There Were Several Beds, Actually
Pairing: Sylus x Named F!MC Rating: G Word Count: 847
Summary: The first time they share a bed.
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Sylus cajoles her into coming over after she teases him about his whiskey collection.Ā
āAt least half of them probably taste exactly the same,ā Zan argues with far more confidence in her voice than she actually has.Ā
āYou think so? Why donāt you come over and sample the collection for yourself then?āĀ So come over she hadāwith a bottle of the cheapest bottom-shelf whiskey she could find, just because she knew it would bother him.
It turns out that ājust a sipā of a wealthy manās collection of whiskey works out toā¦a lot of whiskey. Sheās not a lightweight, but sheās not going out drinking often enough to build up a significant tolerance either.
āIt tastes the same to me,ā she lies, following her sip of his latest rare liquor with a sip straight from the bottle she brought. Maybe he is drunker than she thinks, or maybe he underestimates her ability to consume disgusting things with a straight face, but he falls for it hook, line, and sinker.Ā
āLet me have a sip then,ā Sylus holds out his hand for the bottle which Zan shrugs and passes it over. He pours a small amount from the bottle into his crystal whiskey tumbler and tastes it. The disgusted scrunch of his nose makes her burst into full belly laughter.
Ā By the time she realizes she should get going, sheās still pretty drunk. Sylus looks her up and down when she stands, an infuriatingly smug expression on his face.Ā
āLooks like someone is having a hard time holding their liquor,ā he observes.Ā
āThe liquor is being held just fine,ā she protests, swaying lightly on her feet.Ā
āYouāre not getting back on that bike like this. Youāll crash before you even leave the N109 zone. Iāll drive you.ā Heās already reaching for a set of keys in a nearby tray when she lunges for them first, slamming her hands over them with an obnoxious jingling sound.Ā
āYouāre drunk too,ā she argues. He gives a slight nod of his head in concessionā¦and then produces yet another set of keys from his pocket, dangling them in her face like a cat toy.Ā Ā
āYou are aware I have other vehicles, correct?ā He is having way too much fun with this.Ā
āItās the principle!ā She insists.Ā
āOh? Since when have you cared about principles?ā
āI do! Sometimes!āĀ
āWell then, I suppose the principled Miss Hunter will just have to stay until she sobers up. Your guest room is down the hall.āĀ
āMy guest room?ā It takes her longer than it should to put together what he means, and he seems to relish the offended look on her face when she finally does. āWait, the one you locked me in for three days!? No way!āĀ
Sylus shrugs, seemingly unaffected. āThen take your pick. There are plenty of other rooms here to spend the night in.āĀ
Feeling floaty and annoyed simultaneously, Zan goes for the most outrageous option she can think of. She walks right over to Sylusās no doubt ridiculously expensive bed and starfishes out on his silky soft sheets. The mattress cradles her like a cloud.Ā
Itās much darker now than she remembers it being when she first flopped onto the bed. As the grogginess begins to fade, her brain starts putting the pieces together. She must have fallen asleep. The sheets beneath her still feel the same and some of the vague outlines of objects she can make out in the dark tell her sheās still in Sylusās bedroom.Ā
Glancing around a second time, this time in search of the bedroomās owner, and nearly jumps upon finding him right next to her in bed, sleeping soundly. The first jolt of panic is instinctual, but short-lived.Ā
They are both still clothed, though Sylus did change into pajamas. She is on top of the blankets with a couple of suspiciously soft throw blankets carefully laid out over top of her while Sylusāa man several inches taller and significantly wider than herāseems to have ended up in the last quarter of his own bed, tucked under the covers as they were intended to be used.Ā
Heās kind of cute like this.Ā
The thought comes unbidden and sheās horrified by the realization. Soothing herself with the knowledge that Sylus would likely despise it even more than she does, Zan slips out of bed in search of her phone.Ā
Finding it next to her bag, she has to squint when the bright light assaults her eyes, but the glowing screen informs her that it is about 10 in the morning. Itās much later than she had wanted to be back in Linkon, but sheās at least sober enough to drive nowā¦if maybe a bit hung over.Ā
When Sylus wakes up later in the evening he finds the bottle of whiskey Zan brought sitting in the center of the table and a pair of his sunglasses missing. The woman herself is long gone. He stares down the glass bottle of horrible liquid with irritation and disgust, before picking it up and placing it among the rest of his collection.Ā












