FAMILY DINNER

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[Having Nancy over isn't as common as it used to be, life is busy and whatnot, but Eames sometimes makes an effort. He's even gone so far as to make something to eat that he knows Nancy loves, and he is well stocked with wine for the two of them.]

[Arthur's off visiting a friend or something, so it's just the two of them for tonight. The two of them and a dog who is always happy for familiar company and spends a good chunk of time sat by Nancy's feet, only slightly hoping maybe she'll share some food even if it's against the rules.]

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[stauncherhearted]

Oh come on! You know I never get to talk about this sort of thing, right?

[falsify]

Well then what are yours? Maybe I can find a a nice gentleman for you to do something you've always wanted to try with.

[He's already getting his phone out it's happening.]

[stauncherhearted]

No no no, you put that phone down.

[She will magic it out of his hand if she has to.]

I've never really been able to develop them? I don't know what to ask for.

[falsify]

[Nope. He even puts his drink down so he can hold it with both hands.]

Well you must have some ideas. Something you like the idea of but you don't know much about? Something you've done a bit of but you'd like to explore a bit.

[He glances up from his phone and fixes Nancy with a raised eyebrow.]

Something that got you a bit unexpectedly excited?

[stauncherhearted]

Nope. Nope, not saying anything.

[Besides, he'd judge her if she told him what she got a little unexpectedly excited about.]

Not till you put that phone down and promise me you'll not play match-maker.

[She wasn't ready yet.]

[falsify]

I can promise you I won't do it today.

[He puts his phone face-down on the table, but he's nit guaranteeing any more than that.]

[stauncherhearted]

Nope. No way.

You’d judge me anyway. [her kinks were heavy, considering her life]

[falsify]

I can guarantee you that's almost impossible.

[He can't even think of a kink he'd judge someone for, not on its own anyway.]

[stauncherhearted]

[Nancy crosses her arms and gives Eames a look. She holds it for five seconds before sighing.]

Fine! I always liked when clients would be a bit rough. Sometimes tied me down- when it was t scary. a few would feed off my inner thigh and that was... really great. him-
I’m awful about this for having done sex work for how long?

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[Wow that's... So benign Eames almost laughs. He actually reaches across the table and takes her hand.]

You're not used to talking about what you like, it's fine.

[He gives her hand a squeeze.]

For what it's worth, what you're describing isn't unusual. I've been with lots of people who like those sorts of things.

[stauncherhearted]

Thank you.

[And that helps. It does.]

Is it bad I didn’t mind being strangled? If I know I wasn’t in immediate danger it was a little fun.

[falsify]

Not at all.

[He shakes his head emphatically.]

To be perfectly honest, fear and danger are surprisingly powerful aphrodisiacs for some people. There's a rush that heightens the pleasure, one that's easy to replicate without actually putting yourself in danger.

[stauncherhearted]

Well that’s... good I guess. I told you about the night years ago with Cesare and his friends?

<\
Small>[When they’d wanted her to agree to a potentially fatal orgy]

Part of me was excited about it all.

[falsify]

Yeah, but you had the sense to know it wouldn't go well.

[Eames feels a bit like some sort of weird kink talkshow host, but his experience here probably rivals his most practiced skills.]

The trick is finding someone you can trust to help you figure out what does it for you and where your limits are. There's stuff that gets you hot to think about, but you might hate it in practice. So it's got to be about you, not them. There's a difference between pushing your boundaries for someone else and doing it to figure out what you want, you know?

[stauncherhearted]

So literally doing the opposite of everything I’ve done before? [Sex was seldom about her. Well. Cooper and Cesare took good care of her]

I like being gone down on.

[falsify]

[Eames nods, that's a good thing for her to know honestly.]

You know, it's tragic how many women I've been with who'd never been eaten out.

[stauncherhearted]

...are you offering?

[not many people went down on her because of her former occupation. She didn’t blame them.]

[falsify]

No. [He laughs.] Maybe if I were single.

[And their relationship weren't so familial. But he's pretty much incapable of considering Nancy that way, so no.]

I'm just saying, a lot of women don't even know how they feel about the basic stuff.

[He nudges her with his foot under the table.] Keep going. The more you figure out, the better a starting place you'll have when you're ready.

[stauncherhearted]

That's a lot of women.

[He was so old. He'd met so many.]

Alright. Gods- I'm telling the wrong person I know, but I know I don't like anal.

I did like being bitten, though. But maybe that's just because of the feeding... [She'd always liked vampire clients that wanted the whole nine yards the best, generally speaking.]

[falsify]

Could be the intimacy? Or the vulnerability?

[stauncherhearted]

Well for one, it bloody hurts!

[Nancy is a small person, Eames. And most clients didn't know that you needed a good solid bottle of lube.]

I don't know about intimacy- I don't have that with sex.

[falsify]

I meant the biting.

[Though he does laugh, even if it's a shame her experiences with anal have been so bad.]

Being bitten is very intimate, you have to open yourself up and trust someone in that moment. Especially if they're feeding from a vein.

[stauncherhearted]

Oh.

[Well then.]

Maybe. I had to trust a lot of 'em. And, ah, a lot of close calls. [Cooper, how she'd been strong-armed into letting her best friend feed off of her to cement her transformation.]

When they bit me, it really did get me off a bit. I don't know if it's because they're vampires or... I don't know. Sex and blood went hand in hand.

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[Eames nods in understanding, he can see it, even if he'd never be willing to risk it himself. No time he's been bitten has ever even been good-adjacent.]

[Not by a vampire anyway.]

That's not unusual really. Not for people who are willing to sleep with vampires in the first place at least.

[He smirks a little and adds:] The fact that I don't like it probably makes me the outlier there.

[stauncherhearted]

That's... helpful. Thank you.

Some clients, they'd get so frustrated that I always told them I liked whatever they did. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all bad- gods, that's another awful thing to say, isn't it?

Why don't you like it? Because you're fae? Or like- if it's not a vampire is it alright? [She's gonna figure out his kinks.]

Oh- I do like being dressed up all pretty. Does that count? I had a few clients that wound send me dresses and shoes. [Jewelry. Most of it was pawned, in favor of cheap fabrics, unless she'd been with Cooper. He always made sure she was dressed well on his arm.

Maybe she should call him.]