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Sep. 2nd, 2007 11:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyfirestarterAbout half of the fourteenth floor of the Dolphin Hotel -- it's the thirteenth floor, of course, but numbered 14 -- is closed for renovations.
Charlie's room is on the ninth floor.
She holds open the door of room 928, slipping the card-key back into her pocket.
Charlie's room is on the ninth floor.
She holds open the door of room 928, slipping the card-key back into her pocket.
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Date: 2007-09-03 09:11 pm (UTC)And it is, strong and thick and strokable under her fingers.
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Date: 2007-09-04 12:39 am (UTC)Late afternoon sun flares over Charlie's hair. Sets it aflame. What time is it? Prometheus wonders, hoping to pinpoint this shade somehow.
"Yours is nicer," he says instead.
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Date: 2007-09-04 02:01 am (UTC)Her hand slips a little lower, fingers moving in slow circles through the hair at the base of the skull.
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Date: 2007-09-04 02:10 am (UTC)He twists onto his side and sits up. If the hand at the nape of Charlie's neck brings her a little closer -- well.
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Date: 2007-09-04 02:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 02:42 am (UTC)There is a hollow he can feel beneath the cloth of her shirt: his thumb traces it, his eyes on her fingertips on his.
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Date: 2007-09-04 02:57 am (UTC)"We should," she says, and then "... hell. Wait."
And leans back again.
She's still holding his hand, and drawing it reluctantly away from her chest.
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Date: 2007-09-04 03:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 03:03 am (UTC)"I'm sorry. But if we're going to do this -- and I do want to," she adds, her eyes flicking back to his anxiously.
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Date: 2007-09-04 03:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 03:09 am (UTC)Her voice is very steady, deliberately so.
"Water. We're going to need water on hand. As cold as we can get."
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Date: 2007-09-04 03:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 03:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 03:19 am (UTC)"Charlie, if something does go wrong..." His voice is low, and a little husky. "Can I try and talk to it?"
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Date: 2007-09-04 03:31 am (UTC)"If you think it could work," she says finally. "It would be worth a try."
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Date: 2007-09-04 03:36 am (UTC)"If it hurts you, I'll have words for it." The way he says words conjures up a bar room brawl; step outside with me, stranger. Let's talk in fists. His hands stay in his pockets, his shoulders hunched. "You push me out of the way the moment you think it's necessary."
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Date: 2007-09-04 03:41 am (UTC)I trust this man.
As she turns back to the ice machine: "I'm more worried about it damaging the room. My cred with the manager only goes so far."
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Date: 2007-09-04 03:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 04:07 am (UTC)When they're walking back to the room, carrying three or four bags of ice each, Charlie gives a small sigh.
"You know, ordinary people only have to worry about STDs and accidental pregnancy."
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Date: 2007-09-04 04:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 04:23 am (UTC)She transfers her load of ice to one arm, freeing her other hand to get out the room key and let them in.
"I'm gonna put one of these in the sink, and the rest all goes in the bathtub."
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Date: 2007-09-04 04:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 04:39 am (UTC)The look she gives him is one of unalloyed affection.
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Date: 2007-09-04 04:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-04 04:44 am (UTC)The bathrooms at the Dolphin Hotel aren't very big. Two people can fit into one, but not without considerable proximity.
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