[He's got her. He's got her in the immediate physical sense. He's got her in the finding a safe place to fall asleep and guarding her like a vicious watchdog against anyone who dares interrupt her resting.
He's got her and he's got both the beers because he's a goddamn half-drunk magician.] C'mon. One foot in front of the other.
[That sort of protection is something Lee would deny needing. Aggressively. And yet it's also something that she'd enjoy, were it shared, even if she perhaps needs several more weeks/months/years to fully realize it. Protecting and being protected are lovely things to give and receive. It's just hard to learn, sometimes, that there's no shame in the receiving.
But now's not the time for philosophy, although it might accidentally be one of deeply personal moments, because Lee can barely stand on her own and she's clinging to Cynric's jacket to stay up. Thank goodness he saw ahead enough to hook an arm around her.] 'Course I trust you.
[And she'll follow along the half-drunk magician for a few beats, because the trust - sober or drunken - is strong. A few pulses of the warbling heat in her face.]
Cynric-- Cynric? Cyyyyynnnnriiiiiic, can you-- can you, uh--
Can. Can you-- Cynric are you paying attention.
[If she was quiet long enough for him to answer, she'd probably have better results right now. The vibration of her voice feels different now, you'll have to excuse her. (Or not. You probably shouldn't.)]
[Trust is a lovely thing. Trusts feels good around a heart. This will be admitted to her approximately never, of course, but it will be relished just a bit while she's drunk and he's buzzed.
Dragging her around the edge of the party is a slow process. There are a lot of people to nudge out of the way; a lot of missteps to correct quickly so they don't go tumbling down.
Her sudden insistent questioning gets him blinking and swaying, briefly leaning them both against the wall for support.]
--Oh. Good. [Stalling. She's stalling because for a moment she got caught up in the rhythm of her own scrambling for attention and completely missed the point of her own fumbling.
Right. He's stopped to listen. She smiles widely at his chest (because it's level with her head at the moment - at all the moments, how are tall people a thing).
This is the moment where, sober, she'd back off in embarrassment, assuming she'd dragged out his attention for this at all. Good thing she's nowhere close to sobriety.] When we find-- when we find somewhere to sleep, you've gotta tell me a story. [That next noise she makes is probably a giggle.] You're good at stories.
[Such a great friend. Surely she'll be touched to hear of his sacrifice, just moved beyond measure that he's thought of her so selflessly. Why, she may go out of her way to keep him far from the dangerous substance he's pledged himself to, just to help make sure he's safe despite that promise.
Perhaps she'd abstain entirely and ensure he did the same, in a likewise gesture of self-sacrifice. For his health.
Walking again is a sudden thing, but a good thing. Lee likes walking. Lee likes walking on her hands, actually - maybe she'll try that next.] A good one.
[Most helpful, Lee. That'll narrow it down.]
Oh! There's that woman who was sleeping with Alastair! [Apparently they're done already. Or Alastair passed out. In either chain of events, Lee probably shouldn't be pointing so obviously. Thank god she's across a roomful of loitering people. --No, no stop waving, Lee. The chances of recognition in the opposite direction are slim.]
[No hand-walking. Attempts at hand-walking will get her pulled up onto his shoulders and carried along through the remnants of the party. He'd rather not resort to that.
He does have to resort to grabbing her hand and dragging her quickly into the next door they come across, though. Really, Lee, how did you even survive without him before. Really.
Thankfully, the door is into a study which has--by virtue of being full of books, likely--been largely unscathed. A solo cup is kicked out of the way to keep her safe from tripping as he moves to deposit her on the ancient leather sofa.]
Come on. Story time. Down.
(I WAS WORRIED ABOUT REQUESTING A REPLY AND NOW I REGRET NOTHING. EXCEPT I REGRET EVERYTHING.)
[She survived under the natural assumption that anything she said or did ran about a forty-sixty chance of leaving someone offended. For a person who tries to abide well by her own morals, she does a surprisingly great job of stepping on toes and bumbling about as if guided by nothing at all. Thank goodness, really, that she seems to attract just the sort of blend of ruffian-scholars who can help teach her the ropes. The ropes of not screaming out people's sexual histories when you glance them from across a room.
The ropes of how to tell good stories, also. She didn't forget. Especially not with him pushing her. She flops, with a bit of a spin even, down onto the couch. The couch that crinkles and squeaks out protest and sends curious fingers pressing on its edges.]
I'm down! You're upside down. [Well, from her perspective anyway.
