not working, we end it. Take a step back. And re-approach as friends." She didn't want to lose the best friend she had because she'd listened to her heart once more.
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[personal profile] freelife 2017-03-16 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
She's brilliant- keeping her head where Evie was already forgetting it.

"We don't let it complicate things," she agrees. Natasha worked with Redbright, and that was fine with Evie. She just happened to work closely with Jean-Claude. "It hasn't complicated things yet, after all."
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[personal profile] freelife 2017-03-19 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Evie nods. "Of course. Jean-Claude likes you plenty." She didn't necessarily like Sylvia, but she respected her. The school did some wonderful things for their community. "But thank you. It's good to know where we stand." And any job that wanted her to ruin this new relationship... She'd have to take a good look at the job.

Her eyebrows raise a little, in regards to the idea of exclusivity. "I- don't know-?" She says, unsure of what else too say, exactly. "I mean, I don't exactly have anyone else." If Natasha did... Well, she'd at least like to know about it now.
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[personal profile] freelife 2017-03-19 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm... not sure." The words are foreign from Evie's lips, when strung together like that. Usually she was so sure. She always was, before she made a move. All of tonight was miserably uncalculated.

"I don't see myself looking for others. But I don't want to stop you, if that's what you want." It sounded awful.
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[personal profile] longterm 2017-03-19 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Cesare smiles and rolls his eyes before turning in his chair to look at her. Eyes moving over her face.

"Who do you think?"

He's not used to Nancy being so forward. So often he's the one doing the leading, deciding what happens and who touches whom when. But this Dream Nancy makes an interesting change. Cesare certainly isn't against it.
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[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2017-03-19 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Not that he had any doubts that she wanted him, but it was nice having her guide him a bit. Making sure he knew she did. That she was okay with him moving in and doing more. He moved his hands to her thighs, rubbed them lightly while mouthing at her neck before pushing up over her shorts to the waist. He didn't bother taking time with the button and the zipper. Going slow for that part at the moment seemed pointless.

"Lift up," he growled into her ear, hooking his thumbs over the edge of her waist. "Want these gone."
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[personal profile] stauncherhearted 2017-03-20 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
She blushes.

"I'm not quite sure-," she teases, trailing her fingers across his chest. "Goodness, look how pale she is- how soft she looks." Tell her she's pretty, Cesare. C'mon. It's rare that she sees it in herself.

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