poly_chromatic | ♦♦ 33RD CONTRACT

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darker than black - hei

♦♦ 33RD CONTRACT - ANONYMOUS TEXT/ACTION

...Back again.

I could do without the psychic jetlag. No worse for the wear, despite it.

[ Anonymous Text ]
Sing A Song of Sixpence The Child's Rhyme A Lie 1 & 20 Blackbirds Baked As They Die

[ Do not be alarmed. It's a code, not threats of animal abuse. Simply Hei's way of testing the Network-waters. ]

[ Private to Yin ]

~~Are you all right ...?~~

Status?

[ Private to Pai ]

I'm at the safehouse.

[ Options For Run-Ins ]

Cafe: He's assumed 'Li's persona -- timid and dopey-faced. A walking chameleon. But right now, blending with the scenery isn't his priority. The opposite. He's utilizing the freedom afforded by the City to stick out. To play chicken with himself -- after months of paranoid caution. You'll see him seated at the corner, with an unobstructed view of the cafe's interior. Elbow-deep in several platters of fried food, gorging like it's his last meal on earth.

It's his sixth. But fugitive life does wonders for an already freakish appetite.

Dojo: Avoiding the facility’s tangle of Life Cycles and Cybex machines, he's focused on a series of punches, blocks, and kicks to the air that, to the uninitiated, might look like a martial dance routine. It's a kata, but nothing formal or stylized. He has no interest in revealing the full scope of his abilities. Even so, his moves are good -- smooth, practiced, and powerful. They would be impressive in any grizzled combat veteran, but this guy seems at least half that age.

His visit to the dojo isn't an indulgence, or a way to burn off energy. It's a way of reassuring himself that his enemies-- his real enemies -- really are all back home. Or it could be a way of saying come out, come out, wherever you are.

The Underground: In his absence, things have moved around. Locations have changed; reigns of power have switched hands. But it's nothing too drastic. Masked, alone, he propels himself into his first patrol of the year. He feels almost like a kid, a high school student, gone away during summers -- not to visit family and friends but off to anonymously toil in some big city. Now he's back from big travels -- big character-altering, mind-boggling travels. And somehow, the cliche is true: everything in the City seems slightly tepid after having experienced all that disasters and miracles back home.

Of course, it's never a good idea to imagine there is anything tepid about the City. Not so long as it brews with such indefinable magic. Things that pour out of it, or gravitate to it, large or small, are never harmless. In that department, even Hell's Gate has nothing to boast of in comparison.

Anywhere Else: Invent your own setting! You know the drill! c:

[ OOC: Officially off hiatus, and Hei is back in the City, after a brief canon update! Post is anonymous and unhackable as always! Tags will be sporadic so your patience is appreciated<3 ]

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[Her lips quirk into a smile.] Just make sure to leave some for me, Mr. Appetite.

[She takes her hand off his so she can poke his stomach teasingly.]

[ She pokes his stomach, and Hei's mouth tics to the side in a tired, grateful half-smile. He wants to say something -- something light, if not nice. But instead he's leaning in, chin angled so his lips can brush against hers. It should be like a war-zone, this kiss, in its urgency. It isn't. His hand lifts from her knee to span across her back, to press fingertips into the gaps between Korra's ribs, drawing her hesitantly against him and kissing her until he's out of breath. His mouth is soft, slow on hers. Exploratory, somehow. He's sure Korra can feel his heart shuddering against her chest, the tremor in his free hand as he cups her cheek, pushing her hair back from her face, smoothing his thumbs across her temples, kissing her over and over. ]

[ When he breaks away it's on a wavering breath. ] I can pay rent other ways too. [ If she'll accept that, anyway. ]

[This is nice. This is how it should've been all along. Soft, getting-to-know-you kisses, easy touches. She's a little breathless when he breaks away. His offer to pay the rent in other ways makes her smile.]

Do you do laundry?

Hm. And housekeeping. And fixing broken gadgets. [ A beat. ] It's best if I stay away from your zoo, though.

