[God, he's so stupidly gone over her that he could probably stay like this all day, just covered in Mako and trading slow, sweet kisses and doing literally nothing else. His body has other ideas, wants more, but it's easy enough to push that to the side, it's not the right time. They have a relationship that was measured in seconds when they first met and now they've flipped that on it's head, measuring in days and weeks and that's okay because they have the rest of their lives ahead of them.
He knows literally everything about her mentally, the physical stuff just doesn't seem as important, you know. He's heard stories from pilots that were lovers after the Drift, and how sex with your co-pilot is apparently as close to Drifting as you can get without a pons and he wants to try that out sometime.
Raleigh presses a kiss to her fingers when they brush his lips. Just because.]
[ Her skin tingles where his lips brush over it, and she's content with it, settling with the ramifications of the direction they're moving in, the attraction a warm, powerful thing between them. She could do it too, you know, just spend all day kissing him, tasting the sweetness of him on his lips, the candy she knows he has in his pocket. He's partial to a few flavours, and she makes a note to get some more for him when she's heading out of the Shatterdome.
Slowly, she thinks -- with the end of the world diverted they have more time to explore each other, that sex is something they could approach, but later, because she's not yet done appreciating all that he is, enjoying the smallest, most beautiful things with him. It's the best thing we've ever done, he says, and she flushes a warm pink because really, how does Raleigh say these things and not know the effect he has on another person?
She's caught on him, and she shifts, so that they're both on their sides, and she tangles her limbs with his just because she can. ] I didn't think it would feel that good.
[Because Raleigh just says shit, all kinds of shit tumbles out of his mouth like he hasn't got a filter at all and a lot of it is stupid, cheesy stuff or being unable to keep himself in his place and it gets him into trouble a lot more than it charms anyone.]
I can't believe that was your first kiss.
[Because you're a babe and a quick learner, Mako and color him impressed.]
[ ...Well, that is true. But Raleigh charms her, and she doesn't mind the shit that he says. Mostly because he doesn't say stupid shit to her, and he's an incredible kisser but she might be biased because it's not like she has anyone else to compare it to.
Mako has the grace to look faintly sheepish, and quite chuffed, all things considered. But this first kiss thing gets her oddly flustered, like she's too young for him or something. ]
I didn't have a lot of opportunities in the Shatterdome. And I hadn't really cared for it. [ Not until you came along. Then, ] How did you know to do -- that? [ That lovely, delightful thing with your tongue. Yes, she's thinking about that again. ]
[To be completely fair, part of Raleigh does feel like a dirty old man because it's on the other side of twenty five and he's pretty much as jaded and wary as they can come but it's not like he's... had a lot of experience himself. He doesn't actually sculpt those abs because he wants people to ogle him. And kissing people has been just about the last thing on his mind for years now.
He flushes when she asks how he knew to do that. Maybe he's a dirty old man but he certainly acts and feels like a teenager sometimes.]
Yancy told me to try it sometime. Guess he was right.
[ It's cool, he's just twenty seven. Things will be different if he's thirty and above. Which he isn't. But she likes his lack of experience too, because at least they can explore things together, what they like and what they don't.
Right now, she supposes, they basically have all the time in the world. Mako softens, and she smiles because for some strange reason that's remarkably sweet. ]
He was. I liked what you did. [ And he's so adorable when he blushes that she's leaning forward to kiss him again. ]
[He acts like he's forty so what does that say. He's the forty year old near virgin. That's Raleigh Becket's life.
And oh well if she likes it that much, let him do it to her again and then something that Yancy never told him about, he just gets it in his head that it's a good next move and if she doesn't like it then she can, like bite him or something. He'll learn.]
[ So does that mean that he was half a virgin when he met Mako Mori, because that would explain so much.
And oh, he's kissing her again and trying something new, something interesting, though that's a little bit weird and she nips at his lip gently. No, not that deep -- look, here's how she likes it; she teaches him how to make her tingle, shows him in the shifting of her lips, the pressure. Mako likes it when he doesn't treat her like a wilting flower, like she could fall apart at any time, or something.
[Maybe like three fourths of a virgin. Home plate is all for you baby.
