Parked

[treks]

let's go parking
how it works:

● Post with your character.
● Others respond to your character.
● You can use the RNG or pick your own!
● Have fun!

scenarios:
1 ✪ first date: Shy and fumbling, you're just getting know each other, what's a better way than going to lover's lane to 'talk' or maybe something else.
2 ✪ cop a feel: So you're going to take the chance, why not try to go for the 'gold' and try a little heavy touching.
3 ✪ make out: You have no illusions, you know what parking is for: Lip locking. So get to it. It's make out time.
4 ✪ hot and heavy: The windows are getting steamy, you know what that means: time to go all the way.
5 ✪ just talking: No seriously. You're just going to be talking. Boring but sweet.
6 ✪ stuck in traffic: Okay, so you're not parked but you're sure as hell not moving. Traffic sucks. But maybe you can figure out a way to pass the time.
7 ✪ snow storm: Yep, sudden!blizzard has hit and now you're stranded in your car. You need to either go get help or figure out a way to keep warm, someone's bound to drive by eventually.
8 ✪ your choice!

type of vehicle (optional):
1 ✪ truck: the cab is small but there's a whole 'bed' in the back.
2 ✪ compact car: a classic, the front seat might be a bit cramped but there's room in the backseat
3 ✪ sports car: so sleek yet oh so small
4 ✪ convertible: it's topless! so if you get topless there's not a lot of privacy but the breeze feels nice, right?
5 ✪ station wagon: there's room everywhere!
6 ✪ classic/vintage muscle car: nothing gets your motor running more than an old muscle car that might break down a lot
7 ✪ limo: there's lots of leg room but make sure you put up that center window to keep the driver from hearing.
8 ✪ train car: (get it?) those bumps caused by the track sure are making things more exciting, aren't they? too bad you don't have much room to spread out.

Comments

[videostore]

[ ooc: that's totally fine! whatever works for you. ]

[uprising_storm]

[To the rest of Hawkins, Jannah is your typical exchange student. (It's just easier to let them believe that than tell the truth of where she's from.) It makes sense that maybe she's not as familiar with pop culture and what makes the general population tick.

Thanks to Steve's tutelage, though, she's catching up one movie and cassette tape at a time. She's not sure that there's an equivalent to parking on her home planet, if only because she has no idea where she's actually from. And there wasn't much privacy to be found when she was a 'trooper, although she knows others who've found a spare moment or two in the showers or shared barracks for a quick tryst. That was never really her scene, though.

The idea intrigues her. So much so that she takes the initiative and asks Steve if he'll take her out one night when he's free to do so. They're friends, it makes sense she'd ask someone that she knows and enjoys spending time with. It can't hurt, right?

So, here they are. It's dark out, but the car is comfortable enough, low music providing the accompaniment for this outing. Jannah is a bit nervous, but not because of Steve himself, rather because it's a brand new experience and those can be nerve-wracking at the best of times. She understands the general gist of what's supposed to go on, it's taking the first step that's proving difficult.

She laughs at herself, then turns her gaze on Steve, studying him intently.]

So. How exactly ... do we do this?

[videostore]

[ jannah's a great fit for hawkins. she isn't aware of The Upside Down, and sometimes steve needs a break from it. things seem to be peaceful, quiet, though there's still a shift in the air. it's become crisp, stormy, but that isn't not normal in hawkins. steve has accompanied jannah to buy fall clothes, watching her come out of the changing room to steve's enthusiastic thumbs-up. he likes spending time with her more than anything, but he can't say that. he knows he can't. he doesn't know if jannah is ready for something other than friends, and he doesn't want to push it.

while they are parking - steve's intentions were innocent. up in the hills, hawkins is all lit up, the small town pretty from their above angle in the car. the music on the radio makes for good atmosphere, the sweet, lilting chords of time after time echoing slightly between them. steve thinks that this moment would be a perfect to kiss her, to keep going, to let her know how much he cares for her. instead, he glances out at hawkins, watching it glow with blink and you miss it light pollution. the stars are clear tonight, the moon casting a lovely beam onto the car. steve glances over, laughing a bit, then he points at a car nearby. it's rocking, the windows fogged up. he knows that people come here to have sex, and he's been one of them, in the back with his legs spread. he doesn't know how to explain other than that, a flush of red lighting up his neck and cheeks before he glances back at jannah. ]

Uh, that's what normally happens. This place is a known sex spot, but I thought you'd like to see Hawkins from up here. I know it isn't much, but it's pretty, you know?

