Rogue Sloth

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

“It might be,” Cas grinned at Iris flirtatiously. Usually, when his friends joked about him giving them “orders” he would roll his eyes at them in response. He’d never liked the thought of taking charge because he was convinced the skill didn’t come naturally to him. He also liked to try to forget about his eventual duty of becoming king whenever he had the chance to feign ignorance. However, the way Iris said it made a thrill of excitement shoot up his spine, and he was happy to play along with her game. Laying on the sofa with her, limbs and bodies intertwined with only the scantiest layer of clothing to keep them apart, was probably the only situation in which he felt comfortable enough to add in a low murmur, “Consider it a direct order from your future king.”

In truth, he was still teetering on the fence when it came to his decision of whether to return to his father or not. There was a possibility that he would abdicate his responsibility if Atlas refused to treat him like a competent man who could make his own decisions. After all, he was sick and tired of letting the reigning monarch treat him like a child, and he was no longer afraid of choosing to put his sanity before the duties that he was expected to fill. He didn’t want to think about that now though, and the thought didn’t cross his mind as he made the playful jest to Iris. Right now, the rest of Aspiria didn’t exist. There was only the two of them and the luxury suite they’d hidden away in for the night.

When she pouted at him, he laughed, knowing that he’d caught her in her bluff even though she made one last feeble attempt to pretend like she wasn’t interested in what he was doing. “Bull… shit,” he called her out between quick pecks on her cheek, then closed his eyes as she leaned up to meet his lips in a deeper kiss. Her rough touch against his back elicited a low, throaty sigh from him, and he clutched at her desirously, less gentle with his own grip at her waist and neck. Everything she did drove him crazy, and he could hardly stand to leave her undergarments in place. He was already reaching for the lower pair when she broke the kiss to speak again.

“I haven’t had the faintest idea what’s on that screen for at least the last ten minutes,” he readily admitted and then smirked at her wryly. “But I’m not the tease who’s pretending like that movie is more fun than what we’re doing now.” As she trailed kisses from his jaw to his shoulder, he held his breath, his heart knocking against his ribs with renewed anticipation. He loved how desired she made him feel even before they went further, and he couldn’t wait to return the favor by showering her with all of his attention physically.

At her final challenge, he met her gaze, his last thread of self-control splitting, and whispered back, “I’ll show you just how adventurous I can be.” Disregarding the bedroom on the floor above their heads, he leaned in to kiss her again, more passionately this time, and tangled his fingers in her long hair. The movie droned on behind them as he lost himself to his addiction to her and carried things forward without moving from the sofa…

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<Snipped quote by Xandrya>

It fucking sucks. Theres no job opportunities outside of warehouses and the only decent place to go out and eat is McDonalds. All people do for fun is meth and wave at cows.

@HaleyTheRandom

I can vouch for the lack of jobs too. I'm fortunate enough to live in a foodie town, so we have fantastic restaurants (Guy Fieri also visits a lot) but I haven't been able to get a job since I graduated from college outside of minimum wage retail stuff that I swore to myself I'd never touch again. The one good thing is that it's forcing me to be creative in making money, so I'm exploring other options of jobs where I can be self-employed.

~Bonsoir~

All things considered, this was one of the better outcomes they could have had after the Wynter clan had run them out of London. Vail exhaled softly when he and Victoria parted from their kiss. Both his clan and her family were in poor shape because of the losing battle, but at least they still had each other. In the time that had passed since he’d met her, she had slowly become his reason for standing up to the rival vampires and doing something with his life other than simply existing. She gave him purpose, and he didn’t know what he would have done if he’d lost her. He was relieved that he didn’t have to find out. Now that she was awake and starting to move around, they could work together to figure out what they needed to do next now that their families had been displaced to Scotland.

