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The Courting Meme

There's someone you've had your eye on for a long while. And now you've taken all you can take and you can't takes no more. It's time to muster up your courage and ask them out on that first date!

Step One: Post with your character | series | romantic preferences.

Step Two: Tag/date other people's threads with one of the scenarios - deliberately chosen, selected at random, or deliberately chosen and CLAIMED to be selected at random. You know who you are.

Step Three: FALL IN LOVE! (optional)

Scenarios!

1. Chivalry Isn't Dead - You do it the old-fashioned way, with flowers and poetry. Maybe TOO old-fashioned by asking a parent or sibling for permission.

2. Me Tarzan, You Jane - Asking schmasking. Just sling your true love over your shoulder and carry them off to dinner and a movie. They'll love you eventually!

3. Blackmail - You tried the route of the nice guy, but you're tired of being rejected, or maybe you just want to ensure 'no' isn't an answer. So you've got knowledge of a dirty secret, or maybe you're holding their puppy hostage. Either way, they're going to say yes OR ELSE!

4. Creative Surprise - You want to make that first date memorable, so you ask in an unusual or creative way. Spell it out with coins in a fountain! Pose the question in an elaborate and framed cross-stitch! Write it on a cake!

5. You're Too Shy Shy - Today's the day you show your courage! NO WAIT! Spine... crumbling... too cowardly! Better ask someone else to do it for you, or ask for something safe like a study session that just HAPPENS to be around dinner time.

6. There Can Be Only One! - This person has a lot of suitors. How will you stand out? By beating them all up, of course!

7. Serendipity - It didn't start out as a date. You just both happened to be caught in the rain at the same time and ducked into a restaurant to get dry. Then, little by little, you start to realize that HOLY CRAP THIS IS ACTUALLY A DATE! WHAT DO?!

8. Quasi-Reluctance - Truth be told, you didn't want to ask this person out. But you were forced to do it anyway, either as a favor to someone else, to pay off a debt, or even just to get that irritating matchmaker off your back.

9. Jedi Mind Trick - "This is the date you're looking for." "You're the date I'm looking for." "You will wear a nice dress." "I will wear a nice dress." When all else fails, mind-screw them into going out with you.

10. Choose Your Own Adventure!

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[Info, kink list, and general permissions. Crosscanon and AUs and OCs welcome.]

[Okay Neal, impress her with your courting abilities.]

[Any preferences? I was thinking but sort of coming up blank. Maybe a mix of 1 and 4?]

[1 & 4 sound like a good place to start.]

Neal arrived at the yellow car with a single rose held behind his back. He leaned forward and flashed his lovely partner a charming smile. "Think you could come with me? There's something I want to show you."

It's been a month since they started traveling together and it's been one of the happiest months in Neal's life. He'd never thought he could feel like this before. He made her feel giddy, stupid and excitable. Neal wished that he could give Emma the world and the freedom to see it.

"Come on." He said again, and gestured with his head at a path behind him.

[ooc: she is kinda a grump.]

[ *sidles in here* Yes/No? ]

[I'd love Thor! Any preferences?]

[ Maybe somewhere between 2 and 3? ]

[Those are both perfect for her. Care to start us off?]

It was between places when he struck. There was a flash like lightning, a roar of thunder, and suddenly ropes settling around her arms and legs, as strong arms lifted her, and then she was being carried, a long loping run, and a launch into the air.

Thor had designs on her, had been watching her, waiting. He had learned everything he could, of her father, of her situation, of her good and bad. he had determined that she was not the kind to take to gentle proposals and normal approaches, and so he started something different, NBow, flying through the air and carrying her over one shoulder, he glanced down at her face, curious to her reaction so far.

At first she didn't know what was happening. Her interaction with magic had been limited but even in theory she hadn't realized it could do this. Then Thor appeared and she was being carried into the air. It was exhilarating to be soaring, even bound and tied, but it was also very annoying.

"Let me down." She growled as she struggled against her bindings.

It would be stupid to actually break free in the middle of the air but if she could get one arm free then she could slap this jerk. It probably wouldn't hurt him or slow him down but it'd make her feel really good.

"Hold still. We'll be there soon!" Thor kept his face forward mostly, and chuckled at her expression. Well, she was angry and she had a right to be. But that would not stop him.

Soon, they were arcing downward and landing, and he was gently putting her down on a chair, then stepping back as he gestured. The bindings slipped off at his wave, and slid to him, up his leg, and coiled on his belt. He stood tall, in light armor and a red cape, and a circlet on his brow.

