[ Luther's strangled noise is a little more restrained this time, because he's on the back foot defensive and a little more prepared for that goading nudge. She loves messing with him, shattering that composure like a wrecking ball going through the wall. Allison is one of the only people who can do it to him so reliably. ]
I still remember the very first time that happened at a media event. It used to be signing slips of paper, then it was print runs of the comics, then we got older and it was Sharpies and cleavage. I never said yes to those requests. It was just too awkward.
[ Like the Academy were pop stars with screaming fans, rather than soldiers. The Monocle had fostered the reputation, encouraged it, and a few of the children had hungered for it: the fame, the attention, the perceived power. (Although it wasn't real power, of course. They were commodities.) ]
Have you heard from any of the others lately? We could foist Diego on her, maybe. I've heard women are supposed to like the whole 'dark and brooding' thing he's going for.
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I still remember the very first time that happened at a media event. It used to be signing slips of paper, then it was print runs of the comics, then we got older and it was Sharpies and cleavage. I never said yes to those requests. It was just too awkward.
[ Like the Academy were pop stars with screaming fans, rather than soldiers. The Monocle had fostered the reputation, encouraged it, and a few of the children had hungered for it: the fame, the attention, the perceived power. (Although it wasn't real power, of course. They were commodities.) ]
Have you heard from any of the others lately? We could foist Diego on her, maybe. I've heard women are supposed to like the whole 'dark and brooding' thing he's going for.