party post } { which one can say of any attractive woman with half a brain.

[emouvoir]

In the height of summer, Daneca is in charge of planning the annual movie in the park. The set up is simple, all she has to do is find the supplies and figure out what movie to show. Which is why in late August, the sun starts to set. (It doesn't really "set", but Daneca calls in a favor with a certain god of the sun to dim the bright summer light to something better.

Something with ambiance.)

Stalls of food and merchants renting and selling blankets ring the park by the lake, lit by fairy lights and Chinese lanterns, and the screen is nestled beneath a pair of looming oak trees that offer a bit more shade for the movie. It's a double feature this year -- The World is Not Enough and Casino Royale. Someone couldn't decide between Pierce Brosnan's James Bond and Daniel Craig's James Bond and someone -- cough, Elena -- offered the brilliant compromise of "why not both?"

Both. Both is good.

So tuck in. Enjoy yourselves! Enjoy shirtless Daniel Craig, you know you want to.

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[revenant]

Steggy is Noah's actual cat.

Sarah is his human-shaped cat, fussiness and prissiness and all. She isn't the most sociable creature, but she does love watching movies, bonus points if watching these movies means curling up with her husband-to-be. She finds them the perfect spot which is still amongst the crowd but separate enough they'll be having their privacy and she can monopolize most of his time. :')

"You should dress up as James Bond for whenever Halloween comes. It's working for me."

This is the extent of her commentary so far.

[sasspot]

Sarah is Noah's favorite (person, thing, everything) in the whole wide worlds. By the time they're settled up on their blanket, it's all he has wanted to do. He wants to get away from the crowds and the people, and he wants to curl up with his soon-to-be wife and monopolize all of her time. His arm winds further around her as he looks over at her with a slow, fond and utterly amused smile on his face.

"James Bond, huh? You're enjoying the whole suit and the action star with the gun thing?" He shifts so he is looking down at her, biting down on his lip like he has some mischievous idea or another. Steggy sleeps at their feet peacefully enjoying the movie or just enjoying sleeping lbr. "How about the accent? Should I try out one of those?"

Because he would if it'd make her happy and if it's working for her, the whole ensemble... :')

[revenant]

Sarah tosses popcorn into her mouth, smiling to herself as he looks down at her. She's laying flat on the picnic blanket and continues to watch the screen, despite being perfectly aware his eyes are on her. Just where she likes them, tbh. "It's the whole package. He's a spy. He's sexy. He drives fast cars. He wears tailor made suits. And he always escapes death. But classily. I do have a soft spot for M."

At the mention of an accent, however, Sarah straightens in place, turns until she's laying on her stomach instead.

Now she's looking down at him instead, her expression filled with intrigue. "Seriously? Yeah, hit me with your best shot."

[sasspot]

Noah lies sideways with his head on his hand, leaning up against the side of her, as he looks down at her. His eyes are completely on her, and he is less aware of anything happening on the screen at the moment. "That's the whole package? Here I thought you liked sexy pirates in boats who sometimes tends a bar and is the opposite of classy. I thought that was your whole package. I feel very... misled."

There's a smirk on his voice though. It's a fond, intense smirk on his face.

"If I'm going to be playing Bond, ...James Bond at Halloween, I've got to look into the particular phrases spies regularly use." His accent?

It's fucking gorgeous.

[revenant]

Oh my goodness.

Sarah's lips part in stunned fascination. She has never heard Noah try to pull off an accent, not that it looks as though he needs to try at all. It comes seamlessly, and she's half-wondering if it's something he's already used before. Predictably, she's never found him sexier than she does now. Okay, that's not true. But definitely in the top ten list.

If a list ever existed.

She clears her throat, very obviously staring at him. "Um... how ... about 'I always enjoyed learning a new tongue.'"

[sasspot]

Noah has had to use accents before for pirate-y cons. It's nothing he even meant to keep. He just never thought about using an accent on her before. Her reaction is completely priceless though. He grins a bit, pleased he kept this up his sleeve to unleash on her when she was least suspecting it.

He bites down on his lip. The tiny smirk tugs across his face because he loves she is staring at him.

Noah smirks at her, intensely enjoying whenever she finds him attractive (especially attractive). He pops a fry into his mouth, chewing it and smiling at her. "I always enjoyed learning a new tongue."