[ Kiss-muddled, he presses his forehead to Korra's. Stares at her, his gaze both wry and soft. Pressed against her, tangled in the salty musky aroma of her body, the disordered sheets, the tang of sex, feels like an ascent from bottomless depths toward a pinprick of light. This is how the reunion should've gone. He feels almost normal, or what memory tells him normal is supposed to feel like. He's seated firmly in Hei. At least for the moment. ]

[ This is a test like any other. Affection, like bright fragile glass shards, spins across to fill the breach between them. ]

I can handle the animals. [It's probably a stupid impulse that has her wrapping her arms around his neck and tugging him down on top of her.]

[ He starts to say Good. But then she's tugging him down on top of her, and he's already reaching to touch as much of her as he can, hands starfishing. He kisses her again, and there's a hitch of breath, muffled into Korra's mouth. His chest is full to burst -- though he's not sure with what. The kiss is warm, as if he's carried it in his mouth all the way from Tokyo to the City. When he closes his eyes he sees blackouts, flares of orange flame, grenade blasts, hordes of Contractors and the shimmering aurora of Yin's specter. Shaking it off, he passes his arms around Korra. Her hair feels like wool and silk, stirring where he burrows his nose into it, to press kisses against her ear, down her neck. With the other hand, he ghosts his fingers over her mons, stirring the curls, then slipping down, tip of his index finger finding the point of her clit, barely touching. ]

[ For now, the press of skin is enough. But he can feel his whole body battening on the powerful throb of hers. It surges through him, warm and alive; his erection thumps between their bellies -- an insistent prodding. ]

[She's liking everything except the insistent prodding. And it's not that she really minds the prodding -- the thing prodding has been a source of many pleasures -- but a part of her is afraid that he'll get too into it and what happened earlier will happen again. She's in a pretty vulnerable position beneath him.]

Flip over.

[Her turn to be bossy. You had best indulge.]

[ Hei hesitates, lifting his head from that warm gap between her neck and shoulder. His eyes are heavy with an inward heat. Then his gaze catches hers, and for a moment all the badness rushes into his mind, all the recent roughness and misunderstanding and selfishness. Wincing, he dips his head, placing a soft kiss on the point of her shoulder. He rolls over, taking her with him, so she is sprawled on his chest. Smoothes her hair back with both hands, combing and gathering them into thick ropes. Against him, she is a solid weight, a pressing heat. He stirs against her, and it's lazy, almost incidental, his cock brushing the curve of her belly. ]

[ He doesn't want to stop touching her. More than anything he needs to fuck her again, to feel the familiar mystery of her, to invade-explore-enlighten her. ]

[ But now isn't the time for haste. In a drowsy murmur: ]

What would you like?

[She relaxes as he pulls her on top of him. She sinks into him, bonelessly lazy and yet far from contented.

What would you like?]

Just lie there and look pretty. Think you can do that?

[Her eyes promise to make it worth the effort.]

[ He lets off a soft snort, brushing the tousled hair out of her eyes. There are a lot of descriptors he's heard applied to himself. Pretty is not one of them. ]

[ To Korra, simply: ]

It's worth a try.

[ He's smiling at her, evident more in his gaze than his expression. One hand tucked behind his head, he reaches with the other between her thighs, the middle finger working in where her splayed sex meets his own taut skin. Perched across him, the dark of her hair is like a quiet burnt halo falling around their faces. Bright eyes and swollen lips, a reddish flush to her skin; she's all sleek and ripe and juicy -- a peach cut open and all the sweetness squeezed out here. ]

Try hard. [She grins and grabs the hand between her legs. Nuh-uh-uh. It may feel good, but she's the one calling the shots right now. She puts it behind his head, mirroring the other one.] Stay like that.

[She sits up and looks down at the picture he presents. Okay, the pose kind of screams "smug and self-satisfied," but see how long he'll be able to keep that look up. He's like her -- he needs to take action, to do, not just lie there and feel good.

She leans back over and starts kissing her way down his chest.]

