The Mother of All Logs

[steelweb]

WHO: Anyone and Everyone
WHAT: All the kissin's
WHEN: Dec 16 - 18
WHERE: Wherever you want!
WARNINGS: Affection, freak-outs, possible R ratings


Ok! Here is the post for collecting all your kissing logs! If you want to do individual Network posts and then lead in to kissing that way, that's fine, but if you're looking to do a straight up log, this is the place to do it. That way we don't flood the community with all the log posts.

Instructions:

1. Post your character's name. One reply per character so that they're all neatly organized.
2. When you tag to a character's thread, put your participating character's name in the subject line.
3. ???
3a. Feel free to edit the post tags to include your character name for easier activity reporting
4. PROFIT!

Comments

SHESKA

[librariansheart]

Confirmed kisses:

Sirius
Charles
Tony
Bruce
Jenny
Tim
Once-ler
Coulson

amnesiac!

[alwaysimpure]

"Oh."

Suddenly he couldn't walk anymore. Sirius looked around, looked up, and rubbed the back of his neck.

He had actually heard from something like that before, the questionable benefit of growing up in the wizarding world.

"We've talked over the network, haven't we? Serious?"

[librariansheart]

"O-oh! Ah, y-yes, we have." Why couldn't she move? Why was he here and why was he looking at... oh. Ohhhh no. She'd seen other people kissing under these plants all day. Some small, quiet portion of her mind asked wistfully if it would really be that bad, but she was too far into nervous flutter mode to be paying much attention. "I-I'm dreadfully sorry, I didn't mean t-to bump into you, are you hurt? Um..." She bites her lip, trying not to stare. He was awfully handsome. She could feel her ears burning and her cheeks growing pinker by the moment.

[alwaysimpure]

"Not at all."

Wasn't she adorable. Somehow that made the situation a bit less awkward, her innocent openness making it easier on him. This didn't have to be a big thing, after all, it wasn't as if this was his first kiss. Not even his first amnesiac kiss.

"We seem to have a situation at hand."

He pointed up to the mistletoe and raised an eyebrow.

"Did you run into one of those yet?"

[librariansheart]

"N-not personally?" Sheska mentally cursed her voice for rising half an octave on that last syllable, and cleared her throat, trying to get it back into a more normal range. "I've, ah, I've seen other... people...." She trailed off unhelpfully. She always got so tongue-tied around people. Especially attractive people. "I'm really, very sorry. I didn't mean to impose! I didn't even see it, and then there you were and-" No. No babbling. Stop that.

[alwaysimpure]

Sirius laughed at her babbling, giving a light shake of his head and putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey. Hey. It's alright, love. These things happen around here."

He caught her eyes and smiled, touching her cheek lightly.

"Give me a smile? What's your name?"

[librariansheart]

Oh sweet stars and shades, this was actually happening. Her first kiss... Well, that she could remember, and surely these butterflies meant that it was her first time ever? Or was she a stronger person normally? ...That didn't really bear thinking about did it. She wrenched herself back to the present and chewed her lip a little before trying a shy smile and taking refuge in etiquette. "Oh, I'm sorry, that's terribly rude of me. I'm Sheska. Pleased to meet you, Mr. Padfoot, wasn't it?"

[alwaysimpure]

Sirius put a hand on her hip, smiling slightly as he curled his fingers around it. He listened to her and nodded.

"Just Padfoot, please. Sounds even more odd when you put a Mr. in front of it. It's very nice to meet you, Sheska, even under the circumstances."

He grinned and winked at her.

"With you, perhaps even especially under the circumstances."

[librariansheart]

She was very aware of his proximity all of a sudden. "O-oh, really, I'm... I'm nothing special..." She trailed off, ducking her head a little and smiling more warmly. He was so charming. Sheska tentatively put her hand on his arm, stroking lightly with trembling fingers. "I wish I could be sure this would be enjoyable for you." she murmured, more to herself than aloud.

[alwaysimpure]

"I'll just have to make sure there can be no doubts about that."

With that he pulled her flush against himself and leaned down to cover her mouth with his and kiss her. A real kiss, a deep kiss, a dipping her over and making her world spin kiss.

It lasted a good while, too, because with the magic of the mistletoe, he didn't necessarily want to stop. By the time he did pull back, still holding her in his arms, he was out of breath, but smiling.

"I think that was enjoyable. Very much so."

[librariansheart]

She swayed a little when he swung her upright, clutching at his sleeve to keep her balance. Her head was still in a whirl, and she was sure she hadn't ever experienced anything like that before. It was glorious. Stars bursting, and flying, and a library of old books, glorious. Magic and legends come to life, glorious. And she hadn't even remembered to close her eyes at first. For the first time all day, she was relaxed. No longer in a constant state of nervous fright that she was going to do something wrong or anger someone. All was right with the world.

