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Tweak says, "I feel sullied & unusual"

Lyra Aquilina Campbell (lyra_yes) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2021-12-18 00:02:00

Entry tags:

avery duffield, lyra campbell

WHO: Lyra and Avery
WHEN: Thursday 16th, nighttime
WHERE: Avery's place
WHAT: Post Musing, and Avery's got something to ask
WARNINGS: TBD but probably amorous

Lyra hummed her way to Avery's place after leaving Erato, her headphones in her ears felt like they'd directly plugged her into the music. It was too bad Avery wasn't musical, too bad he didn't have any instruments at his place (aside from, heh, you know) because she really felt like playing. And maybe it'd impress him. She bet he'd think she looked hot with a guitar.

He'd thought she looked hot on her birthday, something she was still feeling warm and pleased about. Hot and cute. She tried to remember if he'd called her either of those things apart from when they were in the middle of getting naked and she didn't think he had. Compliments outside of sex was definitely something she could get used to.

Although they were pretty great during, too, to be fair.

But then, so were his smartass remarks.

Lyra hit the button for his floor and leaned up against the back of the elevator, smiling to herself. Post-curse, this crush was only growing, and maybe her feelings, like the hopes she had for her dad, were setting her up for disappointment or hurt but... Lyra thought about the heck yeah I do message he'd sent when she'd asked if he wanted to hook up, and found it hard to care.

She smeared on a little grapefruit chapstick, then lifted her phone to get a good angle, though it was harder to get a good cleavage shot when you'd been dressed for the outdoors in December, and sent it to him.

I'm in your elevator 😏 better open your door

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lyra_yes
2021-12-18 04:06 am UTC (link)

Lyra shook her head to the idea of Jesus in the White House. Couldn't be. No way that anyone who preached love thy neighbor was in charge of this country. She'd give him Zeus, though. Zeus seemed more likely, from what she'd read of him. But even then... Lyra took another drink as she watched Avery gear up to take off, trying to decide what she thought, and nah, nah she couldn't believe the government knew.

"I reckon he'd curse them before he let the CIA take him," she said, feeling that was a pretty reasonable (and potently terrifying) assumption. Apollo acted (infuriatingly) like he was untouchable and maybe he was. "Maybe they have their own curse-based protection racket? I dunno..." she shot him a slightly worried look. "Has he said anything else to you, since, y'know, cursegate?"

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phantomtruth
2021-12-18 05:26 am UTC (link)

"Nah, haven't heard from him," Avery said with a shrug. Lyra was probably right that maybe the immortals had ways of defending themselves. Maybe they had a mole in there, ready to throw everyone off the scent if they got too close. "He's probably got, like, god things going on."

He nudged Lyra with his arm and leaned his head closer. "Maybe there are children of the gods running things to keep everything secret," he said in a conspiratorial tone. He glanced down at her lips as he spoke, wanting to kiss her but not wanting to ask, and hoping she was just good at reading body language. "How good are you at keeping secrets?"

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lyra_yes
2021-12-18 06:00 am UTC (link)

She'd been about to say something more about Apollo, something relieved, maybe even something a little sappy like good, I don't want anything to happen to you but then Avery touched her, moving closer, lowering his voice and his eyes and changing the charge in the air. Oh, okay, yes! The corner of her mouth twisted up; it didn't take a lot to bring those hot work daydreams back to the surface of her mind. She took an audible breath, and ran her tongue over her lips, glancing at his mouth, too, before returning his conspiratorial look. "What's the secret?"

Was it a secret about kissing?!

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	phantomtruth 2021-12-18 09:17 am UTC (link)
	He didn't actually have a good secret. Plenty of bad ones, but nothing fun. It had been more a rhetorical question about how good she would be at working for the government. But now he was in the moment, and he had nothing, so he kissed her instead, the hand not holding the beer bottle crossing her back to pull her in closer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lyra_yes
2021-12-18 09:35 am UTC (link)

Mmm okay she didn't care what he'd been going to say (or about correcting his implication that she was a child of the gods, Patrick wasn't a god) because kissing was a better use of their mouths. This was kinda her daydreaming coming to life, and that arm around her back was really nice, even if she could barely feel it through the chunky knitted sweater she was wearing. His own clothes were thinner, she could feel the warmth of him beneath the fabric as she wrapped her own bottle-free arm around him, slowly closing her hand into a fist at the back of his shirt while they kissed.

"Been thinkin' bout kissing you since my birthday," she didn't mind admitting, flashing a grin at him. "That's not so much a secret, though."

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phantomtruth
2021-12-18 09:46 am UTC (link)

Avery had been thinking of doing a bit more than kissing her, but he just smirked and kissed her again, sinking into focusing on just her mouth and tongue against his for a good few minutes, until they had to stop because it was either drink the beer or put it down, and there was nowhere in reach to put it.

He took a big pull on the bottle, unable to wipe the self-satisfied smirk off his face. "Been thinking about those pics you sent," he said. "A lot." And then he had to cover his mouth to smother a burp from gulping his beer too fast.

