Characters: Lilith, Esther, Legion Date/Time: Evening of Tuesday, October 16th Location: Legion's room Rating: TBD Warnings: TBD Summary: The JCs are having a pantheon meeting.
Esther was prompt in arriving at Legion's room that evening.
"Max?" she called gently through the door, "Are you ready for us?"
Once Esther had left them, she turned more toward him. She made no move to touch him. That would be... counter productive. She was looking to mend this fence not dive tackle it into the ground.
"Max, I want to apologize. If I'd known that my abilities had grown, I wouldn't have ever tried to touch you. I never want to make you do anything you don't want to do."
Legion, quite honestly, wouldn't have minded her dive tackling the fence, because it would have been a lot less awkward than having to deal with his...feelings.
"I- you really don't have to be sorry, it's not even you I'm -"
He sighed. "I didn't think I was capable of doing that to anybody. I really wanted to- hurt you, and that really isn't your fault."
She nodded slowly. "No, and it's not yours either. I didn't think I could affect people so strongly. I thought I was still safe to have friends I could touch, that are into girls. Neither of us knew what we were getting into, and that's not our fault. I don't want to look at you and wonder if you hate me, Max. You're my friend, and I'd like it to stay that way."
Legion heaved a sigh. This was only getting him anxious, and he couldn't help but wince when she mentioned him hating her. While it didn't phase Legion, it stung at Max.
"I don't hate you if you don't hate me."
Then, he took a bit of a deep breath, tried to resign himself to staying calm, and gently reached out to clasp his hand against her shoulder.
"I never could." She was smiling at him, when he touched her shoulder. She drew in a sharp breath, and tensed. Not because she didn't want the touch, but because she knew what her touch could do. She closed her eyes tightly for a moment, just willing nothing to happen. And strangely, Legion would find that all he felt was just the normal contact with the skin of another human being; warm and soft.
To be honest, Legion had been tensing as well, trying to will everything to stay calm, and well, down. But when he felt nothing, he immediately felt a sense of relief. It was enough for him to give her shoulder a squeeze and muster up a little smile.
She could actually feel her powers not sneaking out to snag him. Her eyes opened and saw his smile, felt the squeeze on her shoulder, and she yanked him to her in a tight hug. It was a mix of both relief that she'd been able to hold back her own annoyingly out of control ability, and that they were making amends.
Really awkward, she'd said, but all he could feel was the hug. He stayed where he was for a moment, and could tell he was going to start feeling- uncomfortable, to say the least if she didn't let up on it, soon. He gave her a light hug back, still trying to be careful about it.
But her hug was something vice-like, and he wasn't really sure if he wanted her to let go. Powers or not, Lilith was warm, lovely, and soft. Too warm, and too lovely, and too soft, perhaps, as he could feel his cheeks flush. But no, he wasn't going to do that. He was going to hug her like any other human being would have, or at the very least, try to.
She held on perhaps a little longer than she should have. She was just thrilled that she'd managed to do something about controlling her abilities. She'd need to practice she was sure, but she had the first real indication that she could maybe keep living a normal life still.
Finally, she eased up her hold. She felt comfortable and relaxed for the first time since that morning. Not around him, but in her own skin. Easing back, she had yet to fully release him when she saw his flushed cheeks. It worried her a moment that she was still affecting him, and that worry brought the fragile hold on her powers crashing down. Her powers would come rushing back like a flood gate had been opened. Feeling it happening, she tried to snatch her hands back from him, before she infected him too much.
Fuck fuck fuck. Legion felt something tugging at several parts of him, his mind, and his body for the most part, and for a moment, he regarded Lilith with something of a vague wanting that he quickly moved away from her to try to avoid. That had worked last time. Sort of. Once he was decently out of her reach, he gave her a little wavering smile, and secretly planned to smoke, and then take care of his...well, increasingly obvious problem in a way that didn't involve Lilith.
He chuckled a bit, nervously. Feeling like he was about to start shaking or something to that effect, something nervous and twitchy. Old habits, on Max's part.
"Maybe- we'll have to work on that. But- it's nice to know I can touch you, at least."
She nodded, holding her arms around her middle, hands rubbing up and down along them a little anxiously. "Yeah, I'll work on it. And...sorry for slipping there." Having effectively ruined the moment with her powers making it all kinds of awkward, she stood up. "I'll um... see you later, okay?"
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Date: 2012-10-22 10:28 am (UTC)"Max, I want to apologize. If I'd known that my abilities had grown, I wouldn't have ever tried to touch you. I never want to make you do anything you don't want to do."
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Date: 2012-10-22 10:43 am (UTC)"I- you really don't have to be sorry, it's not even you I'm -"
He sighed. "I didn't think I was capable of doing that to anybody. I really wanted to- hurt you, and that really isn't your fault."
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Date: 2012-10-25 07:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-25 08:26 am (UTC)"I don't hate you if you don't hate me."
Then, he took a bit of a deep breath, tried to resign himself to staying calm, and gently reached out to clasp his hand against her shoulder.
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Date: 2012-10-25 09:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-25 09:35 am (UTC)"I couldn't hate you either."
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Date: 2012-10-25 09:48 am (UTC)"Good. Or this could have gotten really awkward."
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Date: 2012-10-25 10:37 am (UTC)But her hug was something vice-like, and he wasn't really sure if he wanted her to let go. Powers or not, Lilith was warm, lovely, and soft. Too warm, and too lovely, and too soft, perhaps, as he could feel his cheeks flush. But no, he wasn't going to do that. He was going to hug her like any other human being would have, or at the very least, try to.
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Date: 2012-10-25 10:55 am (UTC)Finally, she eased up her hold. She felt comfortable and relaxed for the first time since that morning. Not around him, but in her own skin. Easing back, she had yet to fully release him when she saw his flushed cheeks. It worried her a moment that she was still affecting him, and that worry brought the fragile hold on her powers crashing down. Her powers would come rushing back like a flood gate had been opened. Feeling it happening, she tried to snatch her hands back from him, before she infected him too much.
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Date: 2012-10-25 11:10 am (UTC)He chuckled a bit, nervously. Feeling like he was about to start shaking or something to that effect, something nervous and twitchy. Old habits, on Max's part.
"Maybe- we'll have to work on that. But- it's nice to know I can touch you, at least."
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Date: 2012-10-26 06:10 am (UTC)