"If you write though I will reward you for a job well done..." She moaned softly as he nipped at her neck and she stretched out, letting her head fall back a bit to expose the soft skin even more. "After you write, I'll feed you, then we'll dirty the sheets, and then I'll sing you a lullaby and hold you while you sleep."

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"But I want that to all happen tonight and not two weeks from now.." whispered Sin as he looked into her face with a rather hungry grin. "What about... we do all that stuff and then I'll write after you go.. so you don't have to get ignored.." he offered.

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"My darling it isn't an either or thing. I was going to sing to you after we were intimate tonight, and hold you as well if you'd let me." She smiled as she nuzzled her cheek to his, soft and innocent. "And just because you aren't paying attention to me doesn't mean I'm being ignored. Any time I'm in the room with you, I know you know I'm here."

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"Yea.. you know I just don't like you worrying about me.." he said then softly, his expression turning earnest. Reaching out, he petted at her hair, smoothing some of it back with long fingers.

"Alright then." he finally conceded. "You win..."

Just about then, the alarm went off in the kitchen, and he lit up as he said "There's dinner..."

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"I like when I win." She pressed a kiss to his lips and let it linger there a bit longer than just a simply innocent kiss before she slipped from his lap.

"After dinner, I'll do the dishes. Sound fair?"

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"Alright.. alright.." he says, raising his hands up as he surrenders to Harmony's will. In many ways he didn't think he needed to be spoiled so - Harmony knew nothing of his past and his true history. Thankfully she didn't press too much.

He got up and followed her to the kitchen, and went about pulling dinner out and set it on the stove. "Voila!" he said.

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The girl hugged him from behind, pressing her face against his back in the space that would, if she knew they were there, be right between his wings. Even with that lack of knowledge it was always a favorite place of hers, a place she'd often kiss.

"I love how you always try to do nice things for me. I love you for that and for so much more. You're too good to me."

Moving away from him, she got down plates and utensils, offering him first dibs at dinner.

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The whole "I love you" speech actually made him flush a bit, and Sin scratched at the back of his neck awkwardly and smiled. "Uhm.. Thank you?" he then said softly before he reached out and looped a hand around Harmony and pulled her to him.

"I.. love you too." he then said with a soft seriousness.

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The first night they'd met, they'd been together. It had defied everything she knew about herself and had ultimately set the tone for their relationship. Harmony should have known then that nothing was unexpected with Sin but even so his words caught her completely off guard. Had she not set the plate on the stove when he pulled her close to him she would have dropped it to the floor. Her chest to his she lifted her wide blue eyes to his.

"You...you said it." Her voice was barely above a whisper and she could feel tears--happy ones--stinging in her eyes. "You....love me?"

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"Yea, well.. been long enough that you've been waiting." murmured the man, his expression still serious, though a smirk was pulling at his lips.

"You've.. taught me a lot." he then said. "I think that I've learned enough to say it with confidence."

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She choked a little and the tears slipped down her cheeks in earnest as she threw her arms around his neck, hugging him perhaps more tightly than she ever had before.

"Oh Sin...you have no idea how happy you've made me. That you love me...it means you believe that I love you. You finally believe me. I love you, so much."

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"It was never a question of you." he then said softly, happy to wrap his arms around her and hug her tight.

In times like this, he wished that he could really be himself. it stung that the person she loved wasn't really the man. Privately, Adrian hated it.. Harmony didn't even know his real name.

"... Adrian." he then said softly. "My name is Adrian.."

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Harmony gently unfurled herself from his arms and pulled back, her hands still woven into his though, tightly touching him as though disconnect from him caused her pain (in a sense, it did.)

"Adrian." As she said his name her voice, already silvery and musical, took on a richness and a depth that he would never have heard before. There was something private in the darkness there, as though she were whispering even with speaking aloud--a treasure held in the space around her.

"Adrian." She said it again and smiled, kissing his palms. "I love you, Adrian. My Adrian."

Her eyes were wide and lit up. Harmony seemed to glow from within, entirely accepting of him. She was so patient with him, never pushing. It blew her away that now he was letting her in.

"My Adrian. Now I see your heart."

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"Not all of it. But some." he then says softly before he can stop himself. Adrian tried to not say too much, but right now it was hard; she was just so innocent and kind and good and... no. He had to be strong for her. He had to protect her from what he was.

"So.. uhm.. Hi." he then said lamely, not sure really what else to say to her. Suddenly all his words seemed to be gone, and Latin was about to babble past his lips.

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"Not all?" Her big wide eyes kept looking into his, patient and curious. "Do you think that...someday, maybe...you'll let me see it all?"

She tiptoed up and kissed him softly, preventing Latin from spewing forth, though she wouldn't have minded if he'd slipped into a dead language. Latin was a language of music, after all.

"I want to show you everything I am and know everything you are. This is how much I love you."

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"I know.. I just.." he murmured, gripping her tight - so tight that he had to remind himself to be more gentle. He sighs then and turns away, his expression dark as he says "I'll tell you.. when I can. But I can't right now." he then says lamely. It sounds like a bunch of excuses to his ears.

He knew that she would probably understand if he did tell her, but it was for her own good.. really. Plus he was afraid, afraid that she would run screaming when she saw what he truly was.

He didn't expect anyone to love the monster that he was. Not even Harmony.

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When he turned away from her, she felt fear. It bit at her core and flushed through her body as sick warmth.

"Promise me you'll let me in someday, Adrian? I'll wait forever if I have to."

Her voice was timid. Nothing terrified Harmony more than being shut out from him.

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The man gave a huff and then turned towards the girl. He couldn't take the sorrow in her tone, and so reached out to draw her into his arms again.

"I will.. when I know that it's safe for you to know. I promise." he then said softly into her hair, meaning every word. He just didn't know if she'd ever be safe enough to know..

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Refuge. As soon as his arms opened to her she fled into them and though they were standing she seemed to curl to his chest, pressing tight to his heart. Her whole body relaxed, the fear in her voice vanishing as quickly as it came.

"I'm with you. I'm always safe." Her face lifted to his and she smiled widely before she snuggled into him again.

"Adrian Adrian Adrian Adrian. Adrian Varias, there is nothing you can't tell me. I promise."

She wasn't pushing. She was reassuring. Sometimes she had to tell him everything would be okay thousands of times before it was, but she said it anyway hoping someday her words would stick.

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