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[ At this point holiday parties are to be expected, just as much as spells and mistletoe. Four years of routine and tradition aren't often broken, especially by the DR, and the annual Christmas Eve party is here. There's not a big ballroom this year, or a large snowy landscape. Just a large room, decorated with soft couches and sofas, a large, warming fireplace with stockings hung up, and an enormous fresh Christmas tree, decorated in red and green and silver. It's nothing huge, but there are candles on shelves and the table, wreathes on the doors, and two other doors. One is a sliding glass door on the opposite end that leads to a pier over the water, lined with icicle lights, and the other leads to a snowy outdoor area filled with mysteriously docile and friendly reindeer. Who knows? Maybe some of them can even fly.

There are probably a few people who only come for the food, and they won't be disappointed. There are two tables lined with party foods. Sweets, cheeses, sausage and mini sandwiches. No matter how much is taken they never seem to run out, and there's a smaller round table of drinks, including punch and eggnog.

Formal wear seems to be a given, even with the comfortable atmosphere, and anyone who didn't at least try to dress semi-formal will find themselves in something more festive. ]

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[she'll be leaning against the doorway to her room when he gets there, looking put out. one shoulder is slightly red where she just banged it against the invisible barrier.]

No, by "change my clothes" I obviously meant "stand in my doorway forever".

[Man, he's just gonna saunter his way closer. But he's going to stop before he's in reach.]

Apparently that's the impression the dressing room got out of you. Want some help?

[he's getting a flat look. what did she just say, Aden. B| her arms are folded and everything. meanwhile, Sadie comes bouncing down the hall and scoots right through the door past Inaya to hop up on the bed and sit looking expectantly at them.]

[He can't help it, it's in his genes to be a prick or something. He drops it, though, and wanders over in range. He still looks like he's on the verge of laughter, but hey.]

Okay, okay.

[she huffs a little and wraps her arms around his waist as soon as he's close enough, tucking her head under his chin. she's feeling nervous suddenly, for no apparent reason, and physical contact is making it better and worse at the same time.]

Jackass.

Shut up, you adore me.

[He gives her a noisy kiss on the top of her head, just to be more of a jackass. Why is she nervous? He's acting the same as always.]

[she doesn't know! being a teenager is hard, and hormones are hard, and it's hard to be calm when you've acquired a box of condoms since the last time the guy you have a huge crush on was here. obviously she doesn't know that anything special will or won't happen tonight, but she's constantly hopeful.]

I do, and you should consider yourself lucky for it.

[A good step would be sharing that thought aloud. Right now Aden's shifting his head to one side so he can purr-cackle quietly in her ear. It's obvious he considers himself lucky! He always has! But he'll totally take advantage of being adored to get away with being such a jackass.]

[excuse you, talk about being nervous. he's not helping, by the way, making that sort of noise, and she manages to get the fake-or-is-it-genuine annoyance back enough to shove at him a little before leaning up to kiss him. it's brief, and she pulls away and gets out of the mistletoe's range immediately, but then she's going right ahead with– wait. plan get.]

Hey, you should totally help me get out of this dress. I already forgot Daddy had to zip me into it because I couldn't reach.

[it's cliche as fuck and i'm betting neither of them cares.]

[He lights up at the idea and follows her, totally thrilled about this in a way that is entirely innocent. It could very easily be a sleazy or at least obviously sexual thing, and it totally is something he's interested in for less-than-innocent motives, but not because he expects it to snowball from here. He knows it easily could, but he's not thinking of it as a guarantee. It's just a nice opportunity.]

I would complain about not getting the fashion of dresses you can't get in and out of by yourself, but fuck that. I'm at your service.

Yeah, I dunno either. I think it's all on purpose, for situations like this.

[maybe that will help get them on the same page. >3> she stops at the foot of her bed and turns her back to him, so he can do that and so she can rub Sadie's ears.]

Yeah well.

