In the beginning she's detached enough to stand outside themselves and watch, but underestimating his intensity is her first problem. Paloma's quite dismayed to discover her hair mussed, the hat and veil on the cab floor, fingers a-tangle in Hyde's collar and lapel, and her fangs just itching to say hello.
Because it's so dark, the huge black of her pupils may slip past notice. She does not breathe. "Dios te salve, Maria."
Her reaction is all the more sweet. So is seeing the disorder they've caused so quickly. He'd like to see more, to ruin her hairstyle entirely and maybe for other articles to join the veil on the floor. He can't help himself, Hyde kisses her again - how can he not, he remembers sleeping with her, weeks gone by, but fresh in the memory. And whether or not he can have it, that's what he wants again, he'll get as close to it as he possibly can.
The man's a barbarian. Savage. And although in her heart Paloma wishes to be precious and treasured, she also wishes to be free in her savageness and ferocity. That desire for freedom recognizes kindred in Hyde more than she is ready to acknowledge.
He cannot know the danger or strength in the hand clapped to his cheek for something to hold onto-- besides her seat, which at any moment she worries will disappear from underneath herself if this keeps on. "Sir," she tries at the next break, "Sir, Mr. Hhhyde," oh good God.
He doesn't want to stop, and he very nearly doesn't, he very nearly forgets can't go on without permission, for his own safety. That this is someone who matters to some extent in society, and knows his other half. His hands have begun to stray, moving down her waist. But finally he does halt, even if he doesn't pull away. "Yes?" He has to wait for an answer before going at it again...but that doesn't mean he can't find his way to her neck in the meantime.
Paloma's fangs slide out of their sheath with a small wet sound only her ears will pick up. Her quick inhale is audible.
"Mr. Hyde," she strains to enunciate clearly at the cab ceiling, doing the opposite of pushing him away; he'd found a pleasant spot to be and one of her dangerous hands helps guide him higher, beneath the edge of her jawline. "This is unwell, for you."
"Is it? It seems very well, to me..." She is dangerously close to allowing him, and so he ventures to place a hand on her thigh. Over the fabric, as much as he'd like to slip under her skirts.
Her teeth are closing in and he cannot even begin to realize the threat they pose. Paloma's lips brush over his ear on their slow and inexorable path to his throat.
The cab floor rocks on a difficult street, but she's not to be dislodged. Very soon, Hyde won't know anything. "The driver is taking me home."
Finally, finally, her mouth finds his throat. Paloma noses past his thoroughly rumpled collar and, oddly, the breath against Hyde runs cooler.
"No."
There's no pain. Not a prick, not a heartbeat where sinking into him comes with excruciating agony before the Kiss banishes thought and paralyzes the man who thinks her a toy.
He goes limp against her suddenly, a shiver running through him. Ecstasy more than anything else, if any feeling can be assigned to it at all. And it is awfully rare that he should be still and silent, putty in the hands of another. His head droops, leaning against Paloma's. In such a tranquil state, his features retain their youthful innocence, without the vile ripple underneath, he could seem a child.
He doesn't taste vile. He fills her mouth and belly same as any other man. Once Paloma's taken what's safe, she licks the bite for rapid healing, lets him rest against her until the paralysis wears off, and she thinks up excuses to fill the gap in his memory ...
"Mr. Hyde? Mr. Hyde! Are you all right?" Don't open your eyes, she thinks abruptly. You look like an angel.
He has fallen asleep on her, like the child he could be by appearance at this moment. It's a good thing he is fresh and won't change during sleep, just yet. Hyde wakes with a start, eyes wide as he searches to remember where he is. It would be understandable if she laughed at him. Big bad Hyde innocent and panicked.
Some men might kill to awaken cradled to a lovely woman's bosom, her arms and chest the only things keeping him upright. Why, if he feigned weakness and laid his cheek down upon them, none could point fingers.
"--What happened?" He looks up at her, but in the end, does exactly that, resting his head upon her chest. Nose very nearly between her breasts. Look at him, he is young and cute, allow him the breast cushion.
Young, cute, absent eight ounces of blood. He's excused the familiarity and Paloma thoughtlessly runs gloved fingers through his messy hair.
"Do you often fall asleep so sudden?" she inquires, all wide-eyed innocence that doesn't seem out of place despite the bruised look of her mouth. From kissing-- she's careful not to leave flecks of blood.
Yes, he can be excused, he feels so dizzy, after all. Did he fall ill suddenly? Maybe a bad reaction to the transformation drug?
He could sleep right there on her, and almost more Jekyll than Hyde in this state, he seems very ready and content to do just that, curling up against her. It's a moment before he answers, and very nearly forgotten, which might be obvious in his suddenly soft, sleepy voice. "No, never, I am no child..."
A multitude of reasons for a spell of unconsciousness. Nothing of her could possibly be threatening ...
