[ it's not really a space of hers he's been in before; truth be told, not very many people have been in this room, period, and as she props herself up on her elbows to watch him shed an outer layer, she's struck by that realization, something that manages to fill her with excitement and enjoyment all at the same time. she likes that he's here. likes that she's getting to share this with him.
and maybe she wants to prove that she's not just the wild, whirling dervish he first met not very long ago now. that she has other sides she's still capable of, sides she thinks she's willing to trust him with. crazy as it sounds even just in her own head.
she extends one hand slowly to pat the space beside her — though really, there's so much of it in either direction he could have his pick of any side, since she's crawled more to the middle. ] Well, I probably won't be up here for much longer, so... if you wanna take advantage of this whole sitch, now's your chance.
[ It's a kind of trust he hasn't been offered all that often, at least not by the living, or people who have expected him to stick around for longer than the space of the job they've hired him for. He doesn't know quite how to act, but he's happy to take cues from her.
He climbs up onto the bed, moving across to her left side so he can stretch his big right arm up above her, settling his weight carefully. He doesn't try to reach out and touch her yet, though, just stays on his side looking down at her stretched out next to him. ]
Uh-uh. [ she rolls over onto her side so she’s facing him, elbow nudged into the mattress with her cheek docked in her palm. ] First chance I get, I’m gonna move to the Down, Brucie and Cass and me and whoever else might be with us by then.
[ she’s distant for a moment, reflective, pressing her lips together in thought before she continues out loud. ] This place... it’s fine, but it’s not me, y’know? Too fancy. But I got my heart set on this warehouse space, could be perfect with a little overhaul. So once I have enough to make it happen, I’ll move us all in. Still plannin’ on havin’ a bed just like this one in it, though. [ she shifts inward until her knees skim his thighs, tilting her head back to keep him in her view. ] For sleepovers, that sorta thing.
[ Slowly, he reaches out with his left hand to skate his fingertips along the edge of her sweatshirt until he can rest his palm on her hip. There's no magical compulsion between them now, only a few inches of space among the soft blankets, and he finds himself feeling strangely nervous. ]
I guess it must be kinda tough living in a place like this. [ His voice is low and thoughtful, his thumb rubbing her gently through the fabric of her shirt. ] Feels like you've got someone watching your every move. View's.. uh, pretty good, though.
Mmhmm. [ she's already comfy enough lounged out on the bed like this, but now that he's shifted to lay beside her she becomes even more aware of just how much heat he gives off merely by existing, warmth radiating outward, and that happens long before he touches her, fingers brushing the hem of her sweatshirt where she feels the weight of it against the curve of her hipbone. it prompts her to sidle in, and now she's so close that she barely needs to raise her voice above a murmur. ]
Yeah, security's a real bitch. Plus they make it almost impossible to have just anybody up here unless you put 'em on a list, and I know what a freakin' hassle it is for you every time you come since you don't have a contract or anything, and — [ she sighs, gives herself a second to collect her train of thought again before it derails. ] Livin' in the Down just seems... easier. Simpler. Better. Whatever you wanna call it. The kinda place a girl like me is suited for.
[ Curled up in the shelter of his body, Harley seems a long way from the firecracker who stopped in the street to lick his chest, but he's finding he likes this side of her just as much, if not more. He can hear the conflict playing out under her words, the parts of her life she's struggling with, and it makes him wonder just how comfortable she really is with her situation, as much as she seems to have fun with the sexy side of it. Whether she gets lonely in this big bed with the good view of the city glittering through the big windows, and whether that's anything like the long years he's spent in the strange corners of the world.
He moves his hand a little on her hip, stroking her side, then lets it come to rest draped down over her back. ]
Well, lemme know when you move, I'll come over and make sure the place isn't haunted. [ His fingertips draw small, soothing circles. ] You know, just in case.
[ there's a lot about this place to love — the luxury, the 24-hour room service, the very bed they find themselves in now, the fact that she could stay here for an entire year if she wanted to before she'd have to find somewhere else to crash — but it doesn't feel like her, not the way the down feels. when she's there, she can't help but be reminded of home, even with its darker corners, its shadowy edges. it's what she rubs up against all the time in gotham, and it just makes more sense for her to be there once she can have enough cash to swing it.
but his hand shifts along her hip and then his arm drops further across her, making it easy for her to find a place where she's tucked into him with her knees pulled up so she's almost docked in like a fitted puzzle piece. ]
Yeah? Give it a looksie for me? [ her smile is a little more subdued, but no less genuine. ] Maybe there'll be somethin' in it for ya. Like... free pizza.
