Written Wonderland

The goddess shivered as the vise grip of Evan's jaw released and clamped down again, and suddenly, she was unable to stay completely within the confines of Evan's body. Instead, her presence bled into the bed, the blankets, the winding tree roots of the floor, and of course, into Delight.

An ...

Novelty's reddened cheeks deepened still in color after Philip's question, and for a moment, Philip thought he should apologize. Perhaps it would have been more polite to pretend he hadn't noticed. But then, Novelty licked his lips and smiled widely with a small chuckle, caught but not unenjoyably ...

As Novelty settled his tingling back against the smoothness of the shaped tree trunk under the water, he tossed one last look over toward Nick and Gavin, who had paused in their giggling and were freshly assessing each other. The fox creature sat between them, looking from one to the other like it ...

"Am I... interrupting?" Chloe asked, looking first at Philip and then at Novelty. There was a bite to the question, and though Novelty did not know her very well, he could see the turmoil underneath her skin in the set of her brows, her tear-strewn cheeks, and the tightness of her jaw. Novelty didn ...

Rav enjoyed the mild burn of the muscles in his back as he kept his body in his leaned-over position, watching Nick intently as his smile spread wide and crooked over his face. Nick's gaze inspected Rav as though expecting that Rav wouldn't hold his end of the bargain--staying frozen, but Rav held ...

That Nick didn't hesitate seemed a good sign.

"Honestly, I really like 'red light, green light'. Maybe we can have an alternative for just 'red' instead? Like... We could say 'red' three times in a row when we mean it in the safe word sense."

Rav blinked, staring at Nick's brightening expression ...

Rav liked to imagine that he had thought of everything, thought through every caveat, but of course, that simply wasn't possible, and Rav could feel it in Nick's hesitation and in the way Nick's finger drew itself across the edge of the table.

"I like it," Nick said in a tone that suggested there ...

((OOC: Continued from here: https://writtenwonderland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=82&start=30))

As Philip turned to leave, Chloe felt well and truly alone. She pulled her arms around herself and her scant clothing--her offering --and wondered what she was doing here. She was the lone woman, she didn ...

Nick's reaction--shrinking back and pulling inward, though he maintained his wide smile--made Rav realize he'd come out swinging. No, hello, how was the bathroom? but a rapid return to the edge of the cliff they'd been riding. He knew he was prone to that--coming in with the sharpness of a brand new ...

Philip had no idea if anyone could help him, and Chloe's statement nearly brought the tears back. But, no, Philip managed to quiet himself, and slowly, he felt ready to disentangle from Chloe.

He did feel lighter, though he could not look her in the eye now that she knew.

"You were my lieutenant ...