Skyrim Page 3 - "Either you're naked, or I'm drunk. Maybe both."

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Poor Judgment, (8/8)

[(Anonymous)]

As first kisses go - first kisses with a particular someone, not first kisses ever, because Divines and Daedra alike know he's had a few - Delvin could probably do better. He's not at his freshest, and between them there's the taste of his own stale spit, watered-down ale and, oddly enough, seasalt, as though she's been swimming recently. And something tangy, which he distantly attributes to her sampling one of her alchemical concoctions (with the slightly worrying possibility that it may have been a poison). And she's drunk, and he's not as far behind as he'd like the both of them to think, everyone involved swaying at least a little, and although she can't see the view around them the fact still remains that this impromptu, off-kilter spit-swapping session is taking place in a sewer, so the otherwise pretty way the light cuts across her fine jaw and high cheekbone is defeated by the fact that it's sickly green light playing off the used water.

Still, he throws himself into it with relish and abandon and every bit of that little panging ache that's been tugging away at his insides, and Case melts against him with nary a complaint to be heard.

The end of the kiss is signaled by a smirk against his mouth, not by the more standard parting, because neither really makes any effort to pull away, even after he plants one final peck on her lower lip. When Delvin speaks, he's rumbling into the corner of her mouth, determinedly and adamantly despite the pleasing shudder that courses down her spine under his palms at the sound of his gravelly voice so close. "I trust in your trust in you, but I've not much trust in me, see? For the sake of the bleeding, starved little thing I call a conscience, let's just take a rain check. Whattaya say?"

"Hmm." There's that mock-intense look again, but it softens back into a smile, disappointed but genuine. "You're a tease, Mallory."

"That's half the fun though, innit?"

"Keeping the mystery alive? Always. You win," she concedes, leaning back. "But if I'm sleeping alone, I'd rather do it in the cistern than Honeyside."

"Why's that?"

"I like the sound of people sleeping."

"Creeper," he jokes, looping their arms comfortably again and guiding her back the other way.

It's a relief that everyone's still out cold when they get to the cistern, because Delvin feels that he has a reputation to maintain that might be slightly injured by the oddly domestic image of him tucking the Dragonborn into bed like a worried mother hen. She settles placidly against her pillow, going boneless from the long night and the excess of drink, but just when he moves to stand, thinking she's nodded off, long fingers loop around the front of his collar and drag him back down for one more sloppy, slightly mal-aimed peck on his lips.

"Until next time," Case murmers, winking lasciviously. With a grating chuckle, he ruffles her hair and rises to his feet.

When he returns to the Flagon, he finds Vekel already up and about, complaining of just how much Delvin still managed to drink. All he offers back is a shrug and a shit-eating grin.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

Wow A!A, just wow. This was really cute and you characterized Delvin very well and of course Case was absolutely lovely. A sequel sounds so great, oh my gosh ;u;<3

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D I've already begun posting the sequel further down page 12, under the title "If You Catch My Grift."

Because I'm a sucker for a bad pun.

Re: Poor Judgment, (8/8)

[(Anonymous)]

This was great - I love your characterisation of Devlin. I'd definitely read a sequel. And the line about listening to people sleep was oddly powerful; it was a nice touch.