[ It's nice like this, nicer than he's had in a very long time. With so little experience sleeping in the same bed as someone else he had assumed he wouldn't be comfortable enough to relax, had planned around spending the night letting Harley rest while he lay there and letting that be enough. But now that he's here and breathing in the scent of her shampoo and her sheets, faint notes of laundry soap and hyena, he can feel a pleasant lassitude tugging at him.
He shifts a little, stroking her back, tries and fails to stifle a yawn. ]
[ alright, whatever she thought was going to come from essentially inviting him over at whatever-the-fuck o'clock in the morning, she's not prepared for how freaking adorable it is when she realizes he's starting to get sleepy in front of her, and there's something in his energy, lax and quiet, that falls over her too, makes her want to snuggle into him and drift off until whenever she happens to wake up. (she doesn't know what an alarm clock is, really.) ]
Okay. Sleep time.
[ her voice is soft, hushed, and then she finally tips her chin up in order to skim her mouth across his, faint and light, before nudging her nose to his for a brief second. when she shifts, it's to roll herself away but press herself into him simultaneously, fitting her back to his chest with her knees drawn up as she takes his hand in hers and tucks that shared link together in front of herself. ] See ya in the mornin', Red.
[ she really doesn't need an extra blanket so long as she's tucked in this close to him, and it doesn't take long before her eyes flutter shut and her breathing slowly evens out. ]
[ As quick and soft as the kiss is, he's tempted to chase it back for more, but there's something good about that brief touch as well, like it's part of a routine they don't have to rush because they have plenty of time for the other stuff. When she rolls over and slides herself back against him, he goes with it willingly, an undefinable feeling of gratitude blossoming inside him when she laces her hand through his and pulls it up against her chest.
He ducks his head to drop a kiss into her hair, shifting a little to get comfortable. ]
Sleep tight.
[ He tries to stay awake long enough to feel her drift off, watching the lights of the city glow through the window, listening to the faint sounds of traffic and Bruce snuffling and snoring down the hall underneath the soft rhythm of her breathing. He wants to stay up, as if he can try to hold on to this moment longer the more of it he can experience, but she'd been right to say that the bed is far more comfortable than the thin mattresses and creaking springs in the Down, and it's been a long, strange week, and eventually sleep rises up to claim him as well.
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Hellboy's sleep is often restless. After everything he's seen and done, with everything he is, nightmares are an expected side effect. Thankfully, most of the time he doesn't remember them.
Soft sunlight on his eyelids pulls him out of a formless morass of black tentacles and tolling bells, distant memories of an African shoreline. For a moment he's confused, still mostly asleep and not sure where he is, but the soft warm weight of Harley resting along his chest and belly, nestled up against his thighs, reminds and reassures him that he's right where he wants to be.
Sighing, letting his eyes drift closed again, he moves slightly to pull her a bit closer, happy to drop back into a warm doze for as long as the day will let him. ]
[ when harley quinn dreams, her dreams are probably the stuff of nightmares — but most of the time, she forgets them as soon as she wakes up, like a memory that sloughs off in her subconscious and never emerges to torture her when she's awake. her thoughts are scattered enough that this isn't anything she really worries about, most of the time.
but tonight, maybe she's tired enough — or maybe she manages to be soothed enough — that she doesn't dream about anything at all, curling in a little tighter every so often and readjusting her hold on his hand. at one point, she rolls over to burrow into him more closely, knees tucked up so she's in more of a fetal position with her shins docked atop his thighs as she nestles beneath the casual sling of his arm across her middle.
when she wakes up, closer towards the afternoon now, she can hear the tv on in the living room — cass is probably watching some objectively terrible home improvement show again, his favorite pastime — and it takes her an extra second to remember how she'd fallen asleep, pressed against a warm wall of big and red, and she doesn't fully open her eyes yet, too cocooned and content to want to ruin the moment.
she can't tell if he's awake yet, but she can feel her way by touch, and it's how she ends up tipping up just enough to press her nose to the hollow of his throat, nuzzling along the dark line there before pushing her lips to that same spot, soft hums emerging because she can't help herself. the scent of him, pleasing, like roasting chestnuts, is even stronger right now, makes her needy for him without any hurry in it. right this second, she just... wants to enjoy this. ]
[ He drifts again for a while, untethered in a warm dark sea, content and comforted in a way that's been out of reach for so long it's almost become unfamiliar to him. Then gentle movement against his chest brings him back again, the stroke of careful hands over him before soft breaths and the light touch of lips find that place between his collarbones and he remembers, all over again, where he is.