Raleigh is a quick learner and he backs off what he's originally doing when she urges, lets her direct him for a moment until yeah, okay he's got it. Not that but this. He can work with that. And he does, shifting in the bed, somehow never breaking the kiss as he rolls her under him, one knee between her legs, so his hips and most of his weight are more off to the side and that's got to be a good thing because he doesn't think she's weak but she's got to weigh a hundred pounds soaking wet and he's not exactly tiny. But the way he's kissing her has to make up for any slight for not settling directly on top of her.]
the existential crisis to end all existential crises
[ ...She'd be quite honoured to score a home run with him one day.
Oh. Oh, well. Mako finds herself neatly under him -- and how very thoughtful, she thinks in mild surprise, when Raleigh keeps most of his weight off of her; the man's almost pure muscle, and her hands explore him curiously, tracking over his arm, the lines of his chest through his shirt.
Okay, she likes this, she likes how he takes control and she lets him, this time, tipping her head up to accept his kisses, smiling against his mouth as her hands come to rest on his hips. ]
...You're incredible. [ She breathes between kisses, her teeth catching on his lower lip. ]
Raleigh shifts, like he's trying to get comfortable but that's not really it. It's because he's bad at taking compliments, bad at accepting praise like that, even if he could wax poetry about her, about how she's the sun and moon and stars and how she's the incredible one. And he doesn't know why he's like that, he just is. Maybe he's actually just a fourteen year old boy on the inside who's embarrassed and flattered and flustered by the girl he really likes complimenting him.
Honestly, he's been inside her head, they've been making out for like a half hour now and he's probably blushing but it's hopefully hard to see in the dark.
Shit, he doesn't even know what to say. Like his brain has just stuttered to a halt, between her kisses and his awkwardness and maybe he'll just kiss her a little bit harder and do that thing with his tongue again to distract her from that fact.]
[ They just kissed, they're not going to do anymore today! Or for a relatively long time! Because kissing is nice, and Mako's quite contented with it, and he surprises her when he does that thing with his tongue again, kisses her harder in response to that.
Oh, she notices, oh. It doesn't take too long to read how flustered he is, the shift in body language and the way he quickly moves to compensate, to distract, and she's too aware of his moves -- although not quite of his motivations -- to be taken in so quickly.
Mako finishes the kiss, presses a slow, lingering one to his cheek before she lays soft, delicate ones over the strong line of his jaw. ] ...You're shy. I never knew.
[When she goes for his jaw, Raleigh tips his head to the side, making it easier for her to get at whatever she wants there. Even as his face flushes more and how is he blushing about the fact that he's shy.]
I-- [What, Raleigh are you going to try and deny it? He's just not good with people when it comes down to it.]
I don't really have a lot more experience here than you.
[ Mako pulls back a little to meet his eyes, surprised. That's new; not that she'd expected him to be sleeping around with everyone he sees, but he's startlingly handsome, charming when he wants to be, and a great catch all around.
And with that came the experience, didn't it? ]
Really? [ And he's blushing; she can see the tips of his ears turn red. ]
[Yeah, it's-- true. He looks away from her gaze about two seconds after their eyes connect and shrugs, trying to act cool about it and like a big, tough guy but he's really not.]
Yeah, I uh-- just haven't. Didn't want to after Yancy, didn't have time for a lot of relationships before that.
[And he's a relationship kind of guy. Pure and simple.]
[ He's endearing, and it should be an impossibility, that his admission makes her even fonder of him, because she's tipping his face up with two fingers, making their gazes re-connect.
She doesn't want big, tough guys. She just wants Raleigh. She smiles, warm and loving and she adores him so. It inspires something in her, the fact that he doesn't have much more experience than she has. ]
[Her smile is infectious, making him beam back at her and he leans in, not to kiss her but to give her a little eskimo kiss instead, circling her nose with his.]
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He knows literally everything about her mentally, the physical stuff just doesn't seem as important, you know. He's heard stories from pilots that were lovers after the Drift, and how sex with your co-pilot is apparently as close to Drifting as you can get without a pons and he wants to try that out sometime.
Raleigh presses a kiss to her fingers when they brush his lips. Just because.]
I think it's the best thing we've ever done.
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Slowly, she thinks -- with the end of the world diverted they have more time to explore each other, that sex is something they could approach, but later, because she's not yet done appreciating all that he is, enjoying the smallest, most beautiful things with him. It's the best thing we've ever done, he says, and she flushes a warm pink because really, how does Raleigh say these things and not know the effect he has on another person?
She's caught on him, and she shifts, so that they're both on their sides, and she tangles her limbs with his just because she can. ] I didn't think it would feel that good.
