Selkie Peak, Friday Night

[glacial_queen]

"See?" Karla teased, resting her head on Warren's shoulder. "I told you it wouldn't be so bad. It's barely even cold out."

Okay, that was something of an exaggeration. It was November, even if Fandom's climate was warmer than Glacia's at the similar point in the year, and chilly enough. It was also far colder than Sunnydale had been up to this point, which meant that Warren was likely feeling it, even if Karla wasn't. Still, he did come with two big downy wings and Karla was providing heating spells, mulled cider, and hot coffee for the both of them, so she didn't think he could complain all that much. Besides, that just gave them an extra opportunity to snuggle, didn't it?

"You agreed to indulge me in a moonlit picnic," she added, laughing. "It's not my fault we're having it here instead of at your campus. I suggested we go to Hawaii for the weekend, but nooooooo. So now you get to deal with winter. Consider it preparation for Glacia."

[For he who has been lovingly modded, but also open for phone calls and folks who like moonlit picnics in the cold!]

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[angelo_wings]

"Come onnnnn," Rinoa giggled, tugging on Squall's hand as they traipsed along through the rocks. "We'll find a quiet place and we'll watch the moonlight. Or we'll watch the stars. Or we'll huddle together for warmth. You're nice and warm, you know that?"

Maybe the Cove would have been better, or one of the beaches. Sand was more cozy to sit on than the rocks were, but the rocks had more of a romantic feel tonight. To her, anyway, and she was what mattered. Just ask her.

Of course, the real problem with the Peak was one that Rinoa discovered juuuuuuuuuuuust as she was turning to tip her face up to Squall's, which meant he should kiss her.

Because that was when she saw that Selkie Peak was occupied.

She froze for three seconds, wondering if she could slip out unnoticed. Or just run for it. Probably not! She was pretty sure they'd heard her coming! Rinoa was not ... always quiet.

"Oh! Hi!" she called, waving. Completely casual greeting to friends she hadn't seen in a while! Like she hadn't been about to mack on her boyfriend or anything!

Look, he was her boyfriend, she was totally allowed. And like that wasn't why Karla and Warren were here, anyway.

(OOC: KARLA's MUN INVITED ME TO CRASH, AND SQUALL'S MUN IS OKAY WITH THE MODDING. SO LET'S MOD HIM IN A PINK TUTU. ... OKAY, NO TO THE PINK TUTU.)

[glacial_queen]

"See," Karla said, nudging Warren's ribs. "Rinoa has the right idea!"

She flung up a hand and waved to them both. "Kiss kiss!" she called, and there might have been a little more smirking in that greeting than there normally would. "Come join us! We have coffee and cider and it's for sharing!"

[angelo_wings]

Oh, that sounded tempting!

"Kiss, kiss back!" she yelled, waving her own hands. "Are you sure we're not interrupting your alooooooooooooone time?"

Sometimes, Rinoa was twelve. But hey. She and Squall got to live together (which was seriously awesome) and Karla and Warren had to live a few time zones and dimensions apart. She seriously didn't want to distract from anyone's booty call.

[glacial_queen]

"I'm not sure if Warren thinks it's warm enough for aloooooooooooooone time!" Karla laughed, because why should only Rinoa get to be twelve. "And it looks like you two were getting closer to needing aloooooooooooooooone time anyway! You sure you wanna join us?"

Translation: There would be some minor property damage tonight, in the hotel, possibly with the heat cranked.

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa may not get her wings out for sex very often, but she did know the property damage that a pair of fluffy white wings could cause.

"We can behave ourselves," she said, in a very prim tone of voice. One that neatly contrasted with the fact that she had totally dragged Squall out here for sex, and they both knew it. She was now dragging him behind her, towards the blanket.

Blanket! Wow, Karla actually put planning into outdoors sex. Rinoa was impressed. She should take notes or something.

"How are you? It feels like ages but it's just been since Homecoming. Time feels all weird lately with not being here and all."

Okay, she missed it. Sue her.

[glacial_queen]

Technically, there was no guarantee that a moonlight picnic would result in sex. Sure, every other outing of the sort they'd ever had had ended that way, but who knew? This one could be the exception!

"It definitely feels like ages," Karla assured her, sounding just a tad bit wistful. "Sometimes I almost wonder if time isn't going backwards some days just to spite me. I'm kind of ready for this year to be over."