He makes a low pleased noise in the back of his throat, not wanting to speak yet and admit to being fully awake, wanting to stay in this moment between dreaming and the world they need to get back to. His eyes still closed, he smiles sleepily as his palm slides down over her back, over the rumpled softness of her sweatshirt, warmed by his body heat and the depths of sleep. That searching touch finds the hem and slides underneath, along the waistband of her leggings and up until he can feel the smooth softness of her skin, spreading his fingers over her back. ]
[ she’s so warm she doesn’t even really need her sweatshirt either, but she’s bare beneath it, nothing but skin meeting his fingers when he slips his hand underneath it, the delicate curve of her spine that arches as she simultaneously leans back into his touch and strains up in order to reach his face too. lying on the bed like this, she can make her way up the length of his body easily in spite of their height difference, and now she’s too motivated to keep kissing him, little soft presses of her mouth to his neck, his jaw, wherever she can reach without craning too much.
she doesn’t know if he’s awake yet — she hasn’t opened her eyes fully to check — but he sound he makes, that low rumble, seems to be a fair indication that she’s roused him a little and she finally inches her way up the bed until their faces are closer to level, until she can find his lips with hers, fitting them together in something slow and gentle. there’s nothing rushing in it, nothing impatient — and nothing working inside her other than her own appreciative want for him, now that she’s woken up to him still here in her bed with her. ]
[ Hellboy lets out a breath as her mouth finds his, a slow sigh of pleasure at having her curled up against him, his hand up under her sweatshirt gently caressing her back, thumb drawing a line down between her shoulderblades as they kiss, letting their contact spool out slow and lazy and sweet.
As he draws more towards wakefulness and becomes more aware of Harley so close, the softness of her skin and her small noises, his body responds, already half-hard in his shorts as he surfaces from sleep. But there's no insatiable hunger this time, only a gentle heat and warmth building between them, so he's content to just stay like this, enjoying the fact that she's in his arms, letting the life of the city and everything else happen without them for a while.
Opening his mouth a little into the press of her lips, he slides his hand down over her side and around to her front, up over the warm weight of her breast, the metal beads of her piercing against his palm a counterpoint to that softness, drawing a soft groan from him. ]
[ well, now she knows he's awake, considering his hand is taking a very direct path from the small of her back to the front of her body, his heavy palm cupping over the slight swell of her breast; his hand is so big his fingers are spreading out across her chest, and if she tucked her chin down she could probably even see one or two tips peeking out from the collar of her sweatshirt, but right now she's too caught up in the feeling of his mouth on hers to let herself be distracted.
she chuckles when he groans like that, a sound that manages to leave her huskier than normal since this is the first time she's used her voice all morning — especially after a long night at the clockhouse and staying up for who knows how many hours before that.
so her first instinct is to keep this slow, lazy, unhurried, even in the way she finds his mouth with hers, slips her tongue in to let it tangle with his, and presses herself more firmly into him, rolling her shoulders so her breast nudges more into his palm, so that it's clear she doesn't mind where his hand is going. ]
[ The soft way she laughs at him is satisfying in ways he can't really define while mostly asleep, except that it sends a pleased thrill through him and all he knows all he wants is to make her happy like that as much as he can.
He squeezes her gently, softly, as he tastes her, no tequila or pancake syrup this time, just the uniqueness of her own body. The soft warm breaths against his skin are as thrilling as anything else they've done. Part of him, mostly the part starting to push against the front of his shorts, wants to roll her over and kneel between her legs, kiss his way down her body and fuck her with his tongue or his fingers. But at the same time he wants to stay here, exactly like this, not even speaking but letting each other's touches guide them. Either way he's full of gratitude for her, for what she's been to him over these last few weeks.
