new york wolves } { of comic con and tardis kisses

[impetere]

Castle: [still suspicious faces]

Martha: Oh, Richard, let up won't you. Come in boys. Let me get you something to drink.

Hal & Stiles: Thank you. [and they will just... boggle at the loft because OMG they were loaded]

Alexis: [wanders out as Batgirl, cowl off, and grins when she sees them] Hey, you made it.

Hal: Yeah, you gave great directions. This place is amazing.

Stiles: [nods] Totally cool oh my god is that a lightsaber on the shelf. [and he's off to explore]

Alexis: [laughs a bit] Yeah, it's great. My dad is the actual King of the Nerds, so there's some pretty cool stuff in here.

Malia: [wanders out, dressed as Huntress, staring at her phone] Do you have a spare lasso? Because if you don't I'm telling Cora she'll have to do without.

Stiles: [looks up from where his hand is hovering over the lightsaber like it's a sacred object he's not allowed to touch] Lasso?

Hal: Sorry, fresh out.

Alexis: I'll look, maybe she left it here last year. [and she's bouncing off to her room again]

Malia: [glances between the two boys] Luke and Han. Nice.

Hal: Well, I'm not completely without some geek points. But I thought the character was fitting.

Stiles: You know, this would totally work with my costume... [looking over at Castle with the begging eyes]

Castle: [smirks as he brings over the drinks] By all means. But if you break it, you buy me a new one.

Stiles: [is all excited and about to touch it but...] How much do they run?

Castle: A high quality replica like that? Between two and four hundred.

Stiles: [and he's just going to slowly step away and put his hands in his pockets] Yeaaaaah, it can stay.

Castle: [small smile and a nod] I have a cheaper one that I care less about in my office. Just give me a second to find it.

Stiles: [and that's the five year old grin]

Castle: [wanders off and as he does there's a knock on the door]

Martha: That's probably Cora. [there's a beat as the door opens and Cora makes her way into the main living room, dressed in NYU sweat and a sweatshirt with her bag in her hand.]

Cora: Hey. Everybody ready to go?

Stiles: But you're not dressed?

Cora: I am. It's cold. Rick gets us a room to stash our stuff in so I'll change there.

Hal: [gives Stiles a look because he had wanted to do that too but noooo]

Stiles: You would have wrinkled the vest, Hal! You don't need to be a complete scruffy nerfherder.

Cora: [smirks] And you have a lot more layers than I do.

Alexis: [comes out and sees Cora with a smile, then a wince] No dice.

Cora: That's okay. Let's just go and I'll figure it out.

Stiles: ... [no, he wants to see what's underneath now] Alright. Oh wait, Alexis' dad...

Castle: [waves a hand] I have to do panels today, so go without me. I'll meet up with you guys for dinner. [and he holds out the lightsaber for Stiles] Have fun with it.

Stiles: You're awesome, Mr. Castle. [and he will hold it like a precious thing]

Hal: So subways or cab, ladies?

Martha: Car. I already took a liberty of calling one. [and as if on cue, the phone rings] That should be them. Have fun, kids.

Alexis: [nods] Alright. Let's go. [and off they go!]

Stiles: [yup, and Stiles is all jealous. Hal at least came from a well off family - he wasn't used to the excess, but he easily slid into it while Stiles was trying to see everything in the car and what the buttons did]

Cora: [and eventually they'll get event hall and into the suite that Castle booked for them. On one half the girls finish getting ready including Cora shedding her sweats and adding accessories and eventually she comes around the corner in costume]

Hal: [is going to see her first and nudge Stiles from where he was reading the program] Looking good, Cora.

Stiles: [is going to look up and just... stare. Wow]

Cora: [glances back to Hal] Thanks. [and then she sees Stiles staring and ... frowns] What?

Stiles: You... you look amazing.

Hal: [smirks and shakes his head] You may want to wipe that drool off your chin.

Stiles: [goes to fumble and do that embarrassingly, but there isn't any there and he just glares at Hal a moment]

Cora: [... oh that kind of staring okay. Her cheeks burn a bit and she glances away to the other two girls as they come back out] Ready?

