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Karin Shepherd | Tiamat ([info]sheltering_sky) wrote in [info]paxletalelogs,
@ 2011-10-02 17:30:00

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Entry tags:geb, tiamat

Let’s Rest Awhile Inside the Cave
Who: Sean & Karin.
What: With Fiona at work, Karin seeks out company.
Where: 105.
When: 2 October, 1:29 a.m.
Warnings: None yet.

Karin woke to the sound of her own choked cry.

Her heart beat a violent tattoo against her ribs, her tongue swollen and dry in her faintly open mouth. She could not quite recall the nightmare, though she felt the echo of its touch on every part of her sweat-drenched skin. She remembered water, and earth, and an emptiness so deep she could not truly fathom it. It was too much.

Slowly she unclenched her hand from the sheets, realizing just as sluggishly that she had in her terror reached out for her sister, like a child unable to care for herself. Shame flushed hot upon her cheeks. Fiona was at work, as was right and good; already Karin had set Fiona too far back, had imposed too much upon her social calendar, her work schedule, her very enjoyment of her own home’s comforts. Fee had sacrificed enough. Knowing this, Karin had foolishly convinced herself she could make it on her own, that the restful nights her sister had spent by her side had helped her enough that for one brief night she would not need such coddling. She had, of course, been wrong.

The thought of attempting sleep again drove her mad. The bed was too big, too cold, too lonely to be welcoming. Shadows danced in the corners of her vision, taunting her with their constant evasion. In the unlit bathroom she washed her face, the frigid water rousing herself at least to some degree. Her mind raced, but she could think of only one place to go now, only one person who might set her at her ease.

And so a quarter of an hour later she found herself staring at the quite familiar door beside her own, her tired eyes tracing the lines that read 105. She hated herself for seriously considering waking him at this hour. She wondered what she would say, what she could say, were he to be angry or put out by her familiarity, her thoughtlessness. But desperation drove her on, and she gave a quiet, rapping knock.

“Sean?” she said, her voice a stadium whisper. “Sean, it’s Karin.” She knocked again, gritting her teeth, swallowing her humiliation. “Please be awake...”



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[info]sheltering_sky
2011-10-05 02:33 am UTC (link)
A smile twitched at the corner of her lips, uncertain, unsure. She sipped at her tea, wincing at its sweetness on her tongue. He free hand reached up to fit close over his, loosely interlacing her fingers with his own. "Yoga?" she asked, half-heartedly, finding herself disappointed with the suggestion the moment she spoke it. She leaned back into his grip, glancing up, looking over her own shoulder to meet his eyes. She felt whatever resolve she had slipping away, dissolving the longer she felt the heat of him through her thin pyjamas. Fiona would approve of this, she thought; it was good to have companionship, particularly when one was in such dire need. "Melatonin? What does Doctor Allen recommend?"

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[info]eternalearth
2011-10-05 02:46 am UTC (link)
Normally he probably would've suggested yoga and melatonin, neither could really hurt, but as she tightened her grip on his hands and their eyes met, he knew that any chance he had of supporting her right now was shot right out of the window. He was going to have to make a move or he would regret it for quite some time, and making a move risked their friendship, but so be it. "Well, it's like yoga, so similar really, except a bit more...active." Sean grinned and stepped her her side, turning her head slightly to kiss her. Part of him expected to wake up at any moment, in bed and wishing what he had just dreamed was instead reality. He didn't linger with the kiss for long, but pulled away, just enough to take off his lasses and set them on the table, smiling. "I think you need a different kind of stretching before bed, what do you think Ms. Shepherd?"

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[info]sheltering_sky
2011-10-05 03:10 am UTC (link)
She flushed; this time the bright stain spread from her cheeks to the very tips of her ears, even creeping down the slender column of her throat. Her tongue slipped over her lips, catching the faint taste of honey he left in his wake. She swallowed hard, carefully considering her answer; it was not too late to dart toward the door, to be neatly in bed as expected when Fiona returned from her late-night shift. That was, of course, the safer option. But his offer proved too tempting to refuse, and grew only more so with every passing moment. Again her teeth worried at her lower lip, drawing a shallow line into that soft skin.