Lifting his right arm, he encourages her as close as she can get, a low quiet rumble of sound indicating how much he likes what she's doing. ]
[ it's so quiet and slow between them that she almost wonders if she's actually drifted off to sleep again and might be dreaming this, that she's unconscious and the sheer presence of him next to her is just making her mind conjure up images of kissing him now, letting her curves meld to his unyielding frame and enjoying all the ways in which he's hard against her.
but when he moves her, she can't ignore the need she has to take this further, to initiate something more, and when he guides her close and closer still she decides to hitch one leg up, bringing her thigh up across his hip. it has the added benefit of pressing her even closer to what he's packing at the front of his shorts and she instinctively rolls into it, enjoying the increasingly thick length that juts against her now.
she's awake enough, beyond alert, and her impulsiveness prompts her to give his shoulder a gentle shove as she hooks herself up with a squeeze of that leg; she wants the movement to roll them together until he's on his back with her straddling him, looking down at him, her hair a muss from sleeping but her sleepy gaze shining when she bends low to reach his mouth. ] Hey, you.
[ Once she's pressed against him, he figures, distantly, that the jig might be up when it comes to pretending to still be asleep. Not that he minds, though he knows it means having to accept that at some point they're going to have to leave this bed and is already mourning that small loss. But he's more than happy to make the most of it while they have this time together.
He smiles against her mouth, then groans softly when she throws her leg over him and rolls those talented hips, his palm slipping down her front and around to her ass to encourage her. She clearly doesn't need it, and he lets himself get shoved over with a low chuckle, ending up on his back in the soft warmth of the bed, blinking up at the glorious sight of her sitting on top of him, rumpled and sleepy and gorgeous as any sunrise.
His palm caresses her ass through the satiny fabric of her leggings as he looks up at her, feigning a little surprise, as if he hasn't been playing a significant part in all of this. He makes a soft noise as she leans down to kiss him again, rolling his hips upwards a little, almost lazily, underneath her. He's still smiling, edges softened, when she pulls back. ]
[ she doesn't pull back very far, at least, even if one hand sticks to bracing against the mattress adjacent to his head; the other one's running over his chest and then out to his shoulder, his upper arm, savoring the feeling of all his heat just emanating outward through his clothing like she can leech it into herself the longer she keeps their bodies this close together. ]
But now... [ when she veers down again, she pretends like she's going to kiss his mouth and diverts at the last-minute, a quiet chuckle preceding the press of her lips to the side of his neck, one spot and then another, trying to keep him laid back and pliant beneath her while she lavishes him with this slow and gentle attention. ] M'wide awake.
[ her kisses trail down lower, over the bones of his clavicle and then the breadth of his chest through his shirt, and she finally ventures a peek up at him from there, tilting her head slightly. ] Are you?
[ He's definitely got no cause to protest with Harley perched on top of him, stroking her hand down over his chest like she can't stop touching him. The low rumble of the TV in the other room drifts against the edges of his senses, making him wonder how much the other occupant of the apartment can hear what goes on and whether he ought to try to stay quiet. Weirdly enough, that idea is almost as much of a turn on as the way Harley's moving around on top of him. He tries not to think too much about it.
He grunts with amusement when she toys with him, tilting his head back a little to give her more room to kiss his throat, drawing gentle circles on her hip with his fingertips. When she starts heading lower, his response becomes more meaningful, tension starting to build up, then a huff of breath when she stops.
Looking down his body at her, he raises his eyebrows. ]
What do you think? [ He doesn't always have full control of his tail, especially first thing in the morning when he's still a little sleepy, but he makes an effort now and pulls it up to poke her playfully in one butt cheek with the blunt point. ]
[ even if the television wasn't cranked up so high they could hear it from down the hall, chances are cassidy would be paying too close attention to it to notice any damning noises coming from her room — that, or he'd tell them to be louder so he could enjoy the show from the couch. but she's not thinking about her roommate, her submissive, one of her arguably closest friends right now; she's thinking about the sight she's got sprawled out across her bed, and the way she can feel him tensing up in anticipation beneath her as she kisses down his body.
and then he pokes her with something from somewhere and she whirls around with a gasp to find the offender, her mouth dropping open in mild astonishment when she finds his tail hovering in the air behind her. ]
Hey. [ she directs her own playful swat at his upper arm, then retaliates by leaning down to bite a grip on his shirt and worry the fabric playfully with her teeth — though not enough to tear it. in fact, she's not going to be deterred from her mission to keep going, although she does sit up in order to reach for his tail, watching him out of the corner of her eye as she gently runs her fingers along its length. ]
[ Hellboy laughs at her reaction, a throaty rumble of noise, barely registering the swat to his arm. He watches her worry at his t-shirt before going back to the task at hand, admiring the way she moves inside the loose folds of that sweatshirt, increasingly distracted by the needs of his dick.
