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Tweak says, "who let you in my house!"

Piotr Rasputin (abs_of_steel) wrote in tensor,
@ 2011-02-25 04:39:00

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anna-marie_adler, nsfw, piotr_rasputin

Anna Marie
Piotr was still pretty certain this wasn't the best idea ever. He'd drawn nude pictures before, yes, it was part of getting anatomy down, and he'd taken art classes that even had a live model, but that was in a class. With a model he didn't know, and it was easy to think of just the aesthetics, of just drawing.

This was a bedroom. With one of his closest friends, and no one else in the room. It just seemed - different. And yes, Piotr knew that in all liklihood, once he got started on the drawing, he would be able to focus completely and just think of the art - that was one reason why he drew, it allowed him to clear his mind and think of nothing but getting the images out on paper - but right now, and until then, he was kind of nervous.

And he was refusing to think of after.

He'd bundled his art supplies under his arm, and he knocked with his free hand when he got to Anna's room. "It's me, Anna," he called in.

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 07:36 am UTC (link)

"I'd probably be working at my parent's restaurant," he said. It wasn't exactly a bad notion - it'd been more or less what he'd figured he'd end up doing before coming here - but as his father'd said, his powers would do him a lot more good here. Then he chuckled, and joked, "Or a starving artist."

Chilly. Right.

"Sorry," he apologized. "That should have occurred to me." Except it didn't, because that would have required thinking much more into the whole naked thing before they started, and he'd been trying very, very hard not to do that.

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	_canttouchthis_ 2011-02-28 07:44 am UTC (link)
	"They'd let you starve?" She looked at him, smiling. "Wouldn't even toss you the day's leftovers?" "It's okay. I'm just used to so many damn layers is all." She almost shrugged, before remembering that she was supposed to be still. "It probably wouldn't really bother anyone else." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 07:54 am UTC (link)

He laughed, and fortunately had just been reaching for another pencil, and so didn't mess up any detail work with his laughter. "They'd probably box up table scraps for me. Just so I didn't completely starve. Just almost starve. In the process of starving."

Piotr added a few more details, blurring and softening some lines. "Still. I am sorry." His eyes narrowed contemplatively as he looked at the drawing, then up at Anna, and back and forth a few times, cataloging every detail in real life and making sure he'd gotten it down in the drawing.

It wasn't perfect, and there were a few things that were bugging him, but he suspected they were the kinds of things that would always bug him, no matter how long he worked at them.

He swept his eyes over her one last time, examining closely to see if there was anything that jumped out at him as out of place in the drawing. And, all right, just a bit admiring, because she was beautiful, and she'd been lovely to draw. Then he caught himself and flushed slightly, dropping his eyes back to the drawing.

"Sorry," he murmured. "I, um. I think it's done."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 08:03 am UTC (link)

"That's nice of them." At least they wouldn't let him go to waste... though it probably took a fair amount of food to keep someone as big as he was running all day. She could understand them not wanting to save that much food for him.

"I volunteered," she pointed out, glancing toward the door. For a second, she'd thought that she had heard Ali's voice, but it seemed like it was a false alarm. When she looked back at Piotr, he was looking at her, and for some reason, she blushed just a little bit. She'd been doing her best to ignore the whole naked in front of him thing, but with the sudden silence and the fact that he was looking again, it was suddenly not so easy to ignore. He looked down at his drawing a bit abruptly, and mumbled that he thought it was done, and she hesitated before actually moving. "Yeah? So I can move?"

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 08:11 am UTC (link)

"It is," he replied. "Although I think our dog might disagree. He usually gets some of the scraps."

And then he had to be an idiot and stare at her. Or, well, realize he was staring at her. The actual examining bit was something he always did when he drew, and it probably wouldn't have felt awkward if he hadn't suddenly realized that Anna was naked, and he was sitting there admiring her. Or, at least, it would have felt awkward to him, who knew what Anna was thinking.

Yeah, he was just going to. Not look up until she was dressed again. Or maybe ever again.

"You can move," he agreed, trying not to blush more. Way to make it awkward when they'd almost gotten through it with minimal awkwardness, Piotr.

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 08:22 am UTC (link)

When he gave her the go-ahead, she slid up into a seated position, then dropped off the bed and crossed quickly to her desk, where she grabbed the discarded sweats and pulled them on, not bothering with underwear. It was a lot quicker.

