Log: Ongoing

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

When; Backdated to Friday Night
Rating; Probably no more than PG-13
Characters; Mercy Thompson coyote_walking and Thomas Raith harrysbackup
Summary; Mercy and Thomas meet for dinner and a show.
Log;

Mercy got to the Fountain early, wearing the deep blue dress that was one of the few she owned. She was looking forward to spending the evening with Thomas, but as always was careful to stay on her toes. Of course, she hadn't told Kyle about it. Time enough for that later.

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[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

"Well," Mercy said, slightly disconcerted by that look of hunger in his eyes. "You could always come by and watch sometime."

[prodigalvampire]

He heaved a sigh and closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, they were their usual, storm-cloud gray. "I'm sorry, Mercy. Like I said. I'm hungrier than I thought."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

"Hungrier in the not-for-prime-rib sort of way," she said carefully. "And... what do you - how do you, um... feed?... that hunger?"

[prodigalvampire]

"Usually?" He smiled and ran a hand back trough his ebon locks. "I do hair."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

"Hair? Doing hair... feeds you?" That didn't sound too bad. She could let him do her hair if he wanted. "Do you need to... I mean, I don't think anyone would think anything much of it if you, I don't know, played with my hair if that works."

Part of her, the coyote part, was more than a little freaked about letting anything feed off of her, but well, it's not like he'd be taking blood or anything, right?

[prodigalvampire]

"It's...not that simple, Mercy." He took a sip from the tea he'd ordered and placed the glass down pointedly. "It's about trusting me, and about letting my demon move through you to sip at your life force." He shook his head. She wasn't ready. "I'll be fine. Nothing I haven't dealt with before."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Letting his...? She wasn't ready for that. She took a sip of her soda to try and settle herself. "And the people whose hair you do? They don't mind the, um... demon?"

She could be cool about this. She knew he wouldn't hurt her, hadn't felt so much as a pull of attraction from him that wasn't due to his looks and how comfortable she felt with him. There was no reason to be nervous.

The coyote didn't quite believe it, but she managed to convince the rest of herself.

[prodigalvampire]

He ran a hand uncomfortably over his face and hair. "Most of them...don't know about the demon." He looked down. It was probably over right now. Before it ever even began. "I don't feed, Mercy. I sip. They don't notice, really. They just feel happy, comfortable, pretty, and at ease."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Mercy nodded. "Right. You told me once that it was more about the intimacy, right?"

Even the coyote was settling now.

"Makes sense. Maybe some other time you can do my hair." She grinned a little to herself. "Kyle always does say I should get my hair done more often."

[prodigalvampire]

He looked up, searching her eyes incredulously. "You...you're okay with this?"

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Mercy met his gaze without flinching. "I'm not going to lie to you, it's... a little... it freaks me out a little. But, Thomas... you could have said yes, when I offered a few moments ago. It would have been easy. Or you could have 'sipped' from me without saying anything. But you didn't."

She was sure of that. She would have felt anything like that.

"You didn't because you knew I wasn't really comfortable with it and you don't want to make me feel uncomfortable. That, more than anything else, tells me what kind of person you are. So... 'okay' might be a little bit strong right this second, but I'm not about to run away screaming or stop seeing you because of what you are."

[prodigalvampire]

"I-" he trailed off. He was floored. "Thank you, Mercy."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

She wrinkled her nose, then smiled at him a little. "I'm stubborn, you'll find. And I don't give up easily. Especially not on friends."

[prodigalvampire]

he shook his head and looked down. "I don't-" His head jerked up. "You know, I just realized my gut reaction was to say I don't deserve this."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

"Stupid," she said without heat. "We all deserve to be happy and trusted."

[prodigalvampire]

"I....yeah. I guess so."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

"I'm cautious, I know," she admitted. "But when I trust someone... well, unless or until they give me reason not to... I trust them."

[prodigalvampire]

He smiled. "I appreciate it, Mercy. I really do."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

"Good," she said with a smile.

"I'm... really glad you asked me out tonight."

[prodigalvampire]

"Yeah," He said, his expression pointed and serious. "Me too."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

"And we'll have to find a time to test out the whole running thing," she said with a smile.

[prodigalvampire]

He smirked devilishly. "You're so on, little coyote."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Mercy blushed a little and laughed. "Just don't cry when I smoke you."

[prodigalvampire]

"Please, like that'll happen."

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

"Not a crier, huh?" she teased.