IC CONTACT POST

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[A woman's voice comes over the line.]

You've reached the Trickster's voicemail. Unfortunately, Mr. Trickster isn't available to take your call, nor will he likely ever be. Should you still wish to leave a message, please respond after the tone, and maybe we'll remember to get it to him, mmkay?

[Beep]

[[OOC: This is an IC voicemail post for all verses games. Please put the name of the verse/game you want in the subject heading.]]

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[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

Would you still be thanking me if I told you that I know about the unicorns?

[His... Look of amusement completely fades at that last bit, however.]

...Uh... Wow. This is kinda backwards. I mean, honestly I was shocked you called. I figured I'd have to pop in every now and then, annoy you, occasionally ask you to work a job or two, and terrorize the boys, whatever. I mean... You got them back. Isn't that what mattered?

[Insecure... Met Insecure..er.]

[hexyoutotuesday.livejournal.com]

[Fuck everything, he knew about the unicorns. That would have been mortifying if the next words that came out of his mouth didn't warm her heart so much.]

Oh, god. You thought... [She stopped clutching the blanket around her and sat up.] Well, yes. But no. That may have been the catalyst but not the cause. Gabriel, I-- you-- [Okay, she just had to laugh at this irony.]

Do you have any idea how weird it was when everything was back to normal and I felt like it was all...all wrong? Because I didn't have some asshole standing there with an "I told you so" armed and ready? I miss-- [the sound of your voice, those looks you give, that stupid tongue thing you do, you. She's just not going to finish that thought.]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

...Me? [Gabriel looked more stunned than anything. He should've quipped that everyone misses him eventually- life without him is empty and meaningless. And full of significantly fewer laughs.]

So all that back at the hotel wasn't... [...There's really no delicate way of finishing that sentence. Wasn't her being an overemotional teenage girl looking for escape? Wasn't him being the biggest douchenozzle that ever lived?

He shakes his head. Forget that thought.] You really do like me. [And that was not the least bit teasing.]

[hexyoutotuesday.livejournal.com]

[Him saying that aloud made her embarrassed, angry, and and relieved all at the same time. Yes, she liked him. She liked him so much it was driving her insane. Was she going to tell him that one? Probably not. Suddenly, she looked very sad.]

Just leave me a little dignity, okay? You've made it painfully clear that you just want to sleep with me, but everything else is probably so one-sided that it'll just get more complicated and I don't--

[Want to get hurt. Another silence.]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

Jinx, if I wanted to sleep with you, it would've happened. That's not some 'I'm so hot, every girl wants me' crap, it's the truth. I didn't let it get that far back at that hotel for my health. That's not to say I would't... Believe me, I've never cockblocked myself before. It was a bad time and if a guy like me who never met a bedroom scene he didn't like would shoot you down? That means I give a shit. You want a list? I could sit here and give you all the reasons why a chick like you and a guy like me probably wouldn't work. I could also give you reasons why we would. But that don't matter, because I like you and for the first time in my life? I'm not looking to overcomplicate things.... [He groans melodramatically, the seriousness in his tone abating a little] I know, I know... The shock's unbearable, but I can't.

[More serious.] Not right now, anyway. I've been looking for something for a long time- someone who can look me in the eye and say, I get it. Besides, if we both don't belong anywhere, we might as well belong with each other. [He paused.] ...That came out more Hallmark card than I wanted it to, but you get the idea.

[hexyoutotuesday.livejournal.com]

[Jinx looked pretty shocked right now, too. Her mouth hung open a little and she wasn't blinking. This was one of those moments in movies where the audience started screaming "FINALLY" at the actors. This was one of those things that didn't happen to girls like Jinx. Ever. So pardon her it this was a little hard to believe at first.]

...

[Yeah, who was she kidding? Right now, nothing logical would come out of her. But damn it, Jinx was going to try, because that's what she did.]

Okay.

[...that was all she got.]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[He takes her chin in one hand and gives her one chaste kiss on the lips, like some sort of sappy fairy tale 'break-the-spell' sort of thing, which he immediately covered up by launching into sarcasm again.] You'll be more eloquent when you write about this moment in your diary- which, by the way? I didn't read. Nice closet, by the way. Are you keeping the Twilight Zone in there?

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[Her eyes flutter shut and she kisses him back. This was... wow. Okay. She really needed to pinch herself because she was terrified this was another moment of her subconscious being an asshole.]

