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Tweak says, "always have, always will."

Tara Maclay (timidwitch) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2017-10-19 14:39:00

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!log/thread, tara maclay, willow rosenberg

WHO: Tara and Willow
WHEN: after the private cake party for Tara's birthday
WHERE: the streets of Tumbleweed
WHAT: The two talk about Sumerian rituals and their connection to each other.
WARNINGS: Low
STATUS: thread, incomplete

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After the cake, Tara felt a little older. It was strange how one tradition could make you feel like you've grown a whole year. Especially since she was already telling people she was 22. She worried about Buffy, being older and seeing so much. She could imagine what kind of hells she had to be through. Or maybe she had a normal life. Tara made a note to talk to Buffy at some point, catch up on what happened after the Hellmouth collapsed.

Tara was feeling feisty and asked Willow to go for a walk with her. Look out everyone, a walk. Part of her just enjoyed Willow's company and the other part wanted Willow to see that she loved Tara, maybe even a little bit.

They left Buffy's house and went into the streets, staying on the sidewalks. The streetlights were blinking on and Tara felt that it was a magical night. The Sumerian ritual they spoke of would be perfect for tonight. It might have to wait, but something special was bound to happen. She could feel it.

Tara turned to Willow. "Do you plan on continuing college now that you're here?"

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extraflamey
2017-10-19 09:41 pm UTC (link)

Okay, so? Cake? Cake seemed to go over well. Though maybe now Tara would be caked out? It had been a lot of cake. Though maybe cupcakes would work? Those were sort of like mini-cake's though and maybe that Would be too much cake if the current cake hadn't been too much cake? She Could Do cookies, Everyone liked cookies, right? Though not everyone liked the same flavor of cookies. But... Chocolate chip was generally a pretty safe cookie bet, wasn't it? Now if only she could figure out a reasonable time to get her cookie making on that wouldn't make it obvious what she was doing so that her whole plan wouldn't slip and fall and land the whole thing face first on the floor that would be great.

But how did she do that?

Tara asking her out for a walk had displaced all of the thoughts which continued to swirl around her head, and Willow couldn't help but smile and agree to go along. It was what the birthday girl wanted! How could she refuse? Though, admittedly, at the same time, maybe it was somewhat of an excuse to try to get to know Tara a bit better too. There was just something there, something between the two of them that Willow couldn't help but find alluring, even if the specifics of the whole mess still seemed caught in the confusion of her poor frazzled and overly analytic brain.

Thankfully, the night was calm and actually rather pleasant for an October evening, and the weather left the red headed witch with a smile on her face. Eyes meandered as they walked from the scenery to checking in on Tara. It would be awful if the other woman didn't have a nice time on her birthday type day and Willow wanted to assure that nothing went wrong if she could help it.

The question was a bit surprising regardless of it making sense. Of course they'd talk on a walk! Why wouldn't they? It wouldn't make any sense to just wonder around silently in this random place.

"Yeah, if I can get into it I think I'll continue my education." There was a pause of consideration about the subject. "I'm not really sure how that would work since I was technically enrolled in UC Sunnydale, and you know, that whole seventeen year gap in my record." There was obviously a bit of concern there but for now there wasn't much she could do. "What about you? You said you had been going to college too, right? Did you finish before getting whisked away here?"

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timidwitch
2017-10-19 11:05 pm UTC (link)

It was a temperate evening, but Tara wore a long sweater. It made her feel safe, pulling the sleeves over her palms. She folded her arms over her chest so that she wouldn't have the urge to reach out and touch Willow-- put her arm around her waist or hook arms with her. She had to be gentle with Willow. As far as Tara could figure, Oz had just left and Willow hadn't figured out she was bisexual yet. Tara knew at a young age that she liked girls, but her overbearing father pushed that aside for a long time. It wasn't until Willow that she let herself be free and express interest in another girl.

"Things happened and I didn't finish-- I made it pretty far, though. You know how it is on the Hellmouth. Those things come first." She didn't want to mention that Buffy's mom died and then Buffy died and they had to take care of Dawn... "Buffy dropped out before us, she was way busier, and I moved into your dorm room."

Again, she was telling Willow things that already happened. It wasn't like amnesia, like it would come back. She put her hand on her forehead and let out a breath. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't... I shouldn't tell you about the future."