[Okay he doesn't have a good comeback for that one, but still. He follows her in and plants a hand at the top of the back of her dress, grasping the zipper pull with his other hand to slowly pull it down. Slowly because he's a dick, and also because it's a nice view from here.]

[asshole. there's a completely un-color-coordinated strapless bra hiding under the dress, just fyi. she's already relaxed again, because they've almost certainly done this part before, just with less-fancy clothing involved.]

So are you gonna hang out for a while, or...

[she asks, as she's getting undressed in front of a dude. wink wonk.]

Only if I'm invited.

[He has to physically resist making a joke about vampires, but. He doesn't let go of the zipper until it's aaaall the way at the bottom, and then he raises his hand back up to hook under the clasp of her bra.]

Psh, like you ever need an invitation. I've lost count of the number of times I've woken up to find you over here instead of at your own place.

[she shivers a little, but whether it's from what he's doing or just the fact that her dress is unzipped is a mystery.]

You should at least take your shoes off before you go undressing me all the way, ass.

Nah.

[That simple. "Nah." But he removes his hands (only after unhooking her bra) and stuffs them in his pockets so he has the balance to pull his feet out of his shoes.]

[she makes a scandalized noise at her bra already being undone when he's still fully dressed and everything, but goes ahead and wiggles out of the dress, letting it and the bra fall to the floor. but then she doesn't turn around, and instead moves the couple of steps to the bed and flops onto it face first. you don't get boobs until you take more clothes off, Aden. you can have her butt, though, since it's right there. now she's a little nervous again, because how often do they actually get into this without at least some making out to ease into things?]

I mean, I guess you could keep your clothes on, but it's not very fair.

[Not often, it's probably more of a spontaneous thing so far. He's grinning at the scandalized noise, in the way that usually accompanies some mischievous cackling, but he stays silent and kicks his shoes off before anything else. Not like he wouldn't be happy staying clothed if he got the opportunity to just watch her, but hey, who's going to pass up whatever might be happening? Let's see, what does he have to shed. Charcoal pants, a white shirt - sleeves rolled up, suspenders, whatever boxers he might be wearing under there, socks... Possibly some sort of weapon...]

I can think of some ways I could turn that around and still keep my clothes on, but I'm sure you don't want that.

[Bye, socks.]

[that is way too much to be wearing for anything sexy to happen, although i admit i am fond of partially-clothed sex. she snorts and wiggles a little further onto the bed; Sadie hops down and immediately leaves the room with one of Aden's shoes, not to chew it up, but just to hide it. she's probably done it before.]

I dunno, you do look pretty nice with those suspenders and everything.

[He sticks his tongue out at her, and not even in a pointed and suggestive way, even though that's exactly what he was talking about mere seconds ago. How about he unbuttons his shirt without even bothering with the suspenders for now?]

Maybe I'll wear them more often.

Maybe you should. I bet Kira would approve, and your parents would probably wonder what happened to you.

[she shuffles around a little so she can see him better, resting her head on her arms. that's a nice look for him.]

Nah. I'd still ruin them like everything else.

[Blood, terrible insects, the usual. There, his shirt's open, so he holds his arms out to his sides.]

You want to pick what goes first?

Pants, definitely.

[they've seen each other completely naked, right? they just haven't ~gone all the way~, and she doesn't even know if that's going to happen tonight or not, so there's no real reason for her to be feeling awkward or nervous about her current state of undress. it just feels different this time, to her, sort of anticipatory.]

Big surprise.

[Aww. There goes the suspenders, though they could surely find creative ways to keep them involved. He slips them off one side at a time, then goes for the zipper of his pants. He has no problems being naked or on the way there at this point, though it is a little weird not being a sort of rushed afterthought.]

[whoa now, bondage and first-time sex is a bit much at the same time. maybe she'll steal them and keep them for use at some other time. maybe she can wear them.]

I know, right? It's a surprise you ever get to go anywhere with how much I want you to have your pants off.