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[cold_dry_pieces]

[ooc; image posted without his knowledge. art is by Fernando Vicente, it seems more his style than an angel or something :3]

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[synanthrope]

I would hate to walk into danger.

[cold_dry_pieces]

Of course.

[synanthrope]

I would hate for you to get hurt, too.

[cold_dry_pieces]

I'd hate for me to get hurt, too.

[synanthrope]

You could come by. I could protect you.

[cold_dry_pieces]

I thought you'd have a full house.

Private; unhackable

[synanthrope]

[There's a sudden shift, and her voice gets flatter than usual]

I want them to go away.

Private; unhackable

[cold_dry_pieces]

Downside of having friendly roommates.

Care to spend a few nights out?

Private; unhackable

[synanthrope]

I can't leave they'll make a mess.

I can't leave.

Private; unhackable

[cold_dry_pieces]

[After a long, thoughtful pause.]

I'll come over.

Private; unhackable

[synanthrope]

You can make everything quiet.

Private; unhackable

[cold_dry_pieces]

I can manage that.

Private; unhackable

[synanthrope]

I'm tired of noise.

Private; unhackable

[cold_dry_pieces]

Just wait.

[He knows a fit of crazy when he hears it, after all; he's on his way.]

Private; unhackable

[synanthrope]

[If he makes it up, she's pacing and flicking her fingers and even though she looks impeccable, her heels are clicking with more agitation than usual. Well, something's clicking, anyway]

[cold_dry_pieces]

[What people don't get, Brian always thinks, is that it's a matter of compulsion. He doesn't kill because he enjoys it (though he does;) it's a matter of necessity, and when necessity builds past the breaking point that thin veneer of civility gets hard to maintain.

So he's not disturbed by her restlessness, only determined not to catch it himself.]

Room for one more?

[He can sympathize, as well as ever he does; he'd be annoyed, too, if his home had become a safe harbor for the City's scared and huddled masses.]

[synanthrope]

[She looks up at him and her eyes seem wider, lighter, stranger]

They're all imperfect. Every.

Single.

One.

[cold_dry_pieces]

Pity.

[After all, the cover of a harpy attack would be a good time to get away with murder. He takes a step closer, slow but not in the least uncertain.]

Forget them a while.

[synanthrope]

[She freezes, perfectly, not like a woman settling in a pair of high, painful heels]

You know why I am upset.

[cold_dry_pieces]

[He takes it in stride, how unnatural she is; but sometimes it makes him wonder. Mostly, he likes it. There's something oddly arousing about how close to the surface her coldness is.]

Close quarters. The noise. Strangers being where they shouldn't. [Another little step, a slight note of humor.] The necessity of good behavior?

[synanthrope]

This is my space. She invited them. They make noise and leave mess and I cannot think.

Too much good behavior.

[cold_dry_pieces]

[He nods, and reaches for her wrist to pull her closer, if she'll let him. It's not a gesture of comfort. But he can offer a distraction.]

[synanthrope]

[She lets him, her skin a touch warmer than usual, and there is another click as her heels hit the ground]

Silence.

[cold_dry_pieces]

[He nods, runs his fingers up her arm. Somehow he always expects her to be cooler to the touch; it's not unpleasant, though.]

[synanthrope]

[She tilts her head and with her free hand, she moves her fingers across his jawline, across the arteries of his neck]

Sometimes I think you're like me.