A night in

[balancingminds]

"Raven!" Charles yelled as he entered the flat, just managing to close the door and not drop anything.

Tonight he was holding slightly more than usual as he'd just been gifted a bottle of wonderful booze and the only person he was going to drink it with was Raven.

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[andproud]

"Come on," she declares, placing her hand in his and giving it a tug.

It's easy to keep one hand resting in his for the sake of balance as she shimmies, hardly caring that she's dancing in her robe.

[balancingminds]

He laughs as he shimmies with her,

"I'm here and dancing."

She seems to live in her robe at home, its not that odd and he manages to grab another sip of his drink.

[andproud]

She grins, chuckling at him as he tries to steal a sip of his drink in the middle of the dance, spinning out and then back in without managing to spill her own.

"Not bad," she teases, pausing to take her own sip. "You haven't stepped on my feet yet."

[balancingminds]

"Course not, I know how to dance just not all the dances,"

It's not his fault she's better at movement things than he is.

As he finally gets a sip he grins and goes, "Ha, got it."

[andproud]

"Yeah, yeah," she murmurs. "You've got the hang of it."

She sways to a stop and curls in against him as the record flips over to the slower song on the B-side.

"Do I have to teach you everything?" she asks, pretending to be exasperated.

[balancingminds]

"No, course you don't,"

He shifts his other arm around her with a small smile, this is nice.

[andproud]

One hand still cradles the mostly empty glass; the other rests on his shoulder.

"Good," she murmurs, offering a teasing smile and a small squeeze.

[balancingminds]

He does a slow turn with her and hugs her back,

"I want you to be happy."

[andproud]

"I am," she whispers, smiling sincerely.

"I might be a little happier if this bottle was empty."

She's grinning as she polishes off the remnants of her glass, dipping back a little too far and stumbling.

[balancingminds]

"Then we should get it empty,"

As she stumbles, he tries to catch her and ends up leaning against the couch. He doesn't fall all the way, which he feels is important.

[andproud]

She just laughs at her own clumsiness, leaning against him in turn as he leans against the arm of the couch.

"Oops."

[balancingminds]

"Nothing's spilled, we'll just sit and refill,"

He downs the rest of his glass, contemplates the couch and her. Then wraps his arms around her waist and tugs her down as he sort of falls to sit.

[andproud]

"Sounds like a plan," she replies, handing her empty glass towards him.

She eases onto the couch next to him, leaning against his side as she curls her knees up.

[balancingminds]

He straightens up, doing his best to not shift her and refills both their glasses,

"I always have good plans."

[andproud]

"Right now, the plan is 'drink'."

She settles against him when he leans back, her head tipping onto his shoulder as she murmurs the words softly into his chest.

[balancingminds]

"Yes,"

He takes a sip of his glass and kisses the top of her head.

[andproud]

She closes her eyes, holding a light grip on her glass. Everything is warm, the aftereffects of the ouzo thrumming through her bloodstream, making her control that much harder to sustain.

She sighs, a soft exhalation of breath, and responds in kind, a kiss pressed to his cheek.

[balancingminds]

Though he doesn't listen to her thoughts, he knows her sighs and he's a little more open after a few drinks,

"Door's locked."

[andproud]

She knows he's not in her head, but even if he is, she's too tipsy to care.

There's a sigh of a different kind as she lets go, turns everything off, and shifts against him again, drinking from the glass he's poured her.

[balancingminds]

He takes another sip of his glass and he smiles. Its good she can be herself here, his control is different, but he's more relaxed than he usually is.

That's why his feeling of contentment is seeping outward and their neighbors upstairs quiet down.

[andproud]

The record player dies down to a background scratching; her whole body is loose-limbed, and she stretches against him, cat-like, arching her back slowly.

"This was a good idea," she murmurs, curling into him, her hand resting over his chest.

[balancingminds]

"It was,"

He kisses the top of her head again and starts to hum a song he doesn't really know.

It was one he picked up from one of the minds in Milliways and he liked the feel of it.

[andproud]

"What's that from?"

She lifts her head to look up at him, deciding to finish her drink before she sets her empty glass aside.

Maybe the bottle will be finished later on.

[balancingminds]

"I've no idea. Someone in Milliways, some of the words were it takes two. I wasn't really listening, it just sounded nice,"

He frowns as he tries to recall more of the words and the song, but he's had enough to drink and wasn't really paying attention.

[andproud]

She grins as he tries to find the words to the song, lips peeling back slowly to reveal teeth.

"Are you drunk, Charles Xavier?"