He had not been particularly verbose before, but now it was more of a stunned silence. Finding himself pleasantly surprised at her grasp of metaphysical theory, though he would not give her the satisfaction of saying so. So, there was some intelligence rattling around beneath those curls; it had been rude of him to assume otherwise, having only held a conversation with her for a few minutes. A very one-sided conversation at that.
Grayson never intended to be so off-put and suspicious when meeting someone new. He was slow to trust on principle, which came from years of being lead astray by putting faith in someone else.
And it wasn't like being wary of a poodle-turned-woman that you accidentally brought home was completely unreasonable.
He would have agreed that magic was indeed 'dumb' if he'd felt like seeking out some sort of camaraderie. It was honestly, his least favorite supernatural school of study. But once again, he denied her any sort of personal insight. All in all it was difficult to be in the mood to talk about anything substantial when she looked as attractive as she in his sweater.
Because it was a travesty that she was appealing to him at all.
He could have said you're welcome as he practically ran off and hid in his room, brooding and petulant. Except, she would eventually learn Grayson was accidentally rude as fuck.
And sometimes on purpose.
He wasn't sure how he felt about her roaming around his house. He had pushed the pillow off of his head and rolled over to consider the ceiling. Without his glasses the shadows cast across the white paint were swaying blobs caused by the Weeping Willow outside his wonder. He could hear her moving around downstairs; rifling around the kitchen. It took a great deal of effort not to get up again to explain to her that he had A System.
The muffled drone from her TV told him that she didn't close the door. He wouldn't complain, because it eventually put him to sleep.
He woke up because his room was too bright. Years of waking up before the sun, made doing so feel completely wrong. He sat up, blinking against the sunlight, and skirting his hands blindly across the sheets for his glasses. He held them in his hand as he got up and shuffled into the attached bathroom and went about his daily routine.
He traded his jeans, for an identical pair that he hadn't slept in and pulled a plain, maroon t-shirt over his head. His glasses were now on his face, and his hair looked like a more deliberate mess. He went down stairs, medication in hand, to make himself some coffee.
He had almost forgotten that there was woman that magically turned into a poodle in his house. That she had somehow coerced him into letting her stay there for an amount of time that had yet to be determined. The sight of his good cast iron pan in the sink, filled with water and, to his utter horror soap, brought everything back in a whirlwind. He dropped his phone and a small handful of pills onto the counter to retrieve his pan from the hell it had endured over night. He could have screamed, but he didn't. Could have marched upstairs and put a small dog out on the street, but he didn't. He would take deep breaths and start a pot of coffee as originally planned.
Properly cleaning and re-seasoning the pan was going to be an ordeal. You bet your sweet ass he was going to spend all late morning doing it, though.
Grayson never intended to be so off-put and suspicious when meeting someone new. He was slow to trust on principle, which came from years of being lead astray by putting faith in someone else.
And it wasn't like being wary of a poodle-turned-woman that you accidentally brought home was completely unreasonable.
He would have agreed that magic was indeed 'dumb' if he'd felt like seeking out some sort of camaraderie. It was honestly, his least favorite supernatural school of study. But once again, he denied her any sort of personal insight. All in all it was difficult to be in the mood to talk about anything substantial when she looked as attractive as she in his sweater.
Because it was a travesty that she was appealing to him at all.
He could have said you're welcome as he practically ran off and hid in his room, brooding and petulant. Except, she would eventually learn Grayson was accidentally rude as fuck.
And sometimes on purpose.
He wasn't sure how he felt about her roaming around his house. He had pushed the pillow off of his head and rolled over to consider the ceiling. Without his glasses the shadows cast across the white paint were swaying blobs caused by the Weeping Willow outside his wonder. He could hear her moving around downstairs; rifling around the kitchen. It took a great deal of effort not to get up again to explain to her that he had A System.
The muffled drone from her TV told him that she didn't close the door. He wouldn't complain, because it eventually put him to sleep.
He woke up because his room was too bright. Years of waking up before the sun, made doing so feel completely wrong. He sat up, blinking against the sunlight, and skirting his hands blindly across the sheets for his glasses. He held them in his hand as he got up and shuffled into the attached bathroom and went about his daily routine.
He traded his jeans, for an identical pair that he hadn't slept in and pulled a plain, maroon t-shirt over his head. His glasses were now on his face, and his hair looked like a more deliberate mess. He went down stairs, medication in hand, to make himself some coffee.
He had almost forgotten that there was woman that magically turned into a poodle in his house. That she had somehow coerced him into letting her stay there for an amount of time that had yet to be determined. The sight of his good cast iron pan in the sink, filled with water and, to his utter horror soap, brought everything back in a whirlwind. He dropped his phone and a small handful of pills onto the counter to retrieve his pan from the hell it had endured over night. He could have screamed, but he didn't. Could have marched upstairs and put a small dog out on the street, but he didn't. He would take deep breaths and start a pot of coffee as originally planned.
Properly cleaning and re-seasoning the pan was going to be an ordeal. You bet your sweet ass he was going to spend all late morning doing it, though.
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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