[revenant]

[sasspot]

Noah stares at her with a tiny smirk on his face, leaning into kiss the side of her neck. This is not helping (Noah is not trying to help).

"...Sarah?"

Is he still using the British accent? You betta believe!

[revenant]

"Yeah!"

She's still here. And paying attention. Sort of.

Tipping her head to the side to give him more access to her neck, she swallows a little. The things that he does to her, man. "Did that come naturally to you or have you had practice? Because it sounds like you've had practice."

[sasspot]

Noah lingers against her neck with his mouth, sucking at her skin with his mouth and his teeth a bit. He smiles against her neck before he pulls back. His gaze meets her own.

"I've had some practice. You never know when an accent could come in handy on a job," he says with a smirk. "If I knew you'd have had that reaction to it, I would have whipped it out in bed a long time ago."

Seriously, a long time ago....

[revenant]

"You could've told me anyway!"

It's a half-protest, her voice stretching far too thin the longer he pays attention to her neck. Her eyes flutter closed, leaning into him with a sigh, and then slapping his chest with her hand. Still half-heartedly.

"We're in public, you know."

[sasspot]

"I could have. I just... didn't realize."

It was a big deal. He kind of forgot about it in the grand scheme of things, but now he is planning on using that British accent frequently. He lingers against her neck, sliding his hand up her side as he feels her reactions to him (how she leans into him with a sigh, and--

He laughs at the slap. "What? I had no idea..." The smirk on his face shows he is being a lil shit. Shh.

[revenant]

"You're incorrigible."

It's whispered against him as she rests her forehead against his, a telltale smile dancing on her lips. She leans forward, until her mouth has caught his. She is smiling the whole time, because she's found those are the best kinds of kisses: the happy ones.

The ones with laughter. "And I love you."

It's so cheesy, but it's so true.

[sasspot]

"Oh, I totally am."

These are the best kinds of kisses. They're smiling, and they're happy. His hand slides up against the back of her neck as he breathes her in with a slow smile against her mouth.

"I love you too." Noah leans into kiss her again, lingering against her mouth as he smiles at her. It's cheesy, but it's beautiful and very romantic to him.

It makes him very happy. "Any time you want me to bring out the accent, let me know."

[revenant]

"Hmm. Let's leave it to spontaneity, see if it ever comes up naturally."

She likes that option best. Even now that they've pulled back from their kiss, Sarah remains near to him, her smile-clad lips hovering over his own. The movie plays on in the background, with explosions and music cues galore, but she's hardly paying attention.

"What else can you do that I don't now about?"

Sarah can't help but wonder now.

[sasspot]

Noah sends her a slow, wide smile at what she says, because he likes that option best too. He likes the spontaneity of it, and he leans in as her smile hovers right over his own. He leans in, capturing her mouth as his hand drags up the side of her body, breathing her in with that smile on his face.

He pulls back slowly to meet her gaze.

"Don't you want to leave that to spontaneity too?"

He asks before he sends her a little mischievous wink of his, nudging her in his amusement. "And what about you? How do I know you don't have some hidden talents up your sleeve?"

[revenant]

Sarah genuinely considers the first question.

She does love spontaneity where Noah is concerned, but her curiosity always ends up winning out in the end. She must know. But also it was a delightful surprise when she finally did discover his talent with accents.

Hrrm.

At his nudging, she turns back to him with a tiny smirk. "You don't! But if you're not going to tell me, leaving it up to spontaneity - who's to say that I won't do that, too?"

Fair is fair, Evans.

[sasspot]

Noah makes a face at this because when it's flipped around, he doesn't know if he loves spontaneity. He wants to learn all of the things, all of the things about Sarah Monroe. So now that she has caught him in this perfectly laid plan here, he knows there is no other option.

"In that case, I say we throw spontaneity out the window and just come out with it. I'll give you one more because I'm such a generous fellow and then I want one of your hidden talents in return," he says, tapping his finger against her jaw and leaning into kiss that tiny smirk of hers with a smile against her mouth. "You know I can play the guitar but I can also play a bit of piano. I'm just not as good at the piano."

He'd probably be better if he got some practice in, but they don't have a piano readily at home. As she knows, he doesn't really like to play in front of other people. Sarah is the only one who has ever heard him do so.

But he can play the piano, he used to practice on those books that teach you where the fingers go on the piano, on tiny keyboards.