Zoe (history_repeats) wrote in nevermore_logs, @ 2013-11-02 09:49:00 |
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Entry tags: | greed, zoe hansen |
WHO: Greed & Zoe w/NPC Derek
WHEN: Saturday, October 12, afternoon before the rave [Backdated]
WHERE: Con, Hotel
WHAT: The sort of calm before the storm
WARNING: The Sin is getting angry and driving Zoe crazy
Zoe hoped they didn't run into Derek today but the con was huge so she was sure the chances were slim. Today she was in the Wonder Woman costume that Greed had got her and it was shockingly tasteful and covered most of her up. She didn't match with him this time so people might not get they were together right away especially when Greed would still get mobbed by girls in his Johnny Storm costume. All that spandex he wore left little to the imagination, but Zoe was asked for a couple of pictures herself by guys too whenever she was left alone.
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The Johnny costume stuck to all places, but it was remarkably comfortable. So comfortable that when he was in the middle of a mob of girls, someone ended up grabbing his ass. He looked over the tops of blonde, brunette, black and red heads to see Zoe getting a flash or two. She looked good in tight black pants, the jacket and the red corset that still propped her boobs up.
He liked watching her smile. Her face brightened up at the attention like she wasn't sure what to do. Greed waded through the crowd, his arms snaking around her waist. "You haven't pulled out your whip," he teased in a whisper and a kiss on the cheek. She was getting too much attention. He wasn't sure who else would bounce out of the woodwork if he left her alone for too long.
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She jumped when she felt arms go around her, in this crowd she didn't know if it was Derek or a random pervert.. but nope it was her pervy boyfriend. She smiled big and closed her eyes when she felt his kiss on her cheek, her arm resting over his, "Mmm, do I have to use it on those girls that are pawing you?" despite Greed's claim on her, one or two of the guys still lingered right in front of her. She wasn't used to the attention, very flattered but flustered by it all.
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"They may need a lashing. My ass gas been grabbed a dozen times." He had no pockets for them to stuff numbers in, so they were getting a little more bold. He smelled the cocanut on her hair, nuzzling his face in there to hide for a while. "You're so sexy." He set his hands on her hips because the fanboy's were still hanging around. "Do I need to roast these boys?"
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She wrinkled her nose, that was not something she was happy to hear about but it sorta went with the territory. "As long as the only ass you're grabbing is mine." and she added quickly, "And not in public." she turned a little pink when he said she was sexy and grinned, "Pffft they're harmless. They don't even touch me unlike your adoring fans.." and she raised her brows, he didn't seem to think about roasting any of those girls.
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"Are they done with you because its my turn now to steal you away." He kissed her neck, hands climbing from her hips up her sides. He liked showing her off but once she got circled my sniffing dogs he was back to pissing on his territory.
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She laughed and reached up behind her to touch his cheek, "I've been waiting for you to steal me away." the con was an interesting place but she had the most fun with him by her side being insane. One of the fanboys in front of them lifted his camera to get a picture of the Human Torch feeling up Wonder Woman but Zoe put her hand up in front of them, "Oh, please, no pictures.." neither she nor Greed were wearing a mask.
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Get one more picture so I got something to surf the web for." He popped her on the ass then backed up but swooped her away the moment her photo was taken. Then he could drag his sexy girl around with him to shop. He linked their hands together and started off. Once they were about to pass one of the little cubbies under the stairs, Greed pulled her up against him with his back against the wall, sucking the breath from her mouth in a kiss before they continued on. He always needed to restate his claim when others had sniffed her out.
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She gave him a look over her shoulder when he smacked her butt and the guy caught the look on film and then she looked directly at the camera and gave an amused and slightly shy smile before Greed took her away. She was one of the very few girls to have a good looking boyfriend at con and she was aware of it. When he stole a kiss from her that left her breathless, she put a hand on his chest, her other arm around his neck, saying quietly, "Oof... gimme a second to recover."
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"Do you really need to recover?" He pressed her lower half into him with his hands holding her in place at the curve of her back. He was turned on by her in these costumes, it was a way to see her as someone else, still her but in one of his favorite worlds....comics.
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She laughed nervously, one of those you don't know how else to react so you laugh before it's a little embarrassing, "Yes.. but I'm not gonna if you keep doing that..." referencing his oh so subtle bumping of their bodies and him rubbing them together basically, his costume especially made sure she could feel... everything. Unlike most of the guys here, Greed didn't need padding in his costume.
