She sinks lower into the heat of the water, letting her head roll back against the edge of the hot tub, eyes closed as she just takes in the warmth of it, the safety of the moment here with him. This guy she never could have dreamed into existence, who actually seemed to care, but not expect anything.
She opens one eye and peeks at him, “Like, abra-cadabra pullin’ rabbits outta hats?” She perks a brow.
One hand gently reached out to stroke one of her shoulders under the water, more of a 'nice to have you here' touch, than anything else. She was an amazing and strong woman, and she seemed to like him! That was so cool!
"Well, more like..." And he lifted a hand out of the water, and spoke words. "Infringa Simplistica." And in his hand grew a single rose of pure ice.
She watches him, curious, but very clearly skeptical. She knows all about magic tricks, illusions to make you think they're doing something else, distraction techniques so you miss the thing they're doing with their other hand.
But this... This was different, somehow.
She stared, wide-eyed as a rose made of ice just appeared in his hand. "No fuckin' way. How'd you do that?"
"Ah, I made the rose by magically creating it out of ice. Or you could say I manipulated the temperature and wetness in the air by means of mentally altering physics, for just a moment." He flushed.
"But really, it just comes down to magic." He nibbled one lip, hoping it was okay.
"Huh?" She isn't the booksmart Gallagher, she leaves that part of things to Lip and sometimes Ian. She's a hustler, she's a mom, but...this? Nah. "Real magic ain't real." She's very eloquent, you see. "That's a trick, it's gotta be." She just can't wrap her head around it. This is what happens when the mundane are faced with these things, don't you know that, Harry?
She frowns a little, confused by the obvious sadness coloring his features now. Was he really that upset that she didn't buy the trick as real? "Hey, it don't change nothin', right? Everybody believes different stuff."
"I know you ain't gonna hurt me, Harry." Not physically anyway, shows always waiting for the other shoe to drop in the emotional sense. But that's just The Gallagher Way. Expect the worst, then you're either right or surprised.
So, it is without question or argument either one that she places her hand in his. Not a clue what to expect, but trusting in him all the same.
He reached out to touch the side of the tub. Hidden in the patterns of the tub were runes, making a very strong circle, a very powerful adapter that gathered power fed to it and created a feed back loop that amplified it.
And he had been feeding it since he had settled in it.
When her hand touched his, he smiled, and then spoke one word, and suddenly, without transition, they were in his bedroom.
he steadied himself and her, carefully, holding her, but not so hard she could not pull away if she needed to.
She watches him, eyes all on him completely as he touches something on the edge of the tub, but she doesn’t think anything of it. It doesn’t seem odd or out of place or anything and--
She lets out a surprised laugh when they’re suddenly in the bedroom, one hand clamping over her mouth. “Holy shit!” was her very eloquent response to the whole thing.
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Date: 2017-03-05 09:40 pm (UTC)She opens one eye and peeks at him, “Like, abra-cadabra pullin’ rabbits outta hats?” She perks a brow.
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Date: 2017-03-25 05:03 pm (UTC)"Well, more like..." And he lifted a hand out of the water, and spoke words. "Infringa Simplistica." And in his hand grew a single rose of pure ice.
He held it out to her, eyes warm, and hopeful.
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Date: 2017-05-07 08:02 pm (UTC)But this... This was different, somehow.
She stared, wide-eyed as a rose made of ice just appeared in his hand. "No fuckin' way. How'd you do that?"
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Date: 2017-05-07 08:15 pm (UTC)"But really, it just comes down to magic." He nibbled one lip, hoping it was okay.
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Date: 2017-05-16 06:24 pm (UTC)Slowly it was hitting him how much of a mistake he had made. That sucked, and he hated it. He had really hoped... damn.
He smiled softly. "You don't have to believe."
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Date: 2017-06-02 08:16 pm (UTC)He eyes her. "If something challenged what you believed in, do you think you could, for me, hang on to the fact that I would never hurt you?"
He lifts a hand to her. "If so, take my hand."
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Date: 2017-06-06 04:07 pm (UTC)So, it is without question or argument either one that she places her hand in his. Not a clue what to expect, but trusting in him all the same.
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Date: 2017-06-06 04:32 pm (UTC)And he had been feeding it since he had settled in it.
When her hand touched his, he smiled, and then spoke one word, and suddenly, without transition, they were in his bedroom.
he steadied himself and her, carefully, holding her, but not so hard she could not pull away if she needed to.
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Date: 2017-06-23 03:06 am (UTC)She lets out a surprised laugh when they’re suddenly in the bedroom, one hand clamping over her mouth. “Holy shit!” was her very eloquent response to the whole thing.