chaos_magnet: 'Hindsight' → Satellite of Saturn (Epimetheus)
James R Holden ([personal profile] chaos_magnet) wrote2021-03-24 08:35 pm

This crew depends on me...

As long as we're living and breathing, there's more we can do. We just have to be strong enough.
captain . earther
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[personal profile] duderaider 2021-09-30 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nathan mutters something that sounds like a word of thanks or maybe an apology, and then heads for the spot he indicated as good to climb. it does look that way, too, handholds easy to spot even for someone who's not as used to this sort of thing as Nate is, and he starts up wordlessly, that in mind]

[when he makes the roof, he rolls onto his stomach, stretching out to offer James a hand up the rest of the way]
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[personal profile] cleptes 2021-10-01 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ As she is led into the room she takes a good look around and finds it to be quite pleasant, the decor appealing to the eye. Bela wonders who out of James and Wei decided what the main living space would look like, unless this was what the room had always been.

She smiles when he asks the question, running her fingertips along the nape of his neck. ]


I'm good for now, thanks.
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[personal profile] duderaider 2021-10-03 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'll bet.

[he shifts, that said, starting to sit up, to shimmy away from the edge of the roof, to stand. he wants to take a little bit of a look around, before they pick somewhere to settle, just to make sure the roof isn't going to collapse under them while they drink]

You do that a lot? [a beat] Climb on stuff with no gravity?
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[personal profile] cleptes 2021-10-04 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[When he presses her against the closed door, her hands move down from his neck to tug at his shirt, eager to pull it off. The kisses distract Bela as she pushes back into them with heat, no shyness or holding her back now; she wants to forget about the hospital and everything that happened in it. Make it seem like it was a bad memory, at least temporarily.

Removing his shirt may have to wait because now his fingers are brushing against her thigh and it makes Bela shiver and hum into the kiss, aching to feel more of that. She seeks to touch him in return, skimming her hands down his sides and dipping beneath the the shirt to run her hands up his back, wanting to explore every inch of him and maybe find some sensitive spots. ]
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[personal profile] duderaider 2021-10-06 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

Okay, Martian I get -- [even if that raises his eyebrows a little] -- but Belter?
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[personal profile] cleptes 2021-10-07 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ The teasing drives her a little crazy, though she's not quite at the point of begging him for any more than what he's giving her. If anything, the whole night so far was like one long tease between them, and that had been quite enjoyable.

She breaks the kiss for a moment to gasp against his mouth in response to the firm touch, taking a moment to catch her breath, only to kiss him again with heat and want.

Bela gets the message fairly quickly, raking her nails lightly down his back before pressing her fingers in hard, trailing them up along his spine then across his shoulders and all the way down into the small of his back. ]
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[personal profile] duderaider 2021-10-07 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. [he pauses, taking a moment to consider that as he settles down on what seems to be a solid part of the roof] I guess I never thought about people living on or around or whatever an asteroid belt.

[planets, sure, but]
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[personal profile] cleptes 2021-10-09 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The moan makes her smile, taking pleasure in it. At least she has an idea of what he likes, but she could guess there was more where that came from. Bela hums quietly when his fingers start to explore, body arching slightly into the touch, liking how it felt.

She decides to help him out with the removal of the top, lifting her arms above her head and meets his gaze with a smile and a quick once-over. Difficult for her to not look, counting herself very lucky indeed. ]
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[personal profile] cleptes 2021-10-09 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The temptation to be cocky crosses her mind, so Bela just raises a brow playfully in response to his exclamation, as if to say 'I know.' Sometimes, she didn't have to use her words.

She does watch him remove his shirt with interest, despite seeing most of his chest already. Waiting to see what he does next. Her reaction is immediate, a soft moan falling from her lips as she presses in against his touch, wanting to feel more of it. Soon, her nipples begin to harden and she moans again, looking at him with a heated gaze. ]

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[personal profile] duderaider 2021-10-10 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[it kills Nate, too, even if he's not from space or whatever. there's just something about standing in the middle of the Syrian desert, staring up at the sky. then again, though, if there were visible stars here, maybe he'd feel even more alone, more homesick than he already does]

[ ... yeah, it's time to break the booze out of the backpack, now, thanks]


I was -- seeing someone, here. [a beat] She's gone, now.
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[personal profile] duderaider 2021-10-14 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Her name was Caroline. [a beat] Little blonde girl? Kinda -- she kinda looked like she was half my age, but she just -- [look, she was a vampire and actually just as old as him, but he promised he wouldn't out her. does it even matter now, though, that she's not here?] -- she was only a year younger than me, she just aged really well.

[there's another pause, then:]

Her daughters are still here, I think. Josie and Lizzie.

[is he rambling? he feels like he's rambling]
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[personal profile] duderaider 2021-10-15 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nathan nods to his assessment of Caroline's kids -- and then shifts a little, uncomfortable, fighting the urge to reach for his journal, to see when he started drawing Caroline in it. probably best to try and remember, off-handedly, rather than look fucking desperate]

[he's also going to crack open the bourbon and take a sip, thanks]


We both got here at the same time and kind of hit it off, right away. [he was flirting with Caroline on day one, whether or not he actually meant anything by it] We kind of -- we made it official, during the crap with the carnival, though.

[they ended up in the Tunnel of Love together and -- yeah]

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