[OOC: Kiyoshi could find "Chris" being hit on by someone aggressively when leaving a meet-up (if going TO a meet up, Ash would have to ditch him after) and step in to help and then try to drag him around on a date for the trouble. To get the grouchy in, Ash might feel less inclined to keep the false character intact when returning home. Or just because Kiyoshi's good at trying people's patience.]
[[Would you be interested in Loki? I would be fine with either aged-up shipping or something purely platonic. Ngl, I just get a kick out of the memes.]]
The secret to getting close to Alec Hardy was to treat him like some kind of wild animal. Stay quiet, avoid eye contact, and slowly inch closer over a period of several days. Over the last week of being at the same cafe at the same time, Harleen has managed to ease her way from across the room eye contact to sharing a table while reading a book.
"You know," she says idly as she turns the page, "you really should ask me out."
( it surprised everyone, most of all akito when she decided to seriously pursue momiji as a lover.
the boy already lived in the sohma compound, his personal room decorated with warm apple-wood and stuffed toys and the precious stringed violin, which she generously permitted him to still stay in, for one day of each month, but most of his time is occupied in the main house, in her room: barren and dark and with little furnishings, aside from clay trinkets and the occasional hand-bound book with ragged edges of paper and the futon.
the same futon she has yet to coax him into: he still does not know what is beneath her yukata.
but the rabbit is a new sort of favorite, not the same as yuki or kureno, but favored all the same. once he stopped the worst of his childish behavior, his irritating cheeriness, he grew tolerable. and momiji may begin to sprout from a growth spurt, too, his shins a little longer, his voice just a hint lower, but on the whole, still jejune.
akito rakes her fingers through honeysuckle-bright hair, threads the color of the sun, the summer making her sweat in a film of glimmering perspiration. he is still shorter than her, quite a bit so, his head in her lap. the sight of them together still earned them quizzical glances from passing maids, which she dismisses. as the hour passes in the bright afternoon, she occasionally deigns to feed him from a plate of tri-colored dango, half-nibbled at, holding the wooden stick for him, and slipping a ball of sweet rice flour into his mouth. powder pink and tea-green and plain pale, one by one. )
you should stay the night.
( in her bed, she means: a persistence she has yet to give up. he ought to stop sleeping in a separate futon. )
( the sunshine! actually hardcore? check. turns into a monster when loved ones are hurt? double check. but generally speaking he's a warm and playful presence who isn't intimidated by much of anything, let alone grumps. )
There is a 100% heβs grumpy, though itβs more deadpan. Fun concept- Hawkins claims to hate jokes, so someone who can actually make him laugh is a good in for a cheery.
( the sunshine, but if that sunshine almost came off as 'malicious compliance'... Paimon doesn't call him sweet-talking and sugar-coated for nothing. but also can and will pull a sword in a situation that's getting all kinds of exciting.
castmates and cross-canon welcome, open to gen or ship. perfect to go with your grouch/stoic (or perhaps just shy person) guaranteed. action, adventure, cute hijinks, hurt/comfort, whatever your bliss is. )
[perhaps you may have fun getting under the stony skin of this cranky chimera? a hypersensitive grouch who gets flustered abt his self-image very easily, perfect for teasing]
( so cheery you kind of wish he would stop for about a minute (but he won't because then the multiple millennia that he's seen will finally catch up to him.) while the weakest of his circle of demi-gods, he can still pull some intense elemental powers as well.
castmates and cross-canon welcome, open to gen or ship. perfect to go with your grouch/stoic (or perhaps just shy person) guaranteed. action, adventure, cute hijinks, hurt/comfort, whatever your bliss is. )
[They are mismatched in every sense, it seems. He's younger than her but so much taller, and easily takes command of a room. Molly occasionally transforms into a walking apology when she isn't her effervescent self. Most people size her up as a diminutive mouse of a woman - That's not who she is, not really.
She worked hard to be in the top half of her class, compete medical school, and get a very respectable position at one of the longest running hospitals in London. Most people didn't really hear any of that though - being specialist registrar in the morgue tended to overshadow that, and all people wanted to do was ask questions about the deceased.
Just because she's kind does not mean she's weak. When circumstances push her, there is an underlying steel to Molly Hooper that very few know about.
She thinks he's more complex, too. Sometimes she sees it, in rare moments. She's not sure this is one of them, though.
She's stopped by and brought him a drink, which she hopes might help him with whatever's got him riled up.]
So... should I ask how's your day going, or should I assume it's rubbish until told otherwise?
[Can swing either role depending on her partner. If someone swings in the extreme either way she compensates by playing the opposite (the duality of man, etc etc). This can sometimes result in a moment of two grouches or two cheery, but that's an exception not a rule. Canon ages range from 16-18, generally OTA, and if you have any questions I'd be more than happy to answer over PM.]
[Ben loved Cassian. Loved how his lips pressed together, his brow furrowed when he was displeased. How he crossed his arms over his chest. His smile, the way his eyes crinkled when he was happy. His laugh. The care he took with everything.
He loved the man.
The icy hearted boss of a Mexican drug cartel.
But he hated the parties that they had to attend sometimes.
But they were a necessity. To keep up alliances, to form new ones, to be seen and remind people that he was still in charge.
Tonight Ben had retreated to a corner table to nurse a glass of wine as he watched his husband talk with the people he did business with.]
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