Ouroboros Spine kuli ⧫

And she herself was full of surprises. Zane always had one foot out the door, even in the best of circumstances, and he'd never met a chick as slick about it as this one here. He was getting older, much as he refused to act like it, and some company sounded pretty damn nice. No promises it'd keep, and no pressure. She could tell him to get lost tomorrow. He could decide to get lost himself.

As long as the two of them were down for it, he saw no reason anyone else even needed to poke their nose in it. Obviously Duchess was keen on settin folks up and, if that was the case, she'd likely be over the moon Lane hadn't decided to snap his nose off. Zane wasn't so dumb he couldn't sense how Kukutux had expected this meeting to go. But shit, who coulda called this anyway?

She backed off and at first he was full on waitin for a take-back. But that was a challenge if he'd ever seen one, and his smile grew. He was wise to that game. It didn't take much to lead Zane on, especially in that direction. He sidled forward, more to the water than to her... before lunging playfully sideways, not to actually hit her, but to envoke the intention of the game.