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Tweak says, "Well excuuuse me, sweetheart!"

eddie likes to (riddlethem) wrote in doors,
@ 2014-03-25 03:57:00

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riddler, stephanie brown

[Stephanie B.]
[Eddie's been veerrry careful around Stephanie since the failed birthday celebration. On Tuesday morning, Eddie's gone bright and early, but he's left her a green health juice in the fridge and a wildflower bouquet on the table with a note:]

Riddle me this: Should I visit Arkham to destroy my deactivated tech and check out new warden? y/n/vy?

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Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 04:55 am UTC (link)

[Steph's dressed in short-shorts, a purple tank-top with her blonde hair pulled into a messy ponytail. She leans back into him, hungry for whatever affection he gives her. Said in her best impression of Cary Elwes in the Princess Bride.] As you wish. [She picks up the cayenne pepper powder and shakes a bunch into the plastic baggy waiting for chicken to get jiggy in it~] I think if you're still securing the place, you've got a right to know what happened. [Looking over her shoulder with a small smile.] We still running a bet?

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	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 05:04 am UTC (link)
	[He rubs his face into the crook of her neck, his wet, curly hair getting all over her and he doesn't even care.] I cheated, I looked at spoilers. [Eddie tilts his head to look at her and then kisses the edge of her jaw.] It was Helena. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 05:14 am UTC (link)
	[She shivers because of his wet hair, but doesn't stop him. Fingers twitch against the plastic bag before she drops and swiftly turns around in his arms. Eyebrows raised.] You're kidding me, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 05:26 am UTC (link)
	[Eddie tilts his head when she turns around. He hasn't actually looked at her all day, so the subject of the conversation escapes him for a moment. Then, coming back to reality.] She was chatting up the clown and then talking about it to that Wonder chick. I don't know, maybe she's snapped. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 05:31 am UTC (link)
	[She fights the urge to skate her hands up and down his chest, instead just considering him for a second.] Holy shit, baby. I mean, she snapped before, but now? Hooooly shit. [She rubs one of her eyes in fatigue.] This isn't good. Not at all. I wonder what Bruce is going to do with her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 05:41 am UTC (link)
	[He rubs her back slowly.] I don't know. I mean some of the UJL did some way worse things to Syndicate members, but this is the bat family. [Eddie kisses her forehead and then shrugs.] I'm guessing putting her on time out is not an option? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 05:55 am UTC (link)

[A pleased sound, but still doesn't touch him just yet.] I know we've seen worse. Did you see Cass talking to me? I wanted to shake her and tell her that this is nothing. [A pause.] Not nothing, but still. [She purses her lips.] Exactly. This is the bat family, and they've never been through what we've been through. [A smile despite herself and she tugs briefly at the hem of his shirt.] And no, time out isn't an option.

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Re: steph/eddie

riddlethem
2014-03-26 06:01 am UTC (link)

[Eyeroll at that conversation.] Most people can't handle Gotham. That's why they only come here for funerals. She can stay on her island. [He tries to edge her closer, as if he's begging to be touched.] Talking to her isn't going to help and he can't exactly punish his own daughter for getting revenge like that, can he? [Hum when she finally tugs on his shirt and then he loosens his grip on her back, as if he's not sure if she wants to be touched at all.] I think I'm going to stay out of it. I don't know enough about her or their dynamic to do any good.

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Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 06:06 am UTC (link)

[A noise from her nose but no disagreement. Cass got under her skin. She shrugs.] Something needs to be done. If she isn't well she can't get better yapping off to Joker. [She sighs, but then pouts when he lets go of her. Tugging his shirt a little harder.] I thought I knew her. Back in the day, I thought I did. I just don't want Bruce losing any more of his kids, y'know?

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Re: steph/eddie

riddlethem
2014-03-26 06:13 am UTC (link)

[Teasing.] Says you, who yaps off to anyone who looks at you funny. [Reeeeeluuuuctantly like touching her is such a burden. His fingers inch up her tattooed arms and then he cradles her cheek with one of his hands.] She's got problems that neither of us are apt at dealing with. Obsessive stuff, that's my bag. Angry cute murder kitten? That's you. I don't think what she did was just anger, it was something else.

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Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 06:20 am UTC (link)

[A small smirk.] That's part of my charm, Nashton. Watch it. [Tugging again as if it's not enough. And it's not. She can always take more of his affection. Leaning into his hand on her cheek.] I think I'll get that tattooed next. Angry cute murder kitten. [Smile.] Actually, fuck Spoiler, that's what I'll go as now. [Grazing her teeth over her bottom lip. One hand slides under his shirt to feel warm, showerfresh skin. Just for a second before she drops it again.] You mean she's cuckoo for coco puffs? Helena's been teetering for months, and nothing's improved.

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	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 06:30 am UTC (link)
	[He scrunches up his face.] I don't know if charm is the right word for it. [Smile at the tug and he pushes her fingers under his shirt again.] There's nothing we can do about that. Is there? Talking as an expert crazy person, there's only one person I feel comfortable working out my problems with. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 06:35 am UTC (link)

Enlighten me then. [Her hand slloowwllly moves up his chest, then she grazes nails down his skin in an equally, tortuously slow fashion. But she just stares at him innocently as her other hand joins suit.] And who's that, war hero? You've only got one guess, and if it's the wrong one- [Her hands stop touching him, lifting from his skin but still under his geeky math shirt.]

