new york wolves } { of proposals and reunions

[impetere]

Hal: Well, I actually realized that there was something I needed to do before the year ended. And I realize I'm running out of time.

Alexis: [frowns slightly, before making her way closer] Can you do it from here?

Hal: Well, yeah, I can. I just need to make sure I do it at the right moment. [two minutes left] I mean, I want to make sure I don't fuck it up and set a bad tone for the next year, you know.

Alexis: Well, if you wait too long, you might miss the right moment anyway.

Hal: True. [smiles] You're always so smart. It's one of the things I love about you.

Alexis: [she grins] I've been told it's one of my more attractive qualities.

Hal: Oh, you have many of those. [one minute] Which is why I have to ask you something. I've been thinking, and I realize that I don't want to go into the next year without knowing you'll always be at my side. So... Alexis Castle... would you do me the honor of starting the next year of our lives together and marry me? [he knelt down, taking her hand and holding up a ring for her]

Alexis: [it's very rare that Alexis gets actually blindsided but Hal managed to do it here. There have been hints and nudges, but she didn't think that it would be here and now. It's a rare instance where she's flushed and flustered, unsure of what to say and can only manage to get out:] Oh my God.

Stiles: [smirking, being the little shit he is, looks at his watch and starts the countdown in the last fifteen seconds]

Hal: You've got fifteen seconds left, Alexis... I kinda need that answer. [smiles]

Alexis: [she blinks and it's as though her brain kicks back into gear again] Oh! Oh my God, yes.

Hal: [grins and puts the ring on, and just as midnight hits he's up and pulling her into his arms, kissing her as he twirls her]

Alexis: [kisses him back deeply, her arms winding around his neck and pulling him closer]

Stiles: [and yeah, he's going to lead the charge and throw confetti on them] Happy New Year!

Alexis: [laughs as she pulls back before turning to look at him] How long did you know about this?

Stiles: Since he and I went ring shopping. [what, you were expecting a date?]

Alexis: [eyes narrow at him]

Cora: [shakes her head] I'm gonna guess at least a couple weeks. He told me in Beacon Hills.

Stiles: October. Ish. Around October.

Alexis: And you kept your mouth shut that long. I'm impressed.

Stiles: Hey, I can keep a secret when I really have to.

Alexis: Mmm-hmmm. [but she's clearly teasing and smiling too wide to be upset about secrets kept from her for too long]

Hal: And I may have threatened to try and kick his ass if he told you. Not that I actually can, but you know.

Alexis: Well, he did very well. I was not expecting this at all.

Stiles: What can I say, I'm trying to be a better friend.

Alexis: [small smile] Glad to have you back.

Stiles: Now stop talking to me and go snog on your fiancée. [salutes her with a glass of champagne]

Malia: [Alexis will do as she's told, but Malia will just lean forward with a frown] You do realize that they're not going to do anything else now, right?

Stiles: [laughs] Yeah, I know, but they're in love and getting married. It's kinda the way you celebrate that.

Malia: [sighs] So what are we going to do?

Stiles: [he kinda wanted to go over and kiss Cora...] You probably have a guy over there who wouldn't mind kissing you a bit, I think.

Malia: [considers for a moment, before shrugging and heading over to Jeremy] Okay.

Stiles: [and he's going to head over to Cora] Hey, Happy New Year.

Cora: [glances over with a smile] Happy New Year.

Stiles: You know, Hal's so needy with my attention, I think I missed a wonderful opportunity to kiss you.

Cora: Oh really?

Stiles: Yeah. You know, the whole starting the New Year off with a kiss tradition?

Cora: Ahhh. [there's a beat] You know, I think this is the first time you've been around to kiss me on New Years.

Stiles: I know, and once again, I miss the opportunity. How do you even put up with me?

Cora: I don't know. I think you might be still within the window.

Stiles: [puts his champagne down] Then I guess I better take advantage of that. [and he's going to kiss her - which is the first time Hal & Alexis would see them kissing I bet]

Cora: [closes her eyes and melts into the kiss, moving her hands up to rest against his shoulders]

Alexis: [it is, and Alexis catches it out of the corner of her eye with a pleased smile, but she doesn't make a big deal out of it. She knows how private Cora can be]

Hal: [he already knew a bit, and is happy to see them back together.]

