Closed RP: Hey, it's not the 29th of February...or, why folk traditions can get stuffed

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((Sex abounds (FINALLY). You have been warned.))

Here's the thing about boys. The ones that act tough, macho, and cool generally are--until you take something away from them that they really wanted. Then they turn into Byron, but only keeping bears in their lodgings for warmth and smoking opium in extreme situations.

On a scale of Byronic 1-10, Mel estimates Brice is a 5 or so. He might not have slept. If he has, he cried into the pillow, or destroyed a piece of furniture before he did. Maybe he got drunk. He tends to forget how he died when he really wants a drink.

Unsure if she's facing a hangover, a case of sleep deprivation, tears or splinters, Mel walks into their room silently. Her own ring is burning a hole in her jeans pocket--it's like it shines brightly, even through the box. She tells herself not to worry, she'll be fine, and hey, at least nothing's broken, ripped, or puked on...

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Come on, it had to be sapphire. It'll match his eyes. Not that he'll be walking around with his ring glued to the side of his face so that people can specifically notice this fact.

'I didn't,' she confesses, and slowly, so as not to seem too eager, she takes the box and opens it carefully, before gasping. She'd envisioned a diamond when she wondered late last night what the ring looked like, but a pearl is perfect. Her initiation was by the sea. It was where she figured out what she had to do on Wednesday afternoons. It was where she learned what she was really called. 'I--it's beautiful. It's perfect.' And she hands the box to him, so he can put it on her finger. Putting it on herself seems greedy, somehow.

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Brice was pleased. Yeah, the pearl was exactly right.

He took the box and carefully removed the shimmering ring, before sitting up properly, leaning against the wall. Then he took her hand. "Okay. I'll have to ask you again, but I'll do it properly this time. I don't want to scare you off again." He paused and took a breath. "Mel. Do you want to stay with me for a while longer and wear a nice ring that you can look at sometimes if you forget I love you?" Very carefully avoiding every single word related to "marriage" and "engaged" and "wedding."

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'Yes, of course I will,' Mel says in all one breath--

--and then ruins it with giggles. 'I won't forget, babe. Don't worry.' She admires the ring for five seconds, max, before moving to mould herself against Brice's body for a while, kissing and holding and stroking.

'I promise,' she emphasises, when her mouth is by his ear. 'But how long is 'a while'?'

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Mmm... This was mighty nice. Brice kept his arms around her and snuggled in a bit more under the duvet. They didn't have anywhere else to be today, right?

"It's a long time," he said solemnly. "For the foreseeable future, anyway. At least until we're no longer kids who don't know any better. How about that?" He started playing with her hair, and tickled her shoulder with a strand of it. It was a fun way of keeping his hands busy.

"D'you want to have a party?" he asked, feeling marvelously light and happy.

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Well, she needs to owl Nemi and Zel. Oops.

'Yeah. I like that,' she tells him happily, stretching back against the tickling. No babies, no house, no mortgage, no car in the driveway...Mel could never have been happy like that anyway. Being one half of a celestial power couple, however, kicking ass, taking names, living the dream (and babies oughta be possible, right, sometime in the future, maybe? She might like them). 'Your ideas. All of them.'

YES, she wants a party, duh.

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Then a party she'd get! Anything for his almost-fiancée.

"Good." This feeling was way too good to be true, right? He'd screw up again soon and it'd all fall apart... He wasn't used to feeling like this.

"Maybe you'll like the next one too." His eyes gleamed and he pressed his lips against her ear, murmuring: "We never got to try the dessert yesterday... And I don't really want to get out of bed yet." Cue playful wiggling of eyebrows. "How about some chocolate pudding, babe?"

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Mel sighs, smiles, and turns so that she's facing him. Angel morning mouth is at least better than usual. Her heart is soaring several miles above the clouds; she feels like she's flying. Literally. If she tried to do some martial arts now, she wouldn't be able to get down again.

'As long as that's not a euphemism,' Mel murmurs.

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"When have I ever used euphemisms?" Okay, so sometimes he did. Not the point. Brice rolled her over on her back and kept her pressed down into the mattress, and then he proceeded to kiss her until he had to remember how to breathe.

"And it was such good pudding," he muttered, following an already well-travelled path down her neck, just to where it curved out into shoulder. There was a terribly kiss-worthy spot just there, and he slowly pressed his lips to it."Creamy and chocolatey. Perfect for feeding each other. The messiness's an added bonus."

