st_ormchaser | [Lara and Kitty] slow down and talk

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Lara's room wasn't pink, but that wasn't necessarily a positive. Lara hadn't thought that was possible, until she turned on the lights, and the golden light plus the dark walls made her bed look brighter, a stark gold-white shape dominating the room. There wasn't much other furniture, if she and Kitty wanted to talk it would have to be on the bed.

They'd done it before, of course - the first time on the night they'd arrived, when Kitty had taken care of Lara's wounds and shared some of her secrets. But right now, still a little heated from the bar... it seemed a little dangerous. Kitty Pryde, in her bed.

But she gestured Kitty into the room, welcoming, anyway. If the worst danger was the possibility of ending up naked with a woman who was certainly her best friend in the Inn... that didn't actually feel dangerous.

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Any other time, Kitty wouldn't even have noticed the lack of furniture in Lara's room, but after making out in the bar, it suddenly seemed like a bright neon sign advertising "SEXSEXSEX!" Still, Kitty didn't think either of them was going to let a bed dictate their actions, and celibacy had been working for her.

Sort of.

She glanced at Lara, then at the bed, and then laughed brightly. "Come on. I'll only bite if you want me to." After that, she kicked off her shoes and flung herself down onto the bed on her stomach.

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st_ormchaser

It didn't break the associations, but it definitely broke the tension, and Lara had to laugh a little. That was one of the best things about Kitty, really - she saw things as quickly as Lara did, made associations, and then more often than not did exactly the right thing.

She flopped onto the bed as well, toeing off her shoes as part of wriggling into position next to Kitty, then bumped her shoulder. "Avoid anything that was an open wound until recently and you're probably fine."

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st_alksthroughwalls

It would be really easy to duck her shoulder, roll to her back, and pull Lara over her. And equally easy to flip Lara and come up over her. Kitty didn't do either thing, because...mostly because she didn't know how she felt yet, outside of aroused.

Instead, she nudged Lara back with her shoulder and smiled. At least Lara was making this easy. "How far out on a limb am I, if I say I don't think that was all about the hotel's weird magic?"

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st_ormchaser

Oddly, Lara wanted to blush. As if they hadn't been all over each other in the nightclub. As if she didn't still want to roll Kitty over and continue the not-talking they'd been doing. So, even though part of her wanted to, she didn't. "Not far at all. And it's... a fairly strong limb, to boot."

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"That's what I thought." Now Kitty's cheeks started to warm and she felt...shy, she supposed, was the best word for it. It was novel enough that it kept her from continuing immediately. Instead, she reached over to take Lara's hand and thread their fingers together. For a another minute or so, she just looked at their hands together.

"Seems like we're on the same limb," she finally said. "Which...makes it really weird to tell you I was on the same limb with Wyatt this morning." Not for as long, or as vigorously, but Wyatt wasn't Lara, and kissing her at all and telling her the things he had was almost more intimate.

It was probably kind of abrupt, but Kitty knew if she didn't say it now, it would only get harder. And she didn't want to lose Lara or Wyatt. Really didn't want to.

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st_ormchaser

Curled up together on a bed, holding hands, it seemed obviously to Lara that Kitty wasn't necessarily gearing up for a 'you're great and all but...' talk. Which meant that Lara could recall how much Kitty liked Wyatt without worrying about it.

Which led to at least a few very interesting mental pictures. Lara shook her head slightly to shake those loose, then squeezed Kitty's hand. "Sorry, all I can think is 'my, that must have been pretty'."

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Lara's response startled a healthy laugh out of Kitty that trailed off into giggles. "Lara!" But the protest barely passed her lips before she lapsed into giggles again. It was one of the things she really liked about Lara, that she didn't censor herself around Kitty.

It took her a bit to pull herself back together, and when she did, she offered, "He said he meant to take me on a date before he kissed me. I don't think he even knew about the magic or whatever it was. I didn't." She hadn't needed it. "He's really sweet, L. And... I really like him. But I really like you, too."

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st_ormchaser

Lara thought about it for a while. Kitty was being honest, she deserved honesty in return, but what exactly that was....

Finally, she said, "Well. I don't have so many friends that I can afford to lose one to a man. I really like you, too, I want you to be happy. And apparently I just want you." That was new, or at least newly-realized, but it was true. "So... I think I'll try anything. Worst case scenario, you're still my best friend in this place."

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"Totally. No way I'm letting this get in the way of friendship. Even if I had lots of friends, I couldn't spare you." Kitty squeezed Lara's hand, then let it go to wrap her arm around Lara's shoulders and hug her close. "And I don't ever want to be a reason you're not happy."

That provoked a small sigh. "And apparently I want you, too, but I suck at relationships. Whenever I let myself fall for someone, I lose them." She wasn't going to depress herself by making a mental list. "You and Wyatt are both really important to me. I'm scared if I say the wrong thing to either of you, I'm going to lose you both."

If it sounded like she'd already thought about this, she hadn't. It was all pouring out of her mouth without any kind of editorial filter. She cared about Wyatt and wanted to date him, but kissing Lara had opened her eyes to a whole new set of feelings, and she wanted to explore them, too. "So what do I do?"

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st_ormchaser

Lara actually laughed, and if she'd been willing to move away from Kitty she'd have rolled over onto her back to make it easier.

When she had the breath and space to talk, she said, "Kitty. Are you serious right now? A thousand-year-old mummified Japanese Sun Queen who controlled storms and the sea, her equally ancient honor guard, and an entire island full of murderous cultists couldn't stop me. Say whatever you want, Lara Croft does not quit."

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st_alksthroughwalls

Kitty thought back on her own life and all the things that had tried to kill her or keep her down. In that light, being afraid of losing a friend because she either did or didn't want to keep making out (or more) with them seemed kind of silly.

"Okay," she said with a laugh. "I see your point. I hope Wyatt feels the same way."