[ He makes a disapproving moue when she takes his hand away. But he obliges. Truth be told, he feels like a stoned pasha with a concubine, sprawled amongst too many stale pillows. It doesn't suit. She's right about that, at least. Passivity isn't his preferred mode of operation. Already, he can feel his palms itching. To reach for her, to tangle his fingers in her hair, to cup her breasts and pinch her nipples and make them taut. ]

[ At the same time, at the touch of her lips, his stomach feels lacy. Her mouth is soft and cool against the rough whorls of his scars. Strangest thing about a savage beating is how everything's the best the following day. You wake up, sun streaming into your room: The most beautiful sunlight ever. Eat a bowl of rice: Best thing you ever ate. Look out the window, see a butterfly: The prettiest creature. If you're lucky to have a girl and if she's kind enough to kiss those spots that hurt ... the feel of her lips will drive you into a whole other dimension of pleasure. That terminal after-battle sweetness is addictive. ]

[ Hei's eyes slip shut, and he ripples against her like a cat. But he stays still, as instructed. ]

[Korra takes her time working her way down his body, thoroughly exploring each new scar with lips and tongue. There are a lot of them -- way more than he'd had before. She can feel on a more visceral level the kind of dark place he must have been in.

She's not sure how long it takes for her to reach the part of him most loudly crying out for attention. She's felt it pulse beneath her, each throb like a plea. She takes it into her hand and just breathes on it -- a test of his patience and a little revenge.]

[ Her dangling hair, the feel of her mouth -- it's all a ticklish-hot sensation. Hei doesn't squirm, but there's a sharp hitch in his breathing. Still, the impatience is a low hum for now, a faint flutter in his chest. His lungs fill and his muscles tighten under her touch. His eyes are half-open, the screen of eyelashes fracturing the moonlight to spit it off in sparks. Through the blur, he watches Korra slide lower, lower, and his fingers tighten under the pillowcase, almost unnoticeable except for the veins ticcing across his forearms. Half a dozen scenarios of reaching out, grabbing her, shoving her pretty mouth down on his cock -- all violent and mindless -- arise all at once in his head. ]

[ But when she circles her hand around him, breathing against the tip, he can't do much but let off a ragged exhale. In her grip, his erection jumps and quivers. ]

[She kisses the tip, much like she had that time before, early in their relationship, as though she's hesitant to take him in. There's no actual hesitation, only a desire to tease. Her tongue flicks out, tracing the head, the veins, but she doesn't take him in. Let him suffer a little more with longing and need.]

[ Hei tries to grit out: Come on. But his throat feels clotted, his breath hissing between his teeth. Face twisted into something almost like a grimace and his brain searing and everything in him crying out and the house feeling totally motionless -- a glass globe sealing him in. The way her fingers are wrapped around him, it reminds him of the same quick confident grip she might use on a staff or an axe, possessing what's entirely in her power to yield. He tries to calm his breathing, tries to keep himself as still and motionless as possible, but his heart hammers away and the blood thuds at his eardrums. ]

[ Underneath Korra, his hips stir, and it's more instinctive than anything, a desperate bid for her to take him deeper in her mouth. ]

[Her other hand holds him down. She scrapes her teeth along the underside, an unspoken bid to Behave. She's doing this at her own time and her own pace and by her own rules. Her other hand slides up his stomach, rubbing the scars and massaging the taut muscles.]

[ He gets the message to stay down. It's an effort, clear in the tense way he rocks his hips into an incremental, jerking stillness. There's already something prickling up his spine, making his body flushed and hot the same way adrenaline works. A delicious, welcome burn, like when he'd practice the forms of his kata during training, and ache for hours after. He settles himself against the mattress, and concentrates for real. When she drags her teeth across the sensitive underside of his cock, he can feel that touch as if he's a butterfly trapped between her lips. Survivable at first but, as his hunger grows, he's demolished between her parted lips, cut to ribbons between those pretty white teeth. Dissolving -- mute, thrumming -- in the flicking of her tongue. ]

[ On a stuttered Oh, he sinks down with that touch. A couple years ago, with different people, this wouldn't have been possible -- too many sense memories with restriction, not to mention whatever is implicit in staying still, like a dog told to heel. But here, it doesn't feel debasing. The opposite. ]

[Let's be real -- even a few months ago, he wouldn't have been comfortable with this. He'd find ways to reassert his dominance, and she wouldn't resist because he'd make her feel so good. She'd just look back on it later and feel...wistful. Wish that he had just let her keep going.