"Now, before you say anything, I mean you no harm. I have a proposal for you. "

They were in a round room with windows and two doors, one of which was barred and locked, and there was a bed, a large table, two chairs, and on the table were several items. The second door was open and led to a small kitchen.

"I have come to seek your hand, help you overturn your father, and help you become happier and more powerful than you ever have imagined."

"My hand?" Not what she was expecting.

Her eyes flicked to the doors long enough for her to notice that they were not an option. He was faster than her and she wasn't a fan of making a fool of herself around strange men in capes.

Was this a bed room?

"Feel free to take offence from this-" Her vibrant blue eyes turned to glare at him. "But I'm not interested from trading one cage for another and if you knew anything about me or my father, you'd know that it'd be better off if I died with him." As long as she existed, his research existed and she hated herself for it. It was her fathers fault but she was created to be used for that same evil.

It bothered her that he knew anything about her or her father but she tried her best to keep it from showing.

"I offer you not a prison, but freedom. This, this is just to get your attention, and to get you away from the prying eyes of your father. No one can see within these walls except those I allow. And no one can enter, save those I bring, or give permission to."

He nods, then chuckles. "I am not looking for a slave, I am looking for a partner. Long have I looked, long have I tried to find one worthy, and you are worthy. And you can be cleansed of your father's taint, if you so desire of it." He nods again, this time more grim.

Thor has done the impossible. He's surprised her.

"Why?" Her eyebrows furrow and she took the time to really size up the man in front of her. He is impressive though she didn't think he was human. His features are handsome and strong but there was something about his jaw line that reminded her of one of his fathers subjects. It doesn't make sense and she quickly disregards the recollection, Thor was nothing like those people. His shoulders were set in a position of strength and his eyes were unwavering. Every time he spoke with was as if he was stating a fact. It was a little annoying but also intensely charming.

This is one of those social situations that Enis has no practice in, then again, does anyone have practice being kidnapped to a tower? ...Who isn't a story book character.

"Not that your proposal isn't tempting but why? What can I possibly give you?" She'd grown up in a world were everything had to be useful or it was thrown away. Enis genuinely didn't understand any other point of view.

Thor sighed. "I have to marry. I need a wife to become king of my people. A queen who will rule at my side, and I need someone smart, canny, and able to deal with weird things. Life in Asgard is never dull. The city is peaceful, but the people must go to battle often, to keep the greater peace. I want to be a good king. But I need someone who is will to stand with me, to trust me and to be trusted. I have been watching this world for some time now, looking for someone who would work, who was strong enough and smart enough to deal with it, and I think you are that person. Add to that that you would get, as part of the coronation a treatment making you stronger, faster, and tougher, and cleansing you of the things done to you by your father."

He nodded, eyes on hers, smiling softly.

"It does not hurt that you are beautiful. Your eyes could light a room, and your hairis glorious."

"You want me to become a queen?" This sounded like a scam, except that, Enis couldn't figure out what his angle was. What did he want from her? Was it sex? Her father? If what he said was true then it wasn't the secrets her father kept inside her head. Does she believe him?

Enis was startled to realize that she did believe him. "Where are we exactly?"

This just looked like another room, another prison, but the way he spoke made it sound like she was much further away. Not that she minded. Her end plan had always been to take down her father and then take her life so that his work could die with her.

She was very comfortable not being on Earth.

"Yes, I do." When she asked, he nodded to her and gestured toward one wall. "We are on Asgard."

And he tapped the wall, which swung away, to show a large veranda and a set of stairs leading down into the city of Asgard, a golden city of towers, buildings, and bustling people, with a rainbow road down the middle, leading to, far out but visible, a tall round building.

"If and when you wish to go home, I can take you, or you can go yourself, there, to that round building, where the Bifrost is, which can send you home." He nodded at her.

"Otherwise, you can stay here. There are more rooms to this tower, and most of them are equipped with Midgardian, ah, Earth things. " he turned to the door and waved at it, and it unlocked, the door opening. "If you wished to stay, this tower could be your home, until we marry."

Thor pointed to another tall building, much closer, made of spires and solid shapes. It was magnificent, like something unreal and out of this world. "If we marry, you would live there, with me, in the palace."

"Holy shit." Excuse her language.

Enis stepped forward and stared out at the golden city. She'd never seen anything like it but she'd imagined cities like this when she was young, innocent and still capable of dreaming. It was breathtaking and for a few minutes Enis simply stood staring at the site. A small part of her wanted to cry but she pushed it down. She was never one for needless emotions, even if that emotion was joy.

