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Tweak says, "just a moment"

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 riddlethem 2014-03-26 08:28 am UTC (link)
	[He smirks at the shove and then sighs. She can see the wheels turning in his head. Eddie knows what he's supposed to do, what would make her happy, but he doesn't move. Almost like he's got stage fright, something she's never seen from him before.] I'm still broken. You deserve someone who's not. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 08:32 am UTC (link)

[And so she pushes him again, trying to wake him up.] No, you aren't. And you don't get to say who I deserve. I want and love and need you, baby. [She swallows hard.] And it's my fault you still even think you're broken. I'm the one who did it. So if this is punishment, just tell me. [Said desperately and she pushes her whole fist into his chest before her hands fall all together.]

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Re: steph/eddie

riddlethem
2014-03-26 08:41 am UTC (link)

[Finally, and seemingly out of nowhere, he yells at her. It's loud and sharp like how he yelled at Underground Justice Leaguers for fucking up a mission.] I'm not punishing you! This new life that you want? I can't give you it. I spent years and years knowing it would never happen for us. And, now that we're back here you think I can just pick up the pieces again? I'm broken. [He gasps and looks away from her. When his big brown eyes finally catch her gaze again he looks apologetic and surprised at himself.] I can't put it back together. I'm sorry. I can't do that for you. All I can do is love you, give you all these mismatches parts of me. That's all I have.

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Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 08:54 am UTC (link)

[She snaps, too.] I just thought things would get better! Now we're here, baby, and we're safe, and I thought things could get better! [Silent tears are starting to spill down her cheeks, and she catches his face in her hands when he looks back at her.] It's gone now. We're finished with it. I thought if we ever got back home, we could just leave all that ugliness back there where it belongs. [Her fingers dig into his cheeks slightly.] And that's fucking stupid and selfish of me, but it's true. [She brushes a hand across his cheekbone.] I'm always here to put you back together, baby.

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Re: steph/eddie

riddlethem
2014-03-26 09:02 am UTC (link)

[Evenly, closing his eyes as she digs into his skin.] When have we ever been able to leave anything behind? Earth-3 is part of who we are now. It's deeper than our scars, than any of these tattoos. [He opens his eyes and makes a noise as she cries and clears the counter with his arm, picks her up and sits her down in front of him. He nudges between her legs and pulls her close, kissing every part of her he can get close to. Hands smoothing over her thighs as he finally looks back up at her.] Promise me you're not going to leave if you can't. If there's always a piece missing.

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Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 09:12 am UTC (link)

[She relents finally when he shoves her onto that counter, arms wrapping around his neck as she bites down on her lip to stop the tears. Fingers tangling into his hair until he can feel sharp pull against his hair.] I just thought--for once, I thought we could leave something behind. I thought we'd be able to just let it go. [And she's still crying, but she's competing to kiss every part of him she can reach in his own frenzy. Her arms tug him closer.]

I promise, baby. I promise [She catches his lips in a messy, desperate sort of kiss. Then presses kisses on his jaw, his cheeks, his forehead. Anywhere her mouth can reach.] Don't give up on me if I can't. Don't wake up one day and walk out because you've finally remembered I'm the reason you're screwed up in the first place.

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Re: steph/eddie

riddlethem
2014-03-26 09:24 am UTC (link)

[He tries to console her as she cries. Telling her it's okay, that everything is going to be okay and that he loves her between kisses. He's desperate, too as if he's been denied affection for too long and drinks up anything she gives him.] You're stuck with me. I promise. You're stuck with me. [He tugs her chin down with his thumb and finger to press a kiss to her lips. He lingers there for a little while, lips still brushed against her and breath hot on her skin.] I kissed your hands. [Then, like a lightbulb went off.] Your hands were covered in raw chicken. I think I just gave you salmonella poisoning. [Eddie tries so hard to make her smile.] It was out of love, though.

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Re: steph/eddie

forthem
2014-03-26 09:35 am UTC (link)

Okay. Forever? Okay? [Steph gets lost in him so easily, like she always does and always will. Returning his kisses and affection tenfold. And she does laugh. Something broken and sniffly, and she wipes the back of her forearm across wet eyes. Joking soaked in croaky leftover tears.] Well, my tongue was just in your mouth so I probably have it, too. [She looks behind her at the messy counter. Affectionately.] And you knocked over my dinner prep. I think we're even?

