Post by domluvr on Apr 4, 2010 14:42:16 GMT 10
Title: Midwinter Wars IV
Rating: PG
Length: 754 words
Character: Dom
Summary: Neal disapproves of Kel and Dom
After her bath, Kel went back to her bed and tried to get lost in her book once again. Unable to concentrate, she threw the book down next to her in defeat. She raised her fingers to her lips, remembering the feel of Dom’s mouth warming her in the chill winter air.
Feeling restless, she got up and left her room. She needed to talk to somebody who would get her mind off Dom. The hallway was uncharacteristically quiet. Most of the pages had used the afternoon off to head downtown. She passed the rows of shut doors, hearing voices only from Neal’s room.
She raised her fist to knock, holding it still in the air when she heard Dom’s voice arguing from within. “It’s really none of your business; I thought you’d be happy for me. For the both of us. She’s your friend, Meathead.”
“A close friend actually,” Neal replied icily. Kel lowered her hand, shocked by his tone. Neal was really angry about something. She turned to leave until she heard Dom’s reply.
“Kel can go the ball tonight if she wants to. It’s the first time the pages don’t have to serve at the banquet, so she’s free tonight. I will ask her. I do not need your blessing.” Kel heard footsteps moving toward the door, but she couldn’t force herself to walk away. Her legs were like heavy stone, trapping her in place. Dom wanted to ask her to the ball?
“You don’t. But Kel will.” Kel almost rolled her eyes at his confidence. But he was right, she knew. Her friendship with Neal was too important to let anything come between them. Especially a romantic interest with someone she had recently met. And had a snowball fight with. And kissed.
She watched the doorknob as it turned. “If that’s how she feels, I will respect her decision. But it is her choice. Not yours.” Kel quickly made her face carefully blank as Dom swung the door open. He stopped abruptly, his sapphire eyes meeting hers in shock. A grin slowly spread to his face. “Just who I wanted to see. But what are you doing down here in this lowly end of the hallway? Certainly there’s better company to be found than an over-reactive Meathead?”
Kel tried to keep her Yamani mask in place, but she could feel the color rise in her cheeks. She wasn’t sure how much she should let on that she had heard.
Dom made it easy for her. “Kel, I wanted to ask you to the ball tonight. I know you’re usually busy and don’t get much time to just go out and have some fun.” His eyes were twinkling at the possibilities.
“And I suppose there’s nobody else she can be with and nothing else she can do but go to the ball with you,” Neal drawled. Kel searched her friend’s face. He sounded casually sarcastic, but she could tell he was furious. Rage was burning in his eyes, making them deep emerald.
Turning back to Dom, she hesitated, trying to choose her words carefully. “I’d love to go with you Dom. Really I would. But Neal…” she bit her lip, thinking. She wanted him to understand. “I just can’t do something that will make him so uncomfortable. I’m sorry.”
The twinkle disappeared from Dom’s eyes. The pain in his eyes made her stomach clench. But he gave her a small smile as he nodded to her. “Well I’ll leave you two to catch up then,” the responded cheerfully. If she hadn’t been studying his eyes so carefully, she would have thought he was okay. He walked around her and disappeared down the hall.
“Well now that that’s out of the way,” Neal sighed and plopped down on his bed. He pulled a candy bar out from under his pillow and began to peal it open. “Sorry about him. I had no idea he would try to pull that with you.”
“Pull what with me exactly?”
Neal gave her a funny look. “He kissed you, Kel. He told me.”
“I know. I was there.”
He stuffed the candy bar into his mouth, looking thoughtful as he chewed. “You’re mad,” he accused.
“I’m not anything, Neal.”
He searched her eyes; she kept her Yamani mask perfectly in place. “Did you come here for something?” he asked, trying to get her to open up. Change her expression. Say something.
“No. I think I’ll just be going.” She turned to the door and strode out.
