33 Apocalypse Avenue, Thursday Evening

[bitten_notshy]

Jack wasn't ready to say goodbye to Kaidan. He remained quite firmly opposed to this general trend of people leavingBut if Kaidan was going to go fight purple blobby land jellyfish --or whatever he was up to -- he deserved a decent send-off. Which was why Jack had ordered several pizzas, laid in a few kegs of Canadian lager, and sent an email to

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Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[bitten_notshy]

You know you want to.

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[icecoldfrost]

Emma muttered some highly unflattering things under her breath in French about packs and wolves and pack dynamics and stupid horrible romantic boys who had more heart than sense because fire.

Then she decided the best course of action was to grab the back of Jack's head and kiss him. Hard.

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[bitten_notshy]

Now that was a more satisfactory reaction to a boyfriend who was willing to light himself on fire for you. He kissed her back, leaning into in a way that put it right up to the border of what could be done in a room full of people.

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[icecoldfrost]

Everyone was busy paying attention to Kaidan. Emma was going to press up against him, ignore that border, and thread her fingers through his curls while they kissed.

...no one would notice if they both went into the kitchen for a bit, right? Or hogged the bathroom?

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[bitten_notshy]

No one would notice in the slightest, which was why Jack was slightly tugging her by the wrist toward the stairs that led up to the bedrooms. "Want to get settled in before you meet your adoring public?" he asked.

And by 'get settled in' he meant naked. Duh.

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[icecoldfrost]

"I definitely need to get unpacked," she deadpanned before kissing him again.

Which was hilarious, because she'd stuffed all her travel-necessities in her purse, and she hadn't brought any bags since she kept a spare stack of clothes stashed in Jack's closet.

And by unpacked, she totally meant unpacking what was in Jack's pants. For the record.

But walking and kissing and straddling that PG-13-in-public-border was hard, and didn't leave much room for witticisms. So Emma was going to focus on the kissing.

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[bitten_notshy]

Strange, how the kissing was the most important part. Jack stumbled along with her as if he were drunk,or as if they were siamese twins joined at the lips.

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[icecoldfrost]

Or lampreys! Lampreys joined at the lips! NOM NOM NOM.

But maybe they were drunk; drunk on each other, at least, considering how hungry and demanding Emma's kisses were getting, and her refusal to stop for things like stairs, or air, or that door. She could totally fumble behind herself with one hand to get the door.

...hopefully it was actually Jack's door.

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[filleauloup]

True, Éponine didn't know Kaidan especially well, but he had been nice to her in the few encounters they'd had, and as a general rule she remembered people who had been nice to her. Even if that involved a bit more remembering now than it used to.

Also, food, and an opportunity to avoid thinking about that whole carnival business; good enough reasons to deal with the silly-looking fish falling from the sky. So she was here, relatively lamprey-free thanks to an umbrella she'd appropriated from the employee break room at the post office, and carefully brushing bits of cat hair off her skirt.

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[bitten_notshy]

"Thanks for coming," Jack said as he wandered over. "The rain isn't too bad right now, is it?"

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[filleauloup]

"More likely to bite than usual, but at least it isn't cold," Éponine said brightly. "And they aren't coming down too thick at the moment. Still, you've got to be careful not to let them land on your head, so it's just as well they're bigger than the little fish from yesterday."

Her cat would probably disagree, but that was why Alouette was indoors with all the windows shut, thank you.

"It's nice of you to do this," she added.

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[bitten_notshy]

Jack shrugged. "I had to celebrate having the house more to myself, didn't I?" he said, in a way that suggested exactly how much he didn't mean it. "Besides, it's always nice to get together."

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[filleauloup]

And the slightly twisted, only halfway mirthful smile Éponine gave him in response said that she had a pretty good idea how much he didn't mean it.

"Yes, it's been a bit since I've stopped in to see you, hasn't it? That's a shame." She'd kept the light, almost breezy tone up, but dropped it now for a gentler one. "Well, in any case I'm glad you invited everyone."

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[bitten_notshy]

"And I haven't made it by the post office lately," Jack said apologetically. "We need to fix that, don't we? I keep getting caught up in silliness. It's good to have tonight, at least."

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[filleauloup]

"Even if the reason leaves a bit to be desired, hmm?" Éponine was trying to sound understanding, but it was entirely possible that some of the nuance of that was lost in her gin-roughened voice. "It's just as well, no doubt you've been as busy as I have."

Re: Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[bitten_notshy]

"I wish I had more exciting news to report on that front," Jack admitted. "Mostly it's just been classes and work. I didn't even get sucked into that carnival last week."

Because he'd been on TV Tropes.

"What's been keeping you busy?"