It's been a long week.

[wrongs]

the intimate bathing meme;

Grooming is an important part of many species' rituals. It keeps them clean, healthy, and content. And a good bath? It can change the whole tone of a day from terrible to relaxed and blissful. But nudity is sometimes viewed as a weakness - and it is almost always sexualized - so bathing is often kept a private matter. If you do share these moments with someone, they're almost always a significant other or a sexual partner. Like you're doing now. Whether it be after a battle or after sex (or before sex, even), the two of you are going to get clean. Be sure to help each other out with that, won't you? After all, there are places on the back that just can't be reached... HOW TO PLAY: Comment with your character, your prefs, etc. If there are other grooming-related practices or kinks you'd like to include, like shaving, hair washing, mention them! Reply to others!

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[lowkeyangel]

While it would be a hat trick just to fly in, kill Snow, and fly out, Gabriel wasn't born yesterday. Far, far from it. He knew that if he did it, some schmuck would take his place and the balance of power would stay as it was.

No, it would take something else to change Panem. Something unpredictable. Something to tip the scales in a way no one would see coming.

"I dunno," he teased Johanna, winking though she couldn't see it, "I'm not really the collar type."

Gabriel was as flighty as a hummingbird, with the same attention span, but he could take pleasure in quiet moments like these. It was him, her, and the water. Her back scrubbed thoroughly, he settled for stroking his hands up and down her sides.

[not_like_the_rest]

Johanna just laughed at that. She of all people knew that ownership was never a real thing. Johanna herself had everything taken away from her when she wouldn't let anyone take ownership of her body. The capital still whispered about why she wasn't available to them.

"I'd rather claim you in an entirely different way." Johanna hummed against the side of his neck playfully. His hands against her bare skin felt amazing. She pulled back away from his body so she could smile at him, one hand raising to cradle the side of his face. "Something you can't remove even if you leave me."

[lowkeyangel]

"That sounds ominous."

Gabriel winked again. It wasn't as though he had too much to worry about. No one remembered holy fire, anymore, and the only things that actually made him nervous were holy fire and his own blade. The latter was, at the moment, safely tucked away.

"You have my attention," he added, turning his head a little to give her palm a playful kiss.