MHA #6, The Wee Hours of Tuesday Morning

[firstofitskind]

Liam- the smaller one- had gone to sleep on the couch on Monday night, same as he'd done the last two nights. At some point during the night, Fandom magic struck again, and the correct Liam took his place. His dreams were the smaller Liam's memories, his own, Ha'gel's, all blending in to each other in a confusing jumble.

It was the one about the volcano that finally startled him awake; his eyes flew open with a shout on his lips and the smell, the memory of burning flesh clinging to his nostrils.

Stumbling in to the bedroom, he crawled underneath the covers and wrapped his arms around Verity, burying his head in her shoulder and just... waiting for his heartbeat to return to normal.

[ooc: for she who is mentioned, if she'd like.]

Comments

[firstofitskind]

"Command codes," Liam repeated. "For the shuttle."

[arboreal_priestess]

"Like...to control it?" Verity sputtered. "By myself? Without you?"

The shuttle was like his baby.

[firstofitskind]

It was, but she was ready for this, he figured, so it was time.

"Well, yeah," Liam said, lifting one shoulder in a half-shrug.

[arboreal_priestess]

"So like...if this was all a long con to fly off with your ship, I could do that now?" Verity blinked. "Wow."

And then was kissing him. Hard.

[firstofitskind]

And Liam happily matched her enthusiasm in that kiss, which went on for quite a while, until finally he had to come up for air.

"I would prefer it if you did not fly off with my ship," he said. "At least, not if you weren't planning on coming back. But yes, if you wanted to, you could."

[arboreal_priestess]

"Totally gonna steal your ship," Verity lied, snuggling close to him and smiling. "Gonna go be a space pirate with my crew of cryptid criminals. Gonna be amazing."

[firstofitskind]

"Mmm, hope you and your crew don't mind getting all up close and personal with each other," Liam pointed out, cheerfully poking holes in her clearly well-thought-out plan. His ship was a shuttle after all.

[arboreal_priestess]

"Gonna go be a space pirate with my crew of three cryptid criminals who are probably just mice," Verity amended.

[firstofitskind]

"Good idea," Liam agreed. "Not that I don't think Istas, for example, would make an excellent space pirate, but you'd need a much bigger ship for that."

Like. Maybe the Taelon Mothership.

[arboreal_priestess]

"The warehouse wasn't big enough for Istas and multiple people," Verity said fervently. "I don't think anything the size of a shuttle would be."

[firstofitskind]

"The Mothership, maybe," Liam mused. "But you'd have to fight Renee for that one." Not to mention that was also where Lili and Ariel were living, these days. In short, they had dibs.

[arboreal_priestess]

Okay, but what little girl wouldn't want to see an older woman in curls and frills and lace? And what mother wouldn't want someone who could turn into a ravaging monster looking out for her daughter?

"Could I sub in Istas as my champion in this fight?"

[firstofitskind]

"Nope," Liam said, popping the 'p' on the word. "You're the pirate captain, you do the dirty work when it comes to commandeering a ship."

[arboreal_priestess]

"Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," Verity whined. "You're making space piracy sound like a lot of hard work."

Weird that.

[firstofitskind]

"That’s because it would be a lot of hard work," Liam replied. "Which is why it’s probably for the best if you just stayed here with me, for the time being."

[arboreal_priestess]

"Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine," Verity said, drawing it out for as long as she could. "But as soon as it seems like it'd be a little bit easier, I'm off to star-piracy, hear me?"

[firstofitskind]

Liam heaved a sigh. “I guess if that’s what you want, I can’t stop you now.”

[arboreal_priestess]

"You're just lucky I'm not insisting you call me 'Captain' in the bedroom now," she said, winking at him.

[firstofitskind]

“Mmm, thinking of pulling rank on me, are you?” Liam asked, as if he didn’t absolutely fucking love it when she called the shots in the bedroom.

[arboreal_priestess]

Right? The amused look she shot him said as much.

"Only because you'd like it," she smirked.

[firstofitskind]

"Shut up," he muttered, resting his forehead against her shoulder. Not denying it, though.

[arboreal_priestess]

"You wanna hold my hand and try to tell me otherwise?" she teased.

See, two could play at the Sharing game.

[firstofitskind]

Damnit, Verity, that was supposed to be his trick!

Still, his hand found hers, and although she probably already had a pretty good idea, well. Now she knew exactly how desire thrummed through him every time she told him what she wanted him to do.

[arboreal_priestess]

"Liam," Verity whispered, not letting go of his hand. "Kiss me like you've been gone for three days and missed me more each one."

[firstofitskind]

Liam's free hand cupped Verity's cheek as he leaned in to kiss her fiercely, his tongue seeking hers.