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 Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 12:54 am
The pair stumbled into Alex's apartment and she let out a heavy sigh, letting the powered glamour finally fall from her form. This left her in a pair of shorts and a tank top, but she clearly did not care given Rene's presence. She bit her bottom lip, suddenly remembering the kiss on the platform in the... mirror realm? Was that was it was called? Heat flushed her cheeks a bit and she busied herself with cleaning up the clothing flung about.
"It's not much but... this my place. Bathroom's to the right next to the bedroom, kitchen's in the corner, uh please ignore the mess I... don't clean except to disinfect and when I'm out of underwear," said the shorter woman, chucking clothing into a corner on top of what may have been a cat tree.
"Oh, if you see a fluffy mainecoon bengal mix that dives bomb you for cuddles, that's Athena. She's probably asleep under the bed though..." Alex smiled at Rene and picked up some empty plates and padded into the kitchen area, ducking behind the small wall that separated it from the living area.
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:50 am
Hehad to resist the overwhelming urge to just flop over in the middle of Alex's floor right then and there. His glamour faded on the tail end of hers, leaving him in a tee shirt and jeans. Rene had never been so thankful for baggy clothes in his life.
"Bless civilian clothing..." He sighed, scrubbing his face.
She was saying something. Rene blinked, turning his tired gaze towards her as she started throwing clothes this way and that. Though when the words finally processed and clicked together, Rene blushed. "Uhh.." He said awkwardly, tripping over his words. "It's fine... It's home right?. I've got sister's at home..." Rene learned long ago to accept that girls things where just going to be EVERYWHERE. It was a fact of life. He didn't fight it.
When she mentioned a cat, Rene seemed to perk up. "I've got a cat too, and a dog. Lightbringer and Doom Hammer." He snorted, thinking about them. "Their names don't fit their personalities at all..." Rene spared a glance around, looking for the cat but trailed after Alex instead. "Stop." He said, catching her wrist. "You've done enough for now... Why don't you take a shower and relax? I'll be here when you get out."
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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:04 pm
Heat swelled in her chest and she turned to Rene, glancing at the hand on her wrist. Her cheeks tinged pink as he spoke and she carefully put the stack of dishes into the sink. Alex smiled at him and chuckled a little, scratching her nose.
"I... you're right..." she said, looking up at him. She could really use that shower, to be honest. She may not have been covered in grime, but she felt like it. Besides, it was Rene and... she didn't have to pick up her apartment just for him. They'd been through s**t together. He'd been a presence in her life for a while now, and he'd stuck around. Not that she'd given him a choice really.
Alex nodded and slipped her wrist out of his grasp. "A shower really does sound good... also the names of your pets are amazing," she said over her shoulder as she crossed the room to reach the bathroom. "I won't be long."
The door closed - though she did not close it all the way, presumably to allow the cat to get in and out - and the sound of water running started a few minutes later.
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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:18 pm
"I use to watch my father play, so when we got them..." Rene shrugged, chuckling. "We thought it would be to funny to pass up.." So the fact their personalities were reversed was amazing.
"No rush, really. Take as long as you need." He had told her where he'd be, and Rene intended to see that through. He waited a few moments before trailing hesitantly into her room. It was cozy. The bed was in the corner, under the window. Alex seemed to have a plethora of framed art work on the walls. Rene recognized some of it, but didn't know others.
Holy s**t.
Rene blinked at the three monitors that rested upon the desk and gaped at the gnarly beast of a computer rig that sat near by. Welp... That definitely put his dinky little laptop to shame... Maybe it was time for an upgrade...
A soft thud caught his attention and Rene turned, trying to figure where it was coming from. Alex had mentioned something about a cat... under the bed? Slowly he padded over to the edge of the bed and knelt down next to it before chancing a glance under it. Sure enough, a pair of eyes stared back at him and suddenly Rene felt like he was being judged. "Hello Athena." He said softly, tentatively reaching under the bed and letting the cat smell his hand. "I am Rene. Sorry for intruding. Did I disturb you?" He asked. This was no mauvian, but that didn't matter. Rene talked to his own cat back home all the time. Athena would be no different. He sat patiently, waiting for the cat to come out. He didn't want to spook her, so he made other moves aside from pulling his hand away. "You'll come out when you want to..." He said softly again, leaning his head against the side of the bed. He sighed quietly and ran a hand over his face. Big mistake.
