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[eldorne_girl]

[Delia had been working. Working; flirting and charming and sex and, well, it's nice and fun, but...]

[she smiles, a little, as she smooths down her bodice]

[there is increasingly a 'but'. Always there, at the edges of her mind...

damn her pride]

[she knocks on the door once, and then opens it]

Val?

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[eldorne-girl.livejournal.com]

Good. For I think I shall enjoy Verona.

[that-valentine.livejournal.com]

"I am sure that you shall."

[eldorne-girl.livejournal.com]

So, when?

[and then she laughs, softly]

And for how long?

[that-valentine.livejournal.com]

"As soon as possible," he says, "and maybe for only a few days, for now?"

[eldorne-girl.livejournal.com]

Sure, I'll just have to let Inara know...[she smiles again, flitting.]

Or maybe I'll just hand in my resignation. I am sick of it. And then I can do what I like.

[that-valentine.livejournal.com]

"You do not need to work, you know," he says, gently. "I will not let you want, for anything."

[eldorne-girl.livejournal.com]

[Delia moves her head, looks up at him]

I know. But...you know my pride, Val.

[that-valentine.livejournal.com]

"I do," he agrees, softly. "But I would not see you unhappy. . ."

[eldorne-girl.livejournal.com]

Just...bored. I am used to being bored.

[that-valentine.livejournal.com]

"Then, we shall take a holiday!" He decides. "We shall go to Verona, and shop for many pretty things, although none of them will hold a candle to your beauty."

[eldorne-girl.livejournal.com]

[and there is that smile again]

Flatterer.

[that-valentine.livejournal.com]

"Only ever the truth, for you, my darling."

[eldorne-girl.livejournal.com]

[a soft, husky laugh and another kiss]

So you say.

[that-valentine.livejournal.com]

"So I do," he agrees, once her soft lips leave his.

"Why," teasing, "don't you believe me?"

[eldorne-girl.livejournal.com]

Because I've spent so much time among the flatters.

[and she says it with a smile, but it's true.]

[that-valentine.livejournal.com]

"Well, that is sad," he says, "but I still speak the truth."

[eldorne-girl.livejournal.com]

I know.

[and then she snugles back down again, because la he is warm and comfortable and she likes having his arms around her]

Mmmm, I'll write out my resignation in the morning, maybe. I'm too comfortable right now.

[that-valentine.livejournal.com]

He chuckles, again, chest rumbling against her.

"I am glad to hear that. Spend the night with me?"

It is somewhere between an offer, and a request.

[eldorne-girl.livejournal.com]

I don't wish to be anywhere else.

[that-valentine.livejournal.com]

He simply curls his arms around her a little tighter, at that, and says nothing.