Does booze always take a few years off your current age, is that how it works?]
Also important is settling down on the floor beside her, hand light and friendly on her hair. Just keep with the breathing and the not throwing up everywhere, lovely lady flower friend.]
[She's doing well on not throwing up. They're both lucky that, a stern stomach not withstanding, she's very hard to unbalance. Even drunk, even tumbling up the wrong stairs, there's enough confidence in her balance that she's not nauseous. Not while no longer hopping around, at least. As long as there's no more little teapots, they're both probably safe from her stomach contents.
Not safe from her grinning though, or her leaning up until his hand.] Fuzzy.
[Wait, he asked something right? Something about...] Yes. [That should answer well. She's in a good mood, surely a 'yes' is in order.
So is rolling onto her side, then deciding her back is better. The ceiling's not bad to look at, though it could stand to be still longer. She tries to hide her yawn with a hand.]
[It's all good. It's all her working to adjust to her (he'd put good money on it) first time being blitzed. It's all their version of holding back her hair on a horribly drunken escapade.
His mouth opens to launch into a story. There are a million old German fairy tales constantly on the tip of his tongue for emergency 'and now I just need to talk' situations.
But. Apparently a question.]
Go on, then.
usually 9-10 is bedtime, yeah! Late last night bc 'D&D' (we didn't. We were just ludicrous together)
[She'll still probably ask for the story afterwards. Or perhaps her question will inspire one all on its own accord. Who knows.
Lee just knows that she's glad there's someone else's voice around when the world won't stop vibrating.] Okay okay.
So how do you-- you're better with people than me.
[She's looking up at him with slightly squinted eyes but an entirely lopsided smile.] So how do you know when it's right to sleep with someone.
Not that I want to. [Giggling, she's giggling, and yet she thinks she's being sneaky. At least this clearly isn't a crying matter of unrequited love yet.]
Is D&D -not- just people being ridiculous together?
Hello, briefly serious question. What are you doing here amid the drunken revelry of it all?
There's a calm hum on his lips as he continues to smooth protectively at her hair. Just because he's fairly certain she won't remember anything about anything when she wakes up doesn't mean she doesn't deserve a good answer.]
When y' properly know them, and that they'll still respect you in the morning.
[Not what he lived by, but what he wanted for her.]
It is. It certainly is. (--I hope you don't mind Cynrics baby monk having her sudden feels okayokay)
You can't know that many people! [He's joking, surely. It's a good joke and she laughs about for probably longer than necessary, turning into the hand in her hair until she can smoosh her nose with it. Which prompts more snorting laughter.
But the advice was heard. It's being mulled over, however drunkenly and slowly.]
I guess...that's a yes then. [Which seems to please drunken-her. It'll frighten sober-her, just a little, and perhaps it shows even through her light-hearted stupor. It'll create a lot of awkward moments before the dive is taken and she can be properly rejected or accepted, and hopefully either one leads back to normalcy - with or sans sex.]
Thank you. [More face-splitting sloppy grins up at Cynric.] 'sjust weird. 'Ve never seen a guy and gone-- you know, cute. And I still just think he's okay but we're--
[Happy sigh. Best friends. Clearly it's her best friend whoever it is. More giggling because the warmth needs to get out somehow.]
[Oh, ridiculous munchkin flower, he knows those Feels. He knows the 'oh hello, person whose genitals I previously did not think were appealing, I am compelled to be ridiculously naked and tangled with you' feels and the 'oh hello, super best friend of many a year, your face needs my face attached to it by means of kisses and leeching adoration' feels. They are not good feels. Or bad feels. But they're even more feels-y when obviously blitzed out of one's tiny little monk-brain.
Or regular brain. Or oversized brain. Every brain.
Her cheek clearly needs a bit of pinching. It's the unfortunate way of the world.]
S' long as you don't get bollixed up about him 'til you're sober again, dearheart.
I've legit had about 5 real sessions with these guys we're the worst. Which is synonymous with best.
[Him getting it is lovely. Lee can either sense that he understands or she's just reacting to his general air of still being around while she's got her brain oozing out her ears but she's very, very happy he's here. When the cheek pinch happens she reaches up and latches on and is clearly intent on dragging him aggressively, sloppily down for a hug. Considering he was up at the head of the couch before, and even if he's moved probably isn't at an even angle for hugging someone laying down, it's bound to be awkward.