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	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 06:43 am UTC (link)
	It's more like a menace. [He makes a little eegghhheeaha noise through his teeth as she runs her nails up and down his torso. Eyes closing as if he's trying very hard not to enjoy the feeling. But, then it's over. He suddenly looks down at her with a why'd you stop expression.] That's mean. That's worse than what Crane went through. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 06:52 am UTC (link)

[She looks horrified at his response and pulls her hands out from under his shirt completely. Smirking the whole time. It's not like her to tease him for touches, but she's still feeling off from the other day and clearly trying to recapture something by any means necessary. She looks athim for a second, smirking.] You call me a menace and you don't answer my question. [Turning around to continue with dinner, or at least fake it. Her body curved so that she's pressed against him just so.] Crane doesn't know pain.

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Re: steph/eddie

riddlethem
2014-03-26 07:03 am UTC (link)

[Uuuuuuuugghhh as she pulls away from him with feeble attempts to pull her back. But, he's holding back a laugh. When she turns around, he wraps his arms around her whether she likes it or not and tugs her closer, dipping his head down into the crook of her neck.] Do you really need an answer? [A hum into her skin.] The funny part is that hurting Crane like that isn't going to stop him. Pain fuels guys like that. It fueled me for years and years.

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Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 07:20 am UTC (link)

[A splutter and a whine as he pulls her close, as if she didn't want him near her every second of every day. Crossing her arms over her chest to resist touching him. Needling.] I'd really like an answer, Edward Nashton. You can't deny me that. You can't deny me anything. [Said proudly, even if there's a twinge of something else underneath that.] He's just gonna have a better reason to come back and throw a fit again. [Smirk. She doesn't turn around to look at him once.] Fueled? Past tense?

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Re: steph/eddie

riddlethem
2014-03-26 07:29 am UTC (link)

[Whispered into her skin as his hands sneak under her shirt. There's something else in his voice, too.] That's right, you're the great denier in this relationship. [He kisses her neck and bites her earlobe as if he had whispered something sweet instead of so true it kind of hurts. All an attempt to get her to kiss him back.] Pain doesn't propel me forward. It wakes me up, but it doesn't get my blood pumping like it used to.

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Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 07:42 am UTC (link)

[There's a quiet, sad sound from her chest, like he's stabbed her right in the heart. She stiffens in his arms, then deflates immediately. She doesn't return his kisses, but she doesn't rebuke the advances either. Cracked out like she's trying not to let it affect her:] Yeah, I am. You're right. I am. [A shuddering sigh as she slumps forward, halfheartedly continuing on with dinner. Softly.] If you like pain so much it explains why you're staying with me then.

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	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 07:49 am UTC (link)
	Steph. [He reaches for her hands, taking away the shake n bake bag to set on the counter. With a tug at her elbows he tries to get her to turn around.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 07:52 am UTC (link)
	[Another shuddering sigh and she rounds her shoulders before turning around quickly. Her eyes are red, and she looks almost mad. At herself more than anything.] What, baby? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: steph/eddie

riddlethem
2014-03-26 08:03 am UTC (link)

[The quick turn surprises him, but he doesn't move back. His eyebrows lower and his expression softens. Eddie takes her hands and kisses her fingers. There's really no more anger left in him.] Sometimes when I get hit or shot or cut up, I can't even feel it. I look down and see blood and I don't feel a goddamned thing. [He adjusts his weight, eyes trained on hers, begging her to look at him.] When I hurt and kill things? I don't feel anything either. It's like having a dead nerve in my leg. There's nothing. [He inhales slowly and doesn't let go of their tangled up fingers.] The things you can do to me just by sighing blow my mind. So, maybe I'm a little hurt, you know, but it's only because of all the good stuff you've made me feel over the years. You make me feel good, baby. I'm not burying that under any kind of pain I'm going through. I refuse.

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Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 08:13 am UTC (link)

[Stephanie, in turn, feels a little weak and defeated in his gaze, folding into herself despite his attack of affection on her fingers. She doesn't tug away though, doesn't deny herself his affection because she's so weak for him. Her blues flicker around the room, up, side-to-side, then down to the floor as she stares at their bare feet for a second. Quietly.] I don't want you to be hurt, Eddie. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have ever said anything the other day. I was being drunk and stupid, and I shouldn't have said anything. [She looks up at him suddenly, but she's still practically limp.] You make me feel too good. I don't deserve it.

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Re: steph/eddie

riddlethem
2014-03-26 08:17 am UTC (link)

[When she suddenly looks up at him, Stephanie can see that he's listening very closely. Almost sizing up her words. There's a hesitation, an inhale of breath as his mouth hangs open like he wants to say something. His mouth slowly closes and he rolls his tongue against his bottom lip, looks up and then back down at her.] Was any of that stuff you said true? About what you want. About what you think we can have?

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	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 08:21 am UTC (link)
	[She looks a little incredulously at him.] Of course it was true, Eddie. [She shoves lightly at his chest. Press of her fingertips hover above his heart as if threatening to push again. A crack in her voice.] Why would I say that if I didn't think it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)