She missed everyone, too.

[angelo_wings]

Completely accidental outside sex. The very best kind.

"Will you be coming out to California, too?" Rinoa asked, taking a seat on the edge of the blanket. "We're a couple of hours away from Warren, but at least it's not a few dimensions away."

She couldn't imagine being away from Squall for weeks at a time. (Unhealthy? Since when?)

[glacial_queen]

Karla shook her head, darting a quick glance Warren's way. They'd been talking about this a bit before Rinoa and Squall had shown up. "After I graduate, I get to go back home and start a civil war," she said wryly. "Sounds like a good time, no?"

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa shuddered, pulling her knees tight against her chest. "Ouch," she said. "Do you ... um. Is it the kind of civil war where you storm in and announce you're the one in charge now, or ... do you need some firepower for that?"

She had some handy, if it was needed. And Squall had been saving the world longer than she had.

[wwiii]

"Preparation for Glacia," Warren sighed, good and resigned to the fact that he was still feeling a bit of the chill. "Which I suppose is a good idea, considering I'm getting used to the weather in California and all..."

Not the greatest place to live, in retrospect, just before moving to a place with 'glacier' right there in the name.

"But I have you and I have coffee, so I can't really complain."

... Much.

[glacial_queen]

"Shouldn't be able to, anyway," Karla teased. "And yet, somehow I feel you'll find a way."

Laughing, she snuggled closer to him, claiming one of those big downy wings for her own.

"Did you miss me?"

[wwiii]

"I always miss you," Warren replied, smiling lightly as he folded her up in that big downy wing, and then wrapped the other around the both of them to make sure it was extra warm in there. "When I'm alone, when I'm in the middle of class, always."

That light smile turned into a slightly broader one, a crooked little grin, as he teased, "But then I remember that if I'm not a crybaby, apparently I'm a complainer, and I feel a little better about it all."

[glacial_queen]

"And I am one of your Earthly saints to put up with you either way," Karla declared, shooting him a crooked grin right back. "Because I miss you all those times, too."

[wwiii]

"And my crying and complaining?" Warren had to check. "They're part of the whole bundle, so you have to miss those if you miss the rest of me."

Wasn't that how it worked?

[glacial_queen]

"Can I miss them less than I miss the rest of you?" Karla asked, batting her eyes at him. "Also, I don't think I gave you a proper hero's thank you for saving my life last month. I should do that."

[wwiii]

"How do heroes get thanked for that, might I ask?" He grinned and pressed a kiss to her forehead. "Or I could request a demonstration. You're pretty good at those, you know."

[glacial_queen]

"Oooh, you could do that," Karla said, pulling his face down to hers for a brief kiss. "You do enjoy my imagination, I've discovered."

She strung a quick link between them, sending him the frisson she always felt when he looked at her in just the right way, along with an image of just how her hero could expect to be thanked.

"Something like that?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

*riiiiing*

Someone needed a check-in after a visit to El Paso.

[glacial_queen]

"Diiiiinah!" Karla said, happy as always to hear from her friend. "Hang on?"

Dinah would be able to hear giggling and a muffled "Oh so now you want to nibble my neck? Huh?!" before Karla came back to the phone again.

"Hi! Sorry about that. Warren--" giggle "--says hello."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah snickered. "I can always call back," she promised. "I'd hate to be the person distracting you from important bonding-time with the boyfriend."

[glacial_queen]

"Nah, nah, Warren can wait--Don't you give me that face, it's Dinah!--I haven't talked to you in forever! What's up?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"This, that, the other..." Dinah sighed, and lead off with the main worry: "Jaime's missing. And his world is going crazy."

[glacial_queen]

"Wait, what?" Karla almost dropped the phone in her surprise. "Seriously? How long has be been missing for? And what do you mean, 'crazy'?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"About two weeks, now?" Dinah winced. "Although we only got that totally confirmed on Monday. And I mean dinosaurs, talking monkeys, robots, freeze-rays, random bad guys crazy. All of them vanishing into dust if you punch them too hard." She grimaced. "Momoko went down after Halloween, and Priestly and I were there last weekend."

[glacial_queen]

"Two weeks?!" Sorry about that eardrum, Dinah. "How was he missing for two weeks and no one knew about it?"

That was far more important than some talking monkey that was made out of dust or whatever.