Zoe (history_repeats) wrote in nevermore_logs, @ 2013-08-24 10:12:00 |
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Entry tags: | greed, poseidon, zoe hansen |
WHO: Zoe and Poseidon w/Greed
WHEN: Friday
WHERE: Greed's work
WHAT: YOU'RE FIRED!
WARNING: Goddamnit Karl
Greed had convinced Zoe to spend the night with him and then the next day their exile started. She wanted nothing more than to be with him, she felt safe with him but the last place he could be seen with was her. She wore jeans, brown boots, a white tank and a yellow scarf as she walked to her apartment building. It'd been over a week since she'd seen him and she didn't know what to do about Poseidon. She had no idea the sea god had become annoyed that she was staying away from Greed because it was messing with his own plans. Her cell rang and she picked it up, "Hello?"
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Greed had kept himself busy with work. He was already a model employee, but the last week he'd stayed late, clicked in ten minutes early and spent his lunchtime in the office. It almost made up for the fact that he'd bailed out of work for trips all over the place in the last six months. What Greed didn't expect or account for was his company getting bought out by a bigger shark. Poseidon had been busy too sniffing out Greed and where he worked. Raiden had already given him the most vital information and she had no clue daddy was using her as bait. He had Greed's alias and after the company wide meeting it was obvious snare.
Greed had a staredown competition with Poseidon the whole meeting. If looks could kill, they'd just had a massacre. He clicked his pen back and forth wondering just how Poseidon was gonna do this. Drowning? Eh, too cliche. Choking? Traceable. Oh, maybe he'd gut him like a fish and throw him down the harbor. At least that would be an interesting headliner. He gave Poseidon a playful smirk (arrogance between immortals was insane), picked up his files and headed back to his office. Poseidon had done his research, and Greed wasn't difficult to figure out. His name alone practically gave him away. There were a lot of questionable goings on inside the inner circle of this company, and Poseidon would do worse than kill, this was about destroying more than one person to get what he wanted. Greed he was certain was the cause of a lot of scandal. Poseidon needed to clean house. Better yet, let Theseus' little brat watch and decide.
Greed was in his office when Poseidon had made the call to Zoe. "Your boy's about to go down. Better hurry over to watch him fall." Poseidon could have just busted a few ribs and let him drop from the top floor of the building but that would be too easy.
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Zoe felt a chill down her spine when she heard Poseidon's voice and she stopped walking, "What're you talking about!?" Greed was at work and Poseidon didn't know who he was. He had to be bluffing...
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Poseidon had already been through Greed's office earlier that morning before he showed up. He'd seen the picture in his desk. Greed had noticed when he sat down in his chair that something felt different. Someone had been in there.
Poseidon pulled out the picture from his pocket that he'd swiped. "Am I? So, you hand out baby pictures to all the boys you date?" That should get her attention.
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Her stomach dropped, “Leave him alone.” she said in a warning tone. The only place Greed kept her baby picture was at work. Wouldn’t killing him there be kinda showy?
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"Sure you don't want to come for the show?" He stuffed the picture back in his pocket. "I'm sure Avarice will be missing it." And he was, Greed had been all over his office looking for the one thing missing.
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She was already waving her arm for a taxi as she hung up on him. Talking to him was like beating your head against a brick wall. She jumped in the taxi and dialed Greed’s number, maybe Poseidon was just trying to scare her. Greed would be okay at work and this was all a nightmare.
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Greed was in a panic. He put things in a specific place and it wasn't there. He already had drawers pulled out, books off the shelf, his usually pristine office was turning into a mess.
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When Greed didn’t pick up, Zoe panicked even more. It didn’t take more than five minutes for her to get to his office building thanks to the zippy little taxi and she was so not dressed for the office but this was life or death. She blew past the receptionist desk and walked as fast as she could so probably looked like a crazy person as she went straight for Greed’s office. She had no time to even say hello to Karl.
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He didn't even notice her standing there he was in such a panic. It wasn't just a picture to Greed. It was something in his possession that someone had the audacity to steal. This for Greed was just as bad as the fire that ripped through his apartment. Anything taken from Greed was a personal hit.