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lyra_yes
2021-12-18 10:23 am UTC (link)

Lyra tried not to grin as much as she felt like grinning, warmth spreading across her face at his words. She felt a bit ridiculously flattered (even with the burp, honestly.) "Yeah?" she asked, getting up off the bed so she could put her beer bottle down on his desk, and so she could pull off her sweater while she was up. She still had a couple of layers on underneath, but things were definitely too warm for big sweaters. "Been smirking like that the whole time too, have you?" she grinned down at him, stepping closer again and resting her hands on his shoulders.

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phantomtruth
2021-12-18 10:47 am UTC (link)

Avery couldn't help his eyes lingering on her breasts with her standing so close to him, before looking up at her face. "What's it to ya?" he asked, defensive in words if not in tone. "The Snapchat is gone but it lives on up here." He tapped his temple. Was it weird to admit to jerking off over the memory of a sexy pic? Or weirder than jerking off over an actual picture? Or not as weird?

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lyra_yes
2021-12-18 10:58 am UTC (link)

"Uh huh? Well, couple of the things you've done are livin' rent free in my head, too," Lyra bit the tip of her tongue, her fingers following his to his temples and running through his hair. "Things involving fingers and couches," she added, because it was best to be specific, so there was no doubt in his mind she wanted him to do that again. "Well," she clarified even more, leaning down to kiss him again. "Fingers more than couches."

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phantomtruth
2021-12-18 11:09 am UTC (link)

He laughed and kissed her back. Fuck, she was hot.

"Hey, uh, I have something to talk to you about," he murmured against her lips between kisses, his hands going to rest on her hips. "Nothing drastic but- I can do it now, or wait until... after." That after was said with a suggestive flick of his eyebrows and a grin that was very interested in pulling Lyra into his lap and seeing if she liked fingers and beds as much as fingers and couches.

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	lyra_yes 2021-12-18 11:17 am UTC (link)
	Lyra bit down on her lip as a rush of heat went through her— she liked the promise of that after. Like, a lot. She whined, though, pressing her forehead against his. "Dammit, Aves," she said, stroking her fingertips over the soft hair at the base of his neck. "Why'd you have to go pitting my curiosity 'gainst my horniness? That's not fair." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	phantomtruth 2021-12-18 11:30 am UTC (link)
	"I just didn't wanna forget." He touched his nose against hers. "It's only about my stupid family, it's not that important." Her fingers were giving him nice tingles down his spine, and he tugged her forward to sit across his lap. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lyra_yes
2021-12-18 11:42 am UTC (link)

Her forehead furrowed at the mention of his family, the thought of it pulling her attention away from how good it felt to sit on him. Not all the way away, but just enough that she knew she wouldn't be able to really get lost in kissing him again till she knew.

"No, tell me, what'd they do?" she asked, sliding her arms round his neck. She kinda wanted to tell him about the nightmare awkwardness with her mom recently, and she'd been going to leave that till 'after' as well, but, she kinda liked that he wanted to talk to her. To touch his nose against hers and talk to her. She kinda liked it a lot.

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phantomtruth
2021-12-18 12:13 pm UTC (link)

Avery sighed with mild annoyance. Damn, he should've chanced forgetting to mention it after all. "My brother Xander has been flapping his gums," he said, keeping his eyes lowered. Family truths and eye contact were too much. It was one or the other. "He's told my Mom about you and now she wants you to come for Christmas. But I said you'll be with your family, so, not happening. Right?" Here he glanced up, just for a moment, to get her reaction.

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lyra_yes
2021-12-18 12:25 pm UTC (link)

It was so not what she expected that Lyra had to laugh in surprise, just once, before she leaned back to get a better look at him under her raised brows. "Okay, Imma need more than that," she said. "What's Xander been saying 'bout me? To your mom?" She bet it wasn't flattering. Not that she cared what Xander thought, since he was a cheating dirtbag who kept stringing Hailey on and was a jerk and a bully to his brother, but Lyra found she did care, a little bit, what Avery's mom thought about her.

Was that weird? That was maybe a bit weird.

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phantomtruth
2021-12-18 12:34 pm UTC (link)

Avery sucked on his top lip, worrying at the edge of his in his teeth. The answer he'd wanted was "No, I want to be with my family" and then they would've had a normal Christmas and all would've been fine. But that was never going to happen. And shit, now this was going to require backstory.

He sighed through his nose and took a drink. "So... you know I'm bi, right. I told my family I was gay cos I wanted- ugh, because they're assholes, and if I'd said bi it would've been "just a phase" or whatever. The possibility of a girl would've given them hope." He snorted and shook his head. "And, yeah, well you know Xander was at the party and we were together and so he told her. It's bullshit, but... he wanted to get back at me I guess. Anyway, now my Mom thinks she can convince me to be "normal" if she makes friends with you. She has never ever invited anyone else I've ever dated, even for dinner, but the first sign of convention, and suddenly..." He rolled his eyes. Lyra would understand, right? She'd understand, and not want a bar of it.