When she takes hold of his tail, he blinks at her, then waves his right hand in a vague sort of motion suggestive of a shrug. He lets his head fall back against the bed, gaze wandering over the ceiling. ]
Mmm. Like you're touching it. It's just like a.. limb I guess. Like if I touched your ankle or your arm. [ His breath catches slightly as her fingers travel further along it and underneath, a little surprised at how sensitive it feels when it's touched with gentleness like that, rather than the rough treatment it usually gets. His hard-on twitches in his shorts. ] Though maybe a.. a little different.
Uh huh. [ she’s listening, she really is, but she’s also focused on the sensation of his tail sliding through her fingers, or maybe that’s just the way she’s touching him there, stroking it along the gap between digits rather than circling a grip on it instead. it’s fascinating, the way it reacts to her, the way it seems like an extension of him, and she likes doing anything that can make his breath snag like that.
besides, given her perch across his lap, it also means she’ll feel his hard-on against the inside of her thigh, that subtle twitch that clues her in on this kind of gentle contact being a welcome one. ]
Every time I touch ya, it’s... you’re so warm, everywhere. [ she softly hums it, sliding her fingertips a little higher along his tail toward where the end of it disappears beneath him — and then she scoots down to sit more across his knees, dropping her hands to the front of his shorts. there’s a mischievous, crooked smile on her lips as she leans forward to mouth along the angle of his hipbone, that pelvic line that stretches below the waistband, and then she gently nips at his abdomen, below his navel. ] Kinda makes a girl never wanna get up and outta bed.
[ It's nothing like he's felt in a long time, maybe longer than he can remember, these gentle attentive touches, going further than just lust or need, an exploration of his body that's just about sharing pleasure. He's spent so long being touched only in violence, with fists or feet or the necessity of salving wounds, and each pass of her fingertips over his skin feels like it's erasing those long lonely decades.
He arches up a little under those kisses, against the soft brush of her palm against the underside of his tail, a short exhale when her teeth graze him. ]
Good, 'cause I don't.. don't wanna leave either. [ He crooks his left arm back up behind his head and lifts his right hand, one big stone finger gently brushing a curl of that flyaway blond hair behind her ear, a sweet kind of ache in his chest as his glowing eyes study her. ] Don't wanna leave you.
[ it's something she's never gone for between the two of them — it's not that she hasn't been curious about how much he can feel through his tail, but just reaching out and grabbing it has always struck her as being a little rude, at least until now when they're both relaxed and warm and comfy in each other's presence. she makes a mental note to spend some time with it in the future, maybe see how far that sensitivity goes along its length, but now she's more motivated to get to what twitches thick and heavy beneath his shorts. ]
You don't have to. Not if you don't want. [ there's a gentleness in feeling that big carved finger sweeping across her face with so much care, even though she figures that hand could do some damage along the lines of a mere afterthought, and she sinks teeth into her bottom lip, grinning silly around it. ] We don't haveta get out of this bed all day, even.
[ her fingers curl a hold in the hem of his t-shirt, sliding it up so she can mouth over those impressive abs of his she's come to be very well-acquainted with, and she licks over the lines between the individual muscles, defined curves that she would gladly trace every single one of with her tongue — while underneath, her fingers finally undo the front of his shorts and slowly coax them down over his hips. ]
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and maybe she wants to prove that she's not just the wild, whirling dervish he first met not very long ago now. that she has other sides she's still capable of, sides she thinks she's willing to trust him with. crazy as it sounds even just in her own head.
she extends one hand slowly to pat the space beside her — though really, there's so much of it in either direction he could have his pick of any side, since she's crawled more to the middle. ] Well, I probably won't be up here for much longer, so... if you wanna take advantage of this whole sitch, now's your chance.
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He climbs up onto the bed, moving across to her left side so he can stretch his big right arm up above her, settling his weight carefully. He doesn't try to reach out and touch her yet, though, just stays on his side looking down at her stretched out next to him. ]
You're not staying here?