When she spoke about how relieved she was to be with him, his smile returned. “I love you too, Victoria,” he murmured, touching one more swift kiss to her forehead and reaching to take her hand in his. It was different, sitting beside her without the scent of her blood tempting him to sink his fangs into her neck, but so far it wasn’t a change he disliked. He’d ingested so much of her blood when he’d drained her completely that the pangs of withdrawal hadn’t hit him in the week since. It would most likely be at least a few more days or another week before he really missed the unique rush that only she brought to him when she was still human. By then, though, Victoria would need to feed too, so he could curb his cravings by going out with her while she learned to hunt. Other mortals couldn’t fully satisfy his thirst for the blood he’d lost access to, but they were better than nothing.

Relaxed in her presence, Vail leaned his head against hers and closed his eyes, enjoying the peaceful quiet and the gentle rhythm of her beating heart until he noticed belatedly that someone else was approaching the bedroom. He caught her scent first, followed a few seconds later by the sound of a soft knock on the door. In the next moment, a familiar face poked around the side of the panel and grinned at the sight of the couple on the bed.

“Sorry to intrude, but Lady Diana told me she was awake,” Sylvia apologized as she stepped inside. She was dressed in an azure gown that highlighted the color of her eyes, and her thick, black hair was pulled out of her face at the temples in two Dutch braids. “I don’t believe we’ve formally met,” she went on, fixing her inhumanly blue eyes on Victoria and showing her fangs in another friendly smile. “Sylvia Macey, at your service,” she curtseyed gracefully.

“Lady Macey has been keeping us informed on the Wynter clan’s activities since we left England,” Vail explained, eyeing the other vampire with a subtly questioning expression. Sylvia made it sound like she had shown up to introduce herself to Victoria properly, but he knew her well enough to suspect that she viewed the human-turned-vampire as a novelty. It was far more likely that she’d stopped by because she was fascinated with the Crest heiress in the same manner as one might be in discovering a new species of animal.

“Lady Macey?” Sylvia echoed the title with raised brows. “So formal, Vail. You can call me Sylvie, my lady. Everyone does.” She took a couple steps further into the room. “I promise I won’t interrupt you two for long. I just wanted to let Vail know I’m here for whenever he can bear the thought of parting with you long enough to hear what news I’ve brought of the Wynters since we last spoke—and to meet you, of course, Victoria.”

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

No prob! At the latest, I’ll try to have something done by Tuesday if I don’t have time before I leave tomorrow morning

And yeah, I listen to a lot of both pop and indie, so all of those bands are very different from each other.

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

I’m getting a lot of packing done today and then leaving for a last minute trip to California to help with another family situation, so I probably won’t get a post up for a while, just FYI!

Oh so much xD I downloaded over 20 new songs by artists like The Score, FINNEAS, 5SOS, Sheppard, Friday Pilots Club, Absofacto, etc.

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

I'm not really much of a shopper, tbh. I like downtown for the bars and restaurants xD When we can go, of course. COVID has made downtown less appealing lately

It's way better today. I still didn't get much packing done though because I got caught up in updating my Spotify playlist with some of the new songs that came out this month.

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

“Wow,” Caspian rolled his eyes when Iris feigned disinterest in his attempts to win her over. He’d come at her in the hopes of enticing her to come with him upstairs again, but instead he shuddered at the feeling of her hot breath on his ear and the burning trail her fingers left as she traced them down his bare skin. In one move, she’d reversed their roles, and now he was the one squirming with desire while she pretended to be calm and collected. He bit his lip and curled his fingers restlessly against her hip. Her game of playing hard to get just made him want her more, and he leaned into her as he decided to press a little harder.

Somewhere in the distance, he could still hear the movie playing, but he’d lost track of what scene was running on the screen as he impulsively pushed her over onto the sofa with the brunt of his weight. He laid on top of her, propping himself up on one forearm, and grinned playfully before planting a kiss on her forehead, her nose and then her jawline. “We can rewind the movie later…” he crooned into her ear, trailing his free hand sensuously down and up her side. “Give me your attention now.” The feeling of their bodies tangled together on the couch only escalated his already quick heartbeat, reminding him of how it had felt to have her in the bed without the pesky dress between them. He wanted another taste of the ecstasy that she’d introduced him to before they’d taken a break for dinner.