She gently shook her head from side to side. "I don't have a home." It wasn't a sad comment but a statement of fact. Enis had spent most of her life in a dark room as a product of her fathers experiments. Her home vanished when her mother died.

"Is it really as easy as you say?"

Enis turned towards him, her bright blue eyes steady, calculating but more open then they had been before. "I want to believe that your sincere but you realize how difficult that is?" She was watching him now, studying the way that he moved and spoke.

It was stupid how much she wanted to believe him.

Thor grinned, not at all bothered by her language. He had said far worse in his time. If she stayed, she would hear it.

"This could be your home." He spoke the words gently.

And then he shook his head. "It will not be easy. The Asgardian change, the cleansing, both will likely be painful and take some time. As well as learning what you need to know to govern equally with me, and be a warrior queen alongside me. Even if you never go into war, some defense skills will be needed. It will be hard, and you will face some who are proud to know you and some who will need to be won over. There are good things about it, but it will not be easy."

He nods and then chuckles. "And then there is me. I..." He shakes his head. "I am not the easiest man to love, or partner with. I know myself enough to know that." He spoke as he looked down at his boots. He must be honest with her, or else things would go poorly.

"I do realize it may be hard to believe. Midgard does not... do such things as this, I know."

Talking about home was awkward. There wasn't a single person alive who didn't want a home and Enis was no different but she'd lost hope years ago. Now it was being offered to her and she didn't know what she wanted.

What if she said no? Could she?

"I can handle pain." She was used to experiments and they were very rarely gentle. "And I can fight." Her actions were limited by human standards but she wasn't completely defenseless; despite the fact that Thor had managed to kidnap her in the first place. She was going to just breeze over that part.

"I'm getting the sense that you're very difficult." Her tone was touched with just enough sarcasm before she relented and relaxed.

Enis huffed a sigh and took a step towards him, pain flickered across her features but she looked away before he could see it. "I don't know if I can love." Her tone was soft and for the first time it didn't have the same bite her words usually had. "I can't have children unless your scientists can reverse what my father did to me."

"And you. You say you aren't easy to love." She shook her head. "I'm damaged." He was either a fan of bad judgement calls or liked to choose the more complicated path for the fun of it.

"I know. You are formidable. I would not bring a weakling into this place." His words were assuring, or trying to be, as he watched her, curious, hopeful, and feeling more vulnerable than he had in a very long time.

"I am, or so I am told." He chuckled, but was telling the truth. There were more layers to this god of thunder. "Being a god and a prince brings a lot of... duties."

Thor nodded, his own smile fading. "I do not know if I can, either. I have known lust, and curiosity. I have been drawn to women, and felt comfortable in their presence, but... I do not know if I have ever felt that sort of love for a woman before. For both of us, it would be... something new, perhaps, and a try of something different." He nodded, taking a deep breath.

"I know not what all of our viziers can do, but I know they can do much. They have given fertility to barren women before." He did not mention that it was also part of his power, because he did not want to try and mess it up.

"You are a person who has been through much, and you are still here, and still alive. And you are worthy of life and love and joy."

Whether she was worthy or not was up for debate but Enis didn't think that arguing with him was going to get either of them anywhere. For the moment she was free or in a less restricting prison. It all depended on the point of view.

Her gaze met Thor's and she exhaled a slow steadying breath. A chance for love... it sounded impossible. "I see." Her voice was softer than it had been before, thoughtful and wavering. Enis hadn't thought that there was anything he could say that would change her mind but the more they spoke, the more she realized that this was something she wanted and she hadn't wanted something in a very long time.

"One last thing." She swallowed and pulled her gaze from him to focus on the bed to their left. Her arm rose and wrapped around her torso as if she was protecting herself.

"You must know, if you've been watching..." Enis sounded genuinely awkward now. "I'm a virgin." It wasn't like she could meet people while being locked in a room and she didn't think that'd be a particularly desirable trait. Enis roughly knew how it worked but she didn't think she could satisfy him and that was generally a part of marriage.

Thor nodded, watching her, curious, and listened. She was bold, and strong, and beautiful, and he liked her. She was many-layered, and he had hope. Yes, he did.

Her words made him nod. "I do know. Yes. And if you consent, I will teach you, gently. I will show you what pleasure can be when you have a partner willing to try to make it good for you. I am not asking you to be an expert. I am asking you to be willing. I have seen your strength of body and spirit. I believe you can become even more magnificent than you are now. And I believe that you could become a great Queen of Asgard, and a very good wife. If you are willing."

