Literally Pirateninja (shadowcat) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2012-05-19 04:27:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, kitty pryde (shadowcat), xi'an coy manh (karma) |
"Building collapsing around us? And through us?"
Who: Kitty and Xi'an
What: Late night shared dreams and then some romantic entanglement
Where: Their apartment
When: Late this night!
Status: Complete
Rating: PG-13 for unresolved tension!
trigger: Amputee! Xi'an doesn't have her fake leg on.
Sleeping hadn't been coming easily for Kitty, with her arm messed up like this. She didn't have any long sleeved shirts to cover the cut either, but had bought some boxers to try to cover up the one on her thigh - and to be more decent with the twins around.
The dreams hadn't been helping. She'd had to fight off an irrational sort of bitterness. Right now she lay awake, the feel of Xi'an's breath still warm on her lips before the sentinel in the dream had nearly killed them. She'd let herself get distracted.
More importantly what the hell was a sentinel? She could page through some of the comics but that was just being dumb. The rational part of her brain shut that thought up immediately.
Xi'an stared at the ceiling and ran a hand through her hair. Could it be that the epidemic of weird dreams had finally hit her? Dreaming about almost kissing Kitty wasn't actually that surprising. Almost kissing Kitty but getting interrupted by some sort of freaky robot thing called a Sentinel that was apparently out to get them...that part wasn't normal. But it felt so real. Scarily real.
She sat up in bed and took a deep breath. She felt like she'd actually been running from that Sentinel thing. Running with two legs. She felt a twinge of jealousy for her dream self.
Deciding that a drink of water might help calm her down enough to go back to sleep, Xi'an grabbed her crutches--putting on her leg would only make her wake up more--and headed to the kitchen to get a drink.
Kitty heard movement in the hallway. She sighed, and slipped out of bed. Maybe a drink would help. And the movement sounded..heavy and thuddy, so either it was a robot, in which case she was going to have to check herself into the asylum, or someone was awake.
She padded into the kitchen, and stopped. She hadn't seen Xi'an legless yet and so it was a shock. More of a shock than she'd realized, as in her dreams Xi'an was always fully intact. Okay. Be cool. Focus on nicer things, like her butt in those boxers and the way that tanktop hangs off her torso.
She walked to the fridge to get some ice for water, "Can't sleep either?"
Xi'an blinked when Kitty spoke. "Yeah...dreams," she said. "Just when I thought I was going to be the one person on the network without them."
She smiled a little when she noticed that Kitty had on boxers, too. They made really great sleep wear. And Xi'an didn't have to worry about too much extra material when she wore them. Most anything else needed modifying.
Kitty got Xi'an some water too. She didn't even think about it, it was the good roommate thing to do.
"Dreams?" There was an odd mixture of fear and curiosity in Kitty' voice. Maybe a little hope? The thought of not being alone in her own dream universe was appealing.
"Good ones or scary ones?"
"Thanks." Xi'an propped herself against a counter and took a sip of her water.
"...not really scary, but getting chased by robots isn't really good." It had almost been good, though. She glanced at Kitty and took another sip. "You can't sleep, either?"
Kitty couldn't help but enjoy the view, but her reverie was jarred rather effectively. She gripped the edge of the table as though she were hanging on, "...Robots? What kind of robots? A...uh...Sentinel?"
Xi'an's eyes widened. "...yes. How did you...?"
"I've had several dreams about them." Kitty downed the rest of her water, and set the glass down. "In one, they wipe out a whole island of people. In another the two of us are being attacked by small, adaptable versions of them."
Xi'an flushed slightly. Was it even possible for two people to have basically the same dream? She downed the rest of her water and stared at her glass for a moment. "They were chasing both of us in my dream too."
Kitty slid back in her chair, away from the table, "Building collapsing around us? And through us?"
Xi'an nodded.
"And then we got..distracted..?"
"...yes."
This was weird. Weirder than she'd thought it would be, now that she was faced with it. Kitty got to her feet and seemed to shuffle in place as she warred with herself over coming closer to staying put, "Which nearly got us killed."
She ran her hand through her hair, "Have you had any others?"
Xi'an shook her head. "Just this one." So far.
"Okay..This is...crazy." Her feet took her over to Xi'an and she leaned on the counter next to her, "How can two people have the exact same dream? Not that I mind sharing one with you, but I'd prefer something a little ..with more kissing and less evil robots."