Rene was out in a matter of moments.
a-disgruntled-dragon Athena comes out and is like THIS IS NOW MINE
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 5:18 pm
The cat wormed her way out from under the bed and sniffed at Rene. She looked at him and then hopped up on the bed to begin to lick at his hair. He needed grooming and she was the best for this job. Athena chattered, clearly reprimanding him for not keeping good care of his 'fur'. Or whatever she was thinking in her giant cat mind.
Alex came out of the bathroom in her shorts and shirt, long hair left to drip dry down her back. She leaned against the door frame of her bedroom and smiled a little, seeing Rene asleep against the edge. He looked peaceful, something she didn't see often in his face anymore. Constantly grumpy or on edge or some combination of the two, he usually had a scowl on his face. It was nice to see him otherwise.
"C'mon 'Thena his hair doesn't need cleaning right now," she said softly, shooing the large maine coon off the bed. The 28 pound cat narrowed her eyes and promptly curled up in Rene's lap. Oh, she saw how it was. Alex chuckled and climbed onto the bed, stretching out.
Idly she ran a hand through his hair, undoing all the matting the cat had done, and let out a soft sigh of exhaustion.
Sleep claimed her moments later, and her hand fell from his hair to drap over his jaw and neck protectively.[Mistress Morbid] SLEEPY KNIGHTS ARE SLEEPY
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:06 pm
Rene barely shifted as Athena made herself at home with taking care of him, however the slight dip of the bed caused him to twitch slightly. But it was it was the fingers carding through his hair that slowly brought him back to consciousness until the hand fell to his jaw and throat. He grunted softly, blinking sluggishly before lazily nudging at the arm around his neck with his nose.
Mom always did joke he was very catlike.
"Hey..." He mumbled trying to get her attention, hoping she could even hear him. "Do... Do you have anything I can wear?" They hadn't stopped by his place to get anything, and Rene was not about to sleep in jeans, or in his boxers. This was too new, and Rene felt that was a little to much, to fast. "Don't care about a shirt. Just need something not jeans." He murmured, resting his head against her arm.
a-disgruntled-dragon IM NOT GONNA BREAK IT THIS TIME
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:49 pm
Alex's other arm lifted lazily and pointed in the general vicinity of a small piles of clothing at the base of her bookcase. She muttered something akin to 'sweats in pile' and then shifted on the bed so she was half curled up.
Should he got investigate, and dare to remove the giant lap companion, he'd find a set of gray baggy sweatpants that even smelled recently washed. Oh happy day!
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:49 pm
Rene snorted quietly, the corner of his lips twitching upwards. She was cute when she was tired. Not that she wasn't normally cute. With a tired sigh, he looked at the cat in his lap. Time to move the beast. Gently, he wiggled his fingers under Athena's body, so he didn't spook her and deposited the cat on the bed. Rene wandered over to the pile, tentatively picking at the clothes, lest he find something he probably shouldn't. When he found the sweat pants, he snatched them up before wandering back into the bathroom. Rene wasn't about to wake her up just to tell her he was taking a shower.
A few minutes, and some serious cringing over bruises and cuts later, Rene emerged from the bathroom. He pulled his shirt back over his head as he padded over towards the bed before fidgeting awkwardly. Gently, he poked at her. "Hey... Alex... Where... Where do you want me to sleep?" He asked, trying to fight back the blush that crept across his cheeks.
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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:04 pm
Alex grumbled at the poking, grabbing his arm and pulling it towards her chest. She shifted a bit on the bed, scooting her butt back to give him space. "W'me, don't wanna be 'lone..." she half mumbled into the bedspread, her voice wavering just a half step. With Danika off studying abroad, she spent a fair portion of her civilian life alone these days. Sleeping didn't usually bother her; she had the cat, after all, and that was like sleeping with a four year old.
But so rarely did she have companionship these days - and the people she found on Tinder were not companionship material, not in that way - that when she had it she clung to it. When she was awake, she'd worry about being clinging or falling too hard or being too needy and a burden. She'd worry she'd scare him off. She'd worry he'd do what everyone in her life seemed to do at one point or another: figure out she wasn't worth their time, and leave.
Right now, she'd just enjoy the moment.
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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 9:22 pm
Rene had to stifle the yelp of surprise that rose up his throat as Alex jerked him down into the bed. Hesitantly he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her close.
Alone.
She was just as lonely as he was, to some degree. Well... Not anymore. "You're not alone.." He murmured softly against her forehead before kissing it. "I'm here." Or unleast until she got sick of him and cast him aside to... But in the mean time... "I'm not going anywhere." He promised, carding his fingers through her damn hair.
a-disgruntled-dragon *DUMB SHRIEKING* I screwed up the notification typing it out
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