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[onceaviking]

Eric has been showering.
He's seated at his desk now, dressed in jeans and a tank top, with wet hair and bare feet.

And he's thinking.

Mostly about what he is going to do next. When he gets back.

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[onceaviking]

"And you should toss everything from when -"
He can't say it. He can't say 'while you were tortured' because she never should have been. He should have protected her.

"Buy something new. Something nice."

[lazy_but_loyal]

She knows what he has in mind to say, but she's glad he doesn't. She's already moved on from that.

Instead, she was just thinking of doing some online shopping.

She grins up at him, sliding her arms around him, as pleased as a spoiled child.

"You read my mind."

[onceaviking]

He cannot not smile in return.
"I did," he agrees.

"Do you think, maybe, that you can find a corset?"
Seeing her at Halloween had been - yes.

[lazy_but_loyal]

She likes it when Eric smiles.

"I could..." she replies, playfully sly, biting her bottom lip.

She doesn't specifically shop for clothes that would please Eric (at least, not anymore), but she knows what he likes, and it doesn't hurt to keep his attention.

[onceaviking]

He moves his hands down and let them settle right where her hips begin their curve.

"It's bound to get you attention at work."
Which can be good. Or annoying.

[lazy_but_loyal]

How she dresses for work plays up the sexy vampire mystique. Then again, there really isn't anything mysterious about it because Pam is already a sexy vampire.

"Well, you know me. I like keeping the customers happy."

This can be taken several ways.

[onceaviking]

"You do have admirable work ethic in that department," he purrs in reply, pulling her a little closer.
And then he lets her go.

"Anyway, let me know when you are ready. We should probably head back together."

[lazy_but_loyal]

"So do you."

There was a time when neither of them would let go.

She simply leans back against the desk again and crosses her arms.

"I'll be ready when you are."

[onceaviking]

"Tomorrow night?"

[lazy_but_loyal]

She nods once.

"Tomorrow night."

Whatever he says, goes, and she would follow him anywhere, at any time.

Pushing off the edge of the desk, she steps closer to him, laying a hand lightly on his arm.

"Do you need anything else?"

[onceaviking]

"I just need to know that you are safe," he says and he does not quite manage to sound detached.

[lazy_but_loyal]

She hears it and feels it. It's what draws them together like magnets, yet there is something inexplicable that goes even deeper. Whether it's vampire or a vestige of being human, they won't speculate.

"I will be," she assures him, squeezing his arm, looking up into his eyes. "And you'll know it."

[onceaviking]

"I will," he agrees, reaching up to run the backs of the fingers on his right hand down her cheek. His thumb swiping lightly across her bottom lip at the end.

"Tomorrow night then.'

[lazy_but_loyal]

Her eyelashes flutter faintly at his intimate touch, but she doesn't break her gaze. She nods again, firm and decisive.

"I'll see you then."

Her fingertips sweep down his arm when she draws away. And she heads for the door, leaving Eric with his thoughts.

[onceaviking]

{ooc: these two ...}