Alexis: Yep, let's do this thing. Oh, wait! Picture first. [and she's fishing out her camera]

Stiles: [is going to go and stand with the Hales]

Hal: [totally wants to prom pose with Alexis]

Cora: [well they will just take all kinds of picture combos before they are released onto the floor and we time skip a bit to when they maybe break up into a smaller group?]

Hal: [because he will break away to go look at the action movie stuff with Alexis]

Stiles: [pretty much just following Cora and Malia since his eyes are either on Cora, or on the massiveness of the place and everything that he just can't see it all]

Cora: [and eventually Malia will wander off to check out one of the other panels and it's just Stiles and Cora. She lets them wander a bit, before stopping at one of the art booths to have a look]

Stiles: [and he will follow after her, and there will be a poster on the wall that he will stare at a moment, and then just... keep staring at as his mind drifts off a bit]

Cora: [glances over and will ask without noticing] Are you having fun?

Stiles: [blinks a bit, her voice bringing him back and he looks over at her, nodding] Yeah, no totally having a blast. You?

Cora: [nods with a smile] Yeah. But I think I'm ready for some lunch.

Stiles: Where is there even food here?

Cora: [smirks before taking a deep breath. She can't see it - the crowds are too tall for that - but she can definitely smell it. She takes reaches back to take his hand gently, before leading the way] This way.

Stiles: Oh, okay. [yeah, will just let himself be pulled] I take it it's the same place every year.

Cora: Mostly. [she has no idea, but sure enough, her nose leads her right to the food area] Take your pick.

Stiles: Hot dogs. I've been having a very strong relationship with New York hotdogs lately.

Cora: [nods before turns and making her way over to the food booth proclaiming that they had hot dogs, her hand still in his] Sounds good.

Stiles: [and it isn't until after they order that he realizes that they are still holding hands. So he squeezes hers gently and smiles over at her]

Cora: [glances back at him with the squeeze and then back up, slightly nervous because she still isn't sure what it is they're doing ... or she's doing, to be honest] Is this ... if it's weird, I can ...

Stiles: [he holds her hand a bit more firmly as a way to let her know that nope, wasn't letting go] Not weird at all.

Cora: [exhales slowly before nodding] Okay. [there's a pause, and she shifts awkwardly from one foot to another before ...] I've just never done this before.

Stiles: You've never held hands with a guy?

Cora: Not ... not like this. [when they're kids and teachers told you to buddy up with someone doesn't count] Or ... a lot of the other things attached to it, either.

Stiles: Oh. [he thinks a moment, and then his fingers move to thread between her fingers] Well, I've only really done it once myself, so it's not like I'm an expert or anything. We can just see what happens and go with it?

Cora: [her fingers lace between his easily, and she looks up at him, a bit grateful that he wasn't making a big deal about it, before nodding] Okay.

Stiles: [he smiles back at her, always the goofball] Okay then. We've got the whole hand holding thing settled.

Cora: [her head ducks a bit at that but unfortunately she has to let that hand go because the hot dogs have arrived and she needs both hands for her tray]

Stiles: [and he will go and find them a table to sit at and eat, making sure the seats are clean so they don't mess up the costumes]

Cora: [slides into the seat across from him, crossing her legs under the table as she does. She doesn't know what to talk about, now that that hurdle's been conquered, so she just ... focuses on inhaling her hot dogs and fries. She's always been terrible at talking]

Stiles: So you got any plans yet for Thanksgiving?

Cora: We usually spend it with the Castles. Rick's been ... really great.

Stiles: That's cool. I can't afford to go home and then go right back again for winter break, so Hal's mom said I could go that way.

Cora: She sounds really nice.

Stiles: Yeah, she is. And Hal is totally a momma’s boy, but don't let him know I told you that.

Cora: [laughs] Your secret's safe with me. Then again, Alexis is a totally daddy's girl, so between the two of them, they're a matched set.

Stiles: They are kinda adorable in the whole mismatched matching way.

Cora: Yeah, she really likes him. And Alexis has never really been one to care about convention.

Stiles: And from what I gather, under the whole jock exterior, Hal's a very decent guy. He comes from a good background.

Cora: They'll be good for each other, I think.

Stiles: So I'm still amazed that you've never been like, close to someone before.

