OPEN POST

[serenesuccessor]

1) Call out one of my muses!
2) Post a prompt, song lyric, picture, or anything really and I'll come up with a starter~ All AUs welcome!
3) Hard mode! No Enjolras

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[honey_silk_tongue]

And make her cry? No thanks, hard to wait tables with a broken arm. [The jest falls flat.] Only my sister knows.

[shylyintrepid]

She might have an idea, you know, since she was in Faerie for a time.

[A pause]

Zane, will you at least tell me what happened? I want to help, I know I can/i> help, but...

[honey_silk_tongue]

Not much to tell.

[He shifts, looking down at his hands and how did the mood shift so drastically?]

Met a guy, thought he was cute, fell for the tricks and got myself cursed.

[shylyintrepid]

...Zane, you're forgetting I'm a faerie. Or, well, half one anyway, though my father's been dead since 1830. What did he say was the reason he cursed you?

[They can't lay a curse without a reason.]

[honey_silk_tongue]

I don't know.

[And he looks at Jehan, almost desperate.]

And I'm not saying that to be difficult I really don't remember. We were out and I was drunk and we argued about something and then BAM! Woke up on the bathroom floor with a tattoo on my back. It wasn't until the next year on my birthday when it started wilting and hurting that I realized it wasn't just a tattoo.

[shylyintrepid]

Wilting? It's a flower?

[He holds his hand out to Zane]

Let me see it. Does it die more every birthday?

[honey_silk_tongue]

Yeah, uh, it's a rose. Rika says it reminded her of Beauty and the Beast, y'know the Disney movie with the talking candlestick?

[He looks at the hand, only a little suspicious.]

Every year it loses petals.

[shylyintrepid]

A timer curse? I can break those easily! Do you remember what you fought about? If you can't, that's okay, I can still break them easily enough. My godmother cast the first one. I grew up learning how to cast and break these.

[honey_silk_tongue]

I already said I didn't know. [He huffs, just a little. But then his eyes widen as he looks at Jehan.] Seriously? You could do that?

[shylyintrepid]

Yes! They're love and attraction based curses--I could lay ten of them in a second, given enough cause. Let me see it, let me see it.

[honey_silk_tongue]

[A bit of hope swells in his chest and Zane moves to grab the bottom of his shirt before he stops.

Suspicion squashes that hope down.]

What do you get out of this?

[shylyintrepid]

A kiss. Just a kiss, on the cheek if you want, and cheesecake.

[honey_silk_tongue]

That's it?

[Zane bites his lip, mostly to fight down a smile.]

You could be asking for anything and all you want is a kiss on the cheek and cheesecake?

[Oh no he's still really cute!]

[shylyintrepid]

Well, yes. Sex is only enjoyable if both parties consent, and you've made it pretty clear that you aren't interested in me. I wouldn't ask for more.

[honey_silk_tongue]

Correction. I'm not interested in faerie-magic-whatever influencing my decisions or keeping me someplace.

But I'm interested in getting to know and take you, the really adorable milkist and chocolatist, out for dinner. As long as he doesn't use any said faerie magic. [He smiles sheepishly, rubbing his shoulder.] I'd really like to get to know you.

[shylyintrepid]

[Jehan's smile? The biggest, brightest smile.]

I promise I will only use faerie magic on flowers and other things to entertain, not to ensnare. I would love dinner.

[honey_silk_tongue]

[Zane can't help it. He leans forward and kisses Jehan's cheek.]

That works, but cutie, no more breaking and entering to leave flowers even if you have help. [He wags his finger, playful.]

[shylyintrepid]

Fine, I'll just enchant the roses to appear in your room without my help! Turn around and take your shirt off.

[He is so red from that kiss, by the way. So red]

[honey_silk_tongue]

Totally missing the point of breaking and entering. [But he shoots Jehan a smile. Really it's a bit flattering that he'd want to leave him roses... A little creepy but at least he means well?

Zane hopes he means well. After all he's pushing aside his apprehension and suspicion right now. He's putting his trust in Jehan.]

Cute and forward, huh?

[The tease is to hide his anxiousness as he turns around, tugging the hem of his shirt up and off. His shoulders tense as he looks ahead, letting Jehan look at the withering rose painted across his right shoulder blade, thorn vines trailing down his side.

There are only a few petals left.]

[shylyintrepid]

...three years. Oh, Zane.

[Jehan puts a hand over the flower]

This...may hurt, a bit. Forcibly breaking a spell is never entirely pleasant, but as this is set to turn you into a slavering, rabid dire wolf I am certain you will prefer a burning sensation. You may still have a rose tattoo, marks are always the trickiest to remove, but the curse will be broken.

[As he speaks, his hand starts heating up until Zane's shoulder should feel like it's on fire]

[honey_silk_tongue]

Dire wolf... Y'mean those wolves in Game of Thrones? Huh. At least I would cu- Ow! Mother-

[He swallows any further curses, digging his nails into his palms as his hands form fists. After it's all said and done he'll be shooting Jehan a glare because a little warning would have been nice. Like before he started talking.]

[shylyintrepid]

[Shrug]

If you had tensed, it would have taken longer. But you're curse-free, now.

[honey_silk_tongue]

I wouldn't've tensed!

[He totally would and he'll be pouting until Jehan's words register. Reaching back he gingerly touches the mark.]

How d'you know for sure? How can I know for sure?

[shylyintrepid]

Do you feel any pain? Sense of impending doom?

[honey_silk_tongue]

Besides the lingering sensation of someone setting my shoulder on fire?

[Alright, he's being a bit overdramatic, whining just a little. At least until it clicks. His eyes widen a bit.]

... No, I don't. [And a look of dawning begins to form, eyes lighting up.]