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Tweak says, "Psycho, but cute."

Line of Fire Mods (lineof_firemods) wrote in lineof_fire_rpg,
@ 2008-03-07 14:02:00

getcho' party hats here!
Who: All the Boston-Elite
What: Black Tie Ball
Where: Shangri-La Hotel on an off-coast Island
When: MARCH 10; 7pm
Rating: TBD
Open? to EVERYONE!

It takes a lot of pull to get heavy hitters from all sides in one place. Most would never dream of stepping foot somewhere where they are not guaranteed the upper hand. Then again, when you're in a power struggle, it never hurts to show up at a fund raising party where it is much, much easier to make sure law officials and other men with power might just lean on your side. Everyone gets a little more chatty with a few drinks in them.

The old renovated hotel is located just fifteen miles off the coast of Boston Harbor. While not open for business, they have turned the entire downstairs into a huge ballroom. The upstairs has been roped off due to renovations still going on, rather preferring to keep the guests in secured areas. In a building built in the 1900's, it's a scene straight out of an old movie. Antique chandeliers hang from the ceiling, with a large fully stocked bar against one wall, and tables lining around a massive dance floor in the middle. Servers are dressed in the "penguin suit" attire, their entire purpose to make the party perfect for the guests.

Nothing less than black ties, tuxedos, and designer gowns is expected, and everyone will just see who has the deepest pockets in Boston. Everything is set and polished, ready for what promises to be the event of the season.

(mod note; feel free to put up threads from anywhere in the noted areas, or even with your characters on the launch boats on the way over. In the 'subject' line of your thread, make sure to put who it is open to, and where your character is. Threads will go up at NOON tomorrow, starting the storm/blackout. Sunday is when the NPC guests will start disappearing. This drama can and will go on into next week, but for schematics of the game, it will all be taking place on "March 10", over the course of the evening/night/morning. HAVE FUN! )

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cole_fletcher
2008-03-09 04:28 am UTC (link)

Cole nodded at her statement, swallowing as he heard the cracking in her voice. "I'm not denying that. And I'm dealing with the consequences of my actions. But the consequences do not include taking my children away from me, with absolutely no indication of their location, Charlie," he said, his voice hardening again. He couldn't help it, he loved his kids. And he loved his wife. But he was beginning to see that she hadn't given any thought whatsoever to forgiveness while she had been gone. And that hurt him a little, though he didn't think he deserved complete forgiveness. He had let a moment of weakness destroy the only thing that mattered in his life, and he'd never really forgive himself for that.

At her words, he flinched, shaking his head. "Despite what you might think, I'm not a monster," he said, his eyes unable to hide the hurt he felt. When her eyes locked onto his, his heart beat faster. It was just a natural reaction to being this close to her. As she whispered for him to let her go, he stared at her for a few moments before pushing himself off of the wall. He crossed his arms across his chest again and took a step back, giving her some space. He was pretty aware of how much she didn't want to be close to him right now. The reality of that kind of stung, he had missed her so much. Swallowing hard, he stared down at his feet. "I can't," he finally said, shaking his head, unable to look at her.

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marinolaw
2008-03-09 07:31 am UTC (link)

"Okay, I give in, I made a mistake, I'm the bad guy here. Is that what you want to hear?" Her voice was nearly a growl as she tried to keep herself from yelling at him. It was clear that the images in her head were probably far worse than reality, but the fact didn't change that he had been with someone else. There had even been a moment or two when she thought that she might feel better if she retaliated, but she could never get past the slightest bit of innocent flirting. She always felt wrong.

"I never said you were a monster." She grumbled, a slight pang of guilt resonating in her chest at the way he looked at her. He still had that way about him to make her heart lurch in her chest and her knees weak. Biting hard at her lower lip, she sighed and shook her head. "That leaves us at an impasse, Cole." She said softly, tears threatening to stream down her cheeks. She did her best to hold them back, and cursed herself for not having a better 'poker face'. "I can't look at you and not see what you did."

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cole_fletcher
2008-03-09 07:43 am UTC (link)

Cole shook his head at her reasoning. "No, that's not what I want to hear. We both made mistakes, Charlie," he said, reaching his hands up to run over his head momentarily. "Granted, mine was much worse than yours," he added, anticipating her outrage at trying to compare the two happenings. He wasn't trying to compare them at all. "I don't know. I don't know what I want to hear," he admitted, throwing his hands out to the sides briefly before letting them slap against his legs again.

"No, you never said it. But you think it. I can see it in your eyes," he said, blinking a few times and then forcing a swallow past the lump in his throat. Watching her reaction to his words about not being able to let her go, he felt like she had slapped him with her words. He had anticipated them, but they still hurt. "I guess it does. Because I can't look at you and not see how-" he stopped himself, and shook his head, scratching the side of his face. "What's the use?" he said, taking another step back and instinctively crossing his arms across his chest again. He was closing himself off, he didn't want to get hurt again. "You don't even want to try, so what's the use," he said, mostly to himself.