Determined to break down her weak attempt to pretend like she didn’t want the same thing, he pressed his lips to hers and shifted his weight to lean up just enough to pull her dress away from her skin. Her tongue still tasted like chocolate, which only drove him to kiss her more fervently until he had to break away to slip the gown over her head.

If his father had known that he’d started up an intimate relationship with a former rebel, it probably would have given him an aneurism right then and there. The king wasn’t opposed to him sleeping with a woman before his marriage was arranged, per say, but he there was no doubt that he would have frowned upon the prince’s choice of partner. Somehow, knowing that only spurred him on though. Maybe it was because of their recent fight that he felt the need to rebel or maybe it was because of how controlling Atlas was on the whole, but either way, the knowledge that what they were doing was “wrong” in the eyes of his father made it that much more enjoyable to the crown heir.

He took her bottom lip between his teeth zealously, relishing the feeling of their bodies moving against each other on the horizontal surface. “Still enjoying the movie?” he asked her with a joking, breathless smile. “I bet you can’t even tell me what’s going on anymore.”

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

I get a little of both. We have a nice downtown area that's very rustic-city, but we're also in the middle of the forest at the base of the peaks, so we get nature too :)

And I think it's feeling better overall. I'm planning to get more stuff down over the weekend because it's been slowly getting less sore.

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

“I want to give you my attention, but you’re trying to get me to choose between you and chocolate cake, and that’s just not fair,” Caspian laughed, enjoying the banter between them. It was the first time he’d been so relaxed since before he’d been abducted by Ethan and his goons. Ever since then, it had felt like one thing after another would go wrong; and technically things weren’t all right now, but for the moment, it was easy to pretend like they were off in their own little world where the biggest worry they had to face was finishing their desserts before the cake went cold. It was a vacation he hadn’t known he’d needed but was eternally grateful for now that they were at the resort.

Pressing play on the movie, he leaned back into the sofa once more and propped his plate on his lap to eat while the first scene began. “If you end up liking this movie, we can always rewind it later,” he pointed out with a sideways smile at Iris. He was equally convinced that they wouldn’t make it to the end, especially as his eyes drifted from her face a little lower to take in the contours of her lithe body. Now that he knew what she looked like underneath the little black dress, it was all but impossible for him to imagine going to bed for the night without exploring her one more time. He bit the inside of his lip at the thought.

For now, though, the intoxicating aroma of chocolate demanded his attention, and he cut into his piece of cake with his fork, watching with delight as the hot, melted fudge on the inside oozed onto the plate. He lifted a forkful to his mouth and savored the sweet taste on his tongue. “We can definitely order more tomorrow,” he nodded his agreement after he’d swallowed the first fluffy bite and scooped up the next. “I’ll have to remember that you’ve got a sweet tooth… There are a lot of other desserts on the menu here that we can try too if you want.” Personalized diet be damned, if she wanted to indulge in all the sweets the Sunset Veil had to offer, then he’d buy every one and stuff himself right along with her. They were already living like there was no tomorrow, so adding one more objectively poor decision couldn’t hurt anything, after all.

Falling quiet, he shifted his attention back onto the movie while he worked slowly through his piece of cake, taking his time to finish it both because he was getting full after dinner and because the flavor was so satisfying. He laughed intermittently at the fast-flying jokes in the film and, once he’d finished his dessert, set his empty plate back down on the table and threw an arm around Iris’s shoulders to hold her close while they enjoyed the movie. His interest in it didn’t last long after his food was gone though.

Dark eyes flicking away from the screen to look at her, a mischievous smile crossed his lips, and he leaned in to plant a sultry kiss on her neck. He was full from his dinner, but he wasn’t too stuffed for a little light exercise. Snaking his other hand across her lap, he wrapped her in his arms as he teased her warm skin with his lips and teeth, pining to steal her focus away from the TV as well.