A Visit to Richard's Home in St. Louis

[lady_moon]

Moon has been thinking about Richard for a while now. She's most preoccupied by the fact that he'd called something inside her she hadn't known existed. Now that she knows it's there, she is also aware of the fact that it's always been there. So, she decides the person to talk to about what it is would be the one who poked it awake.

So, tonight finds Moon in Richard's bathroom, peering around the curtain into the tub at the Ulfric. "Can we talk?" she asks, sweet as can be and oblivious to Richard's nudity.

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[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

Said Ulfric jumps a little at the sudden appearance of Moon not only in his house but peering around the shower curtain at him. It's good agility that keeps the small slip from setting him on his ass, though he does have a hand against the wall.

"Moon?"

[lady_moon]

"Were you expecting someone else?"

She looks around the bathroom before peering back around the shower curtain.

"I don't think anyone else is supposed to be here tonight. It's why I picked it."

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

Richard shakes his head a little, the short curls that are starting to grow back splashing water a little. "I wasn't expecting anyone."

He reaches to turn off the water, "Least of all just appearing in my bathroom while I was in the shower." Which is where the surprise had come from.

[lady_moon]

Moon steps back, giving him space to exit the shower.

"Well, this is where you were, so this is where I came."

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

"I see." Richard exits the shower and picks up a towel. He doesn't take too much time drying off before the towel is wrapped around his hips and he's motioning towards the bathroom door. Hinting that they should exit the room to the hallway.

"You wanted to talk about?"

[lady_moon]

Opening the door, Moon's bare feet are silent on his floor as she goes out into the hallway.

"About when I poked at your beast and you poked back."

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

Richard follows her into the hall and then moves around her into his bedroom to at least get pants on. He doesn't close the door or anything, not sure if he should be surprised if she follows him or not.

"Has no one ever poked back before?" He asks over his shoulder from his dresser.

[lady_moon]

Oh, he's followed. Moon looks around his room idly, hands clasped in front of her. Richard has a nice room, she thinks before her eyes settle on him again.

"No. I didn't know there was anything to poke back at. How did you know and what is it?" she asks.

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

There are jeans in hand when he turns to raise a brow at her. "Nature assumption that if there's something there to poke me, that feels like what you're poking then you have something to poke back?"

The towel is discarded and the jeans are pulled on. "For us, it's our Beast. If you were like regular shifters, I would say that's what it is. But your not like us, however whatever it is, it's very similar to ours."

[lady_moon]

Moon steps closer to him, not quite invading his space, but closer than someone casually standing next to someone else. She looks up at him.

"Can you do it again, without me poking you first?"

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

Richard looks down at her, nodding. "I should be able to, yea."

He doesn't really wait after answering before he reaches out with his powers, his wolf to prod so very gently at what's inside Moon. Waiting to see how it reacts to him.

[lady_moon]

Curiosity. That's what meets his gentle prod. Curiosity and the distinct sense of wolf, but not quite. Something that thinks its wolf, but knows it isn't truly wolf.

Moon, though, makes a soft sound in the back of her throat as it reacts to Richard, recognizes the power that touches it. Something powerful enough to pull it out of slumber. Something powerful enough to command it.

And so the wolf-like sense inside Moon pokes right back, like the nose of a curious wolf sniffing and nudging.

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

Brown eyes watch Moon with a look that does but doesn't see her. Concentrating more on that almost not'wolf. It's the wolf but not quite that makes him frown a little. Curious

Part of him is a little surprised to have the ability to command it like one of his wolves because of who she is. The wolf in him isn't so surprised though. He is Ulfric, and the title doesn't come without having the power to hold it.

His wolf moves forward a little, bolder to nose back at hers. Getting to know hers a little.

[lady_moon]

Moon tilts her head a little, much like a curious wolf, and stares up at him with green eyes. The wolf inside her draws back a little, looking over the power that pushes a little closer, trying to deem if it is a threat or not. It is more powerful than it is in that it can call the wolf out, force the wolf to roll over if it so chose.

The power that rises up could be translated at a yip, defiant as the wolf inside Moon tries to assert its dominance over the Ulfric.

Moon herself is confused, eyes seeing just as his do: seeing what isn't really there.

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

Richard's wolf is patient, though it won't roll over for hers. He is Ulfric and won't let anyone be more dominant than him. So any try for dominance will be thwarted, though it's will also be done in a way that won't leave hers hurt so long as her wolf doesn't push too hard.

The confused is a little over looked because he's more concentrated on the wolf interaction at the moment.

[lady_moon]

The wolf comes closer again, the power moving easily inside Moon and reacting entirely to Richard's. It steps a little closer, nose reaching out, sniffing in a way. The power is hesitant, though, unsure and unsteady, as if taking steps for the first time.

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

His wolf stills, reaching out with his nose a little. Show that he'll let hers take its time to come a little closer. Dominant doesn't mean he has to push or fight her. And a good leader leads, guides, and knows when to let a new wolf get comfortable.

[lady_moon]

Moon blinks once.

"What are we doing?" she asks, her words barely whispered as her physical body takes just a step closer. It confuses her, but the wolf inside isn't confused. It knows what it sees, senses, and as she steps closer, so does the wolf.

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

"Getting to know each other," he murmurs back. Richard's wolf steps closer, Richard taking the stop closer as well, so his wolf can nose the fur along her neck. Taking in scent and feel, getting to know her and deciding somewhere that she's fine to be Pack.

[lady_moon]

"But I already know you."

Or she thought she did, but as her power -- her wolf -- moves along his, she realizes that, no, she doesn't. Not like this.

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

"Different scale of know."

His wolf grows a little bolder and moves to slide along hers, pulling a low sound from Richard as he stumbles back half a step. He's watching Moon, eyes focusing more on the woman than the wolf before him as he takes a breath. "Wolves know each other on a different level than people."

[lady_moon]

A quiet gasp leaves her lips, a shiver running down her spine, and Moon stares at Richard. Her wolf doesn't pull back from him, but noses along his wolf's flank, sniffing.

Learning.

Her wolf nips at a hindquarter, and then presses its side to Richard's wolf's. When their power presses that firmly, Moon lets loose a moan, her knees feeling weak for a moment.

"What level was that?" she asks, licking her lips as she tries to truly focus on two things at once.

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

Richard himself giving a soft groan at their power against each other. His breathing's a hair faster, "More intimate level." He's not exactly sure how to word this level.

His wolf nips back lightly before sliding along hers, pulling a louder groan from Richard. He'd take a step back to separate them, but he can't quite seem to move at the moment.

[lady_moon]

Moon finds herself stepping to close the distance between them, wondering what it would be like if she... touched... him while they learned one another like this.

"Intimate, yes," she says, connecting the word to the feeling as their wolves press and nip, sniff and nuzzle. The power sliding against power was intense, and Moon doesn't think she's felt anything quite like it.

[puppyeyedulfric.livejournal.com]

Richard's gaze follows her, head tilting to look down at her as she steps closer. His eyes are still his own brown but there's that slide of shadows from his wolf. He knows it will only intensify if she actually touches him, but he's not exactly making any moves to pull away or stop her.

Richard's only shared this with people he'd slept with, generally while in the process of having sex or initiating sex. So sharing it with someone else is a little different for him.