Darling, there's no sense in running

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Characters: Mab and Bres, guest starring Jeffrey Maddox
Date/Time: June 18th
Location: Eventually Savannah
Rating: R most likely
Warnings: Bres and Mab arguing
Summary: Bres has gone radio silent, and Mab tracks him down.


She tried his cell. No answer. Which had been happening for some time now.

She tried his office, and the secretary made some excuse about him being indisposed. Every time she called.

Finally, she'd had enough. She called the office again and asked for the senior Maddox, and at last the secretary was helpful and told her to hold while she was transferred.

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[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

"You've been avoiding me." It came out matter of fact, with no edge of accusation. She was not going to be put off the point of coming all the way here.

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Bres sighed, hands on his hips. "Yeah, yeah I have," he admitted. He walked over to the small refrigerator to grab a drink.

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Well at least he was admitting it. She stayed where she was in front of the door and tracked him with her eyes. "I would like an explanation."

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

He opened the beer can, took a sip and then set it down.

"I didn't want to talk after..that shit that happened at the hotel."

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

"It's been long enough. And I am here to talk."

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

He took a long, strained breath before looking back at her. "I know what happened in your room."

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

For her part she seemed just as cool and calm as ever. "And?" she prompted.

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

A near-growl escape his lips, a hint that his teeth had shifted to become somewhat sharper. "The sheer disgust I felt was too much for me to even consider speaking to you."

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That seemed to gain a measure of interest from her. One prefect brow rose. "Disgust?"

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

"Of all the people you could have fucked, that..that..shameless whore, Apollo! I would have thought you'd have higher standards that that!"He said angrily. Thankfully the room was soundproof.

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

"You speak as though I chose him on purpose to spite you." And still her tone was even and matter of fact.

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"No, but..why did you have to fuck him!? You're telling me that was the only means to escape that room!?" Bres started to pace a little. "I mean really, what does that strutting peacock have that could interest you aside from the basest things!?"

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

"Do not put words in my mouth, Bres." Her tone took a colder note, at last moving from the neutrality it had been maintaining. "If you have a question, ask it straight. Do not make assumptions."

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

"Why!?" He snarled. "Why would you do that with someone you've stated openly about how much you despised him!?" His face shifted somewhat to Fomorian, but not the full transformation.

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"Hate and attraction are not mutually exclusive." Her arms crossed as she watched him shift.

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

"What was the attraction!? What does that standardless man-whore have that I don't!?"

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

What? "Do you feel threatened by him because I indulged my curiosity?"

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

"Curiosity? What the hell is there to be curious about!? The man is so fucking blatant!"

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

"Answer my question."

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

"Yes!!" He snarled, full Fomorian face now. "If someone you hate so easily catches your eye than where does that leave me!? I thought,,I thought I was..important to you."

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

"Sit down." It was an unmistakable command. Where he was bringing out his emotional Fomorian side, she was all Winter Queen. Even the room felt notably colder.

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

Bres breathed heavily out his nose, seething with indignant rage. She'd said it before that she was her equal, technically he didn't have to obey her at all. However, the respect that had built up after so long cause Bres to sit on the floor as she commanded.

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She crossed the room without hurrying, her heels marking each step toward him like a drum beat. When she stood before him, she looked down at his still changed face, her own expression impassive.

Then she knelt, smooth and slow, looking him in the eyes. And then suddenly her mouth was on his in a hard, deep, yet ultimately fast kiss, because pulled back before he had much time to react.

"You are my consort," her voice was low, intense, almost angry sounding. "I chose you above all others. Fidelity is not required between us, but none shall hold a place above yours. You will be the one to sire a child upon me if and when I decide to bear one. As for the Sun God, he was an itch. It has been scratched. He isn't you."

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

The action surprised him, but it also seemed to awaken some of his Tuatha reasoning and emotion. With the anger set aside, what she said made sense..and meant so much. He hung his head in shame.
"I am sorry, Mab."

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

She didn't say anything to his apology, merely continued in that same stern tone. "The next time you are bothered by something, I recommend talking to me. I make you no guarantees, but I can assure you I will at least hear you out. And for your own sanity, I suggest you take a secondary lover. Perhaps even a third. A more regular and varied sex life might help assuage that jealous streak of yours."

The offers of compromise were phrased as orders. Perhaps it was her way of giving him some leeway without losing face. Or perhaps, she meant it exactly like it was coming out, and she was annoyed by his jealous fit. She made it difficult to tell.