[ dec / open ] what even is the point of december without christmas presents?

[princessvegas]

WHO: Julie + others
WHAT: December catchall
WHERE: Places
WHEN: December
WARNINGS: Language, etc. Specific cws in subject headings.

[ ooc: dec catchall, starters in comments, bitchcraft or bitchcraft#2753 to plot. ]

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[princessvegas]

[ She breathes out a satisfied, almost smug noise, swallows without a blink, and when he pulls her back up to him, she stretches out languidly on top of him. Her fingers curl against his jaw, her kiss slow and indulgent, then she settles into the space next to him with a sigh of her own. One arm drapes over his chest. ]

So stay a while. I'm not goin' back until tomorrow. [ It's a relaxed, almost dreamy murmur. She finds it difficult to imagine that the world will fall apart if he leaves for more than a few hours. It's not like he's caring for actual children. ] And I'll make it out there soon. I don't think we'll stay in Nott past the winter.

[ Nadine's nervousness about Thorne is ever increasing, and Julie's desire to be with the people she cares for is beginning to outweigh her desire to stay away from the politics of Cadens. She can't foresee them sticking around much longer than it takes to actually save all the necessary money to get there. ]

wrapping!

[gynvael]

[ Stay awhile. It feels that easy when she says it. He supposes it is. No one's waiting for him back in Cadens; they know he's at Sam's, that he isn't going anywhere any time soon. And he isn't eager to return so he can be slammed with a full reminder of what happened.

Fuck it. He stays. And yeah: he'd feel better with them out of Nott, solely so they aren't alone out there with no one to watch their backs. Especially not when he knows they're out of place in this world: its magic, its monsters, its way of life. He answers with a sound of acknowledgement. When they come, there will be a place for them.

It's the first time, other than their initial trip in, that he's remained in the Horizon through the night. He isn't even certain if the sleep he gets inside counts; time is malleable and strange in the Horizon sometimes—but he does sleep, for what it's worth, and it's more than he's gotten since he was dragged back to Thorne. ]