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[ she’s distant for a moment, reflective, pressing her lips together in thought before she continues out loud. ] This place... it’s fine, but it’s not me, y’know? Too fancy. But I got my heart set on this warehouse space, could be perfect with a little overhaul. So once I have enough to make it happen, I’ll move us all in. Still plannin’ on havin’ a bed just like this one in it, though. [ she shifts inward until her knees skim his thighs, tilting her head back to keep him in her view. ] For sleepovers, that sorta thing.
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[ Slowly, he reaches out with his left hand to skate his fingertips along the edge of her sweatshirt until he can rest his palm on her hip. There's no magical compulsion between them now, only a few inches of space among the soft blankets, and he finds himself feeling strangely nervous. ]
I guess it must be kinda tough living in a place like this. [ His voice is low and thoughtful, his thumb rubbing her gently through the fabric of her shirt. ] Feels like you've got someone watching your every move. View's.. uh, pretty good, though.
ugh this is so soft i can't handle it
Yeah, security's a real bitch. Plus they make it almost impossible to have just anybody up here unless you put 'em on a list, and I know what a freakin' hassle it is for you every time you come since you don't have a contract or anything, and — [ she sighs, gives herself a second to collect her train of thought again before it derails. ] Livin' in the Down just seems... easier. Simpler. Better. Whatever you wanna call it. The kinda place a girl like me is suited for.
just too soft
He moves his hand a little on her hip, stroking her side, then lets it come to rest draped down over her back. ]
Well, lemme know when you move, I'll come over and make sure the place isn't haunted. [ His fingertips draw small, soothing circles. ] You know, just in case.
:3
but his hand shifts along her hip and then his arm drops further across her, making it easy for her to find a place where she's tucked into him with her knees pulled up so she's almost docked in like a fitted puzzle piece. ]
Yeah? Give it a looksie for me? [ her smile is a little more subdued, but no less genuine. ] Maybe there'll be somethin' in it for ya. Like... free pizza.
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He shifts a little, stroking her back, tries and fails to stifle a yawn. ]
Mm. Can't say no to free pizza.
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[ alright, whatever she thought was going to come from essentially inviting him over at whatever-the-fuck o'clock in the morning, she's not prepared for how freaking adorable it is when she realizes he's starting to get sleepy in front of her, and there's something in his energy, lax and quiet, that falls over her too, makes her want to snuggle into him and drift off until whenever she happens to wake up. (she doesn't know what an alarm clock is, really.) ]
Okay. Sleep time.
[ her voice is soft, hushed, and then she finally tips her chin up in order to skim her mouth across his, faint and light, before nudging her nose to his for a brief second. when she shifts, it's to roll herself away but press herself into him simultaneously, fitting her back to his chest with her knees drawn up as she takes his hand in hers and tucks that shared link together in front of herself. ] See ya in the mornin', Red.
[ she really doesn't need an extra blanket so long as she's tucked in this close to him, and it doesn't take long before her eyes flutter shut and her breathing slowly evens out. ]
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He ducks his head to drop a kiss into her hair, shifting a little to get comfortable. ]
Sleep tight.
[ He tries to stay awake long enough to feel her drift off, watching the lights of the city glow through the window, listening to the faint sounds of traffic and Bruce snuffling and snoring down the hall underneath the soft rhythm of her breathing. He wants to stay up, as if he can try to hold on to this moment longer the more of it he can experience, but she'd been right to say that the bed is far more comfortable than the thin mattresses and creaking springs in the Down, and it's been a long, strange week, and eventually sleep rises up to claim him as well.
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Hellboy's sleep is often restless. After everything he's seen and done, with everything he is, nightmares are an expected side effect. Thankfully, most of the time he doesn't remember them.
Soft sunlight on his eyelids pulls him out of a formless morass of black tentacles and tolling bells, distant memories of an African shoreline. For a moment he's confused, still mostly asleep and not sure where he is, but the soft warm weight of Harley resting along his chest and belly, nestled up against his thighs, reminds and reassures him that he's right where he wants to be.
