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Prince Sebastian Vael (ex_his_highn250) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2011-08-31 22:45:00

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penelope garcia, sebastian vael

WHO: Sebastian, Penelope Garcia, and a bit of Carlo
WHAT: Learning to dance
WHERE: The palace in Monte Carlo
WARNINGS: Probably not.

Sebastian came down toward the palace's ballroom, whistling a tune. Today was Penelope's day to have a dancing lesson, but Carlo wasn't going to be the teacher today. He smiled to himself; it was the perfect situation. He could teach, spend time with her, and talk to her about what had been on his mind.

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all_knowing
2011-09-01 04:02 am UTC (link)

Garcia had made sure to wear something that would mimic closely what she would be wearing at the ball. Her dress was long, and she was wearing four inch heels, not wanting to learn how to dance in flats and then fall on her face in heels.

She heard the door open behind her, and turned to greet who she thought was Carlo. When she saw her boyfriend, she grinned and bounced. "Hey, you! Have you come to mock my dancing?"

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	ex_his_highn250 2011-09-01 04:06 am UTC (link)
	"No, I've come to teach you to dance." Sebastian was wearing a suit, smiling. "I wanted to speak with you about a few things, and I thought I might kill two birds with one stone." He bowed to her theatrically. "May I have this dance first?" (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-09-01 04:08 am UTC (link)
	Her eyes went wide. "You are?" Grinning, she trotted over to him, rewarding him with a perfect curtsey, one where her knee even touched the ground. "It's my honor, Your Highness." Clearly, she and Carlo had practiced the curtsey first. (Reply to this)

	ex_his_highn250 2011-09-01 04:12 am UTC (link)
	He chuckled, raising an eyebrow. "Impressive, madam." He stepped closer to her, standing upright, adopting the position he'd learnt as a boy. "You've clearly got the basics already. Carlo's quite a good teacher." He didn't have a problem with Carlo teaching Penelope most of how to waltz; still, he liked the personal touch. (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-09-01 04:15 am UTC (link)
	She picked up the end of her long dress in one hand, holding it as she got into position as well. She waited for him to lead, feeling her cheeks go a bit pink. "It was a really good idea to do this. Otherwise I'd have giggled a lot when we did this at the ball." Which was something she still didn't think was entirely real; maybe he'd made it up to make her nervous. (Reply to this)

	ex_his_highn250 2011-09-01 04:22 am UTC (link)
	He hadn't. Sebastian began to lead, going slow and steady. "I wanted to make myself comfortable with the idea as well." He smiled, looking at her almost shyly. "It's been a long time since I hosted a ball. Even longer since I waltzed with a beautiful woman. Will it help you that Isabela and Hotchner will be there? Or at least, I invited them." (Reply to this)

all_knowing
2011-09-01 04:28 am UTC (link)

Garcia moved with him easily, a bit better at dancing than she thought, if only because she was good at picking up on other people's needs. She also liked music, and a lifetime spent listening to punk music had helped her notice beats. Looking up at him, she smiled, melting a little at the happy expression on his face. "Why haven't you danced with a woman in a while? And they will be? Oh, good, Isabela will love it!"

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	ex_his_highn250 2011-09-01 04:33 am UTC (link)
	"I invited them," Sebastian answered, moving with her, smiling. "Well done, pet. And I've never had reason to dance. A Chantry brother doesn't." He chuckled. "I've been debating inviting your friend Caffrey to this as well. Just to keep watch over him. Oops, mind your left foot." Maybe not the most artful segue, but still. (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-09-01 04:40 am UTC (link)
	"You could dance in the Chantry if you wanted!" She grinned and kissed his chin, squeaking when she stepped on him. "You're inviting Neal? If you do, let me talk to him first so I can let him know not to Robin Hood any of your friends' things." She stopped dancing, blinking. "Why? Are you jealous of him? Skeptical?" (Reply to this)

	ex_his_highn250 2011-09-01 04:52 am UTC (link)
	"Skeptical." Sebastian dipped her, grinning. "And I don't know. I wanted to ask you to give me the proverbial low-down on him. He worries me." He picked her up again, pulling her close. "I may be a tiny bit jealous." Just a tiny bit. Caffrey was a flirt and a rake. She was his. (Reply to this)

all_knowing
2011-09-01 04:55 am UTC (link)

Squeaking as he dipped her, she wrapped her arms around him and held him closer. "He communicates in flirting, he's already sort of seeing someone, and he's ... I don't know, he's a Robin Hood type. He takes things from people who have way too many things anyway and won't ever miss them." She kissed the corner of his mouth, smiling. "Bast, you know I love you, right? There's nothing to be jealous of, ever."

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	ex_his_highn250 2011-09-01 05:05 am UTC (link)
	"I know." He stopped the dance for a moment, cuddling her a bit. "I've just been a bit ... worried. It tends to lead me to jump to conclusions." Sebastian smiled a little. "May I talk to you about one more thing before we get back to the ball?" Best have it over. (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-09-01 05:06 am UTC (link)
	Stroking his cheek, Garcia led him over to a couch. "You're upset. What's wrong, Bast?" She sat with him, squeezing his hand. "Is everything okay? You're not sick, are you?" (Reply to this)

ex_his_highn250
2011-09-01 05:12 am UTC (link)

"I'm quite all right. Something happened that upset me, that's all." Sebastian sat down with her and just told the story. "One of our maids, a girl called Josephine, got into a bit of trouble ..." He explained what he knew, and shrugged his shoulders. "With all you've heard from me and other people, I was frightened that you'd imagine I had something to do with it." It might be silly, yes; it might be uncalled for, but he loved her more than any woman he could remember, and it made him paranoid.

