Til I Hear it From You (open!)

[Firecracker]

Fire thought about Wraith's proposition carefully. Very carefully. While she had never personally been to Five Points before, she had heard more than enough stories to keep her away. She had sworn to herself that she would never, ever go to that part of the city -- yet here was was, almost thinking about doing just that. She licked her lips slowly, her eyes closing as she finally whispered her answer, "I trust you, Clara." This was either going to be the best or worst thing she had ever done.

[Wraith]

Wraith squeezed her hand, thrilled and horrified at the same time. She almost thought of asking Tristan to come and look out for them...but Tristan was recovering from a gunshot wound, and Nevada must pretty much hate Wraith now, and overall, she was pretty sure she wasn't as welcome in that apartment as she used to be.

Besides, she desperately wanted this to be just the two of them. Her and Fire. "I'll keep us safe," she promised, praying she could. "When do you want to go?"

[Firecracker]

"I will go whenever you want to," Fire replied with a shrug. For a moment, she almost considered saying that she wanted to go at that very moment, but then she decided that she was enjoying her time with Wraith in the parlor too much to let it go already. "Maybe in a couple of days?"

Before Wraith could answer, she slowly pulled away from her and made her way back over to the couch, sitting down on it. "Let's just make the best of what we have right now."

[Wraith]

"Sounds good to me," Wraith said with a smile, relieved that she had a couple days to plan this mad expedition. She followed Fire to the couch and sat down, a bit shy and uncertain, but too full of joy and affection...and very strong attraction...to let it hold her back as she snuggled against her.

[Firecracker]

Carefully, Fire let her arm slip around Wraith's shoulder. She let out a content sigh before snuggling back against her. "I'm glad we finally had this talk..."

[Wraith]

"Me too. I've, um...actually never had it before. That kind of talk." She played with Fire's curls, aching to do more than that, but sensing it wasn't the place or time. Yet. Still, she couldn't imagine giving up the combined warmth of the fire and her own beautiful Fire for a cold, solitary bunk tonight. "You think we could maybe just stay here tonight? We could add it to our list of strange places we'd slept," she said with a laugh.

((Off to bed! Good night and HAPPY NEW YEAR! ;D))

[Firecracker]

((Sleep well! and a happy new year to you, too! yay!!))

"I've never had that kind of talk before, either," Fire confessed softly. She let her eyes close as she felt Wraith's fingers run gently through her hair. "I always left before I could have the chance to... I'm glad I stayed this time."

"I think it would be okay to stay here. A lot cozier than the attic," she remarked with an amused laugh. "This parlor door though, does it lock? I mean, just in case anybody tries to open it while we're asleep like this."

[Wraith]

"As it happens, it does!" Wraith said with a slight blush. She only knew this because Goblin and Script had...made use of the parlor once, and she did not want to think about anything her brother might have done on this couch.

Instead, she went to lock the door, despite her reluctance to get up even for a moment, and quickly returned to Firecracker's side. Yawning, she lay down and playfully pulled Fire down with her, snuggling into her arms. She couldn't possibly think of a better way to fall asleep. "I'm glad you stayed too."

[Firecracker]

"I almost didn't," Fire confessed, her voice soft as she let herself relax into Wraith's arms. She nestled her head into the other girl's shoulder and let her eyes close slowly.

Slowly, she let her arms snake around the other girl's waist. "Why do you do this to me?" she asked with a laugh.