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He looked.. well panicked but alive! That was good enough for her. She let out a breath, “Oh thank God..” she quickly went over to him and she knew it was his office and she knew he was wearing his fancy clothes but she put her arms around him, needing to feel he was real and okay. She hadn’t seen him in over a week and had been miserable and worried sick.
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He felt a little choked when she grabbed him. "I can't find it," he insisted as she snuggled up against him. His office was a mess now and he was still empty handed. But then she held him and he realized that she was something else he'd been missing for far longer.
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She pulled back from him and looked him over as if to double check he was fine, “Find what?” she asked absently and her worried gaze settled on his face, her hands (even the damaged one) resting on his arms, “Are you okay?” she asked seriously.
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"Someone's been through my stuff." He crossed his brows thinking really hard, his eyes darkening. "Fucking fish King is messing with me."
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She gave him a look. He was upset about the baby picture when he had the real thing in front of him. She shook her head, “I’m just glad you’re okay.” she touched his cheek with her good hand and gave him a long kiss, tender, not graphic, it’d been awhile. When it broke she sighed in relief, “I thought....” she trailed off as she rested her brow against his with her eyes closed. She’d thought the worst.
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He hung on her lips after that kiss. It stunted him from his little game of hide and seek. He still seemed disturbed. "Of course I am." He looked at her confused. "Why are you here?"
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She frowned, “Happy to see you too...” and then she explained, “Poseidon called me.. he said he was going to hurt you. I was worried.” she had been frantic more like it.
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He held her face on his hands. "I am," He moved from their position to hunt down his desk again. He flopped in his chair feeling cheated. "I don't like people touching my things." Then it hit him what she said. "Poseidon called you?" He grabbed her to cling to her in his lap. "Why did he call you here?"
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She sighed as he pulled her into his lap and looked at him, “He said that you were about to go down and I better hurry if I wanted to see you fall. And I didn’t believe him so he said he had that baby picture of mine so I knew he was here. And I thought he was going to do something to you.”
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"That bastard! That's my picture. Why the hell---" it was then that Poseidon came in, standing in the doorway with that picture in his hand. "It's a nice office," he snubbed his nose at the furnishings. "This what you're looking for?" He flashed the picture and put it back in his coat pocket. He caught Zoe's eyes with a devilish smile. "Oh good, you made it. Now I can lay out the ground rules again. You give me what's mine and I give you what's yours." He flopped the photograph again, but that wasn't what he meant.
"Ah, Avarice. See I thought I recognized you at the meeting. The same waiter from a few months ago? Maybe you should look into that as a new day job."
Greed gave an unimpressed look back. "No, I'm good right here." Poseidon took a step in. "Are you? Because as of today I own this hunk of rubble and everything within it. And if I'm not mistaken that gives me full power to do with the employees what I wish."
Greed laughed loudly. "Oh god you sound like an old relic."
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Zoe put a hand on Greed’s chest and gave him a wary look as if to silently say please don’t antagonize the Greek. She stood up off Greed’s lap, she was so tense he could probably feel it. “Leave him out of it, Poseidon. He has nothing to do with your problems.”
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"Funny thing is I think he has everything to do with it." Poseidon kicked the chair he passed and sat on Greed's desk which ticked off the Sin.
"Oh you reek," Greed stood out of his seat, but not out of fear. "Are you here with something important or to just puff yourself up?" Greed intended on popping him.
Poseidon took the photo and sat it down on the desk. "Here," his voice that of a snake. "I at least know how to return things that don't belong to me," he shot his gaze back to Zoe.
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Zoe moved in front of Greed, she was shorter than him and he was bigger and broader than she was but it was a small symbol that she was going to protect him. Her hand went to her locket possessively, “This is mine. It belonged to my grandmother and just because your son gave it away when he wasn’t supposed to isn’t my problem. And you standing here threatening my boyfriend? Makes me less inclined on giving it to you.” and they both knew he couldn’t take it.