Sighing, letting his eyes drift closed again, he moves slightly to pull her a bit closer, happy to drop back into a warm doze for as long as the day will let him. ]
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but tonight, maybe she's tired enough — or maybe she manages to be soothed enough — that she doesn't dream about anything at all, curling in a little tighter every so often and readjusting her hold on his hand. at one point, she rolls over to burrow into him more closely, knees tucked up so she's in more of a fetal position with her shins docked atop his thighs as she nestles beneath the casual sling of his arm across her middle.
when she wakes up, closer towards the afternoon now, she can hear the tv on in the living room — cass is probably watching some objectively terrible home improvement show again, his favorite pastime — and it takes her an extra second to remember how she'd fallen asleep, pressed against a warm wall of big and red, and she doesn't fully open her eyes yet, too cocooned and content to want to ruin the moment.
she can't tell if he's awake yet, but she can feel her way by touch, and it's how she ends up tipping up just enough to press her nose to the hollow of his throat, nuzzling along the dark line there before pushing her lips to that same spot, soft hums emerging because she can't help herself. the scent of him, pleasing, like roasting chestnuts, is even stronger right now, makes her needy for him without any hurry in it. right this second, she just... wants to enjoy this. ]
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He makes a low pleased noise in the back of his throat, not wanting to speak yet and admit to being fully awake, wanting to stay in this moment between dreaming and the world they need to get back to. His eyes still closed, he smiles sleepily as his palm slides down over her back, over the rumpled softness of her sweatshirt, warmed by his body heat and the depths of sleep. That searching touch finds the hem and slides underneath, along the waistband of her leggings and up until he can feel the smooth softness of her skin, spreading his fingers over her back. ]
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she doesn’t know if he’s awake yet — she hasn’t opened her eyes fully to check — but he sound he makes, that low rumble, seems to be a fair indication that she’s roused him a little and she finally inches her way up the bed until their faces are closer to level, until she can find his lips with hers, fitting them together in something slow and gentle. there’s nothing rushing in it, nothing impatient — and nothing working inside her other than her own appreciative want for him, now that she’s woken up to him still here in her bed with her. ]
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As he draws more towards wakefulness and becomes more aware of Harley so close, the softness of her skin and her small noises, his body responds, already half-hard in his shorts as he surfaces from sleep. But there's no insatiable hunger this time, only a gentle heat and warmth building between them, so he's content to just stay like this, enjoying the fact that she's in his arms, letting the life of the city and everything else happen without them for a while.
Opening his mouth a little into the press of her lips, he slides his hand down over her side and around to her front, up over the warm weight of her breast, the metal beads of her piercing against his palm a counterpoint to that softness, drawing a soft groan from him. ]
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she chuckles when he groans like that, a sound that manages to leave her huskier than normal since this is the first time she's used her voice all morning — especially after a long night at the clockhouse and staying up for who knows how many hours before that.
so her first instinct is to keep this slow, lazy, unhurried, even in the way she finds his mouth with hers, slips her tongue in to let it tangle with his, and presses herself more firmly into him, rolling her shoulders so her breast nudges more into his palm, so that it's clear she doesn't mind where his hand is going. ]
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He squeezes her gently, softly, as he tastes her, no tequila or pancake syrup this time, just the uniqueness of her own body. The soft warm breaths against his skin are as thrilling as anything else they've done. Part of him, mostly the part starting to push against the front of his shorts, wants to roll her over and kneel between her legs, kiss his way down her body and fuck her with his tongue or his fingers. But at the same time he wants to stay here, exactly like this, not even speaking but letting each other's touches guide them. Either way he's full of gratitude for her, for what she's been to him over these last few weeks.
Lifting his right arm, he encourages her as close as she can get, a low quiet rumble of sound indicating how much he likes what she's doing. ]
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but when he moves her, she can't ignore the need she has to take this further, to initiate something more, and when he guides her close and closer still she decides to hitch one leg up, bringing her thigh up across his hip. it has the added benefit of pressing her even closer to what he's packing at the front of his shorts and she instinctively rolls into it, enjoying the increasingly thick length that juts against her now.
she's awake enough, beyond alert, and her impulsiveness prompts her to give his shoulder a gentle shove as she hooks herself up with a squeeze of that leg; she wants the movement to roll them together until he's on his back with her straddling him, looking down at him, her hair a muss from sleeping but her sleepy gaze shining when she bends low to reach his mouth. ] Hey, you.
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He smiles against her mouth, then groans softly when she throws her leg over him and rolls those talented hips, his palm slipping down her front and around to her ass to encourage her. She clearly doesn't need it, and he lets himself get shoved over with a low chuckle, ending up on his back in the soft warmth of the bed, blinking up at the glorious sight of her sitting on top of him, rumpled and sleepy and gorgeous as any sunrise.