She doesn't care. For multiple reasons, only about half of them being that she's blitzed.] Bollixed. [That word connects to absolutely nothing in her brain except humor because that word is hilarious. Clearly.]
Well I let him sleep with that girl, sooo I'm doing pretty good not bothering him 'til I'm sober. [Ah, and now his identity is out. Possibly his sleeping with that girl had lead to her getting drunker much faster. Possibly it would have happened either way. Possibly she's actually, honestly not the jealous type - just the confused type, the unsure one when she's been this good friends for this long and changing it might end up making it strange.]
...don't blame him, that girl was okay. Cute hair. [Yeah okay she's just going to nuzzle the nearest bit of Cynric she's dragged over, is that alright.]
Lee this is not how hugs work Lee why are you using your drunken strength to crush him into you in the most awkward sort of squishing Lee you smell like beer Lee only one of you is drunk enough for this shit Leeeeeeee.
But, you know. Also. Also hugs. Also contorting his ridiculously lanky and bone-scrawny limbs into a comfortable sort of squish for a moment or two, because the poor dear innocent creature of love and ridiculousness and being a way better brother than his own despite being a girl and younger and whatever, okay.]
Girls with cute hair are a problem like that, alas.
I need more icons for her where she looks content as opposed to angry...
[And Cynric's the best brother despite being old enough for an uncle, which he also is in a small way, and a bit of sister too perhaps. Just a hodgepodge of bits and pieces of family that people are sometimes lucky enough to cobble together to make their own little worlds a little brighter and softer.
Emphasis on 'soft'. Even if Lee has a faceful of upside-down collarbone and jutting Adam's apple.
She huffs a beer-laced sigh into his shirt.]
Boys are...silly. [Nevermind that the awkwardly-stretched person she's hugging is a boy. And also prone to being silly.]
[Speaking as a silly boy himself--and as someone who had sometimes had to deal with the romance-feelings (and the general 'yes please that in my bed' feelings) which came with finding men attractive.]
T' be fair, though, munchkin, girls aren't that much un-silly-er.
[Speaking less as a girl and more as someone who typically found himself being smacked because of their own brands of silliness.]
Just as silly as his next statement.] Pffff-- I guess. Sometimes. [Speaking both as a girl and as someone who - rarely but more than with the newly-discovered boys - found herself dealing with Feelings.]
I think it's-- feelings that're to blame. Feelings r'silly but good. Except when they're...not. [Which her feelings are. Good, she means. Mostly good, almost entirely except for those few moments they've been a bit of a painful tugging in a direction she can't quite divine.
A serious moment from her follows. A serious, drunken moment, which means it ends rather abruptly in her distracted by their positioning. How Cynric's arms are stretched up above his head to accomodate the fact that he's been tugged down to hug her so strangely.
Cynric are you ticklish. Are you because she is going to find out.]
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But bedtime? Sir. Master Cynric the unflinchingly nonsensical, please.]
But what about the roof? 'M not tired... [So convincing when she yawns at the mere suggestion of being tired.]
...are there beds here? Whose house is this again? [Parties, how do they work.]
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[He's got her. He's got her in the immediate physical sense. He's got her in the finding a safe place to fall asleep and guarding her like a vicious watchdog against anyone who dares interrupt her resting.
He's got her and he's got both the beers because he's a goddamn half-drunk magician.] C'mon. One foot in front of the other.
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But now's not the time for philosophy, although it might accidentally be one of deeply personal moments, because Lee can barely stand on her own and she's clinging to Cynric's jacket to stay up. Thank goodness he saw ahead enough to hook an arm around her.] 'Course I trust you.
[And she'll follow along the half-drunk magician for a few beats, because the trust - sober or drunken - is strong. A few pulses of the warbling heat in her face.]
Cynric-- Cynric? Cyyyyynnnnriiiiiic, can you-- can you, uh--
Can. Can you-- Cynric are you paying attention.
[If she was quiet long enough for him to answer, she'd probably have better results right now. The vibration of her voice feels different now, you'll have to excuse her. (Or not. You probably shouldn't.)]
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Dragging her around the edge of the party is a slow process. There are a lot of people to nudge out of the way; a lot of missteps to correct quickly so they don't go tumbling down.
Her sudden insistent questioning gets him blinking and swaying, briefly leaning them both against the wall for support.]
--yes. Yes, I'm paying attention.
I'm embarrassed for her omg /o\
Right. He's stopped to listen. She smiles widely at his chest (because it's level with her head at the moment - at all the moments, how are tall people a thing).
