Happy holidays to your lips~

[padadin]

✾ MISTLETOE MEME ✾

• You are stuck under a random mistletoe.
• There is a note on said mistletoe.
• Whoever comes within range will be pulled under the mistletoe and also be stuck.
• Now you both have to do what the note says to get unstuck.

The "orders" range from cordial to making out, so state your preferences. Feel free to mix and match them, too. Here are your options:

1. Hug. Easy enough. Can be a simple hug or a giant bear hug.
2. Kiss on the cheek. For those who might be a little shier.
3. Kiss on the hand. For those who want to be...well whatever kissing on the hand invokes. Charming? Dashing?
4. Kiss on the lips. 1-2-3 KISS. This is the tame version of the next one.
5. Make-out for five minutes. As described on the tin.


stolen from empatheias

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Karman Shepard

[dreamofakuze]

i hope 4 is cool

[scanninggaydis]

[Man, there's nothing like getting to know a relatively new shipmate like having to kiss them.

Why was this mistletoe stuck above the galley door, that's just mean.]

I guess this is one way to get good ratings....

4 is definitely cool

[dreamofakuze]

[So far, Shepard was less than impressed with the way this place liked to 'have fun' it just seemed mean.

Not that kissing people was mean, but forcing random people to kiss was pretty bad.

He offered Felix a small smile, partially in amusement...and partially to try and make this less awkward for two people who basically didn't know each other.]

My friend always goes on about how romance makes the best story. Or 'tension,' at least.

If you're uncomfortable, I'm willing to just stand here until they get bored, I don't want to do anything you'd find unpleasant.

[Like kissing guys. Or just kissing, depending.]

[scanninggaydis]

I feel like they're much more likely to get tension than romance out of all this.

[His complaint doesn't carry that much weight behind it, though. Or heat. It's an inconvenience but it could be a lot worse. When Shepard offers to wait it out if necessary, Felix just shakes his head a little.]

Thanks, but I'm fine. As long as you are...?

[Didn't sound like he was objecting for himself, but since he was kind enough to offer. Felix should probably make the same gesture, just in case that was Shepard's way of trying to wiggle out of it.]

[dreamofakuze]

[Shepard raised his hands as though to side-step the idea he might not be, and a playful smile accompanied the action.]

You won't hear a complaint from me. Kissing a good-looking man can't be called a hardship.

[He held out his hand to Felix, that small but bright smile still in place.]

Shall we?

[scanninggaydis]

["Good-looking", huh? If cute guys keep complimenting Felix, he might be forced to believe again that he can be an object of desire.

As it is, he looks down at Shepard's hand, and then takes it with a very faint smile of his own.]

Sure, why not.

[He steps in, taking the initiative to brush his lips against Shepard's. It's light, insubstantial. He wants to continue to give him the chance to opt out of anything real or serious.

Or, of course, it could be possibly read as Felix's own hesitance. But at the very least, he did step into the kiss with a certain amount of confidence.]

[dreamofakuze]

[As he should, something Karman wouldn't be shy in telling him if he knew he should.

Karman wasn't a flirtatious guy by nature, he only flirted when he meant it, much the same as his compliments. It was a blessing and curse sometimes: he was really bad at lying when it came to how he felt about something.

But Felix takes the initiative and Shepard is surprised, but hardly in a bad way. The kiss is light and Karman leaves it like that for a brief moment before putting more pressure into it.

They weren't being asked to make out, but Shepard wasn't one for half-measures either, he intended to give one hell of a kiss.]

[scanninggaydis]

[It takes Felix a little bit by surprise that Shepard takes the kiss to a slightly more intimate level. They don't need to do this, probably. All the note said was a kiss.

...But he's not going to object. Luckily, they're still at that level of acquaintanceship where Felix doesn't feel like overstepping boundaries would make things weird. This doesn't feel weird. Well. It mostly doesn't feel weird.

It might be a little weird - too intimate - that they're still essentially holding hands though. As Felix responds to the way Shepard adds weight into the kiss, his own kiss becoming a little more passionate, he slips his hand out of his shipmate's and skims it lightly up Shepard's arm.]

[dreamofakuze]

[It was...nice. Even just this much intimacy. It had been a long time for sure. He'd nearly forgotten how much he enjoyed the feeling. He had forgotten that Felix's hand was still in his, up until it was gone, but then it was brushing his arm and he doubts he could forget that feeling.

But he couldn't let this linger any more than it already had. He wanted to keep kissing Felix, but that was too forward and possibly not wanted. And he couldn't let himself want it. He'd spent too many years telling himself he shouldn't, a change in scenery couldn't change that.

He pulled away slowly and offered a warm smirk.]

You're one hell of a kisser, Mr. Gaeta. If I'm lucky, maybe we'll get stuck again.

[But, for now, he takes a side-step to move out of Felix's way now that whatever force had held them in place seemed satisfied.]

[scanninggaydis]

[It's...embarrassing, but Felix's reaction to Shepard pulling away takes a moment.

It's been way too long for him too, and his body...well, his body wants what it wants. Felix would completely agree that he can't let himself want something like this. It's not practical to want it. Still. Some little portion of his brain latches on to this idea of affection and doesn't let go immediately.

Felix's hand is almost to Shepard's shoulder when he pulls away. It hangs in the air for a few heartbeats. For those few seconds, the look in Felix's eyes is kind of unfocused.

And then he pulls himself together. His hand drops back to his side, and he answers Shepard's smirk and statement with a huff and a wry smile.]

Well. You know where to find the mistletoe, at least.

[Since it's...still above the galley door. It's still a very weird price to pay for accessing their food supply. Hopefully it'll be gone soon.

He actually steps back into the hallway instead of passing by Shepard. Proooobably just going to use one of the establishments on the Iskaulit for food.]