Room 407, Friday Evening

[bigdamndestiny]

Having promised to make up for the slanderous talk of Francine's cookies, Merlin had tried to set up something romantic for her and him up in his proper room.

It had... mixed results.

He had managed to get candle wax in his only mentioned in one post beard. And had been forced to shave it. He hoped that wouldn't make her upset.

Right now, all he managed in the way of romance was a few candles, a movie he was almost certain was not pornography and some burgers from that Mooby's place. He was getting good at this romance thing if he did say so himself!

[[For the giiiirlfriend]]

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[thatsamilkshake]

"I was more hmm-ing over the onions than the cold," Francine told him.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"It's alright, I'm not that great at this." In retrospect, the wax thing should have been a warning.

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine set the bag down. "You're just fine at this." She gave him an encouraging smile. "I like onions. You just might not want me to eat them if you were planning to kiss me again."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Merlin's eyes went wide for a moment. "We could have them after we're done."

Kissing. After they were done kissing.

[thatsamilkshake]

Oh, look, that's where the dancing toes got to. "After we're done? Um. Yes. I guess we could. Yes."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Yes." His voice managed to stay even. He was completely proud of himself there. "We could--um." He leaned over, bumping her nose with his awkwardly.

[thatsamilkshake]

And she was completely proud of herself for not saying ow. She did wince, but she was hoping he was a little too close to focus on that. "Um," she agreed, not entirely sure what she was agreeing to, but dammit, she was agreeable.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin said it for her. "Ow." He pulled back, trying to figure out the angle again.

"You--?"

[thatsamilkshake]

She tilted her head, more out of, well, headtilt, than to help him with the angle, but it might have improved things. "I what?" Crap, did she do something wrong?

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Is this alright?" Merlin asked, turning his body to face her fully. "I mean. This isn't too forward?"

[thatsamilkshake]

Her eyebrows rose a little, because so far he'd handed her a bag of lukewarm burgers and kissed her, and neither of those things was anywhere near as forward as what they'd been doing in his cabin, let alone on that one more drunkerer occasion.

Which meant this must be something they hadn't gotten to yet, which meant she'd obviously done the right thing by stuffing a Certain Publication into her backpack as, um, emergency reference material, which meant... she was probably taking too long to answer that question.

"No?" she squeaked.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Are you sure?" Because, good god, he wasn't even sure what to do next. There was kissing and then... they should have burgers then. Yes. That would solve everything.

[thatsamilkshake]

That was a good question. Page 35 even said it was a good question. Sort of. Not exactly, but kind of. It was implied. If she even understood page 35 correctly. "Yes?"

Way to sound sure, Francine.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...alright," Merlin said slowly. "Um."

He should have prepared for this.

[thatsamilkshake]

It's okay! Francine prepared for this!

Badly!

While peeking through her fingers and skipping anything she couldn't look at without hyperventilating!

"Um!" she agreed.

Oh, God help them.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Do you know what to do next?" He asked, lowering his voice as if someone might be listening in.

[thatsamilkshake]

"UM!" Yes. No. Maybe. Chapter 11! No, that's bankruptcy. Chapter... No, wait, it really was Chapter 11. Not that she remembered what was in Chapter 11.

And her backpack was down on the floor next to her shuffling toes.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"We could just. Um. Talk?"

Oh god, the horror.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Yes! Talk! That's good!" No, no it wasn't.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Err--what should we talk about?" Don't say sex! Don't say sex, Merlin!

[thatsamilkshake]

Don't say sex! Don't say sex, Francine!

.............



"Chapter Eleven!"

...Yes. That was so much better.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...what's that?" Oh god, please don't be something that means something he didn't want to hear or doesn't understand.

[thatsamilkshake]

"...Bankruptcy?" Even if this had made any sense at all, dropping her face to her hands immediately after saying it would probably not have helped.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Ooo~kay. Merlin reached over to pat her on the shoulder. "Are you alright?"

[thatsamilkshake]

"Clearly not, since I'm about to do something that proves I've totally lost my mind," she answered, without actually de-facepalming.