This is the moment where, sober, she'd back off in embarrassment, assuming she'd dragged out his attention for this at all. Good thing she's nowhere close to sobriety.] When we find-- when we find somewhere to sleep, you've gotta tell me a story. [That next noise she makes is probably a giggle.] You're good at stories.
HE'S KEEPING HER. FIVEEVER. IN EVERY UNIVERSE.
He voted for himself. He would selflessly consume all alcohol in the world on her behalf. What a friend. He'd break the good news when she was sober.
Which she c l e a r l y is not at the moment. Not even a little.] ...right. [Walking again. Keep up, Lee.] Any particular story, dearheart?
5EVR FRIENDS. (a-also http://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/1497646.html?thread=850805550#cmt850805550)
Perhaps she'd abstain entirely and ensure he did the same, in a likewise gesture of self-sacrifice. For his health.
Walking again is a sudden thing, but a good thing. Lee likes walking. Lee likes walking on her hands, actually - maybe she'll try that next.] A good one.
[Most helpful, Lee. That'll narrow it down.]
Oh! There's that woman who was sleeping with Alastair! [Apparently they're done already. Or Alastair passed out. In either chain of events, Lee probably shouldn't be pointing so obviously. Thank god she's across a roomful of loitering people. --No, no stop waving, Lee. The chances of recognition in the opposite direction are slim.]
(DO YOU LIVE ONLY TO BREAK MY HEART)
He does have to resort to grabbing her hand and dragging her quickly into the next door they come across, though. Really, Lee, how did you even survive without him before. Really.
Thankfully, the door is into a study which has--by virtue of being full of books, likely--been largely unscathed. A solo cup is kicked out of the way to keep her safe from tripping as he moves to deposit her on the ancient leather sofa.]
Come on. Story time. Down.
(I WAS WORRIED ABOUT REQUESTING A REPLY AND NOW I REGRET NOTHING. EXCEPT I REGRET EVERYTHING.)
The ropes of how to tell good stories, also. She didn't forget. Especially not with him pushing her. She flops, with a bit of a spin even, down onto the couch. The couch that crinkles and squeaks out protest and sends curious fingers pressing on its edges.]
I'm down! You're upside down. [Well, from her perspective anyway.
Does booze always take a few years off your current age, is that how it works?]
(NO REGRETS, NO SURRENDER)
Also important is settling down on the floor beside her, hand light and friendly on her hair. Just keep with the breathing and the not throwing up everywhere, lovely lady flower friend.]
Better?
never regret <3
Not safe from her grinning though, or her leaning up until his hand.] Fuzzy.
[Wait, he asked something right? Something about...] Yes. [That should answer well. She's in a good mood, surely a 'yes' is in order.
So is rolling onto her side, then deciding her back is better. The ceiling's not bad to look at, though it could stand to be still longer. She tries to hide her yawn with a hand.]
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Still need a story?
[Or is now a fading sleepily time?]
You're around so early! \o/ and I'm around so late. The world is topsy turvy.
And there's an argument for both sides. Stories are fun. The stars in her vision are also fun.]
Yes. [Or at least the voice. She needs to know there's someone there til she falls asleep, story-telling or not.] Cynric? 've got a question first.
[Not that she'll be awake much longer by the looks of it.]
WOW SO LATE I ALWAYS ASSUME YOU'RE ASLEEP WHEN I GET UP ; ;
His mouth opens to launch into a story. There are a million old German fairy tales constantly on the tip of his tongue for emergency 'and now I just need to talk' situations.
But. Apparently a question.]
Go on, then.
usually 9-10 is bedtime, yeah! Late last night bc 'D&D' (we didn't. We were just ludicrous together)
Lee just knows that she's glad there's someone else's voice around when the world won't stop vibrating.] Okay okay.
So how do you-- you're better with people than me.
[She's looking up at him with slightly squinted eyes but an entirely lopsided smile.] So how do you know when it's right to sleep with someone.
Not that I want to. [Giggling, she's giggling, and yet she thinks she's being sneaky. At least this clearly isn't a crying matter of unrequited love yet.]
Is D&D -not- just people being ridiculous together?
Hello, briefly serious question. What are you doing here amid the drunken revelry of it all?
There's a calm hum on his lips as he continues to smooth protectively at her hair. Just because he's fairly certain she won't remember anything about anything when she wakes up doesn't mean she doesn't deserve a good answer.]
