Who

Vani, A'hali

What

After Weyrling Graduation and Vani's Perspective a Hal vig, as well as Vani and A'hali's long awaited reunion.

Sexy times mostly handwaved but still super implied

When

It is all the times between late on the seventh day of the eleventh month of the tenth turn of the 12th pass and morning of the next.

Where

All the places

OOC Date 06 May 2017 06:00

 

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"I'm home."


Oops on this too.


A'hali's Shipweyr

Oops I logged out too soon.


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It isn't clear exactly how long it has been since the end of the 'Fall directly over Southern. It is even more unclear how long Vani has been curled up on her rocking chair. She certainly couldn't tell anyone, asleep as she is. She has made some attempt to clean up however, but has missed that smudge under her eyes. At some point in that timeless moment, Flufferkins decided curling up with a warm body was preferable to hiding under the couch, so he is there too. The letter that Vani had bought out to read is about to fall out of her limp hand. But she is here. She is HOME.

Hopefully Caelisth is asleep too because Ohanaveth is home and so is A'hali, and he's not quite ready to have a late night talk with the little green. So while Hal climbs off Ohanaveth seeks out a familiar mind further away from the shipweyr. A'hali's heading in though. He's managed to get rid of a majority of the dragon ichor and the smell of numbweed is a far-off thing. Quietly he passes the sleeping dragon and goes inside. There is no Vani in the first room, though there are signs of his cistern being used. Good. That is good. A wain smile, it's been a long day. Pressing forward he enters the room, moonlight spilling through the windows to play across the sleeping Vani. He's just going to pause right here and look at her. There. In the chair. Okay, it wasn't quite as he'd envisioned it when it was made, her hair is shorter, but it's still right. Now he has to decide if he will speak and wake her, or just watch blissfully.

As well made as the chair is, it probably wouldn't be all that comfortable to sleep in really (with no cushions and all). And it will only take the smallest of things to bring Vani back to full consciousness. Something small like a cat waking and sitting up to watch A'hali with slit-eyed smugness. Nope, that didn't do it…however gravity is coming into play, as finally the laxness of her fingers and the weight of that letter combine to create the right conditions for the letter to fall. That doesn't wake her up, it's more Flufferkin's scalded cat impression when the noise of the letter landing on the floor startles him that finally does the trick. "What the…" Comes the sleepy question, even as a hand comes up to wipe away any inadverdent drool. "Huh?" Halp, she's not quite sure where she is and why she's there right at the moment.

Flufferkins stttreeetttccchhhessss himself out and jumps lightly to the ground. His human servant has arrived and hes' just going to go twine himself around A'hali's legs. Usually Hal would bend down and pick up the black cat who was cuddled too much as a kitten to be anything but a complete cuddle butt. But not today. Today he's going to come closer and stop in a patch of moonlight. "Vani?" softly said to not startle her too much.

"Hal?" Although it is probably clear from her breathe-y response she's not quite all the way awake yet. Her hands scrub upwards to clear her eyes of sleep before she blinks owlishly at the large man in the patch of moonslight. "A'HALI!" She's not startled, but she is excited as she launches herself from the chair… or attempts too, tangled up in the quilt as she is, and the rocking chair doing what it was designed to do has her clutching the quilt to her chest and shuffling towards the brownrider because her feet still haven't found the floor properly yet. "What time is it?

SHUFFLE NO LONGER VANI. Because HAl steps forward, wraps his arms around her, and pulls her up nice and close to him. Hopefully the lingering smell of numbweed and redwart isn't too much of a turn off. Not that A'hali is being all sex-man. He just wants to hold her close and tight right now. Is it weird that he's smelling her? Hopefully it isn't weird. "Just after midnight."

He may not be Sex-man, but she's pretty well wrapped up in that quilt and he hasn't seen the racy red number she's wearing, but she'll let the bits up by her chest drop as she helpfully tries to pull herself closer to him. It's probably a little bit weird how her sweet roses and jasmine smells don't mesh quite so well with his healer-y ones. But right now Vani no care. "Hi." She breathes with a shy smile. "I'm home." Just in case he missed that. Now that the question of time has been answered she's more than happy to let it drop. But not the quilt, as happy as she is to be here, there is still that nervous shyness that is keeping her from progressing matters further than a hug…for now.

