[ And, maybe it's this place that compels her to do what she does next, because she normally wouldn't: Cipher leans up and kisses Phainon's cheek. Just his cheek, nowhere near his lips, but it's still more affectionate than she's ever been with him before.
Then she pats the same spot and pulls off. Nothing happened. Nothing at all. ]
He thinks back over his lifetimes, the cycles that haunt his every waking step, trying to remember if he and Cipher were anything like this before. It's hard to parse through them all, to ignore the cries of loss and the deaths of his friends, but... He doesn't think so.
It makes him blink, but then he smiles, nodding his head. ]
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Date: 2026-02-03 12:05 am (UTC)Cipher snorts. ]
We've seen each other's boobs. We can sleep in the same bed.
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Date: 2026-02-03 07:50 am (UTC)[ It’s not worth the argument. Shaking his head, he squeezes her again. ]
Fine. But I’ll be the big spoon.
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Date: 2026-02-16 04:12 am (UTC)[ And, maybe it's this place that compels her to do what she does next, because she normally wouldn't: Cipher leans up and kisses Phainon's cheek. Just his cheek, nowhere near his lips, but it's still more affectionate than she's ever been with him before.
Then she pats the same spot and pulls off. Nothing happened. Nothing at all. ]
Now let's see what you can do in the kitchen!
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Date: 2026-02-16 10:00 am (UTC)He thinks back over his lifetimes, the cycles that haunt his every waking step, trying to remember if he and Cipher were anything like this before. It's hard to parse through them all, to ignore the cries of loss and the deaths of his friends, but... He doesn't think so.
It makes him blink, but then he smiles, nodding his head. ]
I think we have some fish that we could use.