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He liked hearing that he had numbed her senses. So, he kissed her again, letting the sweet poison of his lips take over. Spreading from her lips down to her toes to make them curl. "So then just surrender for a bit."
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She was tempted especially when he kissed her again but the roar of the crowd was close enough that if she reached her arm out from their hideyhole, she'd touch someone, "So evil.." she murmured against his lips, pushing herself up to stand on her toes so she'd be equal height with him and really kiss him back in return with the type of kiss he was giving her. Not that it'd last too long... they were in public after all.
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"So I've been told." He grinned, arms folding around her while they spent a few more minutes sucking face. They acted like teenagers in public that could never keep their hands off each other for two seconds.
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When the makeout session came to a close, because they never could kiss for too long,she rubbed her nose lightly against his, keeping her arms around his neck so they were still close together, "Is it con that has you horny or the costumes.." because while he was a naturally horny guy,his hormones were in overdrive, "Or something else." since option three was ever since they ran into Derek, Greed wanted to be sure of his claim on Zoe and remind her and everyone of it.
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It was a combination of things. "Well," he swayed her hips side to side, "you do look good in tight black leather and heels. And the whip is a nice touch." He lined his teeth with his tongue. It was pretty kinky, but it wasn't the only reason it made him horny. The Sin was starting to take the wheel every now and then.
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She laughed, "It's not a whip! It's a lasso of truth." she narrowed her eyes playfully at him, "I should tie you up with it and get some answers." she wrinkled her nose, "Oh wait, no, you'd like that.."
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"Lasso, whip, same difference." His grin fattened at her revelation with a purr. "Do you promise to tie me up?" He'd been waiting for that for a while. She could play into his little fantasies. This was as close to roleplay with her he might get. He would take it.
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She shook her head quickly with a grin, "Nooooo... I'm a good girl. Not a floozie." her arms tightened around his neck as her nose touched his cheek, "Besides, as much as you claim you wanna be dominated by me, any time we come close to it outside of a deadzone, you hate it and get all macho and annoyed." they'd tried it before but any time she tried to take the reigns sexually in a non-deadzone, he either froze or got weirded out. Sex was the Sin's domain, she knew that, but she wasn't entirely sure why it kept happening like it did.
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She had a point, but it wouldn't stop him from trying to get her to be more aggressive. "You're not all that good are you? You've got some dirty thoughts floating around up there I'm sure." He just had to find them.
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She smiled, "No, I'm not all that good, I'm with you, aren't I?" there was no way she could be sweet and innocent and pure entirely and love him. She was good but if she was 100%, he wouldn't be interested. She was a blend of light and darkness. She kissed his cheek, "We're missing the con..." since they were in hiding.
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"Are we?" He couldn't help it, his hand traveled down to grab one of her perfectly plump buttcheeks. All the fanboys had been thinking that for the last two hours. "Let's go spend some money." He gave her a peck on the lips.
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She gave a gasp at his ass grab and elbowed him lightly for it, unwinding her arms from around his neck to slip one around his waist as they rejoined the crowd, "You can spend money, I'll watch." there wasn't anything that she had to have here and she had very limited funds as it was.
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Greed cackled at her obvious shock. "Every fanboy here has been dying to do that. I'm just doing it for my brothers in arms." For the geek boy everywhere that couldn't ever get away with it. His waist was tiny where her arm could easily settle like a belt. With one arm outstretched he pointed forward. "To the dealers room!"
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She smacked his chest, "Jerk. You know if any fanboy did try that, they would die because you'd kill them." She squeezed his middle because despite it all she did love him. Though she had a feeling she was going to lose him in the dealer's room when all the shinies took his attention.
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"Which is why I did it for them." He kissed the top of her head, his arm quick to scoop around her shoulders. It was a hike to the main floor through crowds of costumers, and they were stopped for a few more photoshoots before finally reaching the dealer room threshold. He'd been in here just briefly Friday in between panels and getting mobbed by fangirls as Cap, but now he could stop and look at every table. His eyes literally glittered at all that stuff.
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She grinned, "You humanitarian." whenever they got stopped for pictures, she made sure they didn't take any together and even though there were tons more of Greed taken than her, she would be immortalized forever on some comic blogs. Anytime Greed wanted to see a picture of her, he could just go to google. She let him go when they got to the merchandise because she was sure he wanted space to paw at everything.
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He practically had tentacles as he swooped in to every single table he saw, grabbing for things until he realized he had no pockets to stash it.