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Greed didn't need Zoe to stand up for him. He was surprised that she did, she had much more to lose than him and yet she was quick to jump in front of him. It was touching and repulsive at the same time. The Sin was practically barking inside at the awkwardness of this situation.
"Alright then," Poseidon clasped his hands in his lap. "Let's try this again. You keep that or you keep him. If you go with the necklace then I'll have to use alternative methods." Greed just started to laugh. Uncontrollably. He had forgotten how Greeks liked to do things so old fashioned.
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Zoe’s bravado faltered and even though Greed laughed, she was really worried. Christians never took pagans seriously but she knew her history (myth? Same difference at this point) and while the christians were capable of horrible things... the Greeks were truly sadistic. They didn’t just believe in killing a man, they believed in making him pay for eternity in howls of pain. She took Greed’s hand and looked at him with fear in her eyes, did Poseidon have the power to take him away from her? Would he leave her?
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Poseidon didn't have that power, because whatever he had in him, Greed had some hold. He just didn't expect it to be thrown back.
"You're fired." Poseidon said with a stern face. When Greed started laughing again, Poseidon joined in, but his laugh was dangerous. Greed stopped when Poseidon's smirk didn't drop.
"I'll be kind. I won't even give you a two week notice. I'll let you walk off the property right now, and by the time I blacklist you from the city you won't even get to be a mail clerk at the bank."
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Zoe’s mouth dropped open and her eyes widened when Poseidon fired Greed. She knew how important this job was to him. “No.. no no no, you.. Poseidon, please. Don’t do this.” she couldn’t help but look hurt when Greed let her hand go. It was like he was distancing himself from her. They weren’t united in this and Poseidon was going to try to turn Greed against her. He really was going to break her in every way in order to get the necklace.
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Greed felt something snap inside when Poseidon took more than just a picture from his desk. Greed and money went hand in hand. He could spend it until he sucked himself dry, but to take his money and not kill him beforehand was brutal. His hand gripped the arm of the chair, there was darkness looming inside. The moment Karl walked by he would be instantly hit by that wave of an angry Sin. Karl interrupted, immediately admitting to claims of embezzlement .Karl was a distraction but also a reaction from Greed's anger.
Poseidon pointed a finger. "Call me when you make that decision. I'll be waiting, because this---" he pointed to Greed and the space between him and Zoe, "is just the beginning." And even then he wasn't likely to stop because seeing her squirm was satisfying. "You either give in or the torture only continues. I know your weakness now." Now he had to call in the security which he would sick on Greed if he wasn't out by the end of the day.
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It was Lust’s worst nightmare and what she had constantly warned Greed of. That when you loved and got close, it became a weakness. And now he was suffering because he was Zoe’s weakness. She felt like the air had been knocked out of her and now some poisonous tar was going to choke her. She took a few steps back because the wave of dark Sin that was permeating off of him was making her sick. “Chance...” was all she said as she gave him a broken look. She knew how upset he was but she had no idea how to fix it. She didn’t know even if he blamed her or not..
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"Shuuussshhh," he put his finger to his mouth he needed a moment because the air was closing in on him and that Sin was pushing out. He literally had Poseidon's throat in his head squeezing it. There was more than one way to skin a cat, or a shark.
Greed needed a moment . He needed a moment to think because right now all his senses were telling him to run to Lust.
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She gave him some space, her back hitting the wall and then she just bent her knees till her butt hit the floor and she sat down. She had thought that Poseidon would hurt Greed like punch him or flay him... not take away part of his identity and ruin his life. But it made sense... it hurt her more to watch Greed suffer, she could handle the pain Poseidon dealt to her but not to someone she loved. She sat there like a kid who did something bad and was now waiting to see the principal. She couldn’t even look at him because she was afraid she’d see rejection in his eyes. He’d see that she did this, however indirectly, and he’d given up so much for her.. he’d decide it wasn’t worth it. If she didn’t look at him then it was another moment where he couldn’t tell her he was leaving.
