{"id":35588,"date":"2012-07-28T17:37:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T17:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/07\/28\/inner-flame-closed-rp-10\/"},"modified":"2012-07-28T17:37:59","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T17:37:59","slug":"inner-flame-closed-rp-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/07\/28\/inner-flame-closed-rp-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Inner Flame | Closed RP"},"content":{"rendered":"

liesmith-loki<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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i-am-the-firechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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liesmith-loki<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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i-am-the-firechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Summer noted the tiny smile, and damned herself for the answering curl of her own lips. Screw it<\/em>, she thought, I barely even know this guy and I\u2019ve already bonded. How stupid can I be.<\/em><\/p>\n

Aloud she responded, \u201cHelios isn\u2019t going to throw up all over your pretty clothes, he\u2019s just going to give you some fur.\u201d The big ragdoll promptly leaped into Loki\u2019s lap, turning around a few times and hitting the dark man in the face with his giant fluffy tail. \u201cHe\u2019s a ragdoll cat, which is a breed, although he\u2019s not purebred. They\u2019re called ragdolls because they tend to go limp when held and are generally very relaxed and laid back kitties. Helios is so goodnatured he\u2019s never even hissed at anyone. Go on, scratch his ears. Let him know you\u2019re welcoming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Helios kneaded his paws up and down a few times, then walked off Loki\u2019s lap just long enough to sprawl out full length nearby, using Loki\u2019s knee for a headrest and opening his blue eyes wide. He began to purr.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Loki hesitantly laid his hand on the cat\u2019s body, hesitantly stroking down the soft fur\u2014smiling ever so slightly at the vibrating hum of the purr.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch a trusting creature.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cCats are. They may seem standoffish, but once one has claimed you, it\u2019s up to you not to break that trust. They aren\u2019t,\u201d she hesitated, searching for the right word, \u201cintelligent. Not the way we are. They can\u2019t understand, if we hurt them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Helios increased the volume of his purr, narrowing his eyes to slits. \u201cBut they understand our emotions,\u201d she continued softly. \u201cHelios is saying, don\u2019t hurt, I\u2019m here, I care. Maybe that\u2019s why Macrowafter came to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Loki was staring down at the cat with a look of perplexed concentration, his hand still moving with calculated care over the silky fur\u2014he found he had no answer for a long moment, and instead focused on the cat.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026I found Macrowafter in an alley. \u00a0He was hurt. \u00a0I took him home and bathed and treated him, and he stayed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer reached out to lay her hand over his. “He must have known you had a good hear—” A storm of emotion blazed through her mind, pain and anger and desperation and longing — she jerked her hand away and sat for a long moment, breathing hard. Helios laid his ears back, his purr dimming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

liesmith-loki: i-am-the-firechild: liesmith-loki: i-am-the-firechild: Summer noted the tiny smile, and damned herself for the answering curl of her own lips. Screw it, she thought, I barely even know this guy and I\u2019ve already bonded. How stupid can I be. Aloud she responded, \u201cHelios isn\u2019t going to throw up all over your pretty clothes, he\u2019s just … Continue reading Inner Flame | Closed RP<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,4418,4544],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35588"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}