(no subject)

[wedobones]

After she finishes her shift at Leviathan, she heads home to shower and change. Scrubbing her hands through her damp hair, she stands in front of her closet, finally settling on a pair of skin-tight black jeans and a t-shirt, boots and her leather jacket. They'd planned to hang out on the boardwalk - get food, have a few drinks, see whose place they ended up at. It's a loose kind of arrangement, but it's pretty fun.

It stops her feeling so lonely, anyway.

Her hair is dry, ruffled back from her forehead by the time she rings the buzzer at Octavia's place, leaning her shoulder against the wall to wait.

Comments

[underthefloor]

Octavia's been looking forward to her date with Gideon all day, enough so that she's completely unbothered by the fussy old ladies who bring in things to mend and then try to point out nonexistent flaws in her hem jobs. She manages to get some homework done between her shift at Bardolf's and the time she needs to start getting ready, but she's really going to be putting in some extra time tomorrow. It's completely worth it.

Since they're going to the boardwalk she dresses simply - deep blue jeans, a fitted red top, a jacket of Bell's she'd managed to snag before he disappeared, and her usual boots. She's just putting the finishing touches on her makeup when she hears the buzz, and she gives herself a final look and a fluff of her loose, long hair before she goes to get the door.

"Hey," she says, her grin lighting up her face as she shamelessly pulls Gideon right over the threshold by the belt loops and into a hello kiss.

[wedobones]

Gideon had discovered that she really likes kissing. She'd always suspected she might, based solely on her reading, but it's nice to be proved right in actuality. She's content to let Octavia move her where she wants her, stepping in, led by hips and bending her head to press the kiss a little deeper.

"Hi," she says, blushing, when Octavia finally lets her up to breath.

[underthefloor]

The kiss almost makes her want to suggest they just stay in, but Octavia really does want to go out, so she refrains from saying anything. "You look good," she says, half a compliment and half an explanation for the immediate kiss with barely a hello. "I don't know about you, but I'm starving. Apparently there's this one place that has deep fried Oreos and I can't decide if that sounds delicious or horrifying."

She grabs her little purse, a cross-body number she slings across her shoulder, then leads them back out the door and locks up before taking Gideon's hand as they start down the hall towards the elevator. "How was your day?"

Re: Reply to your comment. [ wedobones - 1609

[wedobones]

Gideon can only stomach so much chocolate and she makes a face.  Which doesn't mean she won't try it anyway.  Her fingers thread easily with Octavia's and and squeezes her hand.  "It was okay.  Nothing got out of its tank, anyway.  Sabrina wasn't in so I mostly read a lot and swept.  What about you?"

[underthefloor]

"Sounds peaceful," Octavia replies, squeezing back. "Mine was fairly uneventful, aside from picky and demanding customers at work like usual. I did get to work on a couple of special orders today, so that always breaks up the monotony. Then there's the ever-present mountain of homework."

She smiles over at Gideon as they step into the elevator. "This is a nice break from that, though."

[wedobones]

"Well, yeah. I'm glad." As always, when Octavia looks at her like that, Gideon flusters a little bit, a flush spreading across her cheekbones, up from the collar of her shirt. "We can come back here tonight if you'd rather. I don't mind hanging out if you need to work." They've done it sometimes -- Gideon sprawled on the sofa and watching a movie, Octavia working with her legs draped over Gideon's thighs. It's softer than she's ever felt like she deserves.

[underthefloor]

Octavia nods. "I'd like that," she replies. She always welcomes a chance to spend more time with Gideon, and who knows, she might even get some homework done as well. It's comfortable, having Gideon there, just being together while she writes a paper or churns out math homework or whatever.

"Should we walk or get a taxi?" She doesn't live particularly close to the boardwalk, but she isn't in much of a hurry.

[wedobones]

"It's a nice night, right?" says Gideon. She'd slipped off her sunglasses as soon as the sky started to slip towards twilight, and now she's wearing them pushed up into her red hair. "We could walk."

[underthefloor]

"It is, yeah," Octavia says, agreeing with Gideon's suggestion by heading off down the sidewalk in the right direction with a light tug on Gideon's hand. "Should we get our fortunes read while we're there?"

[wedobones]

"Don't know if I like that idea," says Gideon, shaking her head, the wing of her red hair falling across her forehead - she needs a haircut. "My whole life, my future felt like it had one thing in it. Then everything turned into a clusterfuck. I'm not sure I want to know what's next." She smiles, crooked. "Unless you're in it."

[underthefloor]

"Well, when you put it that way," Octavia replies, scrunching up her nose as she comes to a stop on the sidewalk. Turning to face Gideon, she just looks at her for a moment. She doesn't know exactly what's happening here, not yet, but she knows she wants it to keep going. The smile on her face is unmistakable. "I like the sound of that last part, though."

Re: Reply to your comment. [ wedobones - 1609

[wedobones]

"Guess it's a good place to start," says Gideon and, on a ridiculous impulse that clearly came from a romance novel, she lifts their linked hands and presses a kiss to Octavia's knuckles.  "Are we really sure we don't want to just stay in?"

Re: Reply to your comment. [ wedobones - 1609

[underthefloor]

Octavia's grin widens and she lifts onto her toes to press a kiss to the corner of Gideon's mouth. "We're sure," she says, tugging Gideon's hand to start them walking again. "It'll be fun. Besides, neither of us has anything going on tomorrow morning so we can stay up as late as we want."

Re[2]: Reply to your comment. [ wedobones - 1

[wedobones]

"Yeah," says Gideon, turning her head to catch Octavia's in a slightly truer kiss.  "Good point. And I suppose we both need to eat, don't we?" There's a joke there that she doesn't make because it's filthy, but she does wiggle her eyebrows. 

[underthefloor]

That pulls a laugh from Octavia, and she gives Gideon a mock chastising look to show she didn't miss the unspoken reference. "I do remember mentioning that I'm starving," she says, purposely not clarifying what she means by that. Really, as much as she wants plenty of alone time with Gideon, she also loves being able to go on actual dates, since she didn't ever get that chance back home.

Re: Reply to your comment. [ wedobones - 1609

[wedobones]

"Don't want you to waste away," says Gideon,.starting them walking back towards the boardwalk.  "We'll get food and a few drinks and then we'll go home and see how much you actually want to concentrate on your homework."

Re: Reply to your comment. [ wedobones - 1609

[underthefloor]

"Sounds like a plan," Octavia says laughingly. It's kind of hard for her to stop grinning when Gideon's around.

They talk as they walk, which makes the trip go faster, and eventually they're at the boardwalk, surveying their food choices. "What are you in the mood for?" she asks.

Re: Reply to your comment. [ wedobones - 1609

[wedobones]

"Well, I learned my lesson on protein after that burger place last week." Gideon had spared Octavia most of the gory details, but it had not been a pleasant episode in her history of successfully digesting things. "So I guess...fries? Or pizza?"

[underthefloor]

"Fries on pizza?" Octavia replies with a playful grin. "Pizza sounds good to me. What toppings do you like?" She's tried a few different kinds, and she's not real picky.

[wedobones]

"So many carbs," says Gideon, pretending to look pained. "I'm easy. Long as it's not meat I'm good to go."

There's definitely a lesbian joke there.