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It didn't matter that he'd been stealing paychecks for years, adding to his own or taking money that wasn't his to take and pinning it on someone else. It was only time before someone did some heavy research, though Greed had made sure all fingers were pointing at someone else. This had been Poseidon's plan. Break him with an audience and make him point his finger at Zoe. Greed would go crawling back to Lust, he would get his job but he'd lose his title, he'd lose his standing as a man because Lust would turn him into a child to be taken care of. He would lose Zoe. It was the first time he had fought the urge to run tail. He wanted to handle this on his own, as messy as it was getting.
His hands had literally dug into the arms of the chair until his knuckles were white. He got up quickly far more composed than anyone could expect. "I was bored of this place anyway." He started stacking up things on his desk, the photo stuffed inside his vest. He would have eventually left. He would find a way to take a dig into the oversized dolphin who'd taken over this company. Greed would have never stayed to work under Poseidon and risk.....he looked over his shoulder to see Zoe crumpled up on the floor. He stopped and walked over to crouch beside her. There were some things people were never able to give up, no one understood that better than Greed. The Sin might take that as another check in his list of things to hate about this girl but he'd seen something in Zoe he hadn't seen before. Strength. It was what inspired him not to run whining to Lust with his tail between his legs. "Come on get up."
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She lifted her head when he announced he had been bored of this place anyway like Poseidon had done him some great big favor. She watched him as he came over, looking at him in shock and hope. She didn’t know what she’d expected, but it wasn’t this. She thought he’d be mad or upset or hate her or think she chose the locket over him. She knew that this wouldn’t last, it was just the shock of it. Because Greed would realize that Poseidon had blacklisted him from all money institutions. But here he was, at her level, he was in it with her. Her eyes were big and wet but she didn’t cry as she stared at him, “You don’t hate me..?” she asked as if she didn’t believe it.
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"Fuck no. Because sea world lost their dolphin? Shit." He pulled her up to her feet. If she wasn't here at all, he would have crawled back to Lust. He was bigger than that, it was the one thing she never wanted to see him do. Then again Lust had never seen this side of him. "I can do tricks too. I've got some loyal followers here, I can dig up some dirt." He reached for that locket that started this whirlwind in the first place. His eyes were still on it when he spoke. "It's having a death grip on the things you want the most. Who knows that better than me?" He gave her a quick kiss then turned around. "Let's get packing."
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Those big eyes of hers stayed absolutely round in surprise as he pulled her to her feet. She smiled a little and remembered one of the other things she loved so much about him... he never gave up. She didn’t stop him when he reached for the locket, she trusted him with it. With her. She looked absolutely touched and when he turned around, she grabbed his hand with her good one, “Hey...” she said softly and gave him another kiss, one where he could feel her love and gratitude and how amazing she thought he was. When it broke she told him, “I this locket you.” she was fighting to keep both.
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He was furious inside but more towards some old sea cod who underneath all that bravado was useless without it. All Poseidon had was the mean exterior. Cold yes, but Greed would raise the bar. He would throw it back in his face eventually. There was a darkness looming in that building and it wasn't because of Poseidon.
It was then that Vanessa rushed in in shock. "Is it true Chance?" She asked feeling torn. She wouldn't get to see him anymore. Greed used the opportunity to play his cards and perform a show. It would make him feel better.
"Yeah," he said in a choked up voice. After a few more silent moments he actually broke down a bit, holding his hand in his hands, trembling and with the water works. It may have been a fake performance but it didn't read that way. "I don't know what I'm going to do. How I'm going to pay for my apartment. I just---" he got a little choked up again. "I feel so lost." Vanessa looked at Zoe as if she should be doing something. Vanessa was tearing up just at the sight of him.
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Zoe’s first instinct was to go to Greed, immediately concerned before it took her a second to realize he was acting. She smiled a little in a helpless manner but stopped as soon as Vanessa looked at her. She shrugged her shoulders like what do you want me to do about it? She could play the unsupportive-bitchy-you-lost-your-job!?-s
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His eyes were even a little bloodshot as he stressed a breath between the tears and shaking. Vanessa was in shock. "I've never seen you like this," she rushed around the desk where she helped him sit down.
"I know I make out like I'm all strong and badass, but this job was my life." He'd given it maybe five years. He literally was having a hard time talking trying to keep his composure.