Her fingers drifted up to touch her lips, a soft laugh of wonder escaping their grasp.

[alwaysimpure]

At the very least, she seemed to be very happy. Which was part of the reason for the whole exercise, so Sirius smiled and reached out to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. He wasn't generally one to worry much about consequences and having no memories didn't exactly help with that flaw of character, so he wasn't overly worried about the effect his behavior might have on her.

"Did you enjoy it, Sheska?"

[librariansheart]

It's a sign of how over-the-moon she is that Sheska doesn't even flinch away from the unexpected touch, and she couldn't stop smiling while she tried to pull her attention back around to the present. "Oh, yes... Yes I did. Thank you." She can't help but laugh a little, saying, "I wouldn't be surprised if I'd become a beautiful princess on the strength of that kiss."

Re: SHESKA

[detectivewonder]

((ooc: so, planning?))

Re: SHESKA

[librariansheart]

((ooc: yes. Have they actually met up for long after the Pirates? I mean, I'm fairly sure Tim avoids the police station when he can, and Sheska doesn't deal with TW at all. I know he's been keeping light tabs on her ever since, but I'm not sure if they've seen one another in person?))

[detectivewonder]

((she might get an occasional text-message asking how she is or presenting a research question, but that's about it))

[librariansheart]

((Oh fun! ...It's probably a little alarming how excited she gets over research. What sort of questions would he have asked about? It might help her streamline her Christmas gifts for him. Though he definitely got the external Starkdrive of over 4 TB.

Did we want to do this during or post amnesia?))

[detectivewonder]

(rule of maximum awkwardness says post)

[librariansheart]

((Agreed. Probably while she's delivering Christmas gifts. You'd think she'd have learned by this point. Oh well. I'd still like to know what sorts of research she's doing for him, at some point! If I know before we do this, we'll have conversation points, too.))

[librariansheart]

One of the first things she had done after that bout of piratism had been to look through the list of fictional residents and see if she could find a Mr. Drake on the registry. Lo and behold, there he'd been, with his apartment number listed. Perhaps that was dishonest of her, and she had felt a little guilty about it, but they'd spoken off and on since then, discussing his criminology classes and how the police station and Mr. Stark's company worked. He'd generally been just as polite and kind as he had been on that ship, and neither of them had ever mentioned the feeling that things had been heading in an intimate direction at that point.

All in all, Sheska was grateful that they hadn't run into one another while her memories had been lost. Who knows what might have happened? After she'd regained them, she'd been running around town delivering Christmas gifts. She'd had a few mishaps, but she still had to get this done, and not all of her outings had gone poorly. So she took a deep breath, resettled the gaily wrapped boxes, and rang the doorbell.

[detectivewonder]

"Sheska!" Tim was surprised, and immediately wary. He didn't see her in person often. She was a source, an ally, someone he'd used since Pirate Week in a way that made him feel more than a little guilty and nervous. He ought to bring her in, tell her what it was that she was doing, but he couldn't be sure of her nerve and the way things were was just too convenient.

"Come in," he said, managing the rote response by sheer spinal reflex.

[librariansheart]

"Thank you..." Sheska stepped in, catching herself before she reflexively toed off her shoes next to the door. "I, ah, I thought I'd bring your Christmas gifts over before anything else happens - giant bugs, or fires, or plague or something." She held out the boxes as evidence.

Her stomach was suddenly full of butterflies. They hadn't done much speaking in person, and she'd forgotten that he was quite so... striking. Not to mention that she still wasn't certain of her gifts for him. All she had to go on were those fleeting memories of what might have been on the ship and the emails and text messages. Still, Mr. Stark had assured her that this was over the top of the line. Well. They'd see, wouldn't they?

"I hope I didn't disturb you. I know a lot of people are hiding right now." Well that was horrific.

[detectivewonder]

"I've got better ways of avoiding people," Tim said, trying to be reassuring. "If I was hiding, you wouldn't see me right now. Trust me."

He was conscious of Sheska's nervousness, but she seemed like a generally anxious person, and he didn't attribute it to anything in particular.

[librariansheart]

She could definitely believe it. He had been quiet and unobtrusively helpful back then, too. "Some people simply didn't answer their doors, so I assumed that they'd rather not be seen. Recuperating after the last few days, I expect." Maybe that would have been a smarter route, thinking about it.

[detectivewonder]

"I think I'm as recuperated as I'm going to get," he responded after a moment. "So. What brings you here?"