"Sean, I..." She willed her eyes to meet his own, to not let her burgeoning fear get the better of her. She had long believed honesty took precedence over all else; even now, with long shut-out emotion slowly overtaking her, she could not shut out that drive altogether. Embarrassed, she held his gaze and carried on. "It's been a while." A nervous laugh slipped free of her. But if this was not what she had come for, what had she intended? Somehow she steeled her resolve, turning in her chair to better face him. "If that's okay..." Her hand rose to his face, trembling, thin fingers tracing the hard line of his jaw. Leaning up, she kissed him again: hesitant at first, slowly gaining confidence with every moment he did not pull away.

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[info]eternalearth
2011-10-05 03:23 am UTC (link)
"It's been awhile for me too Karin, don't worry." Of course Sean was aware that a guy's version of 'awhile' tended to be very different from a female's version of forever. Not that he slept around, because the truth was that he very rarely had time to sleep around between all of his classes and time he liked to spend at the temple. Sean continued to kiss her, deepening the kiss as he let his tongue slip into her mouth. Sure California was full of gorgeous beautiful people, but Sean saw something beautiful inside of Karin as well. There was a delicate nature to her, something that he just wanted to wrap his arms around and embrace. Of course it didn't hurt that her body was also to die for.

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[info]sheltering_sky
2011-10-06 11:47 am UTC (link)
Some part of her insisted this was the worst of bad ideas; inwardly she cringed, imagining herself later telling Fee - who would undoubtedly guess what had gone on, and no mistake - she had slept with her yoga instructor, who was also her next door neighbor. It was too many cliches, too many romcom plots in a single go, and somehow it was hard to believe it was nonetheless her life. But still more frustrating was the fact that even knowing this, even feeling the pang of self consciousness as she did, more of her wanted this, wanted him, someone who didn't look at her with so much impotent worry in his eyes. So she kissed him back, leaning into him, her hands tentatively coming to rest at his hips.

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[info]eternalearth
2011-10-07 02:39 pm UTC (link)
Some time later...

Sean pulled his blue, green and brown striped comforter over the two of them and wrapped an arm around her, kissing her lips. That had been completely unexpected, but absolutely welcomed and desired. Karin was very special, that much was already clear to him and he hoped as they rested in his bed, that the feeling was mutual. "You are absolutely amazing in so many ways Karin. Stay here with me for the rest of the night. Do you need an alarm set for anything?"

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[info]sheltering_sky
2011-10-08 03:21 am UTC (link)
This time, the flush already on her skin hid the stain of her embarrassment. "Don't flatter me," she said, her eyes flicking downward to the tangled sheets. Feeble protestation though it was, it was true; what she liked best in Sean was the calm he seemed to exude, the comfort she felt in his presence. She mistrusted compliments, preferring actions to words with unerring consistency, but the ease of his bearing when he was around her was something she could truly understand. She found she did not want to leave, could not bear the thought of returning to the cold and empty apartment next door. She nuzzled closer, shaking her head at the mere thought of an alarm.

"I want to stay," she whispered, feeling her heavy eyelids already beginning to droop. The idea of a dreamless night, or at least a few hours nestled next to a warm body, her own thoroughly sated and tired in a long-forgotten fashion, was already doing much to lull her into deeper relaxation. "I'll get up when you do. It'll be fine..."

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[info]eternalearth
2011-10-08 03:57 am UTC (link)
Sean didn't have to be at class until noon tomorrow thankfully, and morning beach yoga... well if he happened to wake up he happened to wake up. He gave Karin a kiss and flipped over on his side, facing Karin with a grin. "I'll flatter you all I want, because I mean every single word." He yawned though, a reminder that he had been in the middle of sleep when she had knocked on his door and now he was even more tired than before. "If you have a bad dream again, wake me up okay? I'm right here for you I promise," but even as he comforted her, and promised that he would be there, he fell fast asleep sleeping next to her.

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OOC!
[info]sheltering_sky
2011-10-08 05:16 am UTC (link)
(eeee looks like a wrap, y/n?)

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Re: OOC!
[info]eternalearth
2011-10-08 05:38 am UTC (link)
((looks like a wrap! :) These two are precious))

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Re: OOC!
[info]sheltering_sky
2011-10-08 11:34 pm UTC (link)
(They so are. Love love love!)

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