"I know," Vanessa said rubbing a hand on his back. "You're dedicated."
"They said I've been taking too many trips, and I---I had cost myself my job a long time ago." He was tripping over his words now trying to stop those unbelievably good tears. "I'm such a failure," he slumped his shoulders being sure not overdo it by throwing himself to the desk. He wasn't an ape.
"Were you here for it?" She looked at Zoe. She really expected his girlfriend to do more than just stand there. "He's a mess..." She looked back to Greed.
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She watched, impressed by how he could just.. do it. She wasn’t as shaken as her last encounter with Poseidon and she bounced back faster when she had Greed on her side. As she watched him try to fleece this woman who had no chance with him, she couldn’t help but think of how much she loved him. She folded her arms across her chest and nodded nonchalantly, “Yup.” seriously acting as a top contender for world’s worst girlfriend. But she was eying Vanessa’s hand on his back.. she didn’t like it but Greed just took a bullet for Zoe, she wasn’t going to say anything to interrupt his performance.
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Greed sat up straight. He looked like a man that had lost everything, he had no idea how close to home that would hit in the near future. As Vanessa reached to give him a reassuring hug he gave Zoe a wink, her cue to step up and make this just a little more painful for Vanessa to watch. He had a goal and it was to get Vanessa to hand over some dough.
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Zoe tilted her head and shook her head like Greed was a naughty boy but she was kinda amused. When he winked at her and since Vanessa couldn’t see, she gestured with her hands as if to silently ask what he wanted her to do. She wasn’t as skilled at this as he was.
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He pointed to his cheek and waved his hand as if she should slap him. Something that was usually degrading to men. It usually was a hit to their pride. Greed just found it a turn on.
Vanessa moved back, touching his cheek. She couldn't help it. Greed just cleared his throat and sat back in his chair.
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Zoe wrinkled her nose, was he serious? Ugggh.. fine. He knew he could get away with extra shit because of today. She marched over to him and Vanessa and she gave him a winced look before looking at Vanessa with narrowed eyes but looking more like an angry puppy, “I knew there was something going on with you two!” she basically was repeating a soap opera speech she’d once heard on the Bold and the Beautiful when her grandmother would watch it. “Don’t deny it.” she stuck a pointed finger in Vanessa’s face, “The chemistry between you two is...” she paused, searching for a word, “Uh... thick.” okay that didn’t make sense so she just covered it up by turning and looking at Greed, giving him a look like you freak and then slapping him across the face like she had done when he’d fainted.
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"Thick?" He seemed so appalled. The slap stung, a thousand pins and needles tingling against the skin. She had probably even left a handprint. Fantastic. Vanessa jumped up confused with Zoe's accusations.
She patted Greed's leg. "I'll be right back." She eyed Zoe murmuring 'heartless' to her. She left the office for a few minutes and returned with her checkbook. "Please give me a number. It's the least I can do." Greed shook his head side to side, hand out silently saying he couldn't but she was insisted, so he whispered a number which shocked her but his big sad blue eyes made her sign it over without another word.
"Call me," she smiled and then walked out.
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Zoe gave the woman a bitchy look when she got called heartless and then sighed and looked at Greed who she knew was enjoying himself. He was such a weirdo on what he did for fun.
She backed up again when she heard Vanessa coming and rolled her eyes at the woman saying ‘call me’ to Greed. She mimicked her behind her back and gave the door the evil eye. She looked over at Greed, “On a scale of 1 to 10, how turned on are you right now?” Slaps, women fawning over him, lying, getting money, it was all of his favorite things.
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Greed pocketed his new check in his vest with the picture of Zoe, moving from his chair to take a seat on the desk. He hummed in thought. "An 8---wait no a 9. Definitely a 9." He rubbed his cheek where it was still tingling. "Good slap. Your speech was a little cliche though."
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She walked over to him, rubbing her shoulder under the yellow scarf that sat loosely around her neck, “Well I’m sorry but you didn’t give me any time to prepare. All my drama I learned from catching odd episodes of sopa operas here and there.” she ended up standing in front of him and raised a brow, “Maybe I shoulda hit you harder, gone for a 10.”