There was a table of shirts, bags and girly underwear for the geeky fangirl. Obvious the boys had some too. He waved Zoe over with his hand putting up a bra to her already perky chest in Wonder Woman's corset.
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She came over when he asked and then her brows shot up when he held the bra to her chest. "You know, I don't think this'll fit you." she knew he meant it for her but she was not gonna acknowledge it.
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"I know my chest is too wide isn't it?" The straps wouldn't even wrap around him at all. "But it would look great on you." That was his hint. He wasn't buying it for himself.
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She tilted her head, "You could just get it for yourself in a bigger size..." she poked one of the cups. It wasn't lace at least but wasn't this a shopping trip for him?
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He held up the open straps. "You wanna try to get it on me? I don't have as much to fill it," though he definitely had enough to fill everywhere else. Most of the girls had to squeeze his arm to be sure everything on him was actually genuine. He threw the pair of undies at her that went with the bra. "Think those will fit you," he raised his brows to her plump backside he'd gooched earlier. This was for him. His eyes and hands to fondle.
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She made a face and touched her cheek with her open hand as she held up the undies he threw at her, "Are you serious? You want me to wear this?" in private of course.. she was still hesitant about lingerie stuff but they'd tried a few things and as long as it was just him, and nothing too skimpy or string like, she would be willing to try it.
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"Of course I'm serious!" His eyes widened as he found a matching Captain America shirt for him. He held it up. Much better. "You wear that and I'll wear this." The man at the booth didn't care what Greed bought as long as he bought something.
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She gave a short laugh, "No way. If you get this for me, and that for yourself, I'll only agree if we share." before he could whine about it, she moved closer to him, her hip bumping against his and her voice lowering so only he could hear, "I get to wear that shirt for a sleepover.. and you get to wear these.." she held the panties up to his crotch, her fingers stretching the material on either side, "...to your next job interview for luck."
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He watched her try to finger the material but Greed looked skeptical. "I'm not sure that is gonna cover all I got." He gave her a perked brow and a laugh. "They stay at my place." He took it, the bra and the shirt and threw it to the booth boy, tossing in a girls fitted tee with Cap's shield on the front. That was also for her to show off, because Greed liked nothing better then seeing her prance around in things bed bought.
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She handed him the material to purchase and rested an arm on his shoulder, "So? You'll be wearing pants over them. No one will see. Besides, you liked it last time..." she she grinned wide because she swore he had a little too much fun wearing her knickers to work before. She nodded, "No arguments there, last thing I need is for my new roommate to see those accidentally." she poked his side since she and Jonah had found so many of Greed's things squirreled away all over the apartment.
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"It was oddly comfortable." He handed her the fitted tee and then took his bag to head to the next booth. Even more exciting was the size of the bag they gave him for weekend swag. He was going to fill it to the brim.
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She took the tee from him since he handed it to her and asked, "What's this for?" it wouldn't fit him and she didn't know why he didn't put it in his bag since it was his. She never ever assumed anything he bought or handed to her was for her, he was not really a.... gift giver.
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"That's for later." When he wanted to snuggle. When she wanted to get out of costume but he still wanted to fondle her in some superhero getup. He found a table of figurines and his eyes went wide, lips pursed together with an 'oooo' sound.
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"Later?" she still didn't get it and still didn't know it was for her. But he was already off and running at the figurines so shrugged and slipped the shirt in his bag. She stood next to him and said, "I don't know any of these characters..." and she looked at him for an explanation.
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"Later when you want to get out of that, you cab wiggle into something else." He was glued to the figures, dragging her with him in a circle as he described all the different characters, their powers, name, what they did. He was a walking encyclopedia on the mythology if comics.
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She was surprised and touched, "For me? You bought it for me?" he wanted her to be comfortable. "Like... a gift?" he had bought her clothes before but mostly dresses and lingerie. She linked her fingers with his loosely as he got to strut around his domain and talk about this world he loved.
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"It's still fitted so I can touch." It was for her to be comfortable but still would curve in all the right places. He paused in his walking tour as her fingers linked in. "A shame they don't have a superhero named Chance."
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"My cami's are fitted too." she pointed out. He'd bought her a gift and didn't want to admit it, she pulled his hand and pecked him on the cheek, "Thank you." she looked around, "Well isn't that good, you can kinda be the first one then."
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"Yeah but this one has Cap on it," he smiled dragging her into his arms where they fit around her waist, swallowing her whole. "Maybe I'll write my own comic book. Starring me and only me. With the world under my belt."