"I have no idea," Xi'an said. "I've never heard of anything like this."
"I'd say we should go search the library but that only works on Buffy." Kitty gave her a grin, "As far as dreams go, that was one of the less strange ones I've had." At least she hadn't been breaking her heart in it.
Xi'an chuckled. "Well, that's good, at least." She still wished they'd actually managed to kiss in the dream.
That made two of them. Kitty put a hand on Xi'an's hip and rubbed a little, "Maybe we should..well I should at least..write these down and store them somewhere? So we can look them over and see if there's any meaning, or any sort of...connection."
"That sounds like a good idea, I think." Mainly Xi'an was still thinking about that almost kiss.
Kitty was getting the impression her roommate was distracted, and moved her hand from her hip to brush at a strand of Xi'an's hair, "You okay? I know this is pretty weird. But you get used to it."
She winced a bit, "Well hopefully you don't have to."
She leaned her cheek against Kitty's hand. "I'd rather not be chased by robots, but I wouldn't mind if I dreamed about...actually kissing you."
"Why dream about something you could have..." Oh to hell with corny lines. Kitty leaned forward and kissed Xi'an, stroking her thumb lightly along the other woman's cheek.
Xi'an's heart rate quickened. Closing her eyes, she pressed her lips to Kitty's.
"Oh.." Kitty closed her eyes as well, her skin starting to buzz. She deepened the kiss, her free hand sliding up Xi'an's back.
Xi'an deepened the kiss as well, sliding a hand through Kitty's hair.
A purr rumbled through Kitty's throat at the hand in her hair. It was one way to utterly turn her into putty, and the counter helped her keep her balance as her legs weakened. There was no seat rest between them, or awkwardly trying to twist around in a car to kiss. The hand on Xi'an's cheek moved down, stroking her neck, and then her shoulder.
Xi'an sighed at Kitty's touch. It was nice, being this close while kissing Kitty.
It was wonderful! Xi'an's sigh sent shivers down her spine. One hand slipped under Xi'an's shirt and traced the skin of her back and the other trailed the skin just above her waistband. She had enough sense left to slow herself a little, breaking the kiss to get some air, though her lips still brushed against Xi'an's, "Wow..."
Xi'an's belly flexed beneath Kitty's touch. She licked her lips and leaned closer to the younger woman. She smiled slightly. "Yeah..."
Kitty continued to stroke Xi'an's back. The flexing made her grin, so she kept tracing in that area. If dream!her had managed to actually kiss Xi'an, maybe.... "We..you..guh..." She rested her face against the woman's collar bone, "I think I need to classify you as a narcotic."
Xi'an smiled and stroked Kitty's hair. She rubbed gentle circles on Kitty's back. "You're pretty addictive yourself," she said softly. And it was true. It was hard to stop at just kissing. But being in the kitchen and not...a bedroom...did help a little.
"You're trying to..." Kitty's voice was breathy and soft, her eyes having closed again. "..kill me.." Kitchen, bedroom...it didn't really matter, except there were kids who could walk in looking for a drink.
She pressed her lips against Xi'an's jaw, her fingers still rubbing at her stomach. The hand on Xi'an's back had stilled.
Xi'an took a deep breath. Part of her desperately wanted Kitty's hand to slip lower. The more rational side knew that wasn't the best of ideas in an area that the twins could walk into. She trailed her fingertips up and down Kitty's arm, hoping that would caution her.
She was getting the signal. Kitty slowed her hand, then stopped it, as much to enjoy the feel of the woman's fingertips on her arm as to be cautioned. She grinned against Xi'an's cheek, and kissed it lightly. She lowered her voice, "If you have any more dreams, you're welcome to crawl into bed with me."
She smiled at Kitty. Xi'an hoped she wouldn't have any bad dreams, but pleasant dreams that made her want to crawl into bed with Kitty weren't something she completely wanted to rule out. "I'll keep that in mind."
Kitty swallowed, then kissed Xi'an longingly. When she came up for air, she whispered, "We better..get to bed separately..before we get to bed together...."
Xi'an sighed, then nodded. "Yeah," she whispered. "I'll see you in the morning."
Pulling away, Kitty fanned herself a bit, "Good night." She beat a path to her bed room and fell face first into her bed. Pleasant dreams were ...desperately wanted.
Xi'an stood there for a moment, then grabbed her crutches and went back to her own bed. She just hoped she'd actually be able to sleep.