I don't keep a diary and if I find any candy stuck to my Gucci, you're a dead man. [She wraps her arms around his shoulders and leans in for a not-so-chaste kiss.]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[And Gabriel just falls back against the armrest, holding his hands up defensively again before slowly winding them into her air. Yeah. He could... Definitely get used to complicated. He could get used to it a lot. He pulls back a little, probably longer than was necessary and grins at her, caught in that state between perpetually amused and a little turned on.]

Like you even keep candy in this place. The licorice wasn't bad though. Not my first choice, but eh. Beggers can't be choosers, hm?

[hexyoutotuesday.livejournal.com]

[Complicated was good. Very good right now, actually. Kissing him continued to be...well, wow. Wow was the perfect way to describe it. Really, she was romanced enough right now that, if she weren't a mess and if they weren't on the couch while her roommates were sleeping a very thin wall away, there might have been more going on than just kissing. Exhaling, no intention of getting off of him anytime soon, she softened her gaze at him.]

I want to get something out of the way early on. I know so much about you, and you don't even know my real name.

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

I read souls, Jinx. I know more about you than you want me too. Not that I'm prying. [He held up a finger.] It's an angel thing. [He shrugged.] I mean, it still means more when you actually tell me, but... I kinda like you as just Jinx.

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I really wish you'd stay out of my soul. It weirds me out. [She rolled her eyes but kissed him on the cheek soon afterward.] I don't know. I like being Jinx, but it's the only thing I know about myself before I decided to become a supervillain. It's important to me, and I want you to know, because I don't want to regret someday never telling you and not getting a chance to.

Sappy, stupid, I know. Just... humor me? This is supposed to be a big deal.

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

I know. [To... Everything, really.] I get it. And like I said, it means more if I hear it.

[hexyoutotuesday.livejournal.com]

[Before she told him, she kissed his lips lightly. Being intimate with someone again was something she was really going to enjoy.] Lucky. It's Lucky. Because my world somehow needed more irony.

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[To his credit, he doesn't laugh. And this intimacy was ] If it helps? I'm never gonna call you that.

[hexyoutotuesday.livejournal.com]

Thank you. [She did laugh a little with an added groan at the end.] That's why, after prep school, I redid my entire image and burned my permanent records.

[She got a little more comfortable, no intention of getting off him for a while, and started kissing his neck.] Is reading souls [kiss] anything like [lick] reading minds? [teeth sinking lightly into his neck]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[Gabriel's throat rumbles with the human approximation of a purr as he digs himself a little deeper into the couch.] Reading minds is just small potatoes. [He pauses to make some noise of approval] I don't know what you're thinking, but I know what makes you... Well, you. [He moves a hand so that it's cupping the back of her neck, fingers toying with her hair.] So it's a lot freakier for most people. Looking at someone, seeing the path they took. Bad decision, after bad decision. We're supposed to be able to look at humans and go, "It's fine. Daddy's gonna take care of it all."

[He makes an extremely pleased groan at the biting and loses all train of thought for a second.]

Now I just use it for party tricks, like that thing at the food court. Can't really shut it off, so I have to do something with it. You should see how my brothers use it. It'd scare the crap outta you. People call me sadistic- some of 'em upstairs would make you wonder which one's the real hell.

[hexyoutotuesday.livejournal.com]

[It was hard to pay attention to what he's saying with the other noises he was making. Gabriel's groaning was now one of her favorite sounds. It took her a while to respond since her mouth was busy marking up his neck.]

That's actually kind of, weird to say... comforting. I don't have to explain my flaws to you. You know I'm messed up and bad. [A grin.] You know what you're getting into.

[She moved up to tug at his earlobe, letting her hand rest gently against his throat. Her claws slid lightly across his jugular.] It it... empathic? Can you tell how happy I am right now? [If he couldn't already tell by the purring and affection.]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[It was really hard to imitate or even describe Gabriel's purring, growling, groaning sounds. He managed to make those noises sound less like the droning of a humpback whale and more like... Well. Something most porn films didn't have, that's for sure.]

And you have no idea what you're getting into. [He said it softly, almost as an afterthought.] It's not a bad thing... Not really.

[Not unless his Lucifer showed up. Or any number of the family that would try to put the smack down on the brazen harlot their brother was cooling around with.

He reached up to lay a hand on hers- the one on his neck.] Mine is. Call me sentimental- hell, call it crazy, but I'm the one angel in Heaven who feels the most. And it makes my life suck. [A pause] Usually. Now? [He situates himself, resting his cheek against her head, feeling unusually strange that he could feel more comfortable than he has in months- not claustrophic and aching to get out of here, not trapped in the endless struggle of his brothers. Just somewhere else, where he could do what he wanted and people actually actively cared about him.] Now I don't mind it.