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She leaned her head back and laughed, her hands resting on his chest as he held her, "Chance... you're living your comic book." she looked at him with a smile because that's what his life was, him and only him with the world under his belt. Most people used comic books to live a life they didn't have.
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"Then where's my superhero power and weapon?" He wanted his own shield, or sword or Thor's hammer and Superman's strength. Or Wolverine's adamantium claws. Capes were for the girls. Greed wanted real power. Maybe he should be President.
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She thought about it, "Hmmm your superhero power is being very very persuasive. And your weapon is..." somebody bumped into them and she got jostled in his arms and then looked down, "Well.... let's say that a lot of girls would argue that you have a very effective weapon....."
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Greed cocked his head back in a laugh. That was not what he'd expected to come out of her mouth. His arms slid down a little lower so they hugged her right up against him. "Is it now?" She had thrown the bait, he was fishing for more to pump his ego. "What would you say?" Even if she only got a taste of it every three months. It was perhaps why he was getting testy with over-active hormones.
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She squirmed against him as his arms went lower, dangerously close to assland. "I would say that your most effective weapon is this." her hand touched the side of his mouth. She moved so her fingers covered his lips to keep him from talking, "Your smile." because she knew he was going to make a dirty joke about his mouth. But it was his smile that got her in the first place.
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Her hand had clamped down any dirty words he was about to spew and stuffed in something kind that sometimes was hard to swallow. It made anything he was going to say stuck on the roof of of his mouth. "Oh..." Again it wasn't what he was expecting.
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She put her hand down on his chest and narrowed her eyes with a small inquisitive smile, "What....?" it was rare he was speechless.
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"I have so many other uses for my mouth, my smile wasn't what I was expecting." Though it was a very good weapon, not the one he thought she would use as his superhero power.
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She chuckled, "True... but I love your smile." her eyes rested on his lips, it wasn't really a weapon but the second she saw it she knew it was dangerous and here she was...
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After all the things he'd been told,had grabbed, and poked she countered it with something so adorable. How was he supposed to react to that? With her eyes down his tongue popped out to lick his bottom lip. "Is that what sucked you in?"
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She gave a nod, "One of the things that alerted me to the fact that if I hung around you, I'd eventually fall. And you wouldn't let me run away. Which was realy rude of you." another person bumped into them and she smiled at him, "You know we're standing in everyone's way." since he had his arms around her and was holding her in front of this vendor's stall.
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"So grab my ass and this won't be weird at all." Because it was getting weird and uncomfortable with all that Zoe-ness coming off in waves. It was interrupting his flow and he had no idea how to handle it in this given setting.
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She gave him an odd look, "Give your ass a rest, it'll be grabbed plenty more soon enough." she kissed his cheek, "Come on... they got comic books at that stall." she reached behind her to take his hand in hers, not knowing why he was being strange all of a sudden.
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She deterred him with the promise of untouched comics that he could get his hands on. He had money to spend, but now he was itching to steal to justify this weird feeling he had channeling through him. It was a little nauseating. Just a little.
He stopped to thumb through the comics when Luke Skywalker stopped and squealed like a little girl over Zoe's Wonder Woman. "Oh my god you are so hot! That is the best Wonder Woman I've ever seen...can I hug you?" Greed shot a look over his shoulder that said 'touch her and I snap your neck'.
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Zoe was flipping through some comics too when the squealer showed up. She was taken aback like she always was, not used to so much attention and having strangers walk up to you and want your picture and want to touch you. "Thank you! I... uh... yours is great too." the guy didn't notice or didn't care about Greed's killer look and opened his arms wide, "Aww, come on..."
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Skywalker looked at her with the hope he'd get a good squeeze. Fanboys at this thing liked getting hugs from pretty girls. They had already seen a few with signs that said "free hugs". Greed didn't need to ask or be asked. He got them (and a little extra) from the girls. He had a stack of comics in his arm as he watched carefully what this guy thought he was gonna get. He hadn't even seen Greed's glare? Where were his razor cutting eyes like Cyclops so he could beheaded the idiot with one red beam?
The guy wasn't going to leave without a hug. "You'll make me die happy?" As if he'd been waiting his entire life to see a Wonder Woman as hot as that.
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Zoe was really hesitant but she didn't like being mean so when the guy pushed, she relented.. "Okay... but just a hug otherwise that angry gentleman..." she pointed at Greed and his murderous look, "...will be very unhappy and most likely violent."