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'You'll get my ring messy,' she teases languidly, stretching as he pushes her down. This is her favourite bit, although it's been done so many times before. Mel winds her hands into his hair, sighing a bit as he kisses just there, thank you. Her leg goes up to hook around his, and she lets him show his skills with his tongue for just a little while longer before she reciprocates.

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He smirked. "Promise I'll focus my attention on other parts of you." To illustrate this he continued leisurely with planting his slightly moistened lips down over her collarbone and further, until he reached her cleavage. This was a very good part indeed. He hovered with his mouth over the slightly tented fabric of her top and exhaled against her nipple, not actually touching her, and glanced up.

"You're wearing too much clothes," he noted, almost absentmindedly, as one hand slid down her side and rested peacefully against her hip. "Want any help with that?"

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Her hands ruffle his hair slightly. Don't stop. You were doing so well...

'In a sec,' she breathes, eyes dilating a bit. 'If you could, you know, finish what you started there after I do...' So saying, she unties the wrap-top and inches it away from her body, careful not to disturb his mouth in any way.

'Tit for tat,' Mel notes then, smirking in her own way. 'Go topless, angel boy.'

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"Alright. I'm all for fairness." He sat up a bit and took off his shirt, unceremoniously throwing it on the floor. It did not help the messiness of his hair. Then he went back to the previous task of making her squirm as best he could. Their were parts of her that moved in a very... interesting way when she did that.

No fair, though... He wanted to unwrap this present on his own. No problem, there were more clothes he could remove. He smiled when her nipple stiffened and stroked up over her stomach, tickling just underneath the edge of her bra. "Topless was the deal, though. I'm getting this off."

Brice had gotten a lot of practice in removing bras, but it was made a bit trickier when she was lying down. Eventually he got the clasp up, and helped her most generously with pulling the straps from her shoulders. He'd always liked pulling down the straps. It was like revealing a work of art every time he did it.

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A topless, ruffle-haired guy in her bed. What more could she want? So he makes sex into a sort of battle for control every time, which he almost always wins; she doesn't stricly mind, and he knows it.

The fumbling makes her giggle, though. 'Well done, babe,' she praises him slightly sarcastically, and then softens her words as she sits up slightly, tips his head up, and kisses him. Brice is so focused on the physical-physical, seriously, making out would be just as nice one day. Mel lies back again, fingers tracing swirls and flowers on his back.

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"Thank you." Praise was praise. The kiss afterwards was nice, though. And her fingers over his back... Brice almost arched up and purred from pure pleasure. A dreamy smile spread across his face. Her skin was indescribably soft and there was lots of it, a whole world to explore over and over again. He knew it intimately of course, but sometimes there was a change, a freckle, a birth mark, that he had to examine thoroughly before continuing. There was nothing new this time, apart from the smell of sun and fresh flowers behind her ear, probably a memory of Heaven.

Making out was all good and well, but he'd spent a night without knowing where they were standing and whether or not he would keep her. He needed this. Her. Her touch, her scent, everywhere around him, he wanted that. There'd be kisses other days.

Brice kissed her back, and pulled her leg around his waist again. He loved her legs. They were long and perfect and sexy, especially when she hooked them around him to force him closer to her. It was nice to feel appreciated.

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Mel sighs happily, content. There's no full, furious fire of passion there was at the beginning of the relationship this time; it ebbs and flows. Right now they both need reminding of how much they love each other. Hence, the whips and chains will stay in the bedside drawer. Mel's hands creep down her side as he puts his lips to hers, edging down her jeans and his boxers at the same time.

She promises to get a new freckle before they have this again.

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Brice squirmed quite easily out of his boxers, and assisted her as best he could out of her jeans. Every patch of skin revealed he caressed gently, enjoying the sensation of her skin breaking out into goosebumps at his touch. Then he paused, carefully pulling her hair from her face so it wouldn't get in the way, and looked deep into her eyes.

The first time Brice came to Heaven he'd never found his own activity for lone study. He hadn't looked particularly hard for it nor been interested in anything but Angel Watch, to see if he could look after his brother that way. Singing or playing the bongos or taking care of animals did not appeal at all. Then he'd Fallen, and come back, and those Wednesday afternoons were filled with talks on How He Was Doing with Michael. Not exactly lone study, but it had to be done. And then Hogwarts, and Mel, and virtually every study here was on your own. He had yet to find that special something that made him glow with extra angelic energy.

Though this came pretty damn close.

He hummed with delight as she was completely undressed, drinking her in eagerly. She was beautiful. And she was his. She'd just promised. He leaned in and kissed her again, and his hand went to stroke the unbelievably silky skin of her inner thigh.

"Hey gorgeous," he murmured. "I love you."