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I can't believe that was your first kiss.
[Because you're a babe and a quick learner, Mako and color him impressed.]
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Mako has the grace to look faintly sheepish, and quite chuffed, all things considered. But this first kiss thing gets her oddly flustered, like she's too young for him or something. ]
I didn't have a lot of opportunities in the Shatterdome. And I hadn't really cared for it. [ Not until you came along. Then, ] How did you know to do -- that? [ That lovely, delightful thing with your tongue. Yes, she's thinking about that again. ]
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He flushes when she asks how he knew to do that. Maybe he's a dirty old man but he certainly acts and feels like a teenager sometimes.]
Yancy told me to try it sometime. Guess he was right.
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Right now, she supposes, they basically have all the time in the world. Mako softens, and she smiles because for some strange reason that's remarkably sweet. ]
He was. I liked what you did. [ And he's so adorable when he blushes that she's leaning forward to kiss him again. ]
idk what this tag is
And oh well if she likes it that much, let him do it to her again and then something that Yancy never told him about, he just gets it in his head that it's a good next move and if she doesn't like it then she can, like bite him or something. He'll learn.]
idk what you are
And oh, he's kissing her again and trying something new, something interesting, though that's a little bit weird and she nips at his lip gently. No, not that deep -- look, here's how she likes it; she teaches him how to make her tingle, shows him in the shifting of her lips, the pressure. Mako likes it when he doesn't treat her like a wilting flower, like she could fall apart at any time, or something.
She likes it hard, Becket, hop to it. ]
idk what i am either
Raleigh is a quick learner and he backs off what he's originally doing when she urges, lets her direct him for a moment until yeah, okay he's got it. Not that but this. He can work with that. And he does, shifting in the bed, somehow never breaking the kiss as he rolls her under him, one knee between her legs, so his hips and most of his weight are more off to the side and that's got to be a good thing because he doesn't think she's weak but she's got to weigh a hundred pounds soaking wet and he's not exactly tiny. But the way he's kissing her has to make up for any slight for not settling directly on top of her.]
the existential crisis to end all existential crises
Oh. Oh, well. Mako finds herself neatly under him -- and how very thoughtful, she thinks in mild surprise, when Raleigh keeps most of his weight off of her; the man's almost pure muscle, and her hands explore him curiously, tracking over his arm, the lines of his chest through his shirt.
Okay, she likes this, she likes how he takes control and she lets him, this time, tipping her head up to accept his kisses, smiling against his mouth as her hands come to rest on his hips. ]
...You're incredible. [ She breathes between kisses, her teeth catching on his lower lip. ]
so true
Raleigh shifts, like he's trying to get comfortable but that's not really it. It's because he's bad at taking compliments, bad at accepting praise like that, even if he could wax poetry about her, about how she's the sun and moon and stars and how she's the incredible one. And he doesn't know why he's like that, he just is. Maybe he's actually just a fourteen year old boy on the inside who's embarrassed and flattered and flustered by the girl he really likes complimenting him.
Honestly, he's been inside her head, they've been making out for like a half hour now and he's probably blushing but it's hopefully hard to see in the dark.
Shit, he doesn't even know what to say. Like his brain has just stuttered to a halt, between her kisses and his awkwardness and maybe he'll just kiss her a little bit harder and do that thing with his tongue again to distract her from that fact.]
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Oh, she notices, oh. It doesn't take too long to read how flustered he is, the shift in body language and the way he quickly moves to compensate, to distract, and she's too aware of his moves -- although not quite of his motivations -- to be taken in so quickly.
Mako finishes the kiss, presses a slow, lingering one to his cheek before she lays soft, delicate ones over the strong line of his jaw. ] ...You're shy. I never knew.
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I-- [What, Raleigh are you going to try and deny it? He's just not good with people when it comes down to it.]
I don't really have a lot more experience here than you.
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And with that came the experience, didn't it? ]
Really? [ And he's blushing; she can see the tips of his ears turn red. ]
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Yeah, I uh-- just haven't. Didn't want to after Yancy, didn't have time for a lot of relationships before that.
[And he's a relationship kind of guy. Pure and simple.]
So yeah.
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She doesn't want big, tough guys. She just wants Raleigh. She smiles, warm and loving and she adores him so. It inspires something in her, the fact that he doesn't have much more experience than she has. ]
Then we'll learn together.
this is part one of the bomb
Sounds like a plan.