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"Torch my man!" He patted Greed on the shoulder with a pointed finger. Just a hug cause she's gorgeous and you're awesome!" He held his arms out again for Zoe and gave her a squeeze.
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She was amused by how unintimidated the guy was by Greed but probably cause he assumed it was padding. She gave the guy the hug he asked for even if it was a few seconds longer than she would have liked.
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Greed turned around with the look of death on his face. Skywalker was not okay to move in on his girl. It was more or less the thought that someone had the idea to steal her away. It was clear by the flex of his arm muscles and vein in his neck that Greed was all pure muscle, but by then the guy had turned. "Fuck." Greed looked himself over. "I'm getting fat or something." In his head it meant he was losing his tone and definition if he couldn't intimidate one lowly con-goer.
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Zoe untangled herself from Luke and waved at him as he wooped! about hugging her. She went and slipped her arm through Greed's, "I don't know how you deal with that.." meaning since tons of girls were asking for hugs and kisses and gropes. Most of them didn't even ask.
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Greed grumbled and took to grinding his teeth in reply. He was nudging his side, poking his stomach and flexing his arm. "He didn't even flinch...oh..." Of fuck she had said something and he didn't even know what he'd been so focused on what made him disappear to the fellow con boy that had just squeezed his girlfriend.
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She looked at his side and poked his stomach and then shook her finger, "Ow.." to show him he was still pretty hard. She put her chin on his shoulder and looked at him, "You know he thought it was foam, right?" she knew he was sensitive about his weight and looks.
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"Foam? Does this look like foam?" He poked himself not entirely as convinced as her. He was disappointed more in himself then stopping to think his girlfriend got cuddled by some other dude who probably smelled of armpits.
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"It's all perfectly shaped and cut and you're wearing spandex practically but you're covered up so people might assume it's fake. Do you think that guy would have had the nerve to ask me for a hug if he thought for one second that all this.." she waved her hand over his torso, "...was real?"
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"Do I need to walk around naked for them to get it?" He tugged at the fabric that practically clung to him like a second skin. Even with the elastic pull it still gravitated towards his perfectly placed muscles. He was a rare breed of con-boys. He was actually attractive and fit. Not all nerd boys looked like he did. It was kind of a freak of nature. "You could wash clothes off my abs...." And yet...it wasn't just the girls Greed wanted attention from. He wanted everyone to acknowledge his awesomeness.
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She mentally sighed, he was an adorable lunatic. "I'm pretty sure all the girls that pawed you know it's real..." but she could tell it wasn't enough. She wrapped her arms around his and thought, "Hmmm... you know, I did see something on the agenda about some sort of contest. It sounds like a wet t-shirt contest but for guys, I guess to prove which guy is the most handsome and muscley at the con."
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"Where?" He was instantly interested because that would put to rest some of these mental issues he had with himself. It happened the more he spent with her knowing that Lust had poked him on it before. He needed the reassurance that he was not falling into the gross, Gluttony territory (even if he had no idea where Glutt was these days or what he was looking like---the human mentality was that he was large, grossly obsessed with food and morbidly obese). Greed was not going to tarnish his glittering image.
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She reached in his shopping bag and took out a map and list of events, "Outside on the left." she frowned and kept one arm looped around his, "Hey... you know that no one can even compare to you, right?"
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"King of the wet t-shirts sounds like the best way to spend my afternoon." He twitched his nose a little yanking her in for a little reassuring kiss before he headed out of the dealers room. There was still so much to see! But his vanity was on the line. The Sin did not like feeling inferior. He followed her out with the folded up map that could put the NY subway system to shame.
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She kept her eyes open when he smooched her before resting her head on his chest and her arm slipping around his middle as they walked out, "An entire afternoon of girls screaming over my boyfriend... yay."
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When they got to the proposed place which was outdoors by the fountain of the hotel there were a group of guys and the respective girls ready for the spectacle. There were a few nerdy boys that had no business being there, and an equal amount of decent build, but only Greed looked like a live-action superhero.
The girl running the no-so-panel-panel whistled loudly to get their attention. "Alright boys, we need you all in t-shirts. So if you don't have one, borrow or steal one!" That already sounded like Greed's kind of start. He handed Zoe the giant-sized swag bag and dug through the mounds of comic books and things he'd already thrown in there. He pulled out the Captain America shirt he'd purchased earlier, motioning with the tilt of his head towards his back. Zoe had to help him zip it up, she was going to have to help him un-zip it from the neck down.
