The devil may smile with an angel's face

[emptynight]

After the conversation with Edward, Thomas stayed in his room and let his mind wander, let the Hunger guide his thoughts through a maze of possibilities. He tried to ignore how the exercise, even the planning, was a rush, how it made the blood rush through his veins. Between his fingers, he toyed with a business card, once in a while rereading the short message, conjuring up in his mind the slender, redhead with emerald eyes. She was a lot of things, but she was human, and had a human's vulnerabilities. But it was too soon. Too soon to attack that particular pawn.

It was going to take some thinking on. But fortunately for him, his night was wide open.

((Tag Alice))

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There was waiting and then there was boredom and the stretch in between was never too long for Alice, even if Pandora and Bianca were amazing. She was jittery as hell and she couldn't just stand still for Vlad. Besides she definitely needed to wash the rest of that blood off her hands, probably burn the t-shirt dress she was wearing just to make sure she never smelled that again. Eugh.

She hadn't forgotten about Thomas but she hadn't exactly stuck to his side either. They'd been shellacked together for like, weeks, and besides it was Thomas, it wasn't like he was going to take offense or something, but yeah, there was some guilt that he'd gone all face the music while she'd put it way the hell off after their meet and greet with Dru. So when she caught his scent before going into their room she had to kind of brae herself for a second, sort her brain out before her head got achier, and definitely, definitely focus on the calm and good instead of dumping him with whatever.

"You look totally pleased with yourself like in a way I haven't seen in awhile and good, I mean good for you and hooray and all that, don't mind the smell it'll be gone soon if I have to like, scrub off a layer of skin." She waved quick and ducked into the bathroom, stripping off her dress and throwing it at the wall. Definitely bonfire material. "You end up having a good night?"

[emptynight]

It wasn't until Alice moved, pulled him down for an uncharacteristically calm kiss that Thomas noticed how much strength flowed through his veins, how much lighter her presence was against his awareness. "Clearly I'm not doing my job if you're not remembering how good I am," he joked, letting his hands fall to Alice's waist and setting her back on her feet as if she couldn't reach it on her own. No wonder Harry liked to needle Murphy about being short. It was fun.

He moved back, out of smacking reach, as soon as she was on the floor. "And it's a deal. As long as there are no sexy nurse costumes involved. Well, not on me, at least."