Stiles: [is going to hold onto that kiss a bit longer, and then lean back] Happy New Year, Cora.

Cora: [sighs softly as he pulls back before nodding] Happy New Year, Stiles.

Stiles: Here's to a much better one than last year.

Cora: Agreed.

Stiles: [leans in to kiss her again, keeping her close]

Cora: [slides her arms around his neck as she's pulled in to another kiss, and she doesn't fight him. Everything about this feels like it should be, which makes her wish there could be more but now isn't really the time or place to worry about it.]

Stiles: [and eventually they will hit a point to head back home]

Cora: [and Alexis and Hal head back to their apartment and Malia is going back to Jeremy's, which means they're heading home alone. Plus, with everyone else out for New Year's shenanigans with their significant others, they're also going home to an empty penthouse.]

Stiles: [and when they get home, he's going to take her jacket and go to hang it up in the closet with his] Looks like no one's home yet.

Cora: I'm not expecting anyone to be. [she goes to sit on the couch, crossing her legs carefully in her dress]

Stiles: I don't know about you, but I'm not all that tired at the moment.

Cora: [shakes her head] Nope. Me either.

Stiles: I can make some popcorn if you want to pick a movie then?

Cora: [considers before nodding] Sure. [gets up to head to the entertainment room] Is there anything in here that I missed while I was gone?

Stiles: In netflix, yes. They change things out a lot. But nothing new purchased. Most things really got put on hold while you were gone.

Cora: [swallows and looks down as she nods, before going to pull up Netflix to page through]

Stiles: [and he's going to make the popcorn and while it's in the microwave, he's going to go to his room which, being the guest room and not an original bedroom, is on the first floor, and quickly change. He thought he had closed the door all the way, but it's half open as he's changing, and if she looks, she'll see that the protection symbol that was on her necklace is actually tattooed on his hip. Things Hal and Stiles do when no one is asking questions. Thankfully Derek filled Stiles in on what he had to do to make it stick and Hal isn't squeamish]

Cora: [she is looking because she can't help herself, and she does see the tattoo. She doesn't wear the necklace as a choker but it is wrapped around her wrist, her fingers fiddling with it as she watches him before glancing back to the TV again when he looks like he's coming out]

Stiles: [comes out, pulling on a t-shirt as he heads back to get the popcorn] Want something to drink?

Cora: Just a water is fine.

Stiles: [and he will come back in with two water bottles in one hand, a bowl of popcorn in the other] So what are we watching?

Cora: [and blinks because oh yeah ... she was supposed to be picking that. She glances back to the screen before starting to flip through things with the remote] I don't know.

Stiles: [chuckles, putting the stuff on the table] Well, what do you feel like?

Cora: [she pauses before shrugging] Something that doesn't require a lot of thinking.

Stiles: Okay, then let's go for comedy aimed at twelve year old boys. There's not a lot of thinking going on there. [smirks and settles onto the couch, pulling up his profile because he had like a bunch of them on his to watch list]

Cora: [nods as she settles next to him, watching the images as they come up]

Stiles: [click, click, click] Oh, Hot Tub Time Machine 4 - Jurassic Jacuzzi. That sounds completely brainless.

Cora: Perfect.

Stiles: [and he's going to start it, and then put the popcorn between them and lean back to watch]

Cora: [which will be fine for a while but eventually she'll pick up the bowl so that she can inch closer to him, resting against his side]

Stiles: [and he's not going to mind, because an armful of Cora is greater than a bowl of popcorn]

Cora: [she's glad you approve because she's totally going to take that opportunity and just curl into him, resting her head against his shoulder and her hand against his thigh]

Stiles: [and his hand will eventually just rub up and down her arm, his eyes drifting down more to watch her than the movie.]