[hexyoutotuesday.livejournal.com]

[If Jinx knew what she was getting into, she would be extremely bored with it all. Gabriel kept her on her toes and she liked that. It was exciting and it was fun. Though, the problem with relationships like that was usually a lack of stability, which led to a lot of discomfort.

But right now, she felt more content than she had any right to. After a few lighter kisses to his neck, she settled against him and let her eyes fall shut. On his neck, she moved her hand to lace her fingers with his.]

You're sentimental and crazy? I'm the one with a crush on an angel of God, here. [Her voice sounded a bit strange with that underlying purr to her every word. Jinx could fake a lot of things, but she couldn't fake comfort.] Gabriel... I want to make this complicated. I want you in my life as much as either of us can stand.

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[He was quiet for a long time, staring at the ceiling like it held the answers or maybe he was asking God what the hell he ever did to deserve all of this... Thought-provoking bullshit. Then he remembered God was probably not in his Heaven and he'd made his own bed. He'd played with the girl, gotten attached to her, and... Well, yeah, he was sentimental, but he never thought she'd care this much back. No one else did.]

Complicated's exactly what it's gonna be. The last woman I got this involved with? She would've killed me in front of an entire audience if I didn't think ahead. And I won't lie and say it wasn't me, it was her. I'm not easy to get along with. My baggage has its own baggage and that baggage has carry-ons. [He paused, sighing and moving to wrap an arm around her.] But if you're still not scared of me- well, you don't really scare me much either. I could make this complicated.

[And he break that fragile heart of hers into a million pieces, too. He wanted to say that, warn her ahead of time, but he didn't want to. He wanted complicated- he wanted someone he could protect who'd actually do the same for him. He wanted to reach out and touch something and have it touch him in return.

Complicated. Right.]

[hexyoutotuesday.livejournal.com]

[So, maybe that silence of his brought down her comfort level a little. Her purr quieted and she opened her eyes. Staring at a candle across the room, she waited for his answer. Please say she hadn't ruined everything. Again. Chewing at her bottom lip, she held her breath. When he finally spoke, she exhaled shakily.

Jinx sat up a little to look down at him, then let go of his hand to start petting his hair.]

I don't get you... not yet. I don't have a thousand years to figure it out, I probably don't have ten, but I'm going to do the best I can. You're worth it, and I'm not going to waste my time being afraid of you.

[She leaned down and kissed him. Once. Softly. She spoke again, barely pulling away.] But I am going to waste my time making out with you. [The next kiss was not so soft. Nor the next one. Well, his tongue was soft. That may have counted for something.]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[He put a finger under her chin lightly, like someone petting a cat, his expression almost sad in its happiness.] It's been a long time since someone said that about me.

[And that was that. When she resumed the making out, he returned it with equal fervor, the kissing interspersed with rumbling noises of pleasure, as he curled his fingers in her hair. No one would ever call Gabriel a quiet person to molest. He wasn't a screamer or anything like that- more like a pathological growler. Some chicks dug it.

[hexyoutotuesday.livejournal.com]

[And Jinx was not much better. When she got into something, she certainly was enthusiastic about it. Nearly every exhaling breath was accompanied by moaning. She loved the sounds he made. It really got her going. Her body had a difficult time staying still, too. Her body shifted, her back arched, she moved to straddle him, her hand gripped his shoulder and pinned him down against the couch. Quickly, she was realizing that they had more chemistry than STAR Labs. Knowing they needed to stop, but not at all wanting to, she parted from his lips and bit down on his throat with a growl.]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[That made him twitch involuntarily, which was sort of awkward when you were getting good and worked up, but the last time someone decided to touch his neck in a moment of passion, he ended up tied up in a bloodspell he couldn't get out of. The apprehension lasted only a moment- long enough for him to turn his attention to nibbling at her ears and tracing a line down her jaw. This was the part where things tended to progress past the need for clothing, but he was in no hurry to turn it into a bodice ripper and, anyway, Claudio and Trauma were, in fact, somewhere in this apartment, so doing everything but the actual Act was on the docket for the evening.

That didn't mean he was going to be prudish. Tantalizingly, he moved his hands down and made sure to trace his hands over every inch of bare skin he could find, tugging lightly and playfully at the hems of her outfit, but never quite making a real move.]