"How did it turn out? If it's like, a stick figure and you were just staring at my tits that whole time, I'm going to be mad."She did put her bra back on before swinging the track jacket around, quickly slipping her arms in and zipping it up. Snatching the gloves up, she turned and poked him on the arm, careful not to absorb him. "Flattered, but mad."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 08:31 am UTC (link)

He could hear her slide off the bed, but he still kept his eyes firmly on the drawing. At least until her comment, and then, awkwardness forgotten, he laughed and looked up. "I'm wounded, Anna."

While she was finishing getting dressed, he flipped quietly to the next page in his sketchbook and quickly drew a little cartoonish Anna-stick figure.

"Hopefully you're more flattered than mad," he told her, unable to control his grin as she poked him, then held up the stick figure for her to see. He'd show her the real one in a few seconds, he just wanted to see her reaction.

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 08:41 am UTC (link)

"You're wounded?" She glanced over at him as she put her bra back on, followed quickly by the jacket. "I'm the one who was just laying around letting it all hang out for half an hour."

Piotr was grinning when she poked him, and she crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow. She didn't quite trust that, especially with the words that came with it, and she leaned forward to look at the... stick figure. Tilting her head, she tried to keep as straight a face as possible as she observed, "So basically, you're just a pervert."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 08:46 am UTC (link)

He definitely wasn't going to laugh at that. He could keep a straight face. All right, no, he couldn't, and he was still grinning as he agreed, "Basically. I hide it pretty well, don't I?"

And then he turned back to the actually drawing, because he doubted he could keep that up any longer. It'd turned out quite well, for a sketch, even if there were still some things he'd like to work at longer. "What do you think?" he asked, a bit nervous.

Piotr always got nervous showing his drawings to other people, even those who'd seen his work before, like Anna.

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 08:52 am UTC (link)

"I suspected," she nodded, narrowing her eyes slightly until she couldn't keep the smile off her face. When he flipped to the actual drawing, she moved in closer, examining it. The smile disappeared as she looked at it. It was... it was good. It was her. She was very much naked. It was really good.

"Wow." She leaned in a little bit closer and nodded. "I sure am naked there." That probably wasn't the feedback he wanted, and she turned to look at him, adding, "It's good. It's really good."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 08:57 am UTC (link)

"You are far cleverer than most," he said with a nod. "Of course, now that you know, I have to swear you to secrecy."

Her comment about the drawing surprised a chuckle out of him, before he blushed slightly. Yeah. She was definitely very, very naked. He'd noticed that. He was still noticing it, actually.

He flushed a bit more at her addition. "Thank you," he said, smiling slightly. "It's no where near as lovely as in reality, of course, but I think it did turn out well."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 09:05 am UTC (link)

"Or you'll do what, exactly?" She gave him a challenging look before going silent as he held the picture up. The naked and very well done picture of her. For some reason, seeing it and seeing how obviously naked her it was felt a little bit different than actually being naked, and she felt herself blushing just a little bit again. It was good. It was just naked.

"So it's..." Anna shook her head, smiling faintly. "That joke is too easy and basically boils down to you just wanting to look at me naked more." She looked at the drawing again, chewing on her lip as she nodded at it. It really was good, even if it was weird staring at herself like that.

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 09:10 am UTC (link)

"Something very clever," Piotr replied. "It's too clever for me to express it right now, in fact. I'll have to get back to you on that."

He flushed again at her comment, and glanced away, because it kind of hit too much on the truth for him there. Not exactly, because he was pretty sure she meant the picture, but it was close.

Then he looked back with a grin. "Always," he said, and even managed to make it come out more or less teasing. "Actually, I - thought you'd keep it."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 09:21 am UTC (link)

She caught the movement as he looked away, and she watched him, trying not to be too obvious about having noticed it. He was blushing, and she almost wanted to apologize and tell him that she didn't mean anything by it, but then he was turning back to her and grinning and it seemed okay again.

She stopped chewing on her lip when he said that he wanted her to keep it, and she turned her attention from the drawing back to his face. "Really? Are you sure? I mean, I'm... I'm okay with you looking at it. I was just kidding. I don't really care if you look at me naked."

That was probably a good time to shut up, before she rambled on too long, and she licked her lips and shrugged.