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She sighed and put a hand on her cheek when he indicated what she had to do, "Alright but if some girl bites you and you get rabies, I'm not kissing you..." she unzipped him, the sound attracting the attention of a few girls who were curious what was about to be revealed.
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"Why would she have rabies unless she's part dog?" She didn't have to zip it all the way down, just to the waist so he could slip on the t-shirt and not have two layers. The lowering of the zipper meant bare skin, and bare skin at these events meant wide eyes and drooling mouths. He slipped on the t-shirt, cloaking any bare skin after a few short seconds. It was the the perfect fit, even if the sleeves glued themselves around his biceps.
"Alright, boys stand up in line here when you're ready!" The girl bounced, dressed as some fruity game character with a short skirt and an equally short top. This was totally sexualizing the males but totally worth the turnaround. Greed stood beside one scrawny kid and a guy that could easily double his size, except he looked like a balloon puffed up in various places instead of Greed's natural contours. He shrugged towards Zoe as the girl waved the other women over. "Girls grab your balloons!" There were trashcans filled of water balloons. Something about guys in costume was hot, but them wet and subjected to the female race was even better. They deserved it after all the pictures, butt grabs and obscene things that were said to skimpy costumes.
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She gave a sarcastic smile and batted her lashes, "I know." some of these girls were down right dogs and bitches.
She furrowed a brow and when she saw what the balloons were for she laughed and waved her hands in front of her in a no fashion. She was not going to help her boyfriend get oogled. There was already a large group of girls standing in front of Greed's area, one of them was even licking their lips. She was watching Greed when one of the guys on the stage from the opposite end of Greed shouted her name, "Zoey!" she looked over and Derek was standing there with his own t-shirt on. He gave her a half grin and an upnod. He wasn't as big and muscular like Greed, he was more like her other ex, Mike, fit but lean.
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Greed turned his head looking down the line. Of course! That guy had to show up like a tarnished penny. He just couldn't stay down on the bottom of someone else's shoe. He was stuck on Zoe's heel with one sticky ass piece of gum. His face toughened up and he pointed towards Derek when Zoe caught his eyes. "Really?" he mouthed. All the muscles in the world didn't compete with what Derek had stolen from her first. Greed hated it.
The girl who talking had a balloon in her own hand making sure that the firing squad was ready. She walked past Zoe lifting the balloon to ask if she was sure she didn't want to join in. "Girls find your target! And aim!"
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She held her hand up at Derek in a hello wave that was quick like and then looked at Greed and his snorting mad bull face. Of course he had to point and be obvious about it. She gave a shrug with a helpless look because it's not like she invited him there or knew he'd be there. She blew a kiss to Greed because he was her guy now. She took the water balloon from the girl but there was no room to stand in front of Greed so she hung in the back and watched but she'd throw that balloon if it called for it.
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Greed still had that dumbfounded look on his face as if she'd planned the whole thing to work around Derek. He didn't know she didn't know, but before he could protest anything he was suddenly hit with a wall of balloons bursting with water. One right in the face, and others pelted across his chest (one or two lower expected). Seriously they either had bad aim or they just wanted to douse all of him with water. He shook his wet hair out of his face but it still clung to his skin, soaking him from the head down.
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Zoe wasn't even looking at Derek, she just made a winced face and sucked in a mock painful breath as Greed got pelted. It was oddly satisfying to see him get beaten with water balloons and maybe it'd help him cool down.
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It wasn't over. There was another group lined up ready to throw balloons just as the boys seemed to wrestle the first batch. He took another to the face, two to the chest, one to the waist and another square in the nose. His whole head was drowning in water as he wrung his hands through his hair causing a good chunk of the girls to wet their lips and bite down in anticipation. The white Captain America tee was drenched showing through the shadows of his well built physique.
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Zoe just watched and took out a bottle of water from the swag bag and sipped it as she was pretty sure that with how many were being thrown and the feel of it, it was gonna hurt and he'd be cold. But her eyes stayed on Greed mostly, maybe they drifted to the other guys for a split second when he was cleaning his face.
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The ring leader of this event cheered giving the last group of girls a chance to hit their targets. One kid was so skinny that two balloons soaked him to the bone and he was shivering before the last round. Greed had taken that last balloon open mouthed and was coughing down the water before he was pelted again. "Girls looks like we're all out of balloons!" She clapped asking them to cheer. "Who do you think won?" There was a line of at least fifteen boys. "Give me a number!" But as quickly as she'd asked they were all shouting at once their numbers. Greed was number seven, his lucky number.
