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Tweak says, "I'ma gonna lick you!"

Zacharias Smith (puffheir) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-09-12 11:14:00

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!2003: 09, !complete, merlin toke, zacharias smith

Who: Zacharias Smith and Merlin Toke.
When: September 12th. Afternoon.
Where: Memorial Alley. Sugarush.
What: A random encounter.
Rating: PG for possible rude words.
Status: Closed/Complete.

After standing in line at Sugarush to get himself a strawberry scone and an Italian soda, Zacharias glanced around to find a seat. It was a lazy sort of Sunday afternoon (which was the best type of Sunday, second only to Sundays that involved Quidditch in some way shape or form) and he had decided that he wanted something sweet. Which was what had brought him to Sugarush.

It was suitably busy, but eventually he got and paid for his selections. With a cool glass in one hand, and a scone-bearing plate in the other, Zacharias glanced around to find a place to sit, since walking and eating was both unclassy and not always easy to do.

He found a table for two near the door, against a window, which as perfect for watching people go by (and silently mocking some of them in his head, as he was want to do).

The blonde former Hufflepuff slid into one of the seats (the one which would have his back to the wall, which he liked) and set down plate and glass. His capable fingers took hold of the straw, using it to swish his drink around before he took a sip, glancing up as the door to the shop opened.

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puffheir
2010-09-13 08:35 pm UTC (link)

"I take it," Zacharias replied, and he had absolutely no idea what Merlin was talking about. What was it with Seers and not making any sense? That Trelawney twit had been the same - not that he had even bothered to take Divination, but he had seen her about the castle.

"I take what, Merlin," he said, and he sounded more gentle than even he realized was possible in that moment.

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	oh_merling 2010-09-13 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin didn't want to say, but it had been in his head enough that he didn't blush as he looked around, took a step closer and said it. "My virginity. You take it from me." All he saw was his hands fisted in the sheets, a moan, a small sound of pain... and Zach Zach, all over it, his psychic fingerprints everywhere. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

puffheir
2010-09-13 08:49 pm UTC (link)

Oh.

I see," Zacharias said, somewhat taken aback by the news, and requiring a moment to gather his wits about him. So Merlin wasn't afraid that he was going to attack or injure him. He was afraid because he was going to.. ravish him?

"Well then. Well." He wasn't sure how he felt about that, but it was the future and Zacharias wasn't going to worry about things that hadn't even happened. A little smile hinted at the edges of his mouth. "Well then," he said again, his voice slowing, turning more velvety. "You really needn't be so frightened then, Merlin Toke. Because I don't force people to bed with me. Which means, if you do... it will be because you want to."

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oh_merling
2010-09-15 08:38 pm UTC (link)

Merlin chewed at his lip til it bled. Zach's strangely subdued 'I see' just drove the nail of anxiety further into him and he shifted, wishing the pressure against his chest would just ease off, just for a minute.

He didn't say anything, couldn't say anything more, could only wait to see what would happen next, for once unaware of what it would be. The answer he received had been far from what he was expecting and he shook his head immediately. "No I won't." he said, with as much conviction as if he had Seen that - he hadn't, he just knew it to be true. He'd never do that willingly, he didn't want to.

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puffheir
2010-09-15 08:40 pm UTC (link)

"Excuse me?" Zacharias asked him, and he folded his arms over his chest and looked very displeased at that moment. He was sure Merlin didn't mean to imply what he was implying - or perhaps he did.

"You've quite a talent for being insulting, do you know that? I should know, as I've quite a talent for it myself," he said, his voice very very dry. "So what you're saying is that I'm going to rape you?" He arched his blonde brows and was curious to see what Merlin would say to that. "Because I can guarentee that would never happen. And I should hex you for suggesting that it would."

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oh_merling
2010-09-15 08:52 pm UTC (link)

Merlin flinched back a little as Zach folded his arms as though he was expecting a hit. He shook his head again as he realised how much he'd offended Zach, but he couldn't deny something that was true all the same.

"No, no, I'm not saying that at all." he said with a wince at the idea. "Just that I don't want it. And I won't, I just won't. I don't know how it'll happen. It just will."

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puffheir
2010-09-15 08:54 pm UTC (link)

"Then you are saying that," Zacharias corrected. "Because when sex is unwanted, it's rape. You do see the distinction, yes?" His face was forming into a scowl again, because that was one implication that he did not like at all.

"Either you're seeing wrong, or you will want it. There's no other option Merlin Toke, because I do not force myself on people. Believe me, I have no problem finding someone willing to go to bed with if that's what I'm looking for." His upper lip curled in distaste.

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	oh_merling 2010-09-15 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin winced again, uneasy at the topic, and he snapped again, frustrated and afraid. "Look, I don't know how it'll happen - I just know I don't want it. But it's going to happen anyway. That's all I know." And maybe Zach wouldn't want it either because a) who would with him and b) Zach didn't seem to like him very much. It almost made Merlin want to cry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

puffheir
2010-09-15 09:06 pm UTC (link)

"You might not want it now but honestly, that doesn't mean you'll never want it," Zacharias said in expasperation. "I can honestly tell you that at this moment, I have no desire to shag you." Not someone who was indiorectly accusing him of doing horrible things in the future!