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	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 09:39 am UTC (link)
	Forever and ever. [He says with the solemness of a pinkie swear. When she laughs he does too, brightly and a little surprised.] What does salmonella do? Turns you into a chicken right? I think I can live with that. [A grin at the messy counter.] You shouldn't let me in the kitchen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 09:43 am UTC (link)
	Chickens have tails, right? You've already got one of those. You're half-way there. [She kisses him again despite the icky salmonella germs. Once, twice, and then she wraps her legs around his middle.] There was a time you'd barely let me in the kitchen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: steph/eddie

riddlethem
2014-03-26 09:48 am UTC (link)

Nope, I got mine cut off the other day. It's getting bronzed for you to hang up on a mantle later or- I don't know- use as a weapon. [He smiles into the kisses and then wraps his arms around her legs. His hands maybe sneaking under the sides of her butt with a look up daring her to swat him away. Matter-o-factly with a shiteating grin.] Well, that's because you couldn't cook.

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	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 09:54 am UTC (link)
	I'd love to see goon faces when I kick their ass with a bronzed tail. [Smirk, and she doesn't stop his sneaky, thieving hands. Even when she looks absolutely horrified at his response. Shoving lightly at his shoulder.] I could cook some things! Mac and cheese! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 09:59 am UTC (link)
	I feel like we need to actually take a trip to the Chinatown District and get ourselves some weird weapons for the next time we go ass kicking. [Another laugh like it's something cathartic. His hands slowly trail up her sides and along her arms, tracing the ink there. Dryly.] Isis could cook Mac and cheese. And, she's [Whispered.] cat retarded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 10:04 am UTC (link)
	You think we'll get cops trailing us for suspicious activity if we walk around Chinatown with an armful of ninja weapons? [Smirking, despite her outrage. She visibly relaxes as he moves his hands across her body, and she reaches out to grab his shirt and tug him closer. A noise of surprise. Harshly whispered.] Don't call our cat retarded, baby. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 10:09 am UTC (link)
	I figure most people walk around Chinatown with arms full of exotic weapons. What else is there to do there? [Eeep noise as she pulls him closer. Eyes shifting from left to right.] Why are the social cativists here? Get it. [He explains at whisper level as if not to embarrass her.] Cat- it's like activist but with cats. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 10:20 am UTC (link)
	Eat? Get good knockoff designers stuff? [Her fingers sneaky sneak under his shirt, inching up past the hem, then suddenly wrap around to grab his hips and push her into him.] You're a jackass, Nashton. [A wiggle of her hips. Smirk.] I'll make sure all the cativists come after you now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 10:24 am UTC (link)
	Now I'm wondering why you haven't taken me on a date there. [Pleased rumble when she pulls him close. Wiggled eyebrows and then he kisses the side of her mouth.] You wouldn't do that to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 10:32 am UTC (link)
	Because I'm broke now? [She kisses underneath his jaw, nails barely grazing along his back. Down to the waistband of his shorts then up to his shoulder-blades and back again.] Maybe not. They'd probably smell the cat love you've got on you, and then I'd have to fight 'em off with a stick. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 10:36 am UTC (link)
	My money is your money. [He lifts her shirt up a little, kissing her belly and then the edges of her rib cage. He ducks back out from under her shirt to look up at her. Alarmed.] Stephanie, I'm only going to warn you one more time. You talk freely about any kind of affection I have towards cats and there's going to be problems. We will have words. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 10:40 am UTC (link)
	Then it's like you taking yourself out on a date! That's no fair. [She giggles quietly when he presses kisses to her belly and chest, nails digging deeper into tattooed back.] I didn't say I'd tell then. I said they'd smell it on ya. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 10:43 am UTC (link)
	You're the one calling all the shots! [Exaggerated frown that sllowwlly turns into a mischievous grin and then he blows a raspberry on her belly LOUDLY.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 10:45 am UTC (link)
	[She squeeeaaaalllsss loudly, swatting at his back and kicking her legs back and forth as another bout of giggles escape her.] Stop it, stop it, stopstopstooopppp. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 10:48 am UTC (link)
	[Laughing as he escapes with just a few oofs at her kicking. Stepping away far enough that she can't smack him. Sternly:] Make me dinner, woman. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie forthem 2014-03-26 10:56 am UTC (link)
	[A smirk. Crossing her arms.] What if I tell you to make me just for calling me woman. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: steph/eddie riddlethem 2014-03-26 10:57 am UTC (link)
	[Hmph.] I have a coupon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)