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𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐯 ([personal profile] ravkas) wrote2020-10-17 06:41 pm
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-21 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
it was friendly consideration. good friends don't let you sleep with people who they think might be terrible in bed.
i'm trying to decide which answer will motivate you more. is it yes, or is it no?
"then i'll deal with it" is probably the least poetic thing you've ever said to me, and it's still done nothing to turn me off.
it'll be a little insulting if i'm naked in front of you and you start thinking about your laundry and schoolwork.
i bet you never shut up even in bed. which isn't really a problem in this case.
what really matters is whether you trust me or not with something like that. do you?


[ a beat and then, because 'perhaps' is the epitome of 'very stubborn' — ]

🙄
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-21 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
something about you being "stupid rich and kind of famous", so you don't have to rely on skill when you have those things to fall back on.
you have to admit he has a point.
if i didn't know better, i'd think you're feeling a little impatient.
too bad i can't call zoya to come lecture you if you start thinking about something other than me. that would make for an awkward story.
i wouldn't go that far. i do like the sound of your voice, though.
good. this would end terribly if you didn't.
but i'm happy that you do. it means more than you know.
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-21 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
i'll be the judge of that. talk is cheap, lantsov.
only a bit impatient? do i need to try harder?
don't worry, you'll get your wish. just don't try to drag me out into the snow while i'm wearing them tonight.
are you just trying to steer me away from learning all of your embarrassing secrets? maybe i need to get zoya's number from mal after all.
the number of times i've regretted telling you the truth because it inflates your ego: 501.
i'm willing to take that risk. and if it does end terribly, i won't blame either of us.
you're putting a lot of pressure on yourself to be good at something you've never tried before.
it's not a big deal if it doesn't work out.
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-21 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
it was a joke. and not one i regret making if that's your answer to it.
of course. you're a gentleman to the very end.
for the record, i think i could make good use of your driver's seat, too. not just the backseat.
be warned i freeze easily. you have no one else to blame when my fingers turn into ice.
it's almost like your mother wanted to traumatize you from the start. a clown? really?
there's a lot of things we shouldn't have done in hindsight, but we did them. i'm sure you had a reason for it. or was it just teenage rebellion?
you're impossible. and no, i don't mean improbable. but that too.
if i'm ever asked, i'll lie and tell people you were perfectly good at everything the first time.
i'm serious, though. i wouldn't hold something like that against you.
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-22 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
you've caught me. whatever will i do now that you've unveiled my nefarious plan.
was that the teenage phase that you never grew out of?
because i have a feeling you're still a rebel at heart.
you did sneak out for me.


[ it's a less confrontational reply than what immediately springs to her fingers on instinct before she reconsiders and erases it: sure you don't remember, in all of its skepticism. cornering an animal that resists entrapment has never ended well, after all, and nikolai is a slippery sort.

for now, she files it away into her folder of subjects to address at a later time, stubborn and persistent to the end.
]

i've given up control before. it's not something i mind with the right person.
i just mind that it was with the wrong person who i thought was the right person at the time.
but have i had anyone give up their control to me? once or twice.
it's not the sort of thing you do with just anyone.
does it make you feel better or worse to know that we both barely know what we're doing?
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-22 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
they really were right when they said the female of the species is more deadly.
that's because you have everyone else fooled. somehow.
can't it be both?
i miss you, too. even your awful jokes that make my eyes want to roll out of my head.
it's much easier to show my disapproval of them when i can see you.

pesky isn't the word i would choose when you've trusted someone that much and they end up betraying that trust.
i don't know. it's complicated, and this isn't about him.
my whole point is that it's difficult to place yourself in someone else's hands and expect them to take care of you.
obviously you're not just anyone to me. you could never be just anyone.
but nothing is stopping you from backing out except for your pride if you really think it's that terrible of an idea.
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-24 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
never knowing when i might decide to strangle you must keep you on your toes.
i stand by "somehow". mostly because it annoys you, and being frustrating is what i was made for.
next time, i'm going to stop myself from smiling at all. that just encourages you to make worse jokes about how unbearably handsome you think you are.

aren't we always sharing a moment of honesty?


[ a dangerous, regrettable amount of honesty at times, especially. but, beyond that — ]

largely unappealing for you, maybe. some people have different tastes.
"tolerable" isn't reassuring or high praise, but i'll accept "exciting".
i'm full of bad ideas. regularly. daily. my entire lifetime. just look at my past choices.
it's still not very romantic to imply i'm one of your bad ideas, though.
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-25 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
i was going to make a black widow joke, but then i realized i'd traumatize you for life.
then i would never frown because your jokes are never funny, and i'd lose the ability to let people know i don't like them. 😊

thank god zoya is the keeper of all of your secrets.
i won't even have to bribe her to get access to them.
unless she decides she hates me, which would be awkward for everyone.
yeah. if they were your hands.
not that i need that. i want you. the specifics and the details don't matter.
oh, i thought you were the worst idea when we met. you were arrogant, annoyingly charming, and you wouldn't stop talking.
maybe you still are a bad idea. i should have known you were just using me for my washing machine.
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-25 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
don't worry, i'll kill all of the spiders that sneak into your house so you don't die of a heart attack, you big baby.
maybe you can write an awful poem to thank me for being your savior.
you can't comprehend anyone not liking you, can you?

that makes two of us. i'm sensing a new partner in crime.
your faith in mal is so inspiring. he's not going to do anything awful. probably. maybe.
he's not exactly the settling down type. from what you've told me, neither is zoya. that might be a disaster waiting to happen.
do your hands like me already? i haven't seen any evidence of that.
i was more surprised you kept trying to talk to me.
it's either very brave, very stupid, or very insane to flirt with a woman who wanted nothing to do with you at first.
for what it's worth, i'm glad i failed at scaring you off. i think you're one of my better ideas after a string of bad decisions.
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-25 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
you already subject me to odes to your own beauty. i think i can handle your poetry.
you're an acquired taste. don't expect everyone to share my tolerance.

even reckless veranda-destroyers and secret-spillers deserve love, nikolai.
honestly? zoya would be a blessing. i'm getting tired of mal's conquests trying to get in his good graces through me. it never works.
is this going to be a surprise tactic? you're trying to leave me in suspense. that's unfair.
i thought you didn't believe in inevitable things like fate. don't tell me i've changed your mind.
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-25 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
your jealousy is showing. no one is coming to steal zoya away from you.
you can survive without her attention for five seconds. stop trying to ruin my matchmaking.
i don't blame them for being desperate. he's mal. of course they're desperate.
but zoya is a better choice. i won't ever have to wonder if she actually likes me or if she's using me to get to mal.
how long? ten minutes? twenty? forty? that's too long for suspense. i deserve a hint.
so you're admitting i wore you down just by existing. that's a first for me.
i am very hard to get rid of, though. you never stood a chance.
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[personal profile] peasant 2021-01-25 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
good luck trying to stop me.
i'm pretty sure my meaning was obvious. you have looked at mal, right?
not to mention he's probably the most loyal person i've ever met and has the biggest heart. zoya is in good hands.
i'm 90% sure she's going to end up hurting my feelings, but i respect brutal honesty more than i respect liars.
58 minutes is practically still an hour. you're going to kill me.
romantic and borderline nihilistic. i suppose it'll do for a first line.

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