Rating: PG
Length: 754 words
Character: Dom
Summary: Neal disapproves of Kel and Dom
After her bath, Kel went back to her bed and tried to get lost in her book once again. Unable to concentrate, she threw the book down next to her in defeat. She raised her fingers to her lips, remembering the feel of Dom’s mouth warming her in the chill winter air.
Feeling restless, she got up and left her room. She needed to talk to somebody who would get her mind off Dom. The hallway was uncharacteristically quiet. Most of the pages had used the afternoon off to head downtown. She passed the rows of shut doors, hearing voices only from Neal’s room.
She raised her fist to knock, holding it still in the air when she heard Dom’s voice arguing from within. “It’s really none of your business; I thought you’d be happy for me. For the both of us. She’s your friend, Meathead.”
“A close friend actually,” Neal replied icily. Kel lowered her hand, shocked by his tone. Neal was really angry about something. She turned to leave until she heard Dom’s reply.
“Kel can go the ball tonight if she wants to. It’s the first time the pages don’t have to serve at the banquet, so she’s free tonight. I will ask her. I do not need your blessing.” Kel heard footsteps moving toward the door, but she couldn’t force herself to walk away. Her legs were like heavy stone, trapping her in place. Dom wanted to ask her to the ball?
“You don’t. But Kel will.” Kel almost rolled her eyes at his confidence. But he was right, she knew. Her friendship with Neal was too important to let anything come between them. Especially a romantic interest with someone she had recently met. And had a snowball fight with. And kissed.
She watched the doorknob as it turned. “If that’s how she feels, I will respect her decision. But it is her choice. Not yours.” Kel quickly made her face carefully blank as Dom swung the door open. He stopped abruptly, his sapphire eyes meeting hers in shock. A grin slowly spread to his face. “Just who I wanted to see. But what are you doing down here in this lowly end of the hallway? Certainly there’s better company to be found than an over-reactive Meathead?”
Kel tried to keep her Yamani mask in place, but she could feel the color rise in her cheeks. She wasn’t sure how much she should let on that she had heard.
Dom made it easy for her. “Kel, I wanted to ask you to the ball tonight. I know you’re usually busy and don’t get much time to just go out and have some fun.” His eyes were twinkling at the possibilities.
“And I suppose there’s nobody else she can be with and nothing else she can do but go to the ball with you,” Neal drawled. Kel searched her friend’s face. He sounded casually sarcastic, but she could tell he was furious. Rage was burning in his eyes, making them deep emerald.
Turning back to Dom, she hesitated, trying to choose her words carefully. “I’d love to go with you Dom. Really I would. But Neal…” she bit her lip, thinking. She wanted him to understand. “I just can’t do something that will make him so uncomfortable. I’m sorry.”
The twinkle disappeared from Dom’s eyes. The pain in his eyes made her stomach clench. But he gave her a small smile as he nodded to her. “Well I’ll leave you two to catch up then,” the responded cheerfully. If she hadn’t been studying his eyes so carefully, she would have thought he was okay. He walked around her and disappeared down the hall.
“Well now that that’s out of the way,” Neal sighed and plopped down on his bed. He pulled a candy bar out from under his pillow and began to peal it open. “Sorry about him. I had no idea he would try to pull that with you.”
“Pull what with me exactly?”
Neal gave her a funny look. “He kissed you, Kel. He told me.”
“I know. I was there.”
He stuffed the candy bar into his mouth, looking thoughtful as he chewed. “You’re mad,” he accused.
“I’m not anything, Neal.”
He searched her eyes; she kept her Yamani mask perfectly in place. “Did you come here for something?” he asked, trying to get her to open up. Change her expression. Say something.
“No. I think I’ll just be going.” She turned to the door and strode out.
And it was not my intention to make Neal jealous and give 'not-so-Dom-supporting thoughts' (because I loves Dom obviously) but it did sort of just happen. But I love Neal too so I guess it's all good 
Yay for everyone loving Kel!
Maybe once we'd have seen it during Smackdown!