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He handled on the scarf, pulling her towards him in slow tugs. He hooked one leg around the back of her knees. "Come on, this is the last time this desk gets to be used. I've always wanted a little makeout session on a desk. The movies make it looks so inviting." He let the scarf fall down from her neck like a feather caressing her. "You could always slap the other cheek for a 10."
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She let him tug her towards him and then trap her, her brows going up, “You want to make out here? Now?” she looked behind him at the door, “Poseidon said he was going to send security after us at the end of the day... and if Vanessa saw after that performance?” but the idea of some intimacy with him right now after what they’d been through was really inviting..
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"So lock the door. I'll call the u-haul to get all this. Just after you kiss me." He was good at trapping her, he just wanted her to ride with him on this one.
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She ran the tip of her tongue over her bottom lip absently, “Just a kiss?” she asked as if it was surprising that’s all he was asking for and she leaned in towards him.
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"We'll start there first," his eyes focused on her bottom lip and that little flicker of tongue. Oh that tongue. He hadn't seen it in a week. And her he hadn't felt her in just as long. He almost ached at the thought.
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She kissed him softly, just a brief taste before pulling her lips back only to kiss him again for a little longer before she broke it again, rubbing her nose lightly against his. She had dark circles under her eyes from not sleeping well but now that Poseidon had found him... one good thing was they didn’t have to be apart anymore.
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He used the scarf to wrap around her waist and pulled her a little closer between his legs. "Mmmmm," his nose rested with hers as he wet his lips, "I've missed that mouth."
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She put her good hand on his thigh and tilted her head, giving him puppy dog eyes as he brought her even closer, “Only my mouth?” she said the words close enough for her lips to brush over his as she spoke.
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He laughed softly, it hummed in his throat as the scarf scaled up her back and then down again. "I may have missed a few other things." He wrapped the scarf around his hands shortening its length just as he nipped her nose with his teeth.
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She wrinkled her nose with a small smile when he nipped at it, “Mmm like what?” she placed kisses along his jawline as she asked before kissing the side of his mouth while her thumb moved back and forth on his thigh.
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He wrapped another palms worth of scarf so it moved her as far as she could go and her hand slid up. "Those eyes, those hands," the scarf grazed her butt and he smiled.
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She was leaning in, pressed into his chest, she raised a brow slightly when she felt him run the scarf over her rear, “That’s not all you missed apparently...” she kissed him with a little more hunger, breaking the kiss into smaller ones so it wouldn’t get too heated. “Should probably call the U-haul...” she said as she lightly bit his bottom lip, “Though I wish...” she suddenly smiled at the thought she had and didn’t finish it but her cheeks had turned pink.
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He growled very lightly when her teeth scraped down his lip. Oh that gave him more tingles than the hand slap. "You wish?" He urged her to continue, a gentle tug on the scarf.
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Her body bumped into his when he jostled them and she lowered her gaze, giving him a few kisses in between saying, “Nothing..” but her cheeks got even hotter as she said it.
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He tugged again, her boobs squished up against his chest. "It's not nothing. Not with your cheeks the color of a fire truck." He rubbed noses, lips feathered on her bottom lip. "What do you wish?"
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“They’re not...” she argued weakly as he nuzzled her nose even though she knew she was blushing. At his urging she still didn’t look at him and babbled, “I didn’t know I was coming here... or it was gonna be your last day... I mean I just...” she bit her bottom lip and let it slide out from under her teeth, “I woulda worn more businessy clothes.. blouse.. skirt... heels...” her lips puckering for a brief moment. Her hand played with the hem of his vest as she could feel the heat rising up her neck as her voice got quieter, “You know....... like in that dream you had....” way back when she’d broken up with Mike and Greed had spent the night in her bed with her and told her about a very interesting dream he’d been having about the two of them.
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He sucked in his bottom lip, chewing on it with his teeth as he looked her over with seductive eyes. "Oh, I do remember that dream." The scarf against her back was just a few inches left he'd wrapped it around his hands so many times to keep her tight against him. They were both a little overdressed. She was also broken on one hand. "So just use your imagination." It was easy for him to do.
