10th Contract - [video/action]

[conesoldstober]

[Howl is on his front lawn. He's beaming, looking happier than he's been in months, his blond hair flying artfully in the wind.]

Good morning, City. Or is it afternoon? I've been rather preoccupied, actually.

[He sends another blinding grin in the direction of the camera before he turns around. He raises his arms, and begins to speak. The words sound not entirely like his own voice, and don't seem to stay in your mind no matter how well you listen. They finish with a crack of thunder, and suddenly storm clouds start to fill the clear blue sky. They gather over the lawn where Howl is standing, and it begins to rain torrentially, carefully avoiding getting Howl wet of course. After a few moments it clears, the clouds dispersing to leave hot, wet sunshine and a single rainbow.

He's grinning so hard his face might split.]



bloody hell it feels good to be back.



[ooc: Howl's magic is returned! Which means he is in a celebratory mood. /nudgenudgewinkwink. Feel free to come by his place to witness this little display, or bump into him around town.]

Comments

[conesoldstober]

So demanding.

[But within a moment they are both dry and making their way into the house, Howl taking a nip at her neck now again as he walks. He's a multi-tasker.]

[mrsnose]

So complying. [She forgets all about the rest. She lets him lead, because her eyes close at the nips, just as her hands move to grab his arms for some anchor. Half-way to whichever room, one particular nip has her breath hitching, and it sounds a lot like his name when she exhales.]

[conesoldstober]

If you're speaking about me, I will let your know I am nothing of the sort.

[They've reached Howl's door by now, and he presses her into it as he fumbles for the doorhandle.]

[mrsnose]

[That's alright, she's starting to like being pressed between him and a harder surface. (Like the bed. The bed is nice.)]

You're taking the hard way out, considering you could use magic - I don't know whether to be proud or frustrated.

[conesoldstober]

You are distracting.

[He grins at her before he finally works the door open, tumbling through it with a little too much enthusiasm and he kisses her towards the bed.]

[mrsnose]

[She cheers a little when the door finally yields, and it's only a few kisses away from the bed. And then they're there, the back of her knees touching the edge. She runs her hands up to the front of his shirt and grabs onto it, turning them both around so he can be seated first. Then, she takes a seat - quite boldly - straddling his legs.

It gives her time to brush a stray hair behind his ear, smiling as if something amazing just happened.] Howl, I very much love you, do you know that?

[conesoldstober]

I'm beginning to, yes. It goes the other way as well.

[Meaning he loves you, too. But this being Howl, he has to be circuitous about it.

Her on his lap is a new development, and a good one at that. He lets his hands settle around her, resting on the small of her back and a little lower still. Her red hair is creating a halo around her and it's mesmerizing to see.]

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[mrsnose]

[Her grin widens - she knows very well what it means, and she's heard it from his mouth before; it's real, she doesn't need to hear it every day. She's pretty sure the normal couples she heard about don't say it as often, anyway. She's pretty sure the normal couples she knew about didn't do a lot of the things they do, too.

Her hands take to playing with his hair, now, while she chews on her bottom lip, deep in thought. It feels all a bit full-circle now - his heart back, his magic back, the two of them so utterly entwined. It could almost feel perfect for her to say-] I think we ought to live happily ever after.

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[conesoldstober]

Do you?

[He leans in, his mouth a whisper away from hers.]

I think that may be fine with me.

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[mrsnose]

[She smiles.] I do. [And leans in to kiss him again, brief.]

I also think...[Another kiss for courage, perhaps?] We should lay down...

[conesoldstober]

[His hands tighten around her before he breaks into a grin.]

Another brilliant idea.

[He simply lets himself fall backwards, taking Sophie with him.]

[mrsnose]

Yes, I'm brimming with them, you just aren't aware. [She laughs when she's finally settled against him, although the position is very suggestive. Very, very suggestive.

Good, she thinks.] I'm going to kiss you again now.

[conesoldstober]

Thank you for the warning.

[He isn't as considerate about warning her before his hands start creeping under the hem of her dress.]

[mrsnose]

[She shrugs.] Just thought I'd announced another grand idea. [Of course, she didn't say where she'd kiss him.

So as his hands creep up her legs, she leans in and presses one tender kiss under his jawline.]

[conesoldstober]

[Oh, hello. His hands come up further to hold onto her bottom under her dress and hold on. He can't help but tilt his head up at that kiss, giving her more room to work with.]

[mrsnose]

[Well! In that case, she will go ahead and - nip the tender spot under his jaw, not containing a small laugh that comes from the move.]

[conesoldstober]

[He loves her laugh. Anything he can do to make her do that again is well worth the time. He starts tugging at her dress, trying to get it up and over her head.]

We are both wearing far to much, don't you think?

[mrsnose]

Yes, I think - [She begins to answer, but trying to help him get her dress off while still on top of him is difficult, and through great imagination and uncoordination and clumsiness, she manages to slip out of it and roll off him all in one go. But if he loves her laugh, he's in luck - she's laughing when she lands at his side, in just her underwear.]

Sorry - this should be embarrassing...

[conesoldstober]

Should it? I've never found it to be so.

[mrsnose]

Well, no, obviously you haven't...[Since, well, many more years of experience and silly girls who fell for whatever tricks he had up his sleeve and she is not thinking about that now, because they're going to live happily ever after and she wants him to- ] Touch me?

[conesoldstober]

[He slides his hands up her back, feeling her skin against his and it makes him sigh against her mouth.]

Tell me where.

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[mrsnose]

[She sighs in return, a shiver accompanying it as his fingers follow the bare skin of her back. She shakes her head, nuzzling her lips against his.] Wherever you want...

[conesoldstober]

[In which case, he feels he has permission to slide his hands under the back of her bra, undoing it and letting himself explore the new expanse of skin there.]

How's this?

[mrsnose]

[She's not past the stage of blushing at all this unravelling of skin, not yet, so of course that makes her turn red. But she doesn't shy away, not too much. (Maybe he's fortunate that what she learnt about the physicality of a relationship, she's learnt in the City, and not surrounded by opinionated and strict matrons and step mothers...)]

It's...[She bites her bottom lip again, and pulls up a little, until she's sitting again; the movement brings her hair over her shoulders, covering her when the bra slips off.] Well, I don't know, I've seen it very often, it shouldn't be me who answers that...

[conesoldstober]

Are you looking for an honest answer?

[He leans up on his arms, coming as close to her as he can.]

Because I don't think I quite have time to do all of you justice in words.