It's Valentine's Day!

[wordforlove]

(Did you really expect him not to post on his own day?) Anyway, y'all, here's one ridiculously bouncy god of love, sprawled out near a table full of all the sorts of things you'd expect to see on Valentine's. There's teddy bears, chocolate, cookies, long-stemmed roses, cards, and -- because Eros is practical (and the god of sex, after all), in a

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[star_in_night]

Elaine, alas, does not know about crackplots. She's only had a general warning from Ari to be careful of the foodstuffs. So of course she's going to be drawn to the pretty flowers -- she hasn't seen real flowers since leaving Brahman.

[heartofbirds]

Linden knows about crackplots, but there's not a lot you can do when you're caught up in one; and he notices for the first time that Elaine seems extraordinarily lovely; and he is careful (why?) to brush her hand as he moves to admire the roses with her, and accidentally to touch them himself.

[star_in_night]

She looks up, startled, and then smiles. "Hello--"

[heartofbirds]

"Hello. How are you?"

[star_in_night]

"I'm well, sir." With clear, gentle eyes. "You?"

[heartofbirds]

"The better for your company, of course." He bows graciously.