the ic mistletoe meme

[bifroster]

pucker up!

- make a top comment with the usual
- you are now caught under some mistletoe
- anyone who comments is now caught under it with you
- you know how the tradition goes :)
- yes i totally ripped this from plurk

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[ct_7567]

[ It gets a finger jabbed at it. ]

Why's a weed hanging up here?

[ ................he's gonna take it down. ]

[killtime]

[ Look at this man. That's him. That's the love of her life. ]

It's festive. [ Dryly: ] And traditional.

[ct_7567]

This world's got nothing but traditions. What's this one for?

[killtime]

[ She gives him a sly look. And gives him a little wave of her hand, gesturing him closer as if to share in a secret. ]

[ct_7567]

[ Rex raises a brow at her but, with an air of indulgence, leans forward. ]

[killtime]

[ Here's the thing that amuses her the most: She knows he knows better. Rex has been at her side nearly a year now — the man is aware when she's got some trick up her sleeve, and she doesn't make much secret of it either, not with him. She knows he sees that look in her eye and takes it to mean she's going to pull something. But he leans towards her anyway, and she loves that.

He gets the space of a heartbeat before she's closing that scant distance between them, leaning in the rest of the way to plant a cheeky kiss to his mouth, lingering just long enough that it passes the boundary of the perfunctory kiss that tradition requires. ]

[ct_7567]

[ They've kissed plenty of times before, so there's really no need for this to feel terribly unusual - aside from the fact that this is public - but, of course, it is. Maybe he was expecting her to plant both of her hands on her face while covered from some muck from appetizers. Or maybe she'd pinch his ear. Or give him a good old-fashioned keldabe kiss, and not necessarily the tender sort.

A great deal of their relationship is built on her antagonizing him, come to think of it. His eyes widen, and while he does draw back a little after, flummoxed and embarrassed. Not in the way of but we cannot do this here, straight out of a courtly romance, but more in the way of I got my first kiss at the fourth-grade dance and I'm not sure what to do about it.

Clearly taken aback, but trying not to seem that way: ] That can't possibly be it.

[killtime]

[ Andy has kissed Rex as a gesture of affection over and over by now — but let's be honest, that was not a kiss from a loving wife to her husband. That was a kiss with one specific goal: So that Andy could be amused by Rex's reaction. And he does not disappoint her. Not one bit. If she were the type to laugh outright, she might have.

Instead, she huffs out an entertained breath as he withdraws from her, flustered and caught off guard. ]

Don't you trust me, Rex? [ Asks his terrible wife. His devious wife. His wife, who has entirely too much run giving him the run-around with these things. ] If you need more proof, you could stand there under the plant a while longer. See what happens with the next person who comes along.

[ct_7567]

[ He crosses his arms with a huff, Andy, as always, getting her wish. ]

Do I really seem like the sort who'd welcome all that?

[ He's still not sure if he believes her. He steps away from the mistletoe. ]

But, by all means, you can stay.

[killtime]

[ He absolutely does not seem like the type. Which is half the fun for her — and she knows it. She is, in the moment, entirely more charmed by his huffy face and his crossed arms than she should be. As he steps back, she reaches out to catch him by the lapels, drawing him back in towards her. ]

Come on, babe. [ Babe. Why is it that she only ever calls him babe when she's trying to get under his skin? ] Haven't you ever wondered what it'd be like to kiss somebody that isn't me?

[ct_7567]

Not even once.

[ That... should feel like it's declaring something, but it's the truth, and Rex has never considered himself to be anything other than a truthful man. For this, at least, she isn't getting under his skin. ]

Can't say I see the appeal. [ He raises a brow at her. ] Should I?

[killtime]

[ That does catch her off guard a little — and it shows in a missed half-beat, her eyebrows slightly raised at him. If it were anybody else, she might think she was being teased, but. This is Rex. And she knows he's being as honest as ever. Funny, how that warms her, affection swelling suddenly in her chest.

Her grip on his clothes loosens, her palms pressing flat against his chest instead. When she finally answers, her wryness is a bit fond: ]

...Maybe. I might be an awful kisser. How would you know?

[ct_7567]

[ Rex isn't quite sure what he said to engender that response - he hadn't thought very hard about the implications; he just stated the truth as it appeared to him, simple as can be - though he isn't complaining. Andy's love has never been restricted by who she does or doesn't choose to embrace. And Rex... well, Rex doesn't know very much about this sort of thing at all. ]

I'm pretty sure you're not, [ he says wit a little curl of his lip. ] You've had a lot more practice, for one.

[ Rex, don't call your wife a ho. ]

[killtime]

[ It's true. That's one thing Andy doesn't lack — practice. Which really is just a nice way of saying that Rex's wife is a ho. Basic, objective fact. Andy has been known to put the "ho" in "horny." Though all things considered, she's been surprisingly monogamous lately. Does that have something to do with exponential increase in the amount of kissing they've been doing? Is there a scientific correlation there? ]

You and your sweet nothings. [ Wryly: ] It's amazing that nobody else has tried to make out with you before.

[ct_7567]

Oh? And what makes you think they haven't? Maybe I ought to be offended.

[ They haven't. Well, save for a couple times, but those hardly count. ]

[killtime]

[ Now that piques her interest. Her eyebrows arch curiously. ]

Rex. Do you have a scandalous history I don't know about?

[ She doubts it. But only because she knows him. The man's tall and handsome, with a particular sort of noble bearing that she certainly isn't immune to. It's possible. ]

[ct_7567]

[ A twitch of his lip, of course. ]

You said try. Not succeed.

[killtime]

[ Well. That she did. Her mouth twists a little wryly in return. ]

Are you saying you broke a few hearts before I met you, Rex?