His voice was gentle, and earnest, and he moved toward her, slowly, but surely, until he stood before her. He held out his hand to her.

Enis chewed nervously at the inside of her cheek.

Her mind was on high alert, suspicious, uncertain and unbelieving but something inside of her stirred unexpectedly. An unfamiliar sensation blossomed in her chest and belatedly, she realized that it was hope. Could she really have a life of her own? That's what Thor was offering but more than that, he was giving her a choice.

Queen. That was another hurtle but surprisingly less daunting than facing her father. It felt like something she could do. It'd be hard but nothing about her life had been easy. She wouldn't have a boring life.

Enis exhaled a slow breath as her eyes rose to meet Thor's. "That isn't much of a proposal."

"True, very true." Thor smiled and nodded, and stepped to her, then knelt to one knee. He licked his lips, nervous, and blew out a breath, then grinned up at her.

"Milady. I cannot offer you peace, or a promise of endless joy, perfect days, or an easy life. I cannot tell you that we will never argue, that we will never annoy one another, or that you will not hate me. What I can offer you is a partnership, an honest one, as my friend, as my wife, as my princess, and one day as my queen. I can promise to try to learn to love you, and to always be honest with you, always be faithful to you, and always listen to you. I ask you to be my partner, to be honest with me, and faithful to me, and to listen to me. And I ask you, dear lady... will you, Enis, consent to be my wife?"

His voice was gentle, and kind, and he held up, in the hand he held out to her, a ring of a shimmering metal that moved almost like it was alive, set with a single rich black jewel that shone brightly.

He had a ring. Of course, he had a ring.

This was feeling more and more like a trap but Enis found it impossible to turn away.

Her heart skipped and she had to mentally remind herself to breathe. Enis wasn't used to displays of affection and she felt it, every one of his words resonate inside of her chest.

"I do."

She didn't know who to pray to but she hoped that he was exactly as he seemed.

Edited (Spelling!) 2019-04-29 03:21 (UTC)

Thor was... actually surprised when she said yes. Hope and joy spread across his face as it hit him. "You said yes."

He grinned as he beckoned her for her hand. "May I put the ring on your hand, milady?"

He felt oddly shy, now, now that this was realer than real. His heart pounded and he nibbled one lip with his teeth.

Enis was a little surprised by her answer but she's made her decision and she wasn't the kind of person to back down from it.

"I was there for that part." Her lips quirked into a subtle smirk as she held her hand out to him. "Okay." Her fingers were cooler than they should be: thin, pale and delicate. She tried to remember the last time she touched another person who wasn't wearing medical gloves but she couldn't recall. It'd been a very long time ago.

Her eyes watched as his teeth worried at his lower lip and she couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking about. She didn't know him. Yet.

"So, where do we start?" Enis didn't know if Thor had something in mind. They had a lot to do and in the process of all that... they were going to get close. That alone was an incredibly daunting task.

He gently slid the ring on her finger, and gently kissed her hand as he did so. Then he smiled again, letting go of her hand with reluctance as he smiled warmer than before.

"Well, if you are willing, I thought we would take a tour of Asgard, so you can see this place, and stop in to see Veil, who can acquire anything you need from Midgard, if you wish things from there."

He paused then nodded. "And either tonight or tomorrow, ah, you need to meet my parents, Odin and Frigga, the current King and Queen. And finally, a friend has offered to host us for dinner, quietly, so there will be no formality to that at least."

He chuckled. "I did not want to make this day too overwhelming, because I want you to come to love this place as I do."

That was a lot of stuff but Enis took it all in with a contemplative furrow to her brow. "I wouldn't hate a tour." Which was her backwards way of saying that she'd like one. "As for items from home. I'd just like a computer that can access either Earths' web or something more advanced." She wasn't all that picky and Enis was a wiz when it came to all forms of technology, she figured that she could unravel the 'magic' of Asgard easily enough.

Enis liked learning about things and taking them apart, even if she rarely got the chance to do it herself.

"I think the truly overwhelming part is over." You know, that kidnapping thing. Enis stepped forward and lightly pad Thor on the back of his hand. "I'm in your hands, wherever you want to go and whoever you want to introduce me too." She honestly didn't care. It was hard to be daunted by anything when Enis was fairly sure her life couldn't have gotten worse.

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Sorry for the delay! I got sick-ish

S'okay! <3

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