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The giggly girl laughed as more numbers were thrown out, "Okay so I'm hearing... number 6! 7! and..... 15!" the three guys left were Greed, Derek and a guy clearly on Roids. Greed in the middle and he looked just the right size, not as lean as Derek but not grossly muscular like the others. The girl tapped her lips, "Hmmm we all know these guys can cut it in a wet t-shirt but I think we might need to step it up and see no shirt to pick a winner!" Zoe covered her eyes with her hand and then slowly slid it down so it covered her nose and only her brow eyes showed.
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She asked the boys to step forward. "Let's start with number 6! Shirt please!" She raised her hands up in gesture and the crowd let out a clap and a few whistles. "Next lucky number 7!" The cameras were ready and in just a few flashes Greed was immortalized on the net. Shirtless, smug and smoking. The crowd roared out a round of applause and whistles. One girl actually yelling out "can I have your number?" along with a few other obvious wagging tongues. It was enough to boost his ego back up to where it needed to be. But then came his arch enemy that had once fucked his girlfriend standing right beside him, who got a few whoop whoops once he discarded his shirt. "Oh....man, this is is a tough one girls. Lets hear it one more time for Number 6! And number 7! Lastly number 15!"
Derek was eliminated first, leaving Greed to stand beside the Jolly Green Giant beside him who seemed to still hold some sway. Greed threw in a quirky smile with those smoldering eyes when the leader walked over giving a squeeze to 6's arm and then Greed's. "Girls what do ya think? Who's our winner?!"
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Derek made a sad puppy dog face but then grinned as he got off stage and was handed a towel that he was drying off with, but his eyes were on Zoe who was alone and further back from the gaggle of girls near the stage. Zoe's eyes were on Greed though as a few girls shouted out for 6 but the vast majority whistled and cat called at Greed. The host put a hand to her ear as if she was straining to hear, "Alright, the masses have spoken! It's 7!!" she squeezed Greed's arm and mouthed WOW to the girls.
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It was that small window of opportunity that Derek saw and seized while Greed was given the win. "And look girls," she squeezed his arm, "it's all real!" His prize was a kiss on the cheek from the host of the 'panel' and a free Comic Con t-shirt. She let go of his arm and offered a towel as he was starting to shiver from the breeze. It was October in New York, plenty of the pre-winter chill settling in. The tips of his ears were even starting to turn red.
Derek wrapped the towel around his shoulders and spoke up. "Looking good today, Zoey!" He was pleased to see her again, trying to erase what had happened the other day and rewind. "Looks like he's surrounded again---" he bit back the jealousy in his voice. "Is it all real?" he joked as it seemed crazy that she not only hooked herself up with a footballer, but one that stepped right out of a comic book. What were the odds?
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Zoe chuckled a little as Greed got the kiss and the prize. She knew he liked to win. She waited at her spot for whenever he was done with his adoring public and would come back to her. If she tried to fight her way through that crowd she'd get trampled. She turned to look at Derek approaching her and she kept her eyes at his neck and above, "Thanks Derek..." she didn't like his tone.. she didn't hear jealousy as much as a dig at her. She could feel it from the other girls too, that she shouldn't be with a guy like that. Greed should be with someone sexy and dangerous, that dripped lust. She mentally shook her head and gave him a look, "Every inch."
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Greed dried off still shaking as he put on the dry shirt. He'd tricked through a lot more water than that and been drenched down to the bone. This shirt was a little tighter than the last, but it still covered everything. Shirt or no shirt the crowd of girls didn't seem to mind. He was asked of he was single, if he needed a warm-up, the array of things said to most people would be jaw-dropping. Con people were bold.
"That's surprising without enhancements." He couldn't help but have his prejudices at who she had ended up with. He'd had a flood of memories when seeing her that first day and he wanted her. He couldn't deny that. But getting her alone was next to impossible. "Think I can steal you for longer than a few moments while pretty boy greets his fans?" Derek saw all the outside features that made Greed up, all the things he used against him without knowing exactly who and what he was dealing with.
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Zoe glanced over to Greed and he seemed happy and laughing in the crowd of girls, some that were bold enough to touch him and grope at him. She looked at Derek and at his remark she said, "Well he's a shocking person." she was getting irked and it didn't help that Greed was soaking it up from fangirls and she had her cheating ex in front of her who looked like he wanted to.... do things she wasn't interested in. She sighed and crossed her arms over her chest, "For what?" there really was no reason for her to spend any time, alone or otherwise, with him. They broke up and everything that happened was a long time ago, she didn't have any bad feelings towards him but she wasn't interested in being buddies either. Derek was toxic in large quantities, she dated him for a long time so she knew that fact well.
