Important day Who: Red and Open What: Happy birthday to me. When: May 1. Evening Where: Puzzles
Rather, it wasn't.
One month and she was positively twitching with regards to the dry spell. Curse Ianto. Curse Ianto for making her give up her favorite activity/hobby/sport/game her birthday month. Of course, he hadn't made her give up anything -- the bet was practically her idea. It was certainly her idea to make it go for two months instead of one, in a prideful attempt to show Ianto that he was completely wrong about her.
I can go two months without sex and conning, no big deal. She knocked back a shot of whiskey and motioned to the bartender to keep them coming. Usually, Red didn't drink. She'd use her drinks as props in the seduction game, twirling straws in colorfully fruity things to tantalize, drawing her fingers around the rim just to tease. Tonight, whiskey was all about getting hammered enough to forget that she had an itch she simply couldn't scratch on her own.
Happy birthday to me... Red hummed the tune softly under her breath and tried to ignore the fact that she was twenty-eight, and nearing her expiration date.