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She finally looked him in his eyes and said, “You were really vague when you told me.” she brushed her lips over his, “And I wanna get it right...” she kissed his bottom lip that he’d been mangling, “So tell me... what exactly was I doing in that dream?” she raised her brows a little, she’d do pretty much anything he described at the moment, she wanted to see how far he’d take it.
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"Go turn the lights off," he motioned to the switch by the door with the turn of his head. He had to unwrap her scarf to let her go for a moment, continuing to describe things and lead her back towards him. When she was within touching distance he grabbed her again back in the same position. "We were about this close," where she could only hear his voice and feel his breath skirt her lips, "except those nice long legs were draped around my waist."
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She did as he asked, flipping the switch off and following his voice back to him, jumping just a hair when he grabbed her and brought her back to being squished against him. Which she didn’t mind at all. “That might be a problem considering you’re the one on the desk...” she raised a knee but sure enough, with her between his legs while he sat on the desk, there was no way he was going to feel the hold of her legs around him, “What were my hands.. hand doing?” since she only had one functional one at the moment.
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"We can solve that," he slid off the desk turning them around and hoisting her up on the flat surface. His hands pulled one leg up at a time to drape around his narrow hips. "Your hands were feeling me up," He loosened his tie and pulled it out from his collar using it again as he had her scarf. "Frantically unbuttoning pieces of clothing in between sucking on my lips."
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She let out a noise of surprise as he plopped her down on the desk and grabbed her legs. She was glad her blush wasn’t as apparent in the dark. This wasn’t technically public but she knew there were still people in the office but again, Greed had been remarkable in handling his firing so she was willing to go out of her comfort zone for him right now. She crossed her ankles at his lower back, “I only have one hand so imagine it’s frantic and desperate with wanting you.” she said in a dramatic tone as she used her good hand to unbutton his top button. “What next? Can you narrate and kiss me at the same time?”
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"I can definitely multi-task." He put his hand over hers, guiding it to the next button, then the next and the next until she had his vest to contend with. His mouth took a running leap for hers but he hit her nose first and had to reroute himself. Once his lips landed in the right spot he was hungry for a taste until he continued to narrate. "In your frenzy you scraped your nails down my neck." He located her neck and trailed his lips down the line where her nails would have run. He scooted her back against the desk slowly lowering her back with him on top. "Slammed each other against the wall," he took his tie to wrap around one of her wrists to the cast of the other, and despite the dominate move he was gentle in his restraint.
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She let out a short laugh when he hit her nose but it vanished when he devoured her mouth and her good hand curled into his shirt. “Mmm...” was all she could managed as her hand with nails bent followed the exact path on his neck that he blazed with his lips on hers. She looked up at him once he had her on the desk, “This is a desk...” she said quietly since his words and actions were now becoming different but she didn’t seem to be complaining. She was wondering what he was doing when he took her hands and put them above her head, surprised when he tied them gently with the tie. Well one of her hands was useless anyway but she turned her body a little this way and that, feeling very strangely exposed despite having most of her clothing still on.
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"I'm improvising..." This desk was going to be a new national monument for him when he was done. He finished tying off his tie and curled one hand into her good one with a gentle squeeze. He didn't leave her long before situated himself over her, pressing his body heat against her for more hungry kisses. He wouldn't hurt her like this, she wasn't Lust.
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She gave him a big smile at that, it was one of the things she loved about him. “Is that what this is....” Her fingers of her good hand locked with his, she trusted him to not do anything that would hurt her or be malicious. She closed her eyes as his mouth found hers again and wished they had a button they could push to make this office Lithuanian territory for the next half hour. Her legs squeezed the side of his hips before pulling him closer to her core.
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As much as he thought and dreamed up wild fantasies of things to do to Zoe, he almost never reacted as rough. His other hand clenched into the thin fabric of her tanktop, releasing it so he could skate his fingers up underneath it while still attacking her mouth. No matter how much they dreamed this to be Lithuania it wouldn’t be the same and when they were within the walls of a deadzone things never hit the go button quite as heavy as they did in New York.