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 09:34 am UTC (link)

Piotr swallowed slightly as he attempted to sort through what she'd said, and to not read too much into it. She meant the drawing, that was it, and even if she hadn't, not caring about him looking at her naked was just that. Not caring.

So yes, he was definitely sure. It wasn't like he was planning on taking out the picture and looking at it or anything, and he had plenty of other pictures of her to remind him of her (and none of them were naked, which was definitely a good thing. Really). Not to mention, you know, he could just - go hang out with her whenever he wanted.

"I'm sure. I'd rather look at the real thing than the drawing," he told her. And then his eyes widened slightly, because that hadn't come out right at all. Well, actually, it had come out pretty right, and therefore definitely not what he'd been going for. "I meant, I'd rather be around you than just have the drawing." That wasn't much better, and now he wasn't even sure what he'd been going for.

"I'm just going to stop talking. But yeah, you should keep it."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 09:46 am UTC (link)

She raised an eyebrow as he stated that he would prefer to actually see her naked, and wondered idly if it had actually started to get hot in there or if it was just her face getting redder again. He corrected himself... sort of, and she nodded, ignoring the voices in her head as they started throwing out incredibly inappropriate comments and suggestions.

"Okay. I'll keep it." Anna nodded. That settled that. It didn't settle the argument in her mind about what exactly Piotr had meant and whether or not it was just a mistake or it was more of a Freudian slip. She straightened up, deciding to test it a little bit with an open-ended statement. "So. Now what do you want to do? Pretty sure the standard random nudity in college tradition is off the table..."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 09:58 am UTC (link)

"Good," Piotr said, with a bit of a smile and a small amount of relief. Both because the question was settled, and because she didn't seem to be overly upset (or even worse, curious) about his comments. If all he got was a raised eyebrow, he was going to count himself as lucky.

He felt his cheeks heat up a bit at the comment after her question. Right, of course it was. And really, this was kind of ridiculous, he was finding himself stumbling more over his own thoughts and getting more red after she was dressed than he had the entire time she was actually naked. "Yeah, I guess it is, isn't it?" And if he sounded almost regretful there, it was only because...well, he had no excuse, so he'd just have to hope it didn't sound regretful.

"Whatever you want? Since you were nice enough to volunteer to help my art, it's only fair I do something you want to do," he added, and there, that was more normal.

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 10:15 am UTC (link)

He was turning red again, but she couldn't tell if it was because he agreed with her or disagreed or was only just sending his mind in a less than appropriate direction. Maybe he didn't have any inclination to want the standard traditions. Or maybe he did. There was a hint of something in his voice, and it was just enough of a hint that it left her with a definite choice... and a vague impulse to punch him for leaving it just as open ended as she had.

"Um..." Anna shrugged. What she really wanted to do was something that she not only didn't know how to tactfully bring up but also something that she didn't even think could happen. "I don't know. Want... you hungry or anything? I mean, we can't really stay out all night or anything because of the run tomorrow, but we could go get food. If you want. Or... something else."

Anna shrugged again, shutting up once more before she just rambled on too much.

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 10:33 am UTC (link)

They were just figuring out what they wanted to do. It wasn't like they hadn't done this before, when they were hanging out but didn't have a specific plan in mind, so there was no reason why Piotr should feel - tense. Tense wasn't exactly the word, but it was as close as he could figure.

Maybe because the longer it went on, the more time he had to consider just telling her what he wanted to do. Seriously considering it, in a way that was definitely making him tense. Because really, thinking about just dropping, 'oh, hey, mind if I kiss you?' in a conversation with one of your closest friends was definitely worth being a little tense over.

It wasn't like he really had any support that she'd appreciate a question like that, except for little things that were probably just him reading too much into stuff. And then, obviously, there was the touching thing, but that, well. That he was more than willing to find a way to work around. And he really needed to stop thinking things like that, because otherwise he really was going to end up saying it.

"Food's good," he said finally. "I'm not all that hungry, but you know I can always eat, and I always like going out with you. I like doing pretty much anything with you, actually."

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 10:53 am UTC (link)

It took him a while to answer, and while she was waiting, she pulled her gloves on and eyed up the rest of her clothes. If they were going out, she should probably actually put on the underwear and extra shirts... and probably pants that weren't just S.H.I.E.L.D. issued sweats.