A'hali hugs her close, continuing to do the sniffing. He isn't smiling like she is, but that's because he's just too busy being torn at the moment. On one side, VANI IS HOME and he's so happy he could cry about that, and on the other… he still can smell the numbweed. Finally he has to let her go and when he does so it's only so he can slide a hand up and cup her face in his. "I love you."

Without the closeness of his body the quilt finally falls away, and the skin exposed by the slightly naughty (but totally tasteful) nighty springs up with goosebumps, either for the sudden chill, or for the large hand cupping her face and those words she's been waiting to hear for so long. Reaching one hand up to cover what she can of his own she answers simply. "I love you too." Her dark eyes taking in his face and his closeness even as the smile slowly fades into concern. "Was it bad?" She asks, trying to keep her disappointment at him pulling away at bay so she can figure out the why of it.

If only Thread hadn't happened! This would be SUCH A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION (or lack of conversation) right now. Hal's eyes flicker closed and he breathes deeply, fortifying himself. "It hurts to see them hurt." Simply said, but A'hali feels it deeply and always. "I'm sorry." This reunion isn't being the way it should have been.

Vani shakes her head, a little affectionately. "Don't be." And this time it is her that steps forward, to press herself against him in a hug that is (mostly) devoid of anything other than the desire to remind him that he is not alone, without words. "And I remember." She murmurs against his chest softly. "Did you come straight here?" She asks after a long moment just listening to his heartbeat without guilt or worry.

It's not as as tight a hug which A'hali returns this time. More just a comfort-hug. Taking comfort but not giving a whole lot back for once. "Took a bath." Which is probably obvious as he doesn't stink of sweat and firestone. "You here long? Party with your clutchmates?"

Vani looks up at him with a slight element of calculation in her expression. "I came straight home A'hali." She admits in a soft voice. "Like I promised." And now that the promise is kept, "There will be other celebrations. I have a feeling that my clutchmates will find any excuse to party." It's as close as she will come to admitting that she came straight here. "You must be tired." She's not going anywhere, so most of this conversation is directed at his chest. Curious fingers once more drift upwards to feel for the leather thong under his shirt. Her own silent reassurance sought.

"But…" If only she didn't sound as sincere as she does A'hali might have argued for her spending more time with her clutchmates. But… he didn't spend that evening after graduation drinking. "Off restrictions, they do." A slight twist of his lips on another day that would be a smile. Her fingers will find the necklace, looped right in place. A'hali never takes it off except for sleeping. He reaches in to fish it out and show her. "I am tired. You must be tired to sleep in," and then there's a slight nod towards the unpadded chair.

"It has been a big day." Vani admits, taking the pendant from his hand and slipping it back under his shirt. She doesn't need to see it if she knows it is there. "And last night was a bit crazy in the barracks…" All very innocent mischief, but mischief none-the-less. "Whats one more night right? After the months we have been waiting." She has picked up on what he is putting down, even as she reaches up to stroke his face. "I've seen you sew…" She teases in that gentle way she keeps for him. "I will make cushions. And I love it." She points out, before nudging the quilt pooled at her feet. "You didn't quite answer me when I asked you about this."

A'hali's eyes look downwards at the quilt piled on the floor. "It is nice." He'll reach down and gather it up, then draw Vani towards the bed. It's not really a sexy draw, but more a come-sit-and-cuddle with me. Because he's more than a little tired right now.

Vani allows herself to be drawn, eyebrow quirked for that 'nice' comment, but only so far before she is pushing against his chest. "Sit A'hali." She may have more muscles now, but this is more in the way of a loving command than an actual action expected to get results. "Let me take care of you." Her voice is warm, even as she ducks away for a brief moment to grab something from her bag. She tosses the pot of salve he made her onto the bed beside him even as she kneels to start working on his boots. If he is that tired, Vani will help tuck him in. "The sooner we get these off, the sooner you can rest."

A'hali is tired. The wait of having Vani being over, the stress of a fall, all of it compounds together to make big man want to just sit for a bit. A half-smile ghosts onto his lips and he'll allow her to command him about his room. "Forgot how small you are." Because I was gonna put height here but firelizards can't ppl this sentence doesn't work so next one~ He reaches to begin peeling off his mostly-clean shirt. "Aren't I suppose to take care of you?"

