Room 502 | Late Afternoon | Tuesday | February 2

[therewaslife]

Bod didn't tire easily but even two mentally tough classes were enough to exhaust him somewhat. After the last one, he'd come back to his room and flopped backwards on his bed, feet on the floor and arms flopped haphazardly on his mattress.

He only planned on staying there a minute or two, just enough to gather up his focus and his reorder his thoughts before doing something else. Anything else. His first instinct was to take a nap but Bod fought that one and, instead, rolled to his side to pull out a bag from underneath his bed.

After removing the collectibles from the bag last week, all that remained were his important documents. Passports, ID's, and other things Silas had given to him upon his departure from the graveyard. His eyes fell on the birth date and Bod wondered if that was even true. These documents said he had a birthday but he'd never celebrated one and he didn't think Silas could magically know his actual birthday despite all of his talents.

His name was Nobody Owens but even someone but even someone as confident and as proud of that name as he was could wonder about his unknown past.

[door and post are open! still iced in for the most part so keep me entertained!]

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[vanillajello]

There were so many places that made more sense as places Kate could be found right now.

Many. Really.

And yet, suddenly she was here, in this particular place, leaning her shoulder against the doorframe. She was wrapped up in her short leather jacket and wearing fingerless gloves; it wasn't as if she'd come here on purpose, no. She'd been smoking up on the roof, and this was just a random detour on her way back down to her own room.

"Hey," she said. "Whatcha doing?"

[therewaslife]

"Nothing significant," said Bod, turning until he could see her even while keeping his passport in his hand, clutched tightly between his fingers. One corner of his mouth turned up at her appearance in his doorway.

"You, on the other hand, look like you've been out and about," he observed, pushing himself into a sitting position on the edge of his bed. "What're you doing?"

[vanillajello]

"I was up on the roof," Kate replied, shrugging while she took a step in to the room and slipped her hands into her jacket pockets. "And now I'm heading back to my room. So, you know, totally exciting things going on."

[therewaslife]

"You're being more active than I," he said, closing his passport and dropping it into the place vacated when he stood up to wander closer to her. "I think I can forgiven though. I had two classes today. I nearly took a nap before you stopped by. You saved me from laziness."

[vanillajello]

"Then maybe I should leave, because laziness is not something people should be saved from," she said, frowning in mock-disapproval. "Laziness is awesome. It's practically my main pastime."

[therewaslife]

"I have no problem with laziness," he assured her, shrugging one shoulder. "That doesn't mean I have to take a nap, does it? I could miss something important."

Case in point.

"I would have missed your visit," he pointed out. "Better than me being lazy for a few hours."

[vanillajello]

Kate couldn't entirely suppress a small grin at that.

Still, she had a point to argue. "I don't know, naps are pretty awesome too. And you don't know how this visit will go, yet."

[therewaslife]

"That's true, I don't." He couldn't predict the future even if he liked to remain optimistic about it. "How do you think this visit will go? You are the one visiting, after all."

[vanillajello]

"I will definitely leave at some point," she said, nodding with certainty. "I won't even try to predict anything else." Beat. "Oh, and you'll probably annoy me."

[therewaslife]

"I annoy a lot of people," he said, letting a light laugh slip out at that. Bod took pride in that talent partly because it was better than people thinking him a monster.

"You don't have to lurk in the doorway," he offered, gesturing to the small but open dorm room. "I haven't bitten anyone since I was a child so I think I can restrain myself now."

[vanillajello]

"Not all biting is bad," she remarked idly, taking a few steps further into the room. Her hands were still in her pockets, but she glanced down at her left arm, where the sleeve of her jacket had a few holes in it. "The kind we get most in Fandom is, though."

[therewaslife]

"And what kind of biting do you like, Kate?" asked Bod, managing not to grin at the question. She'd dangled the line, he couldn't very well not take the bait, right?

Besides, he wasn't sure she'd actually honestly answer a question that could easily be construed as personal and private. Not with him, at least.

[vanillajello]

"Sexy. Teasing. These perfect little nibbles along my neck. And other parts."

No, this was not the kind of private thing Kate had a problem sharing. And yes, he was being watched closely for his reaction, now.

She shrugged. "And I guess gentle is the key word. I'm not a fan of actually getting bruised. Bruises raise too many questions."

[therewaslife]

Obviously, his assumption on this point had been wrong. And while he hadn't expected an answer, he wasn't surprised by it. Interested, that was more word.

And while his reaction wasn't very obvious, if she watched close enough, she'd be able to see a twitch of one corner of his mouth or a tinge of pink around his ears. Other than that, nothing much to show.

"Pleasurable biting," he said, nodding. And while he hadn't done it himself, he'd read enough and talked to enough people to know. "Balancing between what feels good and what's painful. Tricky line to walk, isn't it?"

[vanillajello]

Of course she watched close enough. She knew what kinds of things she was looking for, and she found them, as subtle as they were.

Maybe it had been a test of some sort.

Maybe he'd passed.

"Practice makes perfect," she remarked. "And practising is fun."

[therewaslife]

"You almost sound as if you're giving me a pep talk," he teased, retaking his seat on the edge of his bed and looking up at her. "Encouraging me to find someone to pleasurably bite."

[vanillajello]

"I still don't do pep talks, Bod," Kate reminded him. "Not my style." She rocked back on her heels a bit. "If you do decide to find someone to do that to, I won't take any credit for it."

[therewaslife]

"Oh?" Bod, sensing a small (tiny, really) opening there, got back to his feet and padded closer. "Did you have suggestions on who I should look for to practice?"

Hey, she said she thought he'd annoy her. He couldn't very well let her down, could he?

"I am still new, after all," he added after a moment.

[vanillajello]

Kate snorted, then tilted her head to the side and raised an eyebrow, amused. "While I'm totally fierce and cool enough to be one, I'm not a biting pimp."

Annoying? He was going to have to try harder.

[therewaslife]

"What, not even for me?" asked Bod, stopping in front of her and letting his arms hang loose at his sides. "Why not? You obviously know more about the subject than I do and I'm eager to learn."

[vanillajello]

Kate finally pulled her hands out of her pockets, only to settle them on her hips. "Sorry, I just fail to see why you should be an exception to my 'no pimping' rule. I mean, what's in it for me, huh?"

[therewaslife]

"I think your definition of pimp is faulty. You'd be soliciting customers for me, not offering suggestions, if your definition was right. So, in actuality, you wouldn't be a pimp at all."

And Bod didn't really want suggestions. He was just looking for ways to get under her skin again, see what was there.

"What do you want?" he asked, making sure to answer her question. "I might be able to give it to you."

[vanillajello]

"What I want most right now is a vacation."

Among other things. But those other things were mostly severely more abtract and, unsurprisingly, private.

"But I can easily get that myself."

[therewaslife]

"Why do you want a vacation?" asked Bod, easily switching to that topic. "Tired of the winter?"

[vanillajello]

"Tired of Fandom," she replied with a light shrug of her shoulders. "Winter I can live with, and it's not like I'm thinking of a vacation anywhere far from here."