[ct] 83.4 - quote on love
Oct. 15th, 2009 12:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magic_fratboyNOTE: Takes place early in Tommy and Zee's relationship, shortly after the occurrence of this piece.
“I love you.”
“Love you, too, babe.”
“…I really do, you know.”
Ziyah’s insistence caused him to stop boning the chicken in front of him and look up, where she was leaning over the counterspace separating the kitchen from the dining area with her chin in her hand as she watched him cook.
“What brought this on?” he asked with a tilt of his head, reaching for a paper towel to wipe his hands.
She shrugged, sultry lips forming a thoughtful pout, too thoughtful for her casual pose and the quiet, easy domesticity of the evening. “I don’t know…I was just thinking about how we met.”
“That forum where you were goin’ on about how no man could chain you down?”
“Yeah, that. When I was still with Dio.”
“I remember it, yeah. What about it?”
“Well…I just don’t want you to think I have a problem with…this.” she explained, gesturing between them. “Us. This arrangement.”
Tommy shrugged, turning and tossing the paper towel across the room and into the trash can for a perfect basket. “It ain’t an arrangement, Zee, it’s a relationship. You’re my girl.”
The look he got was an exciting one…a flash of anger in her eyes, a rise of her chest that showed she was taking a breath for that first tirade, or maybe to hold her temper at bay. Tommy didn’t give her a chance to respond as he raised a hand and continued.
“And that means you’re mine for the moment, ‘cause that’s all we got. Zee, I ain’t a god and I ain’t an animal tamer. That means I don’t expect to get my way, and I don’t have a leash to put on ya. I’m an artist…capturing moments is what I know, it’s what I understand. And that’s all I’ll ever expect of ya: moments. A night, a day, a split second, but when you give it to me? You are mine. Completely. For that moment…I own you. Then I let ya go ‘till the next time. So yeah, you’re my girl…for now.”
He watched her in spite of himself, his cheeks warming as he spilled his guts while her lips parted and her eyes got bright.
He expected a lot of things, but he didn’t quite expect her to vault over the counter the way she did and fling her arms around him, kissing him as if her life depended on it.
“I love you, baby. And *that* I mean forever.”
Tommy just smiled and kissed her back, wrapping his arms around her as tight as he could and held on tight. Maybe she meant it, maybe she didn’t…maybe she wanted to. He wouldn’t hold her down if he could help it.
She meant it right now…and that was all he cared about.
Muse: Tommy Karras
Fandom: Original Character
Words: 470
Partner: Ziyah Ambrogio (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
zee_ali) [Highlander OC]
“I love you.”
“Love you, too, babe.”
“…I really do, you know.”
Ziyah’s insistence caused him to stop boning the chicken in front of him and look up, where she was leaning over the counterspace separating the kitchen from the dining area with her chin in her hand as she watched him cook.
“What brought this on?” he asked with a tilt of his head, reaching for a paper towel to wipe his hands.
She shrugged, sultry lips forming a thoughtful pout, too thoughtful for her casual pose and the quiet, easy domesticity of the evening. “I don’t know…I was just thinking about how we met.”
“That forum where you were goin’ on about how no man could chain you down?”
“Yeah, that. When I was still with Dio.”
“I remember it, yeah. What about it?”
“Well…I just don’t want you to think I have a problem with…this.” she explained, gesturing between them. “Us. This arrangement.”
Tommy shrugged, turning and tossing the paper towel across the room and into the trash can for a perfect basket. “It ain’t an arrangement, Zee, it’s a relationship. You’re my girl.”
The look he got was an exciting one…a flash of anger in her eyes, a rise of her chest that showed she was taking a breath for that first tirade, or maybe to hold her temper at bay. Tommy didn’t give her a chance to respond as he raised a hand and continued.
“And that means you’re mine for the moment, ‘cause that’s all we got. Zee, I ain’t a god and I ain’t an animal tamer. That means I don’t expect to get my way, and I don’t have a leash to put on ya. I’m an artist…capturing moments is what I know, it’s what I understand. And that’s all I’ll ever expect of ya: moments. A night, a day, a split second, but when you give it to me? You are mine. Completely. For that moment…I own you. Then I let ya go ‘till the next time. So yeah, you’re my girl…for now.”
He watched her in spite of himself, his cheeks warming as he spilled his guts while her lips parted and her eyes got bright.
He expected a lot of things, but he didn’t quite expect her to vault over the counter the way she did and fling her arms around him, kissing him as if her life depended on it.
“I love you, baby. And *that* I mean forever.”
Tommy just smiled and kissed her back, wrapping his arms around her as tight as he could and held on tight. Maybe she meant it, maybe she didn’t…maybe she wanted to. He wouldn’t hold her down if he could help it.
She meant it right now…and that was all he cared about.
Muse: Tommy Karras
Fandom: Original Character
Words: 470
Partner: Ziyah Ambrogio (
zee_ali) [Highlander OC]