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marinolaw
2008-03-09 10:04 am UTC (link)

"Yeah well, it shouldn't have to be so painful." She said, shaking her head a little. She bit down harder on the corner of her mouth, fighting against angry, hurt tears that sprung to her eyes. "I don't want to dwell on that, okay? It is what it is. You can't take it back like it never happened, and I can't help the way I left."

Her eyes seemed intent on never leaving him as he shifted in front of her. She was angry and hurt, and yet here she was, less than five feet away from him and still missing him. The resignation in his eyes made her throat constrict and a tiny voice at the back of her mind scream for her to relent, if even just a little. "The kids would love to see you." Her voice was meek, quiet and just above a whisper. As much as she hurt and as much as she thought it would better for everyone involved if he let her go, she simply couldn't do the same.

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cole_fletcher
2008-03-09 03:32 pm UTC (link)

He tried to close himself off from her emotionally, but he couldn't. Her words still hurt him, and he still wanted nothing more than to move to her and just take her into his arms. He wanted to hold her and beg her to forgive him, to take him back. He wanted to tell her how much he missed her, and how much he loved her. Instead, he just swallowed hard and his arms that were crossed across his chest tightened a little bit. "I know," he stated simply.

As she spoke about the kids, Cole's gaze glanced up from the ground in front of him to her face again. He nodded, clearing his throat. "I would love to see them," he agreed. He saw the tears in her eyes that she was refusing to let free, and he took a few steps closer to her, hesitating a moment before he wiped them away with his thumb. "I'm sorry I made you cry," he whispered, unable to keep himself from caressing her cheek a little bit while his hand was there. He had to touch her, he couldn't help it anymore.

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marinolaw
2008-03-10 12:36 am UTC (link)

Charlie's brow furrowed a little as she sighed, shaking her head a little as she did so. This was killing her, and she felt like if she'd had time to actually prepare for him to be here, things might be different, but this was all just... raw. There was very few other words that could describe it.

Charlie steeled herself a little as he moved closer to her, her spine straightening as his fingers brushed over her cheek. A hitch of a breath caught in the back of her throat before she let it out in a sight. His fingers seemed to send an electric shock through her, just at the simplest of a touch. "Don't be..." She whispered in a hoarse voice. She knew most men were terrified when women cried, and while that was generally rightly so, that wasn't her intent now. "Cole..." Anything else she may have wanted to say caught in the back of her throat as she allowed her eyes to close, for the moment just feeling the way his hand felt against her cheek.

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cole_fletcher
2008-03-10 02:22 am UTC (link)

She smallest shadow of a smile crossed Cole's face as she told him not to be sorry. "You know me better than that, baby," he said, his voice just a whisper. "I always went above and beyond to say sorry when we fought, why should now be any different?" he asked, though the question was rhetorical and he wasn't expecting an answer. The fights he spoke of were mostly tiny little tiffs about watching a football game instead of spending time with her, nothing near the caliber of this.

When she breathed his name, he swallowed hard, moving closer and resting his forehead against hers. He was waiting for her to push him away, to tell him to back off and give her time. But when she didn't push his hand away, he took it that small step further. His hand cupped her cheek and he ran his thumb softly over her lips. He closed his eyes and rolled his lips into his mouth, enjoying being this close to her, however long it lasted. He could smell her perfume and it was invading his mind. She hadn't changed perfumes, she still smelled exactly like he remembered.

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marinolaw
2008-03-10 07:25 am UTC (link)

A visible shudder coursed down her spine when he called her 'baby', the timber of his voice making her inwardly quake just a little. No matter how angry and hurt she was, no matter how much she wanted to beat her hands against his chest and tear at that perfect face of his, Cole had her, body and soul, and that killed her to know that there wasn't a damn thing she could do about it.

Her jaw tightened when he moved into her, swallowing hard at the constricting of her throat. One hand pressed flat against his chest before she could stop herself from encouraging him. She inhaled deeply, his scent intoxicating as she closed her eyes. She indulged in the moment, allowing him to trap her in close, keeping her wrapped up in her memory of everything that was good with them. Though she'd forced herself to forget about it, the good truly did outweigh the bad. The bad just devastated her more than she cared to admit. Her head tilted back a little, but she stopped short, her lips far too dangerously close to brushing against his. She wasn't sure she was ready for that, to forgive everything that had broken her heart.

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cole_fletcher
2008-03-10 07:50 am UTC (link)

He felt her shudder, and he took another step closer to her. He knew the room that was less than two hundred feet away from them was full of people that hated him for what he did to her, every Marino affiliated person out there would probably kill him without blinking. He had known of her affiliation with such a highly powerful family when he had fallen in love with her, and he didn't care. He knew the kinds of things she did for her family, and how much her family meant to her, and he still didn't care. He loved her, he'd overlook anything for her. And even though he knew the people out there, Leonardo Marino especially, would have him killed faster than he could blink, he still didn't care. All he cared about was being here with her now, smelling her perfume and feeling her breath on his face. It was something he had missed more than he cared to admit. His world was right there in front of him again.

