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

Comments

[besainted]

[ hey, guess who definitely planned this. guess who sidled over at exactly the right moment, slid in next to David, and nudged him with an elbow with a pointed glance upward.

gosh, how ever did that mistletoe get up there?? ]

[helpdesk_hero]

[Oh dear. What an absolutely horrid fate. To be unexpectedly under the mistletoe.]

Oh dear. I wouldn’t want to be unlucky. I suppose I have no other choice.

[And guess what? Only a light kiss to the temple. Because he is betting this is Damian’s doing and the man needs a light foiling now and again.]

[besainted]

[ what. what! Damian purses his lips, very much not appreciating this foiling. He was counting on that kiss. ]

That's definitely an unlucky kiss. All cop-outs are. It's in the rules.

[helpdesk_hero]

[Don’t play the game if you aren’t ready to lose? David offers a teasing smile.]

Is that so? I feel lucky myself. I think I managed.

[besainted]

How selfish of you. I feel distinctly unlucky.

[ Two can play this little game, he supposes, and steps in closer to David, even if it means craning his head back to keep his eyes on him. ]

You wouldn't just leave me to my fate. You're too heroic for that.

[helpdesk_hero]

[Good man, realizing the game. David doesn’t back away.]

Are you some sort of damsel now, needing saved?

[besainted]

[ That's right David, stand your ground, it makes it all the easier for him to reach up and loop both arms around his neck. ]

Do I not strike you one? I'm very needy, I can hardly do anything on my own. I can't take any chances with bad luck.

[helpdesk_hero]

[Oh he laughs at the idea of Damian being incompetent. and wraps his arms around the man’s waist. No reason at all for that. Nope.]

How much luck do you need?

[besainted]

A boatload, probably.

[ He draws himself nearer, pressing flush against David, and watches him with a cheerful expectation. David has to give into him sooner or later, it's just how this works. ]

But honestly, I'll take whatever I can get.

[helpdesk_hero]

Then by all means. Take.

[He leans down enough for that to really be an option. But doesn’t initiate.]

[besainted]

[ It's hardly the come-around he might've hoped for, but he shifts his plans quickly to compensate. He will take, thanks, and leans up to do just that. But quickly it becomes a kiss he puts a whole lot of effort into: both hands slide to gently cup David's jaw, his head tips accommodatingly, his lips part just so. It's romantically slow and picture-perfect, David's assigned punishment for playful recalcitrance. Show that guy what he could've been having, if he'd just played along like he was supposed to. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

[Ah, but was it punishment if he received it anyway? And far sweeter than he ever would have imagined. He wished he believed in a god so he could thank them for the kiss, even as he leaned down further to savor it.]

[besainted]

[ This punishment is probably not the best-planned scheme, but Damian feels satisfied nonetheless. He finally draws back again, and looks decidedly smug about it all. Yeah. That'll show David not to procrastinate about it when Damian's trying to scam a kiss out of him. His hands are still at their posts, and a thumb rubs David's cheek fondly. ]

There's an eggnog bar. [ Alcoholic, obviously. He'd never suggest it otherwise. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

Then by all means, drink and be merry. But I dare not. I couldn’t bare to lose even a second of memory of that kiss.

[Or of the fondness of his touch. Or Damian deliberately setting this up.]

[besainted]

[ He rolls his eyes, but does it will a smile. The hands finally drop, an arm going to thread through David's. ]

No one's suggesting you drink eggnog until you black out. [ He gives that borrowed arm a gentle tug. Come on, nerd. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

[He may be a nerd, Damian, but he is your nerd.]

Fine, one cup.