But he had snogged Merlin, and had wanted to snog him again. He was pragmatic enough to know opinions could change.

And then he saw the expression on Merlin's face. "Oh bloody hell," he sighed, some of his anger deflating. "Don't... don't go getting all sad. You don't even like me, so it's not as though you've anything to be sad about."

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oh_merling
2010-09-15 09:28 pm UTC (link)

That was right, Merlin didn't like Zach, but then he didn't know him at all either, and that was the whole problem really. He'd tried so hard to keep his heart from being hurt - he knew he was strange to not want to fuck until there was feeling behind it, but he had no control over his head, he was going to make damn sure he had control over who he gave his body and heart to.

"When we DO do it." he said, tone sharp because he was hurt. "If it is because I want it, it'll be a mistake."

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	puffheir 2010-09-15 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	"You know, by saying that, you're just going to make me want to prove you wrong," Zacharias informed him. Either by showing Merlin that he would want it - or not doing it at all. He wasn't sure which. "Am I that bloody horrible that it's such a terrible thought that you might actually like me?" he asked him sourly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	oh_merling 2010-09-16 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Like you? I don't even know you. You-" stole a kiss from me, pinned me back against a countertop and I don't even know how to handle the memory of that nevermind the things I keep seeing. He didn't say that though because it sounded so wrong out loud. "You don't like me, but you'd still fuck me." he said, but there was a question in that too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

puffheir
2010-09-16 09:08 pm UTC (link)

"Exactly. You don't know me and yet you're already acting as though I'm the worst thing in the world," Zacharias agreed sourly. "Like I'm some sort of ogre who's going to club you over the head and drag you back to my cave." Which he wasn't!

He let out a snort then that was far from elegant. "No. I wouldn't. I have no desire to shag you, at all, right now, frankly." While he had shagged near-strangers in the past, he didn't shag people who insulted him!

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oh_merling
2010-09-16 09:15 pm UTC (link)

Merlin didn't even stop to think about how fucked up this all was that the assertion made him relax, albeit just a little.

He looked down at his shoes and then tucked some hair back behind his ear, lost in thought for a second, thought and half-formed impressions of an incident that hadn't happened yet.

"Maybe it's my fault." he said, blurted out before he could stop himself.

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puffheir
2010-09-16 09:18 pm UTC (link)

Zacharias gave him a rather puzzled look, although he was inclined to agree with him. But since the words were blurted out, he wasn't entirely sure what Merlin was referring to. And given his... slightly odd nature, well, it could be anything.

"What, precisely, is your fault?" he asked him, softening his tone, because Merlin looked rather sad, the way he was examining his shoes.

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oh_merling
2010-09-19 07:10 pm UTC (link)

"The... things that happen between us. If you wouldn't, and you just don't want to... but we DO... then it has to be me. Maybe it's me." he pushed fingers through his hair in an exagerated form of his hair pushing tic.

He didn't need any reason to hate his gift, but if what he was seeing was something that he somehow made Zacharias do, and that it was something to him that he knew he would hate, that terrified him so...

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puffheir
2010-09-19 07:13 pm UTC (link)

"I wouldn't right now," Zacharias replied in a pragmatic sort of way. "That doesn't mean I wouldn't change my mind in the future. Don't blame yourself for things that haven't happened. That must be exhausting." It was tiring him out and he wasn't even the Seer!

"Look," he said, shifting his weight to the other foot and tilting his head to the side. "The problem here is that you don't really know me, at all. And I don't know you." And so it all seemed hard to believe, what might happen in the future.

"Why don't you let me take you out. For dinner. Say.. Sunday evening. We can talk and get to know one another a bit. And you'll see that I'm not entirely scary." When he didn't want to be, which he didn't!

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oh_merling
2010-09-19 08:27 pm UTC (link)

Merlin shrugged because it was rare that he had visions of himself, but less rare that he beat himself up over his inability to actually change what he saw; he did feel guilty for the bad things that happened that he couldn't do anything about.

Zach's suggestion was possibly more frightening than being pinned against the counter and kissed. Date? A date, didn't Zach just hear what Merlin had said, Zach wouldn't want it and he wouldn't want it. It was probably the worst thing he could think of doing but his heart overrode his head and what he said was, "Yes, I'm going to be free on Sunday."

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puffheir
2010-09-19 08:30 pm UTC (link)

Zacharias had heard him, and that was precisely why he wanted to take Merlin out. To sit down with him and talk - about things other than visions of what might be, but what hadn't happened yet. He wanted to get to know Merlin.

"Good." He gave a little smile then. And told Merlin the name of a restaurant, and where it was at. "Sunday evening. At seven," he said. He reached out and brushed the tips of his fingers against Merlin's wrist, just a light touch. "I'll see you then." And then, before Merlin could talk himself out of it, he headed down the street.

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