When y' properly know them, and that they'll still respect you in the morning.
[Not what he lived by, but what he wanted for her.]
It is. It certainly is. (--I hope you don't mind Cynrics baby monk having her sudden feels okayokay)
But the advice was heard. It's being mulled over, however drunkenly and slowly.]
I guess...that's a yes then. [Which seems to please drunken-her. It'll frighten sober-her, just a little, and perhaps it shows even through her light-hearted stupor. It'll create a lot of awkward moments before the dive is taken and she can be properly rejected or accepted, and hopefully either one leads back to normalcy - with or sans sex.]
Thank you. [More face-splitting sloppy grins up at Cynric.] 'sjust weird. 'Ve never seen a guy and gone-- you know, cute. And I still just think he's okay but we're--
[Happy sigh. Best friends. Clearly it's her best friend whoever it is. More giggling because the warmth needs to get out somehow.]
Best. \o/ (I want to squish her face foreverrr.)
Or regular brain. Or oversized brain. Every brain.
Her cheek clearly needs a bit of pinching. It's the unfortunate way of the world.]
S' long as you don't get bollixed up about him 'til you're sober again, dearheart.
I've legit had about 5 real sessions with these guys we're the worst. Which is synonymous with best.
She doesn't care. For multiple reasons, only about half of them being that she's blitzed.] Bollixed. [That word connects to absolutely nothing in her brain except humor because that word is hilarious. Clearly.]
Well I let him sleep with that girl, sooo I'm doing pretty good not bothering him 'til I'm sober. [Ah, and now his identity is out. Possibly his sleeping with that girl had lead to her getting drunker much faster. Possibly it would have happened either way. Possibly she's actually, honestly not the jealous type - just the confused type, the unsure one when she's been this good friends for this long and changing it might end up making it strange.]
...don't blame him, that girl was okay. Cute hair. [Yeah okay she's just going to nuzzle the nearest bit of Cynric she's dragged over, is that alright.]
The wooOOOoooOOOOorst.
Lee this is not how hugs work Lee why are you using your drunken strength to crush him into you in the most awkward sort of squishing Lee you smell like beer Lee only one of you is drunk enough for this shit Leeeeeeee.
But, you know. Also. Also hugs. Also contorting his ridiculously lanky and bone-scrawny limbs into a comfortable sort of squish for a moment or two, because the poor dear innocent creature of love and ridiculousness and being a way better brother than his own despite being a girl and younger and whatever, okay.]
Girls with cute hair are a problem like that, alas.
I need more icons for her where she looks content as opposed to angry...
Emphasis on 'soft'. Even if Lee has a faceful of upside-down collarbone and jutting Adam's apple.
She huffs a beer-laced sigh into his shirt.]
Boys are...silly. [Nevermind that the awkwardly-stretched person she's hugging is a boy. And also prone to being silly.]
We all have characters like that.
[Speaking as a silly boy himself--and as someone who had sometimes had to deal with the romance-feelings (and the general 'yes please that in my bed' feelings) which came with finding men attractive.]
T' be fair, though, munchkin, girls aren't that much un-silly-er.
[Speaking less as a girl and more as someone who typically found himself being smacked because of their own brands of silliness.]
It's an expected bane.
Just as silly as his next statement.] Pffff-- I guess. Sometimes. [Speaking both as a girl and as someone who - rarely but more than with the newly-discovered boys - found herself dealing with Feelings.]
I think it's-- feelings that're to blame. Feelings r'silly but good. Except when they're...not. [Which her feelings are. Good, she means. Mostly good, almost entirely except for those few moments they've been a bit of a painful tugging in a direction she can't quite divine.
A serious moment from her follows. A serious, drunken moment, which means it ends rather abruptly in her distracted by their positioning. How Cynric's arms are stretched up above his head to accomodate the fact that he's been tugged down to hug her so strangely.
Cynric are you ticklish. Are you because she is going to find out.]
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And your attempts at affection much... odder. He's not overly ticklish, but he's definitely.
Confused. And squirming just a little.]
--right. You're never drinking again.
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She lets him pull away - mostly. She's trying to cling to his wrist because he's not leaving her, is he? Tickling's not so bad.]
But it's fuuun! [Not when she wakes up, it won't be. It won't be hard to convince her to never drink again ever tomorrow morning.]
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Wow okay so just stab me in tHE HEART
I do enjoy it. :3 ...I mean um. \o/?
He's so. Goddamn cute sometimes. >:'[