So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last.

[youfallback]

Who: Carolina and open!
What: Carolina doing maintenance on vehicles in the hangar. People dropping by. Awkward talks.
When: All day (Jan 20th)
Where: Noble Two's hangar, which Carolina has essentially taken charge of
Rating: Updated to R/NC-17 in the York and Carolina thread. Otherwise PG/PG-13 for most others.


After training and a few other things she needed to check in on, Carolina was back in the hangar, outside of her armor for the first time in a few days. While there were obvious uses for said armor, it made her current task of vehicle maintenance much more difficult. So, the Freelancer could be found in the various vehicles in the hangar, dressed in mildly civillian-esque uniform she'd worn out on the expedition, with the addition of a thicker jacket. After all, she couldn't run vehicles without proper ventilation and the only ventilation was opening the garage door a little.

She didn't plan on being bugged, but things were rarely as she planned them as of late.


(ooc: I'll slap up times below with Carolina's location/the vehicle she's working on below!)

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[youfallback]

No more heavy machinery tonight. [At, gasp, 2000. This was taking a night off to her. With a slight smirk,] Whiskey.

[encryptedlock]

[He pours them each a shot (she can take an extra one later), then holds up his glass as if to toast her.]

To the end of a long week.

[...Entirely too long.]

[youfallback]

[Carolina nods firmly, clinking her shot glass against his. She wouldn't argue with that toast one bit. ]

To the end of a long week and to lightbulbs.

[encryptedlock]

You know that's begging for a joke, right?

[Ah well. He drinks his shot quickly, though he has to gasp just a little at the end.]

Smooth.

[And there's that nice fire running through him, and psychological or not he already feels himself begin to relax.]

[youfallback]

[She takes her own shot, blowing out a breath at the burn. Oh yeah, this is familiar. ]

Go ahead. It's Friday. [Smirking brightly at him as she glances at their choices in liquor. Maybe just tonight.]

[encryptedlock]

Sure thing, Boss. Another for you?

[He does pour himself another shot, though he doesn't yet take it.]

Listen, I--I probably overreacted too, the other day. It was just kind of sudden, you know?

[youfallback]

Sure. [And holding out her shot glass. She nods, the smile turning into a more somber expression.] I wasn't thinking about how you'd been out for a week. [Because, well, she hadn't thought him real.]

[encryptedlock]

[He pours one for her as well, nodding sharply once.]

Well, it's hard to get used to, really. Losses, I mean.

Was I at least a cute toy?

[youfallback]

[Carolina takes her shot without hesitation.] Yeah. You both were.

Helped me sleep a couple nights.

[encryptedlock]

[He takes his as well, then. Yeah, two shots in quick succession is going to start affecting him, even though he's not exactly intolerant to alcohol.]

--Yeah? You sleeping all right without us, then?

[Which is probably a little more direct than he should be, but.]

[youfallback]

[Carolina blows out a breath. She's starting to get a little warm herself, which is something of an unusual feeling. As well, she raises her eyebrows at him. Well, that answered that question as to whether or not he'd remember being a toy, because she doubts that he'd want to have forgotten being up close and personal with the ladies a few nights in a row.]

No, you were there. [She tries to bite down on the obvious smirk that would probably give her away too much.]

[encryptedlock]

Well, no, I mean, uh. Now.

[He leans in a little closer, and it may or may not be the whiskey loosening his tongue here.]

We don't have to go back tonight.

[youfallback]

[Carolina raises her eyebrows at him, but wouldn't mind him staying the night with her even as she's still mostly sober. She holds out her shot glass.]

Then don't go back. [It's as simple as that, as she wasn't planning to head back to the Castle with alcohol in her system to begin with. No need to undo the good the hangar'd done.]

[encryptedlock]

That easy, huh?

[He pours her one more, the loser's penalty (though of course he might pour himself some more later).]

Missed you these past few days.

[youfallback]

[And Carolina quickly knocks back that third. Yeah, she's gonna start feeling it in a few minutes. Three in a very short amount of time is going to start affecting her for sure in no time. She just smiles. They're in private, things have been mostly sorted through, why not speak her mind and be open with him.

The words sound hideously trite to her, though,] Missed you these past two weeks. [Especially last Friday. ]

[encryptedlock]

[Have they talked enough yet? York thinks maybe they've talked enough now. He leans over to kiss her on the mouth, slowly and softly and tenderly.

How much did you miss me, he's asking without words.]

[youfallback]

[Carolina at first is taken by surprise with the kiss, but very okay with it. She places her hand on the side of his neck, feeling the warmth of his skin under her touch. Sure, his armor's in the way, which makes getting too much closer difficult, but this is good enough for now. Her lips move slowly against his, her mouth opening slightly.

Yeah, she missed him a lot, more than enough to start making out with him in a pantry.]

[encryptedlock]

[Just be careful of the implant slot, because if her fingers get too close to there he'll freak out a little much. He does like and trust her very much, but his sanity's kind of dependent on Delta's presence.

Aside from that, though, he'll just kiss her back nice and slowly, sensually. Eventually he breaks it, though, with a smile that's really more of a smirk.]

Missed me that much, huh?

[youfallback]

[Carolina's fingers do eventually pull back from their place at the side of his neck, moving up to his jaw and cheek (and well away from that implant slot, even if she's not consciously doing it for that reason. Him breaking the kiss has her frowning a little, albeit with much more of a flush to her face than before, partially because of the whiskey.]

It's a pretty accurate estimation.

[encryptedlock]

[She's definitely not the only one who's flushed, alcohol or not. He could definitely go for something a little more intense...but this probably isn't the right place for it.]

What do you think? Much else you want to do with the machines tonight, or are we free for the weekend?

[...Not that it means she probably won't be up at six tomorrow, but she should know what he means.]

[youfallback]

You still have one more job tonight. [Carolina holds up a finger.] Not with machines.

[She waits for a moment, probably just long enough for him to get a very different mental image than what she's about to say. Hey, she can tease too.

Leaning up nice and close, she speaks across his lips.] You need to teach me how to put up a tent, still.

[encryptedlock]

[...She is a terrible tease and that is not fair. At all.]

--Right. Uh, right. A tent. Is indoors all right?

[Since it's a little cold out. Also, he should probably get his armor off while he's still somewhat sober, since he does fully intend to try a few things that don't involve it at all later tonight.]

[youfallback]

[Carolina chuckles and bites her lip mischievously, the alcohol starting to really loosen her up. ] We can move the mats from the weight room out and make camp in the hangar.

[She's beyond grinning at this point, taking a huge victory in having properly teased him.]

[encryptedlock]

Sounds good, I think. Mind if I change first?

[...It's really not necessary to be out of armor to put up tents, and they both know it. Still, he asks.]

[youfallback]

Let's move the mats first. [Partially because that armor would lend some strength, and because the last thing they'd want to do while properly drunk would be to try and lift anything heavy.

Regardless, she slips her hand into his and tries to lead him toward the weight room.]