[ he wants to kiss jannah now, he wants to devour her and show her a good time, but he doesn't know if that'll cross a line. instead, he places his hand next to hers on the carseat, pinky finger brushing hers. he knows that's a big step, but soon he covers her hand with his. ]

We don't have to do that. I want you to be comfortable. I don't want you to think that's all I'm after.

[ not now, not anymore. while steve has been guilty of pumps-and-dumps, he tries not to give into those urges. instead, he stares at jannah, eyes watching her face. ]

[uprising_storm]

[Steve never makes Jannah feel like she doesn't belong or like she's different, even though she clearly is. Instead, every moment they spend together, she feels nothing but accepted and liked. She would like to think that she's been open with her appreciation, even if she's kept her deeper feelings at bay, because while she very much would like to take a step or two away from being just friends, she isn't certain that Steve's wants match hers.

And the last thing she wants is to lose the only person she's got here in Hawkins.

So. Here they are, stretching out as best they can in the backseat, pointedly Not Looking at the goings on around them when there's clearly much better sights to be seen in the dark of the night. The glittering town's lights below are indeed very pretty, and the low tones of the music do help set a particular mood. The stars above are at least familiar enough, and she can feel comfortable in the knowledge that although locations change, some things never do, and those stars are constant.

Or as constant as they can be when she knows that they're actually continually changing, although those changes won't be obvious until the people staring up at them tonight are long gone.

Jannah does actually peer out at the car nearest to them, her face heating at the knowledge of just what's going on between its occupants. Just because she's never actually done it doesn't mean that she's totally naive. Back on the ships she used to call home, if one knew where to look and how to disable censoring protocols, one could find just about anything the holonet had to offer.]

It is pretty. Looks peaceful from up here. Like a really great place to live.

[She might not verbally acknowledge the way he tests out touching her, but Jannah does welcome the caress without protest. And when it shifts and his whole hand is covering hers, she relishes the contact all the more, glancing at Steve curiously, keen eyes studying his expression in what little light they've got to help them see.]

I think if that's all you wanted, you would've tried something by now - [She begins, and she means it. She considers before she continues, because while she's been pretty open with her life before, there are still details she's kept to herself.] We all got contraceptive implants when we were of age. Never got any use out of mine. I never really wanted to. Maybe it's silly, but I kind of wanted it to mean something.

[Again, a pause. She takes a breath, steeling her nerves for what she's about to say next, a huge risk to take, not knowing what the outcome might be. But - nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?]

I feel like it would mean something now.

[videostore]

[ steve glances over, watching jannah's face, soft eyes watching as she turns her head to see the other car. he watches her face grow red, and he laughs again, the noise gentle. he's not innocent, he's been up here several times, many times, doing exactly that in this back seat. he doesn't want jannah to feel weird about it, so he brushes her knuckles with his thumb. there's nothing better than comfort when it's awkward, right? steve smiles at her, eyebrows shooting up as if to say: i told you so. his cheeks flash pink, but he looks back out at hawkins to see the lights flicker here and there.

it's a beautiful place. steve wouldn't fight for it so hard if it wasn't. it's his home, it's where he's been all of his life. he can't just leave hawkins without it being safe. that's something he's gained over time, the responsibility of seeking out how to stop things before it becomes unmanageable. steve thinks about that for a moment, head lowering and a hard swallow working down his throat. he doesn't want jannah to think it's her, so he glances over, listening. when she mentions that he would've already tried something - he smiles. he knows he would have, but it hasn't been the right time. he doesn't want to cross lines, but when jannah speaks on her contraception, steve's face goes near-slack. he wasn't expecting that. ]

It's not silly.

[ i feel like it would mean something now. steve glances down at their hands, then back to jannah. he bites his bottom lip, eyes searching. he knows that he needs to take this chance. he wants to. making up his mind, steve leans forward slowly, eyes on jannah's lips, before he kisses her, his hand squeezing hers. ]