Anita Blake (
anita_blake) wrote2009-09-27 11:49 am
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Incubus Dreams - October 22nd
Anita is sitting on the bed, legs folded indian-style, and she stares at the pair sitting on the couch. Both Asher and Jean-Claude look utterly at ease, faces blank, bodies relaxed. If she didn't know them better, she'd say they were casually waiting to have an everyday discussion about the weather.
But their careful expressions and relaxed positions speak volumes for their worry and discomfort.
"You can both stop looking like I'm about to execute one of you," she says, trying for a smile. "I promise, it's not that bad."
But their careful expressions and relaxed positions speak volumes for their worry and discomfort.
"You can both stop looking like I'm about to execute one of you," she says, trying for a smile. "I promise, it's not that bad."
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"This is definitely one of the better ideas you have had, cher," he adds.
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Though her movements are slow, Anita does manage to kiss Asher softly, fingers trailing down his cheek.
"I'm sorry," she whispers, and though she holds Asher's gaze, the apology is to them both. She's sorry it has taken her so long to come to this point, sorry she can't let them go that next step, not just yet. "Soon, though," Anita murmurs, more to herself than them.
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"And mon merle noir is right," He runs his fingers through Jean-Claude's hair now, unable to stop touching them both.
"Perhaps we should share a bath, the three of us? To conserve water?" He's teasing, as is obvious from the smile on his face.
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"Conserve water my ass," she says with a grin.
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"Perhaps Jean-Claude could fill the tub?" He looks at Jean-Claude, trying to look pathetic and winsome.
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"Of course. No slipping. Best you both take a bath with me. For safety."
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Jean-Claude edges himself off the bed and stretches out the kinked leg muscles before heading into the bathroom to start the water running. When the tub is halfway full, he slips into the comforting warm water before calling out for the other two to join him.
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She relaxes against Asher, feeling warm and heavy and a little lightheaded. "That really was amazing," she says.
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Yes, there are things she'll need to think on, digest, decisions she'll need to make... conversations she'll need to have. But, on the whole, Anita is content. She refuses to feel ashamed, no matter what the niggling voice in the back of her head wants her to feel. She loves Jean-Claude. She loves Asher. They love her. They love each other.
There is nothing, she decides, wrong with what they've done or what they will do in the future.