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lyra_yes
2021-12-18 12:50 pm UTC (link)

Lyra listened, her eyebrows climbing higher as he spoke, getting more offended on his behalf as well as her own. "That is fucked up," she said, but squeezed his arm in case he thought she directing it at him. Yeah she could get why he'd said he was gay so they were forced not to erase that part of him. "That is... oh my god, that is twisted. She thinks I'm normal? Just cuz I'm a girl? Half tempted to turn up, I'd show her conventional."

It was so annoying. This whole family halfway across the country judging her entirely based on her gender. Avery was right. Total bullshit.

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phantomtruth
2021-12-18 01:15 pm UTC (link)

"She didn't say normal, I just know her," Avery said sourly. "She only knows what Xander said, which is just that I was with a girl at a party, and that you know the other girls and Archer. I sure didn't tell her shit about you. But. She's... insisting." When his mother said, "I insist," that was pretty much iron law in the Duffield household. Not that Lyra knew that. Yet. "She said she'd buy the plane tickets to make sure."

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lyra_yes
2021-12-18 07:23 pm UTC (link)

"Ugh," Lyra grunted, even more uncomfortable finding out how much money Avery's mom would casually throw around (a last minute plane ticket on Christmas? No way that came cheap) just to pressure her son into the life she wanted for him. Lyra ran one of her hands through his hair again, kinda proud he'd turned out so weird in rebellion to that pressure.

"Well, you were right though, I do have my own fam. And Christmas at mine, I reckon, is gonna be freaking weird since I told them my dad is a real-ass Saint and it's made my mom start looking at me different—" she said this bit lightly, like it wasn't the most hurtful thing her mom'd done in ages "—but I ain't just gonna ditch them on the big day, so your mom's gonna have to learn to live without her heteronormative Christmas, soz not soz."

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phantomtruth
2021-12-19 12:49 am UTC (link)

"Yeah so- That's what I said, you can't- Wait, you told them?" Avery tilted his head and frowned at Lyra. "You just told your family the whole truth? Why didn't you say anything to me? I could've helped you." He stroked her hip. Or he would've told her not to, because opening the eyes of people who aren't ready to see is a whole thing, and he'd tried, and it was never going to go well.

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lyra_yes
2021-12-19 01:22 am UTC (link)

Lyra found herself really touched by his offer of help, and smiled down at him while she played with his messy hair. Erato was wrong, flowers didn't have anything to do with romance, shit like this was what it was all about.

It was a wry smile though, cuz like, no it hadn't gone great. "I had to. It's part of me, y'know? I didn't wanna be hiding things from them for the rest of my life. Patrick did it with me, explained who he was and— and showed them his halo. So at least they don't think I'm crazy, but... My grandmother doesn't trust him, and my mom's started going to church and it's a whole thing," she sighed dramatically, her eye roll intense. "So's much as I'd be kinda tempted to come freak out your family at Christmas, kinda gotta freak out my own."

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	phantomtruth 2021-12-19 01:47 am UTC (link)
	He kinda liked Lyra playing with his hair. It was an intimate sort of touch, the sort of thing someone close would do. Nobody else touched him like that. "I'm sorry it went badly for you," he said. "Sorry I can't be there to help you out. It's gotta be difficult for you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lyra_yes
2021-12-19 02:02 am UTC (link)

"Yeah..." Lyra sighed again, but this one was more resigned. She kept reminding herself that things with her family could be worse, kept telling herself that Jocelyn would see Patrick was decent eventually, that her mom would move onto the next bandwagon eventually. Meantime... Maybe she was gonna keep being a bit of a chicken and avoiding home.

"You're real sweet, you know?" Lyra turned her attention back toward the cute boy she was sitting on, since there was nothing they could do about her family right now. She dropped her head down to his and pressed her lips against his, softer than before, fingers curling lightly in his hair. "I like this side of ya."

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phantomtruth
2021-12-19 02:12 am UTC (link)

Avery kissed her back, giving her a little smile. "Eh. Well, you're my girlfriend, I gotta look out for you."

Was that a good idea? Saying that out loud? It'd just kind of come out, but he'd been thinking it, since her birthday anyway, when she was sending him tit pics and talking to him about her dad and stuff. Would she freak out at the idea? But she was looking at him so sweetly, she had to be thinking the same thing. Right?

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lyra_yes
2021-12-19 02:50 am UTC (link)

"Am I?" Lyra asked in surprise, sitting back so she could see his whole face, and finding a smile spread across her face till she was grinning down at him. Actually, she quite liked that; my girlfriend. It was a similar kind of happiness as hit her when Patrick had called her his daughter, when Aderyn and Iestyn has called her their cousin.

"Wait," she said suddenly, slight worried frown on her brow. "You ain't just being sarcastic cuz that's what your mom thinks I am, right?" She wasn't used to him being sincere... Maybe she just didn't know what it looked like on him?