Ask The Icy Grasp

[Lukas Aurelius]

Planet: Ando Prime.
Mid Rim.
Lambda Sector.

Lukas Aurelius would feel the jostle of his ship entering the atmosphere of the planet of Ando Prime. The big blue ball of ice lay before him as he came in swiftly down through the clouds above. His icy blue eyes would scan ahead as he looked for a good landing spot in the big ball of ice. The mountain rides lined alongside plains with frozen lakes almost matching into the frozen ground to make it hard to tell what was what. Lukas knew it was easier for him to set his ship down in the wastelands and walk towards his target than to go to the nearest city of Elesa the capital and to try to find someone to bring him to the caves he was looking for. He didn't want the attention and word of mouth would most likely be pretty quick if a Jedi was caught moving about asking questions. Lukas was here because thanks to Senator Constantine he was informed of the base the former bandits who attempted to kidnap her are hiding in. He would grimace slightly as the ship continued to jostle. Lukas spent two months on and off in a Bacta tank trying to recover from that encounter and almost near lost his life. Letting his tongue run over the now healed stitching that was in his inner lip from putting a hole in it. His eyes shifted down to his warm clothing as if he could see through the clothes and look at the faint scares left behind.

A big jostle and shake of his ship would snap him back to focus as the night was soon upon him in a few hours and he wanted to get a head start for his trek. As the ship approached what looked like a semi concealed plain surrounded by mountain ranges he would check his coordinates. "Not a bad spot..not to far either." he spoke softly as his lips pursed for a moment in thought. He thought of that Sith, Celeste he met. A lot actually when he was in and out of that pod and in rehabilitating to walk with his wounds. Though he tried suppressing the feelings they still managed to somehow surface and make light to him. He never spoke to her since then and also never informed her he was getting justice for the group by hunting down the bandits that tried to take them all. As Lukas's ship came swooping down he would feel the legs extend out for landing as a solid crunch was heard making contact. The engines began to die down as Lukas flipped a couple switches to disengage everything and turn it off. He brought with him a backpack survival kit/lightsaber just in case and some thick clothing and goggles. "Well, time to freeze." he mumbled as he hit the button for the door.

The hiss would open up as immediately he got blasted by cold strong wind on his face as he closed the door behind him. Locking it on the pad as he raised his arm up in front of his face for a moment to shield himself. Letting himself get his bearings for a moment he would look down at his wrist pad that was already getting slowly pelted by snow drifts from the wind. His icy blue eyes in his goggles would look up at the sky above as he had a few hours to get to his lookout spot over the canyon. Lukas would begin his trek as he moved through the valley. It seemed the wind was blowing downward towards him like a funnel as he kept marching. Each step with a little more effort as it was he landed on a frozen lake. The snow pile up was not as bad as it was fairly open to the wind. Once he cleared the lake and got towards the land and concealed vallley under the shadow of the mountains he would find himself knee deep in snow. Raising his feet ever so slightly as it was wasting precious time to move through it. The wind and snow battering his goggles as ice began to form on his beard and stubble. With his moving he was fairly warm but he wouldn't be able to be out here for too long..

@LadyRen ​

 

[Celeste Stythani]

Weeks had passed after the incidents on Bunduki and it finally seemed as though Celeste was close to catching the captors. Their motives were still vastly unknown, but she was hoping to interrogate those people to gain more insights. She had stayed in contact with Senator Constantine, not only in regard to their business deals, but also to keep her up-to-date with the new found information on this apparent paramilitary organization that wanted to spread chaos and unease. Additionally, she had regularly checked on the Jedi Knight she had met on Bunduki. She was not quite sure why, but she had often found herself thinking about him. His unknown fate had left her restless and she had been agitated until one of the Senator's aides had finally given her the pleasant news of his recovery.

Her constant checking in had amused Senator Constantine strongly and she had often quipped about Celeste's concern, but Celeste had begged her not to tell Lukas about their calls. She had no idea whether the prying, chatty and often gossiping Senator managed to keep her mouth shut, but Celeste was assuming that she would probably never see him again anyway. It was good and relieving to know that he was alright, but it was sad that their paths didn't seem to be meant to cross again. This realization had hit her hard and it had taken a few days to process, which was definitely unusual for her, but she had accepted it in the end. It was strange that she was still longing to get to know him better and she had no idea why this Jedi had piqued her curiosity so strongly, but she had tried to keep herself distracted with her search for the ones that had been behind all the trouble.

She skillfully maneuvered her ship through the atmosphere and onto the ground, but the snowfall was complicating the descend. The trail had led her to Ando Prime in the Lambda Sector and she had never been on the icy planet before. Since she had come to Rattatak she had grown used used the heat and so she had packed herself in different layers to prevent the cold from creeping into her bones. However, once she was descending the ramp, she was learning that both, the several layers and the thick snow suit she was wearing on top was not only slowing her down, but it was also inhibiting her agility strongly, so that she felt rather uncomfortable.

Nevertheless, she had sworn to get this over with. The threat had to be destroyed once and for all and this was why she had left early in the morning. From what she had found out, she had located the base of the string-puller in the middle of nowhere here on Ando Prime and that's why she had chosen to pay this guy an unannounced visit. She hadn't brought a platoon with her, but only her lightsaber and two blaster rifles, but she had instructed her crew to keep all channels open in case she would need reinforcement. Her ship was parked far off the next city and she was following the trail she had marked on her holomap to keep a low profile. No one was supposed to see her coming, so she was literally trying a stealthy, careful approach. The first few miles were extremely cumbersome, but she felt like it was getting a little easier after some time. However, the weather seemed to be getting worse as the winds had changed unpredictably. She was not freezing yet, but the walk was starting to drain her strength and so she decided to stop for a minute to catch her breath. It was right then when she suddenly felt a strange, yet somehow still familiar, faint presence. Something was tickling in the back of her mind while she found herself in the middle of a seemingly endless, snow-covered area. "And now my mind already starts playing tricks on me..." she mumbled breathlessly right before she let out another sigh and forced herself to continue. According to her estimations, she was getting closer and it really seemed like she was on the right way, but it was still a long journey ahead and while the wind became worse, the slowly darkening