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"Just to catch up a little. It's been forever Zoe and we keep running into each other, that's got to be a sign." He wrapped pulled the towel off from around his shoulders as if he had something to compare to Greed. "You can't want to spend every moment attached at the hip." But he only saw everything from the exterior.
Greed had avoided the questions as he flopped the damp towel over his head. He was still cold--- there was an easy remedy for that and she was hanging somewhere where he couldn't quite see, Derek was blocking his view.
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She took some offense and kept her arms crossed as she leaned in a bit, "We are not attached at the hip, do you see him next to me? No. But that's why you're over here." she knew Derek well enough to know he'd never have the balls to approach her again when she was with Greed. Derek was sly, he knew how to come in through the cracks. Her eyes still didn't go past his neck.
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"No." She was getting defensive and he didn't know why. "Every time I catch you he's hanging out in a crowd like some movie star. I thought you'd like a break from all that." Meaning that that had never been her thing. Everyone liked attention, sure, but Greed buried himself in it.
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Zoe was hearing something entirely different from what Derek was saying. She was hearing that she was lost and forgotten in the crowd, that she couldn't keep up with it, that she didn't move in the attention like he did because she didn't deserve any of it. If it had been his sister she was sure the crowd would be around both of them, she held on to her arms and didn't know what to say to that. She was a little deflated that Derek seemed to be pointing out what Zoe already knew in the back of her mind, she didn't belong in Greed's world.
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"Zoey?" Derek asked with a wave in front of her face. She seemed to space out there as he chatted away. "You okay?" But he'd touched a tender subject. Greed eating up the attention only poured salt on the wound. But he was focusing on himself, being still cold and wet he had his mind on one place. When he finally could make Zoe out in the crowd he weaved through. He pulled her into a hug but not just because Derek was there, but because he was shivering with small wet patches showing through his short. He snuggled his chin into the crook of her neck, his red-tipped ears ice on her cheek.
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She looked at him, something in her eyes not quite right like she wanted to tell him something, "Derek, I--" but she didn't get the chance as Greed swooped her up in a hug. She was surprised but grateful and her arms went around his neck, holding on to him like he'd disappear. Out of all the girls there, he still picked her, didn't that count? she touched the back of his head, "You're freezing.." she whispered, her lips brushing against his skin.
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Oh wasn't he just hamming it up? Derek paused hanging on what she didn't get to say as the air stayed silent. In her heels she was nearly his height, enough that he didn't completely tower her. With his face still buried into her neck he could have been a vampire sucking for blood, except he was sucking for body heat. "I don't have rabies."
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She smiled brightly and kissed his cheek at the rabies comment, "Why don't we go warm you up..." she said it in a way that only he knew what she meant since she had a Zoe method of heating him up in these situations. Her arms were still around his neck as she turned to look at Derek, "See ya, Derek..." the smile disappearing for him.
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"Can I just velcro you to my chest?" He wasn't close enough for her body heat to soak in. The hotel wasn't far from this point, but he lingered a little just to rub it in her ex's face. The fact he was still there and that Zoe had even said his name made him cringe. He kept her tight to him almost forgetting his swag back in the process of walking them back to the hotel room just like this. Her strapped to him like a belt.
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Zoe grabbed their bag since he needed to hold on to her in order to keep her from falling off. She squealed a little, "You're ice cold.. and I can walk!" but she was sure the point was to keep her plastered against him and leave Derek looking as jealous as the girls who stared after them and said hateful things about Zoe.
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He looked as if he had a growth the way he waddled all the way back to the hotel, in the cold, still wet as the breeze whipped through the thin t-shirt. They got back to the hotel room plus a lot of cackling from the weird looks in the elevator. Didn't they all know this was part of his costume? Who wouldn't want Wonder Woman stuck to The Human Torch?
He let her go reluctantly so he could peel off the t-shirt and the rest of his body suit so it could dry. It was soaked to the bone. His teeth were chattering as he was down to nothing but his skin tight boxers. He expected her to do the same, but she wasn't wet.
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She hid her face in his chest when other people laughed but she was smiling, it was weird but it was adorable and she gave him a kiss in the elevator. When he finally let her go in the room she put down his bag and then helped him with his suit. She wasn't taking off even a stitch of clothing as she opened her arms to him, "Awww you poor thing, c'mere..."