Room 407, Friday Evening

[bigdamndestiny]

No candles, no burgers, nothing that Merlin had tried before for romance was happening tonight. That ended badly the last time to he was switching it up.

With cookies.

He even managed to get a bit of a variety pack so Francine could pick and chose what she liked best.

It was the culinary equivalent to Barry White.

[[For the boobs!]]

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

He hadn't noticed! it was Chuuuuucks!

Luckily he was still unaware of it, though. So he just nodded. "That was... odd to see."

[thatsamilkshake]

Right, so the choice was grape, kiwi, black, or there is an octopus in this condom packet.

She went for the octopus.

Why she felt the urge to cover herself with her arm as she walked back to the bed, she didn't know.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Oh, the octopus of confusion.

Merlin just tilted his head from his position on the bed, watching her as she returned with more calm than he really felt. Any moment now someone could break a limb if they weren't careful. Because it was them.

About half way into he walking back, he remembered his pants were still on. That maaaay put a damper on using a condom.

[thatsamilkshake]

It miiiiight, yes. Which, shockingly, Francine noticed before getting back to the bed.

"You might want to, um." The gesture was, unfortunately, with the hand most likely to be really distracting via what moving it revealed again, but it was vaguely in the direction of Merlin's pants.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

That right there would be Merlin trying his best to wriggle on out of his trousers while also trying not to stare. Again.

They were very distracting!

[thatsamilkshake]

That right there would be Francine demonstrating that she could in fact flush more places than her face. While making it back to the bed and also trying not to stare.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

They made a very good pair there. And the ceiling remained a fascinating place to stare at. He ought to put art up there.

It took a moment, but he was kicking his trousers off his ankles before there was more nearness there. Yes. Um.

Awkward.

[thatsamilkshake]

Luckily opening the condom packet at least gave her something productive to stare at as she dropped to one knee on the edge of the bed. "Well, it's not green."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Or grape," Merlin offered, working on that sense of humor.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Or an octopus." She was allowed to read her own narrative, dammit knew just exactly how bad she'd been at sign language last time, yes. It just looked like any other one she'd ever seen in a demonstration, though.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin just tried not to laugh as he tilted his head. "That would be painful, I think."

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine dropped her face to her hand for a second, half to cover the laugh and half because WHAT. What comes out of your mouth, Miss Peters?

Oh, also half because otherwise with the task of opening it over with, she had nowhere else to stare. Yes, that was three halves. "Do you...?" She held the condom out, sort of in Merlin's direction. It was hard to tell with the face hand thing.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin sat up, biting his lip and taking the offered condom. "I remember how," He muttered.

[thatsamilkshake]

"I'm glad one of us does." Octopus. What. Yeah, she was still on that.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Putting the condom on the bed next to him, Merlin grabbed her arm to pull her close enough to kiss her first. "It's alright, you know."

Maybe if he stopped laughing that would make it more believable.

[thatsamilkshake]

"That I'm an idiot?" Francine snorted.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"You have met me, right?" Merlin confirmed.

[thatsamilkshake]

"You're not--" Ahem. "You're just--" Ahem. "I love you anyway?" Oh, Francine. That might actually require more facepalming.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"It's alright," He repeated, kissing her again and pulling her closer still.

[thatsamilkshake]

"I know." She did, which was a new feeling, being sure of something. That'd be why.

Of course, there was now a condom under her knee.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

At least it was still within reach?

Or something of that sort.

There was kissing to be done right now, thank you every much.

[thatsamilkshake]

There was. Not that it would stop Francine from saying furthur dorky things for very long, but...

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

It worked for the moment. "Where did the--" Merlin kissed her again before continuing. "Octopus go?"

[thatsamilkshake]

"......." That was not conducive to Francine not wheezing as she rolled over to look for it. "Here!"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"You said it first!" Laughing during sex. The book must have something about this being utterly wrong in it.