Cora: [her fingers brush against his thigh gently and her eyes drift up to his, lingering on his lips for a moment before meeting his gaze]

Stiles: [He smiled, and then leaned down to kiss her with those lips she was looking at]

Cora: [sighs softly into the kiss, the hand on his thigh moving up to rest against the side of his face and pull him in closer]

Stiles: [he will take that invitation to deepen the kiss, shifting them a bit so that he could cup her face as well]

Cora: [she shifts as well, sliding her legs around so that they're resting in his lap and she isn't completely twisted around. She leans eagerly into the kiss, wanting to just sink into this for a while]

Stiles: [his arms will slide around her, keeping her in his lap but gently sliding up and down along her arm with one hand, her leg with the other as he planned to do nothing more than just kiss Cora until she told him she was done for the night]

Cora: [she will keep up with that, leaning into his touch and letting her hand start to wander some, coming to rest on his shoulders and letting her fingers curl in his shirt when he brushed her skin in a way that made her shiver]

Stiles: [He will hear that little rise in her heartbeat and he will kiss along her jaw] Cora, can I? [his fingers rested along her back, dancing above the zipper for her dress.]

Cora: [she tips her head to the side, giving him better access before nodding] Yeah.

Stiles: [and he's going to kiss along her neck as his hands work the zipper of her dress down, pulling it off her shoulders and down as he carefully let his fingertips trace up and down her back]

Cora: [shifts a bit so that he can pull the dress down, pulling back and tugging at his shirt, pulling it up a bit so that she can slip her hands under it, moaning softly at the feel of his skin]

Stiles: [he won't stop her, but right now he's not caring about his own needs. He's wanted to just take her in for so long, he only wants to make her happy right now. He's going to free her from her bra next, and then his hands will slide up her stomach and cup her breasts]

Cora: [she moans again, arching up into his hands and using her leverage against his back to pull herself closer to him]

Stiles: [Soon one hand will drop away, only because he will lean down and capture one of her nipples in his mouth, sucking on it while his free hand is trying to shift her a bit to get the rest of her dress off]

Cora: [she sucks in a breath, sliding her fingers through his hair. She was starting to get turned on, her hips rocking up against him and then she pulls back] Wait. We should ... we shouldn't do this here.

Stiles: [he pulls his head back, looking at her. He had been afraid that if he stopped, the magic would end and she would pull away from him. So he didn't say anything, just nodding]

Cora: Your room? [it's the closest and she doesn't really want to wait either]

Stiles: Sure. [he moves to get them both up, taking the moment to turn off the television and putting the bowl of popcorn up where the dog wouldn't be able to get it. He then took her hand, leading her towards his room.]

Cora: [she pulls up her dress just in case and grabs her bra before taking his hand and following his lead back to his bedroom]

Stiles: [once they are there, he closes his door and then pulls her back against him, holding her face as he just kisses her hard]

Cora: [kisses him back eagerly, sneaking her arm around his neck to pull him closer and letting the hand holding her dress up go to move to his side]

Stiles: [he's going to guide her to his bed, sitting her down on the edge of it as he goes to kneel down. His lips leave hers, moving south to her breasts as his hands go to work the dress off her, and then going to find her panties and take them off slowly as well]

Cora: [her body tips back a little to give him better access, shifting her hips to get the rest of the clothing off her. her hands move to his shoulders, tugging on the material of his shirt so that she can get it off over his head]

Stiles: [he lets her do that, and then smiles up at her as he kisses her stomach, continuing to go lower as his eyes look up at her, watching her]

Cora: [she watches his face as he moves lower, fingers trailing through his hair gently as her hands cradle his face, legs widening to fit his shoulders between them]

Stiles: [he's taking his time, his hands coming up around the outside of her legs, his hands going to rest on her thighs. He takes his time, worshiping her stomach, and then a few kisses on her thighs before he goes to kiss her in the spot her scent was the strongest, savoring her taste he had gone without for over a year]

Cora: [she moans softly as her fingers curl in his hair. her body tips back against the bed, giving her leverage to arch up against him, rocking her hips gently into his touch]

Stiles: [He's going to take his time, his nose rubbing against her clit as his lips and teeth tease her folds a moment before he pulls the nub between his lips and sucks on it]

Cora: [she gasps as she leans back and rolls in the sensations, but eventually she feels herself starting to build. She tugs on his shoulders trying to pull him up before she gets too ahead of him]

Stiles: [he wants to bring her off, but he's going to follow her lead tonight, and he will come back up and kiss her hard, tasting of her as his hands go to start working on his pants]

Cora: [she moans softly into the kiss, one hand moving down to help him and tugging the material down off his hips]

Stiles: [soon he's just as naked as she is, his shaft hard against her stomach as he keeps kissing her. His hand is going to wander to try and find a condom in the side table, but he isn't sure he even has one]

Cora: [she's really hoping he does because she definitely doesn't and she doesn't want him to stop either. her hand slides down, brushing against his stomach before slipping to wrap around him as she continues the kiss]

Stiles: [he groans into her jaw as he feels around in the drawer and OH THANK GOD he has one - at least he thinks it's his. If it's someone else's in the pack, he doesn't want to know. It just needs to fit]

Cora: [yep, that's all that matters. She pulls back and looks enough to see what it is and she glances back to him with a concerned look] Will it ... ?