And this time he is. It's so surprising, Korra almost doesn't know what to do with it. Don't waste it! She kisses the tip again and slowly slides her mouth open, never losing contact with his skin, until she's covered the head of his erection with her mouth.]

[ Hei looks -- lost. There's no other word for it. His eyes fluttering shut, lips parted, breathing shallow. Occasionally, he'll jerk and then reign it in, like he's forcing that instinct for control to settle. There's a surge and shriek in his nerves, a thrumming ache for more than just the slices of pleasure Korra's doling out. A greed for her body and voice and the delicious armful of her. It's hard to let go of reticences that are so entwined in his psyche, they're practically a part of his nature. To lay himself open to her even in these small ways. ]

[ It's a new experience, this, though not entirely unpleasant. Intimacy's the watch-word after all. ]

[ She takes him into her mouth, and the reaction is instant, the arch of his back and stretch of his ribs before he relaxes into it, twitching first into her touch and then petering out. It's almost a graceful kind of bend, but the sound that comes from him is something that's closer to a sob than a gasp. A kind of free-floating sound that doesn't always connect to Hei, of all people, but it does right now. ]

[She glances up at him, for a moment afraid she'd hurt him somehow, but no. He doesn't look like he's in pain (at least, not a bad kind).

She'll take pity on him though, because at the end of the day, she's not the tease that Hei is. As playful as she can be, it's just not in her nature to delay. She sinks down on him, humming and sucking to bombard him with sensation.]

[ The whole of his body jolts as she sinks down. The heat of her mouth is exquisite, and Hei's rasping noises turn into something more like a rumble, like he's grateful. Like he's enjoying himself beyond words. But it's a challenge too, fingers bunched up in the padding of the pillow, his mind skittering and trying to find balance or purchase where there is none. It's terrifying, because anything that ekes such a rawness out of him always is, driving that fine line between the good kind of senselessness and a dangerous, exploitative vulnerability, but Korra's presence is what makes this work. ]

[ The arch of his back, the stutter of his ribs as he breathes -- it's all hard proof. He doesn't buck into her mouth. But there's a tremor in his hips, almost like an encroaching earthquake. When she hums and sucks, pre-cum bursts in her mouth -- quick, sharp spurts, like shock or surprise. ]

[The spurts of precum take her by surprise -- it's been awhile, okay? -- and she coughs a little as some almost goes down the wrong pipe. She decides that tonight is not a night for swallowing. She pulls back with a little scrape of her teeth.]

Tell me when you're about to blow, okay?

[And then she's going back down, paying very close attention to his reactions. She hopes he tells her, but she's not about to rely on him.]

[ Hei exhales lightly, expression etched out into a fleeting half-smile. His eyes are heavy-lidded, the irises a lamp-like blue glow. ]

At this rate --

[ He doesn't get a chance to finish. She sinks down, and the melting heat of her mouth is a whip of pleasure that cracks high and red, a firework going off in the midst of the sweet high of her attentions. His breath gets caught somewhere in the back of his throat, the noise gritty like a snarl. But he stays put, riding out the sensations in incremental snaps of his hips, and nothing else. It's all limiting in a way he's not used to. For someone like Hei, who always has that sense of control -- not because, out of insecurity, he overtly snatches at it, but because that's how he functions, it's not easy. ]

[ But it also forces his to focus on the basest of things, like friction and slickness and sensitivity and breath. It's just as good. Better. ]

[She runs her free hand along the sensitive skin on the inside of his thigh, her nails scraping lightly. Occasionally taking her mouth off him to blow cool area across the head.

She loves the way he looks like this.]

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