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all_knowing
2011-09-01 05:16 am UTC (link)

Garcia sat up, her eyes wide. "She's pregnant? She said she used a condom! Remember that weekend when the chef in Starkhaven House got sick and you called in a guy from the agency? She shagged him in a closet, that must be it." She reached out to grab her phone, texting her to see if she was okay.

Then she blinked, realizing what he'd said. "Bast, the only thing you'd have had to do with this is trying to help her. Period. Jo is a good girl, and you wouldn't do that to me. ... I know you. I love you. I know you're all sorts of paranoid about things you used to do, but ... Bast, I've probably done similar things. And I would just find them hot on you anyway." That was the truth; everything he'd ever said he'd gotten up to back home, before the Chantry, was now filed away for masturbatory fodder.

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ex_his_highn250
2011-09-01 05:22 am UTC (link)

Sebastian blinked. "You know where she is? Maker's mercy." He shook his head. "She took off in the middle of the night, with only a note for Anne-Marie. I just want to help her." He raised an eyebrow when she said that she'd find his old ways erotic, but he just reacted, figuring he could take the good while he had it. "I've been accused of it in the past, but not by women I loved half as much as I love you."

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all_knowing
2011-09-01 05:34 am UTC (link)

Garcia grinned at him, kissing him gently before she heard her phone buzzing. "Bet that's her now. Yeah, she says she's okay with you helping her. Want me to text you her address?"

After she sent the message, she swung herself up into Sebastian's lap, cupping his cheeks. "Bast, I love you. I'll love you until you tell me to stop, and even after then. If you ever want to leave me, just do it, and I won't make a scene. But I believe that you love me. I believe that you care. You don't have to be scared of anything you've done, or of me finding out about any of it. I love everything you are and everything you've done. So there."

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	ex_his_highn250 2011-09-01 05:42 am UTC (link)
	Sebastian just smiled, trying to take a breath. "I do know that, and I know I ought not to be so nervy. But at the risk of sounding like a complete fool, I can't remember anyone I've felt more comfortable with in all my days. To lose that over some peccadillo would kill me." He kissed her back, just a little, then deeper. Dancing really could wait. (Reply to this)

all_knowing
2011-09-01 05:45 am UTC (link)

"That goes both ways, Sebastian." Her fingers ran along his cheekbones, and she met his eyes. "The thought of losing you keeps me awake at night sometimes. I keep thinking you'll find someone prettier or less weird or more like someone you knew from Thedas, or someone from Thedas..." He cut her off with a kiss, and she sighed contentedly. When she said it out loud, it sounded stupid.

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ex_his_highn250
2011-09-01 05:55 am UTC (link)

"There isn't much that could happen to keep me away from you." He smiled, kissing her again. He'd just been called so many things over so many years, that it was hard to grasp that a woman like her wouldn't join in the trend. His hand rested on her cheek, then ran down her neck, smiling at how soft her skin was. "You look lovely. Is this what you're going to wear?" If it was, this was how she'd be spending most of the evening. Sebastian rather liked the feel of her long skirt swimming around them both.

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	all_knowing 2011-09-01 05:58 am UTC (link)
	"Well, now you know how I feel about you." She closed her eyes, blushing a little. "You're not ... finding someone prettier or less weird or more like someone you knew from Thedas or someone from Thedas, right?" She got goosebumps as his fingers moved down her neck. "Not this exact dress no, but one really close." (Reply to this)

ex_his_highn250
2011-09-01 06:03 am UTC (link)

"No. I'm not." Sebastian chuckled, running a finger around the scoop neck of her dress. "And I just wondered; if this was the dress you were to wear, I'd have to swear I wouldn't rip it to shreds when we get upstairs." He did want to dance with her a bit more, but eventually, there would be upstairs, and there would be ripping of clothes. At this rate. He was suddenly glad his suit was relatively inexpensive.

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	all_knowing 2011-09-01 06:05 am UTC (link)
	She couldn't keep a wicked grin from crossing her face. "Oh, no, you can feel free to rip away." She loosened his tie a bit, gently running her teeth over his Adam's apple. "I don't know what you did before that makes you think you're going to lose me, Bast. I see it all as just training to keep up with me. I'm a handful." (Reply to this)

	ex_his_highn250 2011-09-01 06:11 am UTC (link)
	That wasn't entirely fair. Sebastian's eyes fluttered closed. "Well, you do lose every woman you have, at least until you marry one." There. There it was. The M word. That was the first time he'd brought it up with her in any context. (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-09-01 06:13 am UTC (link)
	"I suppose that's true for everyone, isn't - " She blinked when she realized what he'd said, and instead of commenting on it further, resumed nibbling his neck. (Reply to this)

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