When her hand pressed against his chest, he waited for her to push, but she didn't. Instead, she just kept her hand there, pressing gently against his chest as he continued to caress her cheek with his forehead pressed against hers. He opened his eyes briefly and took in her facial features. Her face was crinkled in concentration, and he couldn't help the small smile that crossed his face. That was the same face she made when she was thinking too hard. Reaching his free hand up, he placed it over her hand on his chest moving it under his suit jacket to rest on top of his shirt, right over his heart. "It's yours, Charlie," he whispered softly, tapping his fingers on the back of her hand. "It's always been yours," he added, closing his eyes again and rolling his lips back into his mouth. He moved her hand that he had placed over his heart up to his cheek, leaning into the touch slightly and turning his head to kiss the pad of her thumb.

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marinolaw
2008-03-10 08:44 am UTC (link)

Charlie's eyes closed for a moment when he moved her hand to smooth over his chest, feeling the thump of his heart there beneath her fingertips. She bowed her head a little, a huff of a sound whooshing out of her lips like the wind had been knocked out of her. "Cole...you can't..." She stopped short, her voice fading out as he guided her hand up to his lips. Her eyes took him in completely, the way he pressed his lips to the pads of her fingertips. She swallowed hard, her heart hammering hard in her chest, so much so that it was hard to hear anything. Even the music that floated down the hallway seemed dull and faded into the background.

A surge of...something hit her, whether it was love, desire, or just plain stupidity, she wasn't sure, but as her fingers smoothed softly over the stubble on his chin, she couldn't stop herself any longer. He clouded all judgment she had in her, and in less than a second she shifted forward, closing the small space between them and pressing her lips to his. A soft curl of a moan echoed off of her lips and drowned against his while her lips parted into the kiss. She had missed him, missed this, and was all too glad to indulge in the moment of insanity.

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cole_fletcher
2008-03-10 09:22 am UTC (link)

Cole could tell what kind of an effect he was having on her. And while he knew it wasn't fair, he needed her to understand. He needed her to know that she still meant everything to him. She was still the only woman he loved, the only woman he had ever really loved, if he was honest with himself. He knew from the moment she spilled his coffee all over him that there was something special about her. She had captured his heart, and he didn't think he'd ever get it back. He didn't want it back. "I can't what?" he breathed, his words muffled a little bit by her fingers as he spoke. He kissed from the pads of her fingers up to the palm of her hand and then pressed one kiss against the palm of her hand.

Turning to look at her, he closed his eyes as he felt her fingers smoothing over the hair on his chin. He knew she liked his facial hair, which was why he had never gotten rid of it. He was about to concede and finally take a step back when he felt her lips press against his. He was shocked and frozen into place for a moment, but only the briefest of moments. He reacted immediately, his arms wrapping around her waist as he returned her kiss. His head was screaming at him to stop, telling him that she was just overly emotional over seeing him again after so long. But his heart begged him to hold onto her and never, ever let her go again. He had absolutely no intention of letting her go. When she parted her lips, Cole took the hint and slid his tongue against hers. He missed her and this as well, he had missed the way she tasted. He was halfway tempted to pinch himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming, since this had been part of his dreams for quite some time.

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marinolaw
2008-03-10 05:12 pm UTC (link)

Her body seemed to melt into his, the way he held her sending a shiver of warmth rushing over her. She had missed the way he'd lock his arms around her and pull her close, making her feel a swirl of emotions she'd never bothered putting a label on. Her fingers curled against his chest, pulling at the lapels of the black jacket of his tux. Part of her never wanted to pull away, to just let him have her again, and forget about everything, but the far more logical side of her mind knew this was a fleeting moment of weakness, and would be over far too soon.

His tongue sliding over hers caused yet another shudder to rake through her body, but then it was over. She pulled back, sucking in a deep gasp of a breath as she bowed her head away from him. "Dammit." She muttered, shaking her head back and forth as she now pushed her hands against his chest to distance herself. "I can't do this with you." She dragged her fingers over her swollen lips and shook her head again, now looking at him. "I just can't." She said, taking a step away from him. She needed distance after that.

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cole_fletcher
2008-03-11 01:36 am UTC (link)

Cole had missed holding her like this. His arm tightened around her waist and he pulled her flush against him, unable to help himself. He missed this contact, he missed everything about her. And he had her back, if only for this moment, so he was going to take full advantage of that fact. He was going to prove to her how much he loved her, and how much he wanted her back in his life for good. He was going to do everything it took to get her back, and he meant everything. It wasn't as if she could avoid him, they did have children together that he would be seeing quite often. He missed his kids so much, and he couldn't wait to see them.

He wasn't oblivious to her shudder as their tongues met, his own body shuddered a little at the touch. He was going to deepen the kiss even more, but he didn't get the chance to. She pulled her lips away from his and pushed on his chest. He took a step back, he didn't want to fight her and risk pissing her off. Not when he was sure that her head was reeling with feelings for him. The same feelings he had for her. He swallowed hard, dropping his hands from around her when she cursed, shaking her head. "Why?" he asked in response to her statement that she couldn't do this with him. He watched her fingers as they moved over her lips, and he just wanted to kiss her again. She took a step away from him and he reached out to grab her arm gently. "Charlie, I love you. Never forget that," he said, then let go of her arm.

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