@classlesstulip i both thank and blame you for the inspiration for this. the next part will be posted either tomorrow or in the future
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Blinking awake, Willa lifts her head from the pillow and blearily looks around the room, silently searching for what woke her up. Soft shuffling coming from her kitchen makes her jolt up in bed, scrambling for the bat kept by the end table. She creeps out of her room and peeks around into the hallway, finding the gentle lights turned low.
Her feet make no noise as she sneaks closer, until she peers around the doorway- only to sigh at the familiar mane of obsidian hair and sets the bat on the kitchen table.
“Ty, you scared the… hell outta me…”
At the sound of his name, he had turned and this gave Willa a full view of his bare torso. His pristine button up was ruffled and unbuttoned, sleeves rolled up to show his arms, a book in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.
“Sorry, blueberry. Late night work.” He says with a grin, which slowly turns into a smirk at her expression.
He easily recognized the way her cheeks and ears tipped with red, her pupils dilating the longer she stares, and her teeth nibbling her bottom lip.
“If you keep looking at me like that, I’m going to have to keep you awake for a few more hours.” He purrs, setting his book and cup down onto the counter as he stalks towards her.
She arches a dark brow, licking her lips slowly.
“Wouldn’t be the first time you’ve kept me up, Tiberius.” She grins and reaches her hands out to trail up his tattooed arms to his inked chest, tracing each design. “Definitely won’t be the last either.”
Without warning, he lifts her over his shoulder like a bag of potatoes, making her squeak and laugh while grabbing at his back. He smooths one hand over the backs of her thighs and rump, which her nightgown barely covered now.
“Oh no, it won’t. But I hope you got enough sleep already tonight.”
*Whistles while pushing his ceremonial garb under his bed with his foot*
“Character who has met god is an atheist” may be excellent, but consider:
“character has like a post-graduate degree in the study of a completely different religion”
“character is a really important religious leader for a completely different religion and they have a REPUTATION”
“character at least nominally followed the religion of the god they meet up until meeting them, but then they decide to convert to something else just to spite them”
“character tries to rope god into their theological arguments on facebook”
and
“character is pursuing a theology degree and sees this as a research opportunity (I can’t decide if it’s funnier if this is theology in the real-world sense or if in this world theology involves observing God in the field)”
(magicianapprenticelyra) Hey Ty! My uncle made too many spring rolls again. Want a couple platters?
FUCK YEAH! Ly, your uncle makes some of the BEST spring rolls I've ever had!
Oh, and feel free to raid my cellar. I've got a lot of bottles of cider, and oodles of fruit preserves. I, uh, may have been a tad more fertile than usual this year.