Cora: [her brow furrows a little at that] Why?

Stiles: You mean beyond the fact that you're completely beautiful?

Cora: [oh wow that's a great big blush that she cannot stop at all] Uh. I guess, yeah.

Stiles: [blinks] You really don't know how beautiful you are, do you?

Cora: [she shrugs] No one's ever actually put it like that before.

Stiles: Well, if my word isn't for it, the hundred guys who have stared at you as we walked past them surely proves I’m right in that you're hot, girl, and you need to work it. [grins]

Cora: [she laughs] Stuff like this is different. I'm not ... me.

Stiles: Yeah, well the you that you are is still the same face. And it's a very beautiful face that I like looking at.

Cora: [another shy smile as she looks down at her hot dog again] Good to know.

Stiles: [grins, nodding and going to eat his hot dog, his eyes going to look around the place and what he could see from their spots. And he stops, like mid bite with the hot dog hovering inches from his lips] Oh my god. Is that... is that Robert Downey Jr?

Cora: [her head picks up and uses her superior wolf eye sight to check it out] Yep. Looks like it.

Stiles: This place is awesome.

Cora: [nods] Yeah, it is.

Stiles: [and he may bounce in his seat a bit as he devours his hot dog]

Cora: [and she can't help but smile at that. She's glad he's enjoying himself, if nothing else]

Stiles: So what do you want to do next?

Cora: We should probably try to catch up with the others.

Stiles: Yeah, we probably should. Here, let me... just get that. [and he's going to go and throw their trash away]

Cora: [nods as she lets him and just watches him go, trying to pin down what exactly it was about him that made her feel the way it did]

Stiles: [and he's got the trash done and something catches his eye a moment that he watches before he heads back to her] There's a huge line over that way where Downey went. I think he's doing autographs.

Cora: Do you want to head over there?

Stiles: It's a very long line. It'd probably keep us from being able to do anything else for like, three hours.

Cora: So let's find everyone else and do other things.

Stiles: [nods, then goes to take her hand] Before we find the others, come with me a sec?

Cora: [nods, letting him take her hand and guide her wherever he wants to go]

Stiles: [and he's going to lead her to a walk-in TARDIS and grin, opening the door. It's just a regular phone booth repainted, but still] Hop in?

Cora: [raises her eyebrows at him, before doing as he requested]

Stiles: [looks both ways to make sure no one is looking, and then follows her and closes the door. It's a tightish fit, keeping them close. The inside has tiny little scenes of the interior of the TARDIS through the years] Sadly, this one isn't bigger on the inside.

Cora: [she doesn't mind him being close. She's tiny enough that it's not too bad, but her hands come to rest against his arms for balance] No, it's not.

Stiles: But it's good for this. [and he's going to put his foot against the door so that it couldn't open this time, and he's going to lean down and kiss her]

Cora: [her eyes close on instinct into the kiss, head tipping back just slightly so that she could kiss him more easily]

Stiles: [and nope, he's going to just enjoy this kiss, his hand going to brace the door as he feels someone trying to open it because damnit, he's finishing this one]

Cora: [she just takes another step closer, sliding her arms around his waist to pull him closer and letting him hold the kiss for as long as he can]

Stiles: [and eventually, air needs to go into his longs and he's going to pull back, panting a bit as he licks his lips] Yeah, yeah that's... just what I thought it was going to be like.

Cora: [glances up at him with a soft smile] Glad I didn't disappoint.

Stiles: Not at all. And on top of that, we get to add making out in the TARDIS to both of our accomplishment lists. [smirks]

Cora: [she laughs] We're going to have to make a checklist.

Stiles: [bites his lower lip in his smile] I think I'm going to look forward to checking those things off too.

Cora: [she smiles before pressing up on her toes to kiss him quickly one last time, before setting back on her heels] Now we should get out before someone wants to murder us.

Stiles: Yeah, probably a good idea. [and he's going to struggle to open the door a moment, and then let her out first before following. The people who own the TARDIS are glaring at him but he just smiles and gives them a thumbs up and goes to walk away with Cora] So, finding the others....

Cora: [reaches down into her boot too find her phone.] I'll start texting. [and with that they head off to find their friends?]