His delay was frustrating, since her urge to fill the silence with more babbling was rising. When he finally did answer, it wasn't exactly an answer she wanted to hear. Well, the food part was. But the second part, the liking to do pretty much anything with her, coupled with his non-answer before, made her pretty much reach the upper limit of how much frustration she could take before she popped.

So she punched him. She didn't punch him as hard as she could, and she was sure that she wasn't punching him hard enough to actually hurt him, but it was definitely enough to get the point across. Maybe. Maybe actually stating the point would help, too. "You are really frustrating."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 11:05 am UTC (link)

He had absolutely, one hundred percent, completely not been expecting that. The punch didn't exactly hurt, but it was hard, enough to push him back a bit, and that coupled with the surprise caused him to revert instinctively to his metal form.

Which turned out to be not such a good thing, when his back hit one of the dressers that'd been behind him and there was the crunching sound of splintering wood.

"Um," Piotr said, staring at her and blinking a few times. "Sorry?" He wasn't quite sure if he was apologizing for frustrating her or for breaking the dresser. Maybe both.

He stepped away from the dresser - he'd check the dresser to see how much damage he'd caused in a minute, right then there was something more important - and asked quietly, "Why am I frustrating?"

And then - screw it, he asked, "Will you block your powers for a moment?"

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 11:21 am UTC (link)

She hadn't really thought it out enough to realize that Piotr would probably metal up. If she had, she may have considered the fact that he was right next to Alison's dresser which, thanks to her poor impulse control, was looking pretty bad. Cringing, she muttered, "Shit."

He apologized, which was actually kind of frustrating, too, and she looked at him and shook her head, then tilted it to look at the dresser behind him. If he was sorry about the dresser, it wasn't really his fault. Hopefully Ali wouldn't get back until Anna had had time to switch the broken one with her own.

He was still metal, and when he asked her why he was frustrating, she debated punching him again. Fortunately, he followed it up with another question. She raised an eyebrow before nodding. She wasn't completely sure what he was going to do with it, so she warned, "About fifteen seconds."

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 11:29 am UTC (link)

He nodded, and said, "Okay." And that was actually kind of good, because it left him no time to think about what he was going to do. If he'd had time, he might have talked himself out of it - although that possibly would have gotten him punched again, so really, it was good in more ways than one.

Piotr barely remembered to revert to his normal form before leaning in, cupping her cheek in one hand, and kissing her. It was soft, gentle, and quick - five seconds, he counted in his mind to give himself plenty of time - as much because he wasn't entirely sure of her reaction as because of the time limit.

Then he took a step back, looking at her. He should - check on the dresser, see just how bad it was, offer to try and fix it or something, anything, really - but all he could was stand there and watch her, waiting for her reaction.

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_canttouchthis_
2011-02-28 11:44 am UTC (link)

Anna didn't know for sure what he was going to do, though she did have her suspicions. Knowing the way it had been going back and forth so far, though, she could have been completely wrong. He leaned in, de-metaled himself, and kissed her.

Though she'd been hoping that he would go in that direction, it was still a shock that he'd actually done it. She didn't have too much time to move until he was done, and she stared at him, raising the back of her hand to her mouth. That was good. It was an answer. It was something, at least.

Nodding, she licked her lips, then stepped forward, pushing him back against the dresser again and suddenly not caring all that much about the fact that Ali's dresser was not going to come out of the whole thing on top. Leaning up, she kissed him, not nearly as softly or quickly as he had moments before.

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abs_of_steel
2011-02-28 11:57 am UTC (link)

Yeah, now he really got the whole frustrating thing, as she just stared at him and lifted her hand to her mouth. That could mean any number of things, and a lot of them ended with him having to either apologize or leave really, really quickly. Or getting punched again. That was a possibility, too.

Piotr was definitely tense, and wishing he hadn't changed out of his metal form so he wouldn't have to deal with that whole having difficulty breathing thing he was currently trying to manage. And then she stepped forward, pushing him back again, and he did metal up as he hit the dresser once more.

He had a brief moment of worrying that she was reacting in one of the worse scenarios he'd thought of, but then she was kissing him. He reverted back instantly, relaxing, and kissed her back, wrapping his arm around her waist to rest his hand against the small of her back.