His palm caresses her ass through the satiny fabric of her leggings as he looks up at her, feigning a little surprise, as if he hasn't been playing a significant part in all of this. He makes a soft noise as she leans down to kiss him again, rolling his hips upwards a little, almost lazily, underneath her. He's still smiling, edges softened, when she pulls back. ]
Hey. Sleep okay?
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[ she doesn't pull back very far, at least, even if one hand sticks to bracing against the mattress adjacent to his head; the other one's running over his chest and then out to his shoulder, his upper arm, savoring the feeling of all his heat just emanating outward through his clothing like she can leech it into herself the longer she keeps their bodies this close together. ]
But now... [ when she veers down again, she pretends like she's going to kiss his mouth and diverts at the last-minute, a quiet chuckle preceding the press of her lips to the side of his neck, one spot and then another, trying to keep him laid back and pliant beneath her while she lavishes him with this slow and gentle attention. ] M'wide awake.
[ her kisses trail down lower, over the bones of his clavicle and then the breadth of his chest through his shirt, and she finally ventures a peek up at him from there, tilting her head slightly. ] Are you?
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He grunts with amusement when she toys with him, tilting his head back a little to give her more room to kiss his throat, drawing gentle circles on her hip with his fingertips. When she starts heading lower, his response becomes more meaningful, tension starting to build up, then a huff of breath when she stops.
Looking down his body at her, he raises his eyebrows. ]
What do you think? [ He doesn't always have full control of his tail, especially first thing in the morning when he's still a little sleepy, but he makes an effort now and pulls it up to poke her playfully in one butt cheek with the blunt point. ]
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and then he pokes her with something from somewhere and she whirls around with a gasp to find the offender, her mouth dropping open in mild astonishment when she finds his tail hovering in the air behind her. ]
Hey. [ she directs her own playful swat at his upper arm, then retaliates by leaning down to bite a grip on his shirt and worry the fabric playfully with her teeth — though not enough to tear it. in fact, she's not going to be deterred from her mission to keep going, although she does sit up in order to reach for his tail, watching him out of the corner of her eye as she gently runs her fingers along its length. ]
What's it feel like?
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When she takes hold of his tail, he blinks at her, then waves his right hand in a vague sort of motion suggestive of a shrug. He lets his head fall back against the bed, gaze wandering over the ceiling. ]
Mmm. Like you're touching it. It's just like a.. limb I guess. Like if I touched your ankle or your arm. [ His breath catches slightly as her fingers travel further along it and underneath, a little surprised at how sensitive it feels when it's touched with gentleness like that, rather than the rough treatment it usually gets. His hard-on twitches in his shorts. ] Though maybe a.. a little different.
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besides, given her perch across his lap, it also means she’ll feel his hard-on against the inside of her thigh, that subtle twitch that clues her in on this kind of gentle contact being a welcome one. ]
Every time I touch ya, it’s... you’re so warm, everywhere. [ she softly hums it, sliding her fingertips a little higher along his tail toward where the end of it disappears beneath him — and then she scoots down to sit more across his knees, dropping her hands to the front of his shorts. there’s a mischievous, crooked smile on her lips as she leans forward to mouth along the angle of his hipbone, that pelvic line that stretches below the waistband, and then she gently nips at his abdomen, below his navel. ] Kinda makes a girl never wanna get up and outta bed.
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He arches up a little under those kisses, against the soft brush of her palm against the underside of his tail, a short exhale when her teeth graze him. ]
Good, 'cause I don't.. don't wanna leave either. [ He crooks his left arm back up behind his head and lifts his right hand, one big stone finger gently brushing a curl of that flyaway blond hair behind her ear, a sweet kind of ache in his chest as his glowing eyes study her. ] Don't wanna leave you.
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You don't have to. Not if you don't want. [ there's a gentleness in feeling that big carved finger sweeping across her face with so much care, even though she figures that hand could do some damage along the lines of a mere afterthought, and she sinks teeth into her bottom lip, grinning silly around it. ] We don't haveta get out of this bed all day, even.
[ her fingers curl a hold in the hem of his t-shirt, sliding it up so she can mouth over those impressive abs of his she's come to be very well-acquainted with, and she licks over the lines between the individual muscles, defined curves that she would gladly trace every single one of with her tongue — while underneath, her fingers finally undo the front of his shorts and slowly coax them down over his hips. ]
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