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Zoe kissed him hungrily, she’d missed him like crazy and been so worried, it was a furious make out session for sure. The fact Poseidon threatened them was just the cherry on the how bad she needed him sundae. Her legs locked around his middle tightly like the night on her bed when he’d actually managed to get aroused and not heated.
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It was completely out of her comfort zone, right in Greed’s backyard. This was the kind of thing he was used to, not at work, but the idea of defiling his desk had always been a nice bit of imagery. Karl running into his office hurriedly out of breath and flipping on the lightswitch was not however. It was a mood killer almost instantly. His last day in this damn place and he couldn’t even have a good fantasy.
Karl stood there with his eyes wide, door shut behind him just staring at the two like a deer in headlights. “Am....I...interrupting?” he was still trying to catch his breath having been trying to escape the security that Poseidon had sicked after him. Greed looked over his shoulder disgruntled. “You couldn’t just use the mop closet? You had to run to my office...?” What was left of it anyway. It was then he noticed the time. “Shit.” He needed to get that u-haul up there quick and out of this shithole or Poseidon he was certain would throw a wrecking ball on it.
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Zoe was completely startled and wriggled under Greed when the lights flipped on, scared it was Poseidon or security. She sighed relaxing when it was just Karl. “You could say that, Karl..” she said in a tired tone. They were tangled on the desk and her hands were tied above her desk, what did he think they were doing? Yoga? She unwound her legs from around Greed’s middle reluctantly when she saw the look on his face, back to reality apparently.
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"Get out Karl!" Greed pushed him out the door and slammed it behind him. Greed needed to compose himself. He cleared his throat before pulling out his phone to call his U-haul. It was then he realized he still had Zoe tied up. He leaned over to give her a kiss. "I need this back," he untied her hands and flapped the tie out before fitting it around his collar.
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She hoped she didn’t show up in Karl’s dreams tonight in her very provocative pose at the moment... she smiled a little when he kissed her and once she was free she sat up on the desk and stretched her neck back and forth. She hopped off and while he spoke on the phone, she took over the tying of his tie so he could focus on talking. She re-tied it but not the way it was before, she did it in that special knot that she did it in every time.
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He was giving directions when she started on his tie. He tucked in the tail of his shirt that had pulled out and buttoned up. While he talked he watched her fingers intently. She always did that knot. He adored that knot. It was so pretty. Once he'd finished up on the phone he grabbed her waist. "You and that knot."
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It took just a few moves longer than a regular knot but she knew Greed liked to be snazzy and stand out so why not. She smoothed down his vest with her hand, it still resting there when he grabbed her. She raised her brows questioningly, “You don’t like it?” she thought it looked really sexy on him.
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He made sure that the u-haul brought a crew and if they broke anything they wouldn't get paid. Not that he planned on paying much of the bill anyway..he would find a way to wiggle out of it. He also told them that they had an hour, so that crew better be big. He caressed the freshly made knot. "No, its a sexy knot." It was one of those rare things only she did for him, so when she did it it was personal. It gave the boy warm fuzzies.
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She smiled, “So are you.” a sexy knot was sort of the perfect description for him. He was sexy and complicated as hell. She put her good arm around his middle and rested her head on his chest with her eyes closed as the smile left. She could handle this even if she felt like a child holding a teddy bear for comfort. She just needed a moment.
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"You okay?" He chuckled his arms hugging around her. He'd just gotten stung by Poseidon, but she seemed to be taking it harder than Greed himself. That or it hadn't really sunk in yet.
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She sighed in that way you can only do when a disaster was over. She squeezed him and stayed against him, “No, but you’re here. So I’ll get there. We’ll get there.” she swayed a little in his arms, “Can we just get take out and go home and watch bad movies....”
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"I've got a whole library of bad movies. Or do we get something new?" He squeezed her a little tighter. "Something new." She was fretting but this was a good thing. In another year or so people would question his age. He definitely looked about 30 now, but he couldn't look that way forever to normal people.