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 Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 7:28 pm
Liam looked to the ceiling, trying to think back that far.
"Was that before or after I tried to strangle you?" he asked innocently, no tone of anything but sincerity in his voice, "Eh. First impressions are overrated. I never thought you were a bad person. Or a flake."
He leaned against the counter, creeping a bit closer to Crow, bursting his own rather larger personal bubble.
He had the sudden, incredibly out-of-character urge to hug her for no readily apparent reason. Huh...
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 7:35 pm
Crow winced again.
"Hoo, boy... before. Definitely before." she said, shaking her head in sudden shame. "To this day, I don't know what snapped in me that badly to make me do that."
Sighing briefly, she slid closer and leaned her head against his shoulder without a second thought.
"You're sweet to say it," she said again mildly, smiling slightly. "Eh, first impressions. Pfft. Never any good at 'em anyway," she added with a laugh.
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 7:40 pm
"Alright," Liam said thoughtfully, absentmindedly placing a gentle hand on Crow's shoulder farthest from him. He sincerely couldn't remember anything between his death and bringing Julian back.
Maybe that was a good thing.
It took him a moment to realize what position he had put himself in. Oddly proud and minimally uncomfortable, a wide grin spread across his face. If the raining fire didn't start in a few miliseconds, he was going to be forced to taunt Rabid mercilessly.
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 7:53 pm
Crow leaned further against Liam at his touch. The warmth from his hand seemed to make her skin burn, surprising her. She'd forgotten what it felt like, being loved as something other than family... and even then, that first time she'd thought she had someone... it hadn't been real. Not exactly. She couldn't honestly say she knew what it felt like at all.
She closed her eyes briefly, conflicting emotions welling up in her head. Liam really did love her, then. As though the simple act of touching her made it absolutely clear. She wasn't a freak to him like she was to others. Twisting cautiously so not to remove Liam's hand from her shoulder, she hesitated for a second. Surely, he'd let her...
"Liam, I..." she trailed off, looking suddenly very young, very shy, and deeply unsure of herself. Taking a quick deep breath before she lost her nerve, she leaned her head forward as though to kiss him.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 11:44 am
Liam was immediately nervous and rather terrified. What if he was misinterpreting? What if she tore his head off? What if ******** up somehow? So many doubts flooded his mind, something he wasn't quite used to.
Ah, to Hell with it. He'd tested boundaries for long enough.
He leaned forward and kissed Crow gently, still completely unsure of himself. He pulled away quickly, though, and lowered his eyes to the floor before returning his gaze to Crow.
He half-hoped he'd "misinterpreted" her movement, and that there was something else on her mind. A bit of a creepy notion, sure, but it was there nonetheless.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 3:37 pm
A jolt of shock ran through Crow as Liam kissed her. She'd half-expected him to recoil away from her. Touching her lips lightly with nothing short of amazement, she caught his gaze and held it. The obvious surprise shifted almost instantly into relieved happiness.
"You, ah... I..." she said, stumbling over the words. Suddenly realizing she might be giving the wrong impression about what had just happened, she hesitated a moment more and kissed him again, longer, before pulling away.
"I'm clinging, aren't I?" she asked, suddenly and rather ridiculously worried. Feelings she'd all but forgotten were welling up again, and she no longer had quite as much control over them.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 3:44 pm
This second kiss took Liam completely by surprised. His eyes widened drastically for a moment, before he could finally will himself to relax.
"I, you, what?" he half-grinned and laced his arms around Crow's shoulder lightly. He cursed their lack of height difference, "and I don't mind clinging on occasion."
In all seriousness, he kind of felt like crying. It made no sense to him, still feeling that almost irritating fluttering in his chest and wanted to break down into hysterics. He could only assume that these were the "happy tears" people always talked about pressing on the backs of his eyes.
Thinking he heard something, he turned his head toward the door quickly. No unexpected guests this time. Good.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 3:56 pm
Noticing the sudden glance at the door, Crow laughed before she could stop herself.
"You realize for all the privacy we get now, they're gonna manage to walk in on us for the next five months," she said, amused. Unable to think of anything to say (though something very specific to do), Crow wrapped her arms around Liam and sighed, leaning her head against his shoulder.
"Good," she murmured belatedly into his shirt. "I... I don't mind it, either. On occasion."
Ye gods above, but she was turning into a sap, she thought to herself.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:04 pm
Liam cringed a bit. Bad memories. Very bad memories. Regardless, he wrapped his arms around Crow or, more specifically, her mid-back. So...personal bubbles had, untimately, been popped.
Cool.
Now there was that whole self-control...thing...he had to worry about.
"With any luck, we can get a lock on the inside of the door," Liam snickered, "Rabid has an amazing sense of bad timing." Oh, and she did...especially as a child. He felt heat rise to his face unexpectedly.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:09 pm
Noting the blush, Crow knew far better than to comment.
"That wouldn't be an issue," she said pleasantly. "My door's got fifteen locks on it."
If only that was a joke.
" 'Sides, with Julian, Len, Ethan, about sixteen animals... cripes. Moments alone are hard to come by. They're the masters of bad timing." she said, hunching her shoulders and shuddering.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:18 pm
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:23 pm
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:27 pm
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:34 pm
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:39 pm
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