God, when was she last fitted to another so neatly, so naturally? Carlos never holds her anymore. Only the briefest of possessive touches. Reminders. Guilt-ridden for this somehow obscene need, she presses a kiss to his temple. "No, no child. You are much the man."
"Exactly." It's very nearly a whine, and wrapping an arm around Paloma's waist, he certainly does himself no favours. It doesn't occur to him that the drug will wear off within a few hours, he just wants to rest here. He just wants to be with her right now, the innocent desire of his better half mingling with the selfish desires of his own.
What a dizzy baby. Her lips move against Hyde's hair, but no words come. This is an altogether different desire than the one spiraling out of control at their mouths and hands exploring each other, a desire no less powerful.
Their driver, oblivious, keeps rattling onward. Her home isn't close; they have a while yet.
He kisses her chest idly, not wanting to think about how close it may or may not be. It's nice here. Even monsters want to cuddle sometimes!!!!!
"Hmm..." He pauses, seems almost to fall asleep again, but, "Home, I suppose." His home, not Jekyll's. Or maybe Jekyll's. He doesn't know. It depends. It doesn't matter.
He's glad to do as he's told, he thought she'd never ask!! "All right." Please cradle him forever. And bite him when he gets out of hand to subdue him into being a damn teddy bear.
Behind his head she tugs off one glove, then the other, dropping them with her fallen hat. A turn of the cab leads her to tighten around him until they're safe from rolling off the cushioned seat.
When they are, little touches begin to linger at a variety of points on Hyde's face. His brow, to start. Beneath his eyes. A thumb creasing, tracing the line below his hip.
That is a good way to have him snoozing once again. There's a small sigh, a wild beast tamed in her lap. Eventually the effects will wear off, but for now Hyde is weak.
Far too soon for them to have arrived, actually. Paloma's ears pick up a ruckus somewhere in front of their fancy box and the voice of their driver after a brisk knock at the window.
"Apologies! Collision ahead on the bridge! They're cleaning up, it'll be just a bit."
"This is fine," she calls back, and winces, hoping it didn't startle her tamed wild thing. Her palm sketches over his cheek.
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Because it's so dark, the huge black of her pupils may slip past notice. She does not breathe. "Dios te salve, Maria."
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He cannot know the danger or strength in the hand clapped to his cheek for something to hold onto-- besides her seat, which at any moment she worries will disappear from underneath herself if this keeps on. "Sir," she tries at the next break, "Sir, Mr. Hhhyde," oh good God.
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"Mr. Hyde," she strains to enunciate clearly at the cab ceiling, doing the opposite of pushing him away; he'd found a pleasant spot to be and one of her dangerous hands helps guide him higher, beneath the edge of her jawline. "This is unwell, for you."
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The cab floor rocks on a difficult street, but she's not to be dislodged. Very soon, Hyde won't know anything. "The driver is taking me home."
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"No."
There's no pain. Not a prick, not a heartbeat where sinking into him comes with excruciating agony before the Kiss banishes thought and paralyzes the man who thinks her a toy.
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"Mr. Hyde? Mr. Hyde! Are you all right?" Don't open your eyes, she thinks abruptly. You look like an angel.
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Paloma blinks worriedly. "You are back!"
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"Do you often fall asleep so sudden?" she inquires, all wide-eyed innocence that doesn't seem out of place despite the bruised look of her mouth. From kissing-- she's careful not to leave flecks of blood.
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He could sleep right there on her, and almost more Jekyll than Hyde in this state, he seems very ready and content to do just that, curling up against her. It's a moment before he answers, and very nearly forgotten, which might be obvious in his suddenly soft, sleepy voice. "No, never, I am no child..."
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God, when was she last fitted to another so neatly, so naturally? Carlos never holds her anymore. Only the briefest of possessive touches. Reminders. Guilt-ridden for this somehow obscene need, she presses a kiss to his temple. "No, no child. You are much the man."
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Their driver, oblivious, keeps rattling onward. Her home isn't close; they have a while yet.
"Where will you go after he delivers me?"
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"Hmm..." He pauses, seems almost to fall asleep again, but, "Home, I suppose." His home, not Jekyll's. Or maybe Jekyll's. He doesn't know. It depends. It doesn't matter.
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"Close your eyes," she murmurs.
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When they are, little touches begin to linger at a variety of points on Hyde's face. His brow, to start. Beneath his eyes. A thumb creasing, tracing the line below his hip.
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Far too soon for them to have arrived, actually. Paloma's ears pick up a ruckus somewhere in front of their fancy box and the voice of their driver after a brisk knock at the window.
"Apologies! Collision ahead on the bridge! They're cleaning up, it'll be just a bit."
"This is fine," she calls back, and winces, hoping it didn't startle her tamed wild thing. Her palm sketches over his cheek.
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