Stiles: [pulls back to look at it] Yeah, no yeah it'll work. [and he'll go back to kissing her, ripping the thing open]

Cora: [her hand moves to his, taking the condom from him and moving to slip it on him, continuing to stroke him for a moment. Then she shifts to slide her legs around his waist and tug him closer]

Stiles: [he groans and moves them both up the bed a bit more, his hips pressing into her hand as she strokes him. His lips kiss her neck, finding that spot and nibbling a bit]

Cora: [her head tips back against the bed with a sigh, trying to give him more room before taking him and guiding him inside her, lifting her hips to meet the press of his. she closes her eyes with a moan, because she's missed this. More than thought she did. She almost forgot how right it felt]

Stiles: [It only confirmed for Stiles that this was where he was meant to be, who he was meant to be with. It felt better, right... like he and Cora were really made for each other in moments like this where it was all right and perfect. He had almost forgotten how good this felt - how the moment just encompassed them. He pressed in firmly, slow strokes until his hips were against hers, and he was completely inside of her.]

Cora: [she takes a breath as she gives herself a moment to adjust, even when all she wants him to do is move. It's been a while since she's done this, but it's Stiles, and he's right there and she just stares up at him for a moment, holding his gaze as her hand moves up to brush against the side of his face]

Stiles: [he closes his eyes, leaning into her hand and nuzzling it. His hips, however, will eventually start to move on their own, trying to press deeper before pulling out, a slow, firm pace in his thrusts as he kisses her fingers]

Cora: [she moans softly as he starts to move, rocking her hips up to meet his thrust. Her eyes move to watch him as he kisses her fingers, before sliding her hand down, curling her fingers around the back of his neck and pulling him in to kiss her again]

Stiles: [which he will do, hard and deep, bursting with the love he has for her that he hasn't been able to share with her like this in so long. Just the thought of having this again makes him start to speed up, wanting to please her in every way possible]

Cora: [she holds the kiss for as long as she can, panting against his lips, before she eventually has to tip her head back as she tries to catch her breath, feeling her body start climb again, her hands moving to dig into his shoulders.]

Stiles: [he can feel it, and he's getting there too. But his body remembers how to move for Cora, to make her feel the most pleasure. He shifts, finding the spot he knows she loves, kissing along her jaw until he's panting in her ear as well, so close]

Cora: [it's not long after that she's falling over the edge, her thighs squeezing his hips as her body tenses then relaxes back against his bed, closing her eyes as she tips her head towards his lips]

Stiles: [he goes with her, thrusting in hard and his eyes flash, resisting the urge to lean into her neck at the moment until he's got control of his wolf again, and then leaning in to kiss her again]

Cora: [she kisses him back, this time slow and lazy her fingers curling gently as they brush against the back of his neck]

Stiles: [his heart is pounding, but the lazy kisses are nice as he moved to settle on top of her, being the familiar weight once again]

Cora: [as he does, she pulls back to look at him, eyes opening and looking up at him with a small smile] Hi.

Stiles: [he chuckles, his hand coming to run along her face] Hey.

Cora: [her face tips into his hand, turning to press a kiss against his palm] You okay?

Stiles: Yeah... yeah, never better. You?

Cora: Yeah. [she pauses, before glancing over to the clock which is now reading almost four am] But we should probably actually get some sleep.

Stiles: [he nods, shifting a bit, but his hand goes to rest on her hip] Stay?

Cora: [she watches him for a moment before nodding, shifting to curl up into his side. Her eyes are already falling closed and she won't last long] Tomorrow. We can ... talk tomorrow.

Stiles: [he nods, just keeping her close and kissing her forehead] Yeah. Tomorrow.

Cora: [she nods, and not long after that she's passed out in his arms]