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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]

"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 ...}