OOMM: The Crossing Star (Frederick and Alec)

[knightofmercury]

Frederick is leaning against the bar at the Crossing Star, idly watching the colorful bustle going on around him, while the barkeep fetches his drink. It's rather busy tonight, the sort of night when you could think you saw someone you recognized, then quickly lose track of them. Which has happened to Frederick more than once already, as his glance has been darting around—there are always too many faces in a place like this that are at least somewhat familiar to him.

He's here alone tonight. No one at Dawnbright seemed to want to come with him.

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[elementwizard.livejournal.com]

Alec studies the entry way to the alley and then up in the sky. Hesitating, he cups his hands together and calls up a wispy ball of flame which he releases into darkness.

[knightofmercury.livejournal.com]

Two purple-sleeved arms grab Alec from behind.

"Clever."

Frederick was indeed up there somewhere, looking down. But he had enough time to fly out of the way-- superhuman speed never hurts, either.

"You're really that curious, are you?" he purrs, into Alec's ear.

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His breath catches and freezes. The ball off light stays bobbing up and down in the air, clearly strong enough to not lose control of the flame despite being startled.

"Yeah..." he says softly.

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Frederick relaxes his grasp, letting his arms hang a bit more gently around Alec's shoulders. He takes a deep breath, almost like a silent sigh... He can't say he's particularly fond of the energy of Fire Signs, but it is quite warm, and he certainly can't object to that...

He brings his lips close to the back of Alec's neck, blowing very subtly, hoping to send a shiver down his spine. But the air from his lips is also accompanied by a chilly breeze that wafts through Alec's hair.

Frederick points one of his fingers, attempting to blow out the flame with the wind.

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Alec is quite warm and the breath on his neck does send a shiver down his spine. It's a rather disconcerting experience combined with the cold wind in his hair.

The flame, however, stays stubbornly put.

[knightofmercury.livejournal.com]

Well, that's just no fun. This sort of disconcerting and vaguely sordid encounter is always more fun when it's hard to see. Frederick was kind of hoping Alec would let it blow out.

But he smiles again, spinning Alec around and walking forward, forcing him back. He keeps his fingers pressed against Alec's collarbone, not so far from that warm space around his heart... Frederick can feel vague bursts of the hot energy flowing into his fingertips, as well as the more subtle sensation of his own breezy energy pulsing out into Alec's chest.

"Tell me, lad, do you have a history of making rash, reckless decisions?" he asks. "Because it seems to me you're rather bent on getting yourself into trouble. I've tried to give you a fair warning-- I feel obligated to do so, because I'm really quite a horrible person. At least, I've been told so on more than one occasion. But despite me trying to warn you of this, you insist on coming after me. What exactly are you hoping to accomplish here, m'boy? Besides coming out looking like a fool."

By this point, he's backed Alec against a wall, and is leaning quite close to his face.

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It's more of a reflex than anything keeping the light on.

There's a brief attempt to look cocky on Alec's part as he's pushed against the wall but it's sort of lost at the sensations.

"Very much so, it's a horrible failing of mine I'm told," he says managing to keep his voice steady. "As for what I hope to accomplish, something exciting and different."

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Frederick slides his finger up Alec's throat, using it to tip up his chin gently.

"Exciting... and different," he repeats, almost in a sigh. "Well, I can certainly accomodate you there, my dear boy. But there's a fine line between 'exciting' and 'frightening', and 'different' is rarely... comfortable, at first."

His eyes aren't quite meeting Alec's; his gaze is wandering about his throat and up to his lips.

[elementwizard.livejournal.com]

"Frightening is exciting," he says a bit of a hitch in his breath. It's rather queer being taller than Frederick but at the same time feeling smaller, which is he manages to project. "As for different... well.. nothing is comfortable at first."