Library, Sunday

[gavegoodface]

Because Face was a mature person, he was not stubbornly sitting with his legs spread as far apart as physically possible and silently daring the etiquette books to do something about it.

Instead he just had his feet up on the collections desk.

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Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

Face's mouth was very good at being distracting. Not dirty.

"I like to overachieve," he said cheerfully.

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

Not dirty? Or was it?

Whatever it was, Cassandra apparently felt that kissing trumped eyerolling just this once by virtue of Face not punning again.

Hopefully she would not be reinforcing the wrong thing again.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

There was only so much dirty one could get up to in a public comm library without quite a lot of people getting grumpy.

Luckily kissing fell far short of that limit.

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

Cassandra finally let go of his shirt, because she had more important places to put that hand - like his face.

(She could no longer think about the word 'face' without groaning internally, now. Thank you, Garik.)

She cupped his cheek, her thumb lingering over an edge of his scar.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

(He aimed to please.)

Face suppressed an instinct urge to pull back at the unfamiliar sensation of someone else touching his scar, because if he did that then there'd be less kissing, and if she couldn't tell already, he kind of liked it. A lot.

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

Because he didn't flinch, she didn't notice, and she kept her hand where it was.

The kissing was really, really nice-- even if she did have to come up for air, now.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

Passing out on the desk would be awkward and hard to explain.

"So was there anything you wanted me to help you with?" he asked.

At least it wasn't a pun?

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

Cassandra blinked.

Then she cleared her throat and took a single step away from the desk. "Ah," she said, "I was hoping for another... book recommendation."

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

You had only yourself and your ill-timed jokes to blame for your newfound lack of kissing, Face.

Still if there was one thing he could do, it was thing on his feet. "Actually I have just the one," he said, nodding and shifting so he was sitting on the desk instead of leaning awkwardly over it. "It's about a warrior in training and a former actor."

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

Cassandra raised an eyebrow. "Really?" she said.

She could sense bullshit incoming; she just was not yet aware if it would be the charming kind.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

Like Face would ever try to feed anyone a line of bantha fodder.

"Really." Face nodded. "The warrior has a bit of temper and some strange distaste for puns, but she's very brave and determined, and the actor is very charming, and they're both incredibly good-looking."

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

Yes. Yes, Face would.

"And does this actor while away his days sleeping on a desk in his place of employment?" Cassandra asked. Dryly, still, though the compliment got a faint smile playing across her mouth.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

"As a matter of face, he does," Face said. "Don't tell me you've read this one already."

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"It is starting to sound familiar," Cassandra said, sounding like she was amused mostly in spite of herself. "Read me a line from it, it may jog my memory."

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

"There's this one scene where she comes to visit him at his work," Face started. "He's not sleeping, for once, but that doesn't stop her manhandling him, probably because he used too many puns."

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"I did not manhandle you," she protested immediately.

Yes, you did, Cassie.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

Face bit his lip before continuing. "Fine, she made it very clear where she wanted him." By manhandling him.

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"Thank you," Cassandra said, flushing for no reason at all.

Perhaps she had spent too much time reading dirty fanfic of late.

"Continue."

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

So long as it wasn't the dirty fanfic where he was with Tetran Cowell, luckily Mara wasn't around to tell her where she could find some.

"Turns out where she wanted him was on the desk, making out." Pause. "A lot."

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"Did she, now?" Cassandra mused. "One must wonder, where is the romance in doing such a thing?"

Never mind that she'd just done it...

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

"It was very romantic making out," Face assured her.

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"Perhaps he should have regaled her with some poetry, first," Cassandra said, though she took a step closer to the desk again.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

Just remember in the future that you were the one who suggested poetry, Cassandra.

"I suppose he could try that," Face said.

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

But she liked poetry!

She also liked him, though, which was why she kissed him again. Well done, Face.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

Yes, but she was asking Face for it, even sincere it was likely to go places she didn't expect.

On the other hand, kissing he could deliver in spades without things getting weird.