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iluvroadrunner6) wrote2018-02-10 10:26 am
iluvroadrunner6) wrote2018-02-10 10:26 am
Entry tags:
- bones: lance sweets,
- canon: bones,
- canon: dctv,
- canon: from dusk til dawn,
- canon: librarians,
- canon: newsflesh,
- canon: original,
- canon: teen wolf,
- canon: the blacklist,
- canon: vampire diaries universe,
- dctv: laurel lance,
- dctv: mick rory,
- dctv: nate heywood,
- dctv: sara lance,
- dctv: zari tomaz,
- fdtd: kisa,
- fdtd: seth gecko,
- newsflesh: maggie grace garcia,
- original: aaron wilkinson,
- original: rosalina frostward,
- prompts: get your words out,
- ship: cora/stiles,
- ship: freya/stefan,
- ship: kate/peter,
- ship: kisa/seth,
- ship: maggie/sweets,
- teen wolf: cora hale,
- teen wolf: derek hale,
- teen wolf: kate argent,
- teen wolf: peter hale,
- teen wolf: stiles stilinski,
- the blacklist: donald ressler,
- the librarians: cassandra killian,
- the librarians: ezekiel jones,
- the librarians: jacob stone,
- the librarians: jenkins,
- tvdverse: freya mikaelson,
- tvdverse: stefan salvatore
a weekend in the country | canon au | 1,100 | round 1, set 8
Stiles flops back on the bed for a moment, not even bothering to remove the decorative pillows that they put on every hotel bed. They are useless pillows, Cora is sure that she’ll be greeted with comments about how they’re useless pillows in a moment, but for right now, she’s just glad to see him relaxing, knowing that he’s been working so hard at this job. It’s been nearly three weeks straight of eighteen hour days and traveling on weekends solving consecutive cases, and these things take a toll.
She knows he loves the job, but she’s grateful that for the moment, he isn’t on call. He isn’t going to be pulled away at a moment’s notice. He’s just going to be here, and while she knows she’s selfish for wanting that, she’s still glad they get to have it.
The room is a nice one, with fancy decorative pillows and a beautiful view. It’s really the perfect place for them to spend some quality time together, even though she knows with all the isolation Stiles will get bored very, very quickly.
“You did,” she says with a small smile as she makes her way closer, flopping down next to him and settling in to get comfortable. “And I’m very glad you actually made it to the vacation and something didn’t implode at the last minute.”
“I am also glad for that too.” He grins a bit before he rolls over so that he’s moving on top of her, before leaning in to kiss her. “I’m also glad that you are here, so we can have this awesome vacation together.”
“Good,” she grins as she kisses him back, before inching back on the bed a bit so that they can get more comfortable. “Because I am also glad to be here.”
“Good,” he smirks a bit as he follows her inch upwards. “And I think we should kick off this vacation by ditching these fancy useless pillows and not leaving the cabin for a very long time.”
“Are you sure you can handle that?” she asks curiously, already shoving some of the pillows haphazardly off the bed to show that she is down for this particular part of the plan. “I have a feeling you might get bored really fast.”
“I could never be bored of you.”
“Uh-huh.”
“I promise.”
“Uh-huh.”
“You wanna bet?”
And thus began the start of their vacation. To his credit, Stiles gave an admirable start. They got in a lot of quality of time sitting and relaxing, and not doing anything of huge importance beyond being together, but after two days he starts to get a little restless and suggests that they head down into town for lunch, rather than ordering it to the cabin.
That’s the beginning of the end of their nice calm vacation.
Lunch is nice, but as they’re heading back to their car, Stiles notices something strange. And once Stiles notices something strange, it only takes so long for him to decide to go investigate and that’s how Stiles and Cora wound up spending their afternoon chasing a lead that turned out to be nothing, got stuck in a swamp and got fed some really good sushi by the local swamp hag, and while it was an adventure, to say the least, that really isn’t Cora’s idea of a vacation.
It’s almost as though Stiles can sense it, as he’s silent most of the drive back to the cabin. As they pull up the front, he gives her am almost pitiful look in return. “It wasn’t that bad was it? The sushi was pretty good.”
“I didn’t say it was bad.”
“You’re not saying it was good either.”
Cora sighs a bit, before shaking her head. “It’s not a big deal. I should have known you wouldn’t have been able to resist a mystery.”
Stiles sighs, before following her out of the car and back towards the cabin. “But that’s the point of a vacation isn’t it? To have an adventure? Together?”
She considers for a moment as she pauses at the door to get out of her muddy shoes, though the bottoms of her jeans are still caked with the stuff. “I prefer my adventures to have a little less mud.”
“Okay,” he nods. “That’s fair. I’ll try to avoid swamps next time.”
She almost comments on the fact that he already assumes there’s going to be a next time, but she also already knows that there’s going to be a next time. That’s who Stiles is. His curiosity gets the better of him if he’s not properly entertained, and they’ve been together long enough at this point that the bribery of her being naked is not enough to keep him occupied for a long weekend.
“Maybe we could … plan our adventures next time? Maybe take a hike somewhere or go camping? I don’t mind doing something different, but I’d prefer something a little less spontaneous.”
“I thought girls were supposed to like spontaneous.”
“Most girls probably do. Most girls also probably haven’t been fighting for their life since they were eleven.”
“Fair point,” Stiles nods as he makes his way closer, winding his arms around her waist as he leans in to kiss her softly. “I really did love that you just went with me on this though.”
She gives a small shrug in return. “We’re partners. We do this together.”
He smiles and nods in return. “We do. And, since we’re partners, I can spend the rest of the evening making it up to you in our very fancy cabin.”
“Will you?” she raises an eyebrow curiously. “What did you have in mind?”
“Well, first a bath, obviously.”
“Obviously.”
“Then maybe we can order in dinner in bed.”
“I’m liking this, very romantic.” She nods slowly. “Keep talking.”
“And then we can just … see where things take us.”
Cora nods again with a small smile, before she turns to open the door to the cabin. “You run the bath, I’ll get the muddy clothes in the washer so we don’t have to worry about it?”
“Deal,” Stiles nods before leaning in to kiss her again. She closes her eyes and sinks into his hold for a moment, just letting herself enjoy the moment of being close to him before she pulls back with a small smile.
“I love you,” she says softly, and he smiles before pressing a kiss to her forehead softly.
“I love you too. Now get going so we can get this evening started.”