Vani grins up at him from where she is crouched by his feet, her fingers still working on the laces and fastenings. "Maybe in the morning you can take care of me." But she's trying to be supportive and helpful, because he is tired and hurting, so that's the last of that kind of joke for a while. It doesn't take her long to remove his boots which she leaves neatly at the foot of the bed. While she may have had a nap, she's not exactly spry either. Once his shirt is off (And Vani starts breathing again…), she clambers onto the bed beside him, taking the salve and scooping a neat portion into her hands. "Tonight, let me take care of you for once." Because she can, and she will - which is why she's giving him a massage across his shoulders - easing some of the tension caused by battle and blood.

A'hali's going to totally just close his eyes, wiggle his toes, and submit willingly to Vani's treatment. He hears her words and they're getting filed away . He's not forgetting them. There will be all of that. The tension between his shoulders is real. After this much time he SHOULD be better at threadfall aftermath with its blood and ichor. But he's not. Inside the large frame is a big marshmallow. After letting her work for a bit though he'll turn slightly, and reach out to try to capture one of her hands and draw her around to the front, where he can cuddle her on his lap.

Vani was totally having one of those 'service is it's own rewards' moments as she smoothed and kneeded and otherwise got to enjoy the shoulders she has been missing for such a long time now. But when the moment comes that he's drawing her onto his lap, she does not resist (She enjoys his chest too, especially now she can see her silver pendant against the glow of his skin). Mallable and willing as always she settles into the curves of his lap with a familiarity only slightly seasoned with the shyness of long separation. There is a snort as she reaches around to wipe one of her hands on his pants, then she is reaching up to stroke his beard and gaze up into his face. "I love you." No other words needed right?

Do they even need those words? Probably, because they make sense, but A'hali will say them another way. Leaning down he kisses her, gently at first but then with rising passion. Because he has missed her, and no number of stupid green flights can make up for the absence of the one most loved.

Vani was prepared for cuddles, not so much for kissing. But if they're kissing now, she's going to make herself a little more comfortable. Breaking off momentarily she wriggles awkwardly until she can get herself into a straddling position. That done, she's going to bend her head and continue the kisses. She missed those too.

Oh yes. All the kissing. ALL of the kissing. A'hali's going to wrap those arms of his around Vani both tight and gently and press her against him wherever it won't get in the way of those kissings. But there's a layer of unsure. Because he is tired, and a bit soul-sick, and he's not sure exactly where was-totally-sleeping-vani falls on this thing.

It is perhaps one of those small changes that he has noticed that causes Vani to pull her lips away with a gentle smile (Lets face it, even if she wanted too, she couldn't escape A'hali's arms). "It's not very comfortable sleeping sitting up." It's part tease, part cajole. "I just found that out." Her lips droop even as she leans forward to nibble along his jaw. As she gets closer to his ear she breathes. "Whatever you need love, I can wait." Because apparently she meant it about tonight being all about her taking care of //him.

"It isn't." Her words are a comfort and once she gets done with that nibbling… or even if she doesn't, A'hali will do the grunt work of rolling both of them onto the covers of the bed. Stretching himself out he bed he'll make room for Vani to settle herself.

Vani issues a soft sigh of satisfaction as they are settled upon the bed for sleeping, wriggling herself closer so she can curl around him - making as many points of contact between the pair of them as she can. "I missed this too." The shared warmth and safety of snuggles in this bed. And the lack of about 50 other people trying to sleep in the same space. "Sleep. It's been a long day." With the arm wrapped around his torso she squeezes three times.

And so, they're gonna sleep. But, uh, A'hali hasn't been sharing his bed for a while so the whole bed-etiquette thing has been forgotten. Hopefully Vani is nice when she pushes at him for more room.

So long as A'hali doesn't snore too loudly. Vani will deal, she is pretty used to sleeping anywhere.

So she's okay when he rolls over on top of her near daybreak?

Depends if it's deliberate, or if he's trying to squish her in his sleep ;)

Well, he's asleep when he does it. Though he roses a little when his bed suddenly gets all hard.

It's not the bed that's supposed to get hard >.>

She'd better do something about that then cuz look, a Hal, trying to squish vani on the bed (he doesn't mean it he's sleepies)

Eventually the fact she's about to get squished and DIE wakens Vani okay? With a bleary groan she opens her eyes to discover that it's close enough to day time to be considered morning. But she's still being squished, so she's going to push back with all those new muscles built by PT and sack-tossing. "Jays Hal!" She mutters, as that attempt fails. Okay then, plan B! Which involves her wiggling and otherwise attempting to coax the still sleeping A'hali to roll over onto his back.

DIE VANI, no, not really. Vani's struggles are enough to wake A'hali who sleeps kinda like the dead and he leavers himself up on one arm so that he's sorta hovering over her and blinking down with sleepy eyes. "Sorry-vani." Mushed sleepy words, but his eyes are open, and there's light leaking in from the rising sun and, "You beautiful."

Vani takes a moment to catch her breath, although whether or not it was from her nearly being crushed to death or those last words from A'hali will remain a mystery for a little. "S'ok." He can do no wrong on this night of their reunion. Breath now caught, and reassurance given, she's still going to try and take advantage of his still-sleepy state to get him on his back. For reasons! Or Science…Or Something!

Night? Day now Baby! And A'hali totally rolls over for Vani (in all the ways okay?) Hands come to rest on her hips, and he's just going to sneak his hands under her shirt to touch her belly. "Missed you." Early morning sexy-times anyone? Starting slow as they both wake up~

Shift, she's wearing a slinky red shift. FOR THIS EXACT MOMENT. There is a smug little smile as he arranges himself to her satisfaction, and her brow quirks as she realises that he may have just discovered that the shift is all she is wearing. Blush. She moves herself so she's more on top him than the mattress and looks down at him still smiling. "I missed you too. Missed this too." She admits before she aims her lips under his jaw. Morning breath is a slight mood killer after all. "How much did you miss me?" She purrs between kisses, even as her hand slowly moves down his belly towards the waistband of his pants, that they didn't have an opportunity to remove the night before.

~HANDWAVED SEXYTIMES. All the touching. All the things. Just doing ALL THE THINGS OKAY~ And when they end up at a point where y'know, all the stuff is done, A'hali doesn't pull away from Vani right away. Instead he'll reach to pull her close against him, looking for that smell of her hair he's missed for all of these months.

Vani needs a moment or two to catch her breath anyways. It's still dark enough for her to still be entirely serious about her mission to 'take care of him' for the night…she'll just keep her eyes scrunched against that golden dawn light creeping its way into the room. She's still a little self-conscious about her missing hair, so she lets him sniff for a moment more before moving away, smoothing down the still too short lengths and discovering those sticky-up bits that always happen with short hair. "So beautiful." She groans as she tries to tame those wayward waves. "I missed all of this." She admits, as an apology for being a little distant. She needs a little more adjustment time. But she can do that snuggled close.

Vani could have ZERO hair and A'hali would still love her in all the places and all the ways because Hal don't CARE about the hair yo. He's got enough for the both of them on his chest~ (I just decided that Hal has a hairy chest.) "We can be together." After sexytimes can be gross though, so as much as Hal would LOVE to keep Vani he'll gentlemanly offer - "Want to clean? Can heat water to mix with cistern." Even if it'll take a little bit.

"You said there would be a bath too right?" Vani struggles to remember the details, but she has good reason to be not-quite-thinking just yet. "Can you fit in the bath?" HEY IT'S BEEN A WHILE! "Because I don't really want to leave your side just yet." Although the mechanics of heating bathwater and such probably means that they will. "And klah?" Vani groans even as she stretches. "Klah would be lovely right about now?"

"Yes. If you are willing to wait for the water to heat?" A cold bath is PROBABLY not want Ms. Vani wants right now. "And no, I'm afraid it is just one person." A'hali, sounding a little shamed for overlooking the whole together-bath-times fun in his weyr improvements. "And Klah can be made easily enough." Small kitchenette ftw! Rolling over A'hali pushes himself out of bed and hunts down his pants. In the process he finds that little nighty of Vani's that got tossed off and he'll offer it to her.

Vani is totally going to waggle a finger at him from her place in the bed. "That is a shame. Apparently bath sex is a thing." But he's putting on pants and handing her her slip. SAD. "We don't have to worry about room-mates any more…" She's just going to point that out with a slight arch of her eyebrow before groaning, and accepting that even that little slip of hers is probably better protection if they're going to be playing with fire and water. "I don't mind." She admits once she's shimmied into the silky garment. "You're here, I'm good."

"It is a thing." A'hali would love to test this thing out but not right now. A slight upcurl of the edges of his lips as he reaches down to help her up and out of the bed so he can pull her close. "Don't mind you in that." SHE CAN WALK AROUND ALL SLINKY ALL SHE WANTS. Kiss claim?

"I wasn't sure if you would like it, seeing as you ran away so quickly when I told you I was going to buy it." Vani teases gently, but her smile is broad and satisfied as she is man-handled out of bed, and into his arms. "But…" She'll allow him the kiss. "There is something we need to talk about now." She's all the way awake now, and he seems to be in a better mood

From playful to guarded in one second the smile falls from A'hali's face. He doesn't let her go or pull away, but he's wary of what she can say right now. "As I heat water?" Maybe being busy will lessen the blow of whatever they have to talk about.

Vani wrinkles her nose. "I will help you heat the water." Because they're a partnership right? Then she sighs, and pads out towards the kitchenette and the firemaking stuff, assuming that A'hali will follow along behind. "I love you…" That's always a good place to start. "But could you please please have Ohanaveth tell me how you are if you're going to use him to check up on me.

All the firemaking stuff~ Because having fires in wooden buildings is Poor!Planning! for as long as there have been people. At least the fireplace itself is good solid stone. "You do not want me to check up on you?"

Vani shakes her head. "Not quite what I'm saying." She clarifies as she turns to poke him in the chest (and then smooth the chest…and what was she saying? Oh right!) "But you're actually up there" She points to the sky. "You're in far more danger than I am at the moment…" And her face and her voice drops. "I don't like not knowing that you are okay… I never really have." She admits before busing herself with the klah fixings. She's not sure where all the bath fixings are yet remember? "So when you check on me, let Caelisth know okay?"

"You will be up there soon also." A'hali points this out as he bends over the fireplace to carefully begin laying out a fire. It'll take some time to build up to a respectable heat to actually get the klah warm enough. "After fall Ohanaveth and I go to the healers. Ohanaveth is distracted…comforting."

Vani issues one of those waver-y little sighs. "But not so distracted he forgets to check on me first? I don't mind that. But we have no distractions, so I spend hours worrying…and pacing…" And it really isn't the funnest time. "One moment is all it takes Hal. Just to give me some comfort." This time she's going to give him the closest thing she has to a puppy-dog look. She really doesn't ask for all that much (except for the rest of his life…). "One word, after - so I…" There is a pained frown as she struggles to complete that sentence.

Poking the fire up takes a bit of time and during it A'hali doesn't reply. Finally there's a good flame going and Hal'll take the klah-fixings Vani has put together and hangs them on the hook made for boiling things. Another, larger, pot gets put set inside the fire for bath warming. Standing with a sigh A'hali turns towards Vani and reaches out to pull her against his chest. "He is not gentle right away, after thread." Surely Caelisth felt the difference in his mind.

"Then can Caelisth ask you directly?" Vani asks, after a moment thinking and taking comfort from his closeness. "If you can check up on me. I should be able to check up on you." Although honestly, Vani has had way more practise dealing with the unknown after 'Falls than A'hali has.

Strong arms are just going to stay wrapped around Vani. It's true, A'hali is not at all comfortable with the idea that Vani will be in such danger, it's not really in his nature to be comfortable letting someone put themselves in danger. But this is NOT a choice he can make for her. "Better to ask Ohanaveth… though it may be delayed. We… the hurt have to come first." His voice says it with a tone that hints that this isn't the best thing to say. "My duty…"

Vani squeezes. "I am not saying anything about your duty, love. Just a moment to reassure me, like I reassure you. Please?"

"Be patient?" But don't be A patient. Hopefully that comes out clear. "We will try." But A'hali can't make a firm promise of when-where-what that reassurance will be. "Maybe could send you Lanai." A compromise.

Vani sighs, it is hearty and long and followed by a deep inhalation. "If you don't send him, I'll send Ilysm." Not only is she pointing out her not-so-little-anymore gold is a touch more reliable, she is also conceding the compromise. "If anything happened to you…" there is another squeeze, this time in triplicate. There is a certain determined set to her shoulders as she pulls her head away from his heartbeat. "Wanna watch me bathe?" She asks with a little mischief, this morning too special to let end on a bum note.

Compromise FTW. He'll let her pull away, but only for as long as it takes for her to ask that teasing question. Relieved they're not going to be ending on that bum note either A'hali goes to help her off with that little nighty. Since they don't have any rommates at the moment (look, hal can't promise he won't find another D'ex at some point, so long as they don't have a rider… hopefully he talks to Vani first.) it's totally cool if she hangs out in the nude as A'hali gets the bath all ready. <3 Welcome home Vani.

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