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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[tricksterofasgard]

[ Finding the human sorcerer just standing right there under this peculiar little plant may be a coincidence, really. But Loki decides to interpret it as an invitation. ]

I can't bring myself to believe you to be this unaware of your surroundings, Stephen.

[timestones]

[Canting his head curiously, Stephen gives Loki a steady regard, a slight hint of amusement or perhaps expectancy at the corner of his lips.]

I'm generally quite aware of my surroundings, Loki. Kind of you to decide to keep me company.

[tricksterofasgard]

How could I possibly pass up on such an opportunity.

[ Not bothering to waste any more time on small talk, the Asgardian fixes Stephen's eyes with his own while stepping closer, making just the slightest gesture with a single hand that might well be ignored entirely. ]

Quality over quantity, remember?

[timestones]

[Stephen holds Loki's stare quite firmly, his head lifting ever so slowly as the other man moves closer, daring him almost to close the gap.]

I remember. There's a saying we have on Earth though: talk is cheap.

[tricksterofasgard]

[ Well, that earns a chuckle from the Asgardian. Though that's not enough to dissuade Loki in his advance. Though he shall heed that little saying and say nothing else.

Taking another short step forward, Loki closes the little remaining distance between and that same hand that has been gesturing a moment before snakes its way behind Stephen's head, cold fingers leaving behind the faint, tingling trail of ancient magic. The powerful magic of a spell cast upon an infant Loki by his now hated, adoptive father to expertly mask his Jotun appearance from view. It's only such soft, lingering touches that give it away. Just one reason why Loki rarely seeks physical contact that doesn't involve violence.

Right now, Loki thinks little of it. Or he simply doesn't care when he leans forward to capture Stephen's lips with his own decisively, only treatening the other man to a more obvious dose of that tingling sensation caused by the magic that has been permanently woven into his being. ]

[timestones]

[Stephen's sensitivities to magical energy has become more and more honed over the years since he became a Master of the Mystic Arts. It's one of the things that makes him interested in Loki, both in terms of a potentially threatening entity, and as a ill-advised location of personal curiosity.

The contact brushing at the back of his neck lights up Stephen's nerves and some other level of awareness beneath it, something more nebulous on the level of being two people able to harness ancient magics.

It becomes all the more acute as Loki brings their lips together, something tightening subtly in Stephen's core as his eyes fall closed. He should know much better than this, but he can tell himself it's just a game, toying with each other around a silly Earth tradition, and Loki is just looking for an excuse to try and get Stephen off center.

All the more reason for Stephen to not relent, to slide a hand around to lay a steadying, not firm or trapping, palm to the small of Loki's back as Stephen leans into the kiss, not stepping down nor.]

[tricksterofasgard]

[ What Stephen may or may not be aware of, is that this may just as well all be a trap. That this very hand that has its fingers play along the man's neck and through his short hair might just as well latch onto his very skull at any given moment to try and dig deeply and ruthlessly into mind and memory.

It's tempting. And clearly risky. But as it is, Loki finds it surprisingly easy to resist the lure and permit this moment to be simple rather than the beginning of another unneeded fight.

He chooses the in his opinion more enjoyable option: Adjust the angle of his head a little and open his mouth without ever separating their lips. His tongue prods the line of Stephen's lips, wordlessly seeking permission to deepen the kiss into something a little less harmless than the play of closed lips.

If that intention isn't clear enough already, the Asgardian brings up his unoccupied hand and places it against the side of Stephen's head with almost surprising gentleness. And that's where that hand will remain, for the most part. Not really holding Stephen in place, but rather settling with a light caress and just possibly risking to send Stephen's nerves spiraling even further. ]

[timestones]

[As far as Loki is concerned, Stephen doesn't trust him as he can throw him. He could get a knife in the back of the neck, or the stomach, he could have to fend of a hex, or some kind of mental invasion.

It's all risks he's willing to take in this moment though rather than give Loki an inch of ground and that's not just about Stephen's own stubbornness, it's also about sending a clear message that Loki doesn't intimidate him on any level.

The combination of the shifting angle of Loki's head, the press of his tongue, and the contact against Stephen's face from the Asgardian's hand is enough to make Stephen watch Loki from a somewhat blurred perspective.

A soft, warm exhale presses out from Stephen's nose against Loki's skin before the hand on the Asgardian's back presses in a little abruptly, pulling them in closer in time with Stephen parting his own lips to allow the kiss to deepen. If this ill-advised thing is happening, he certainly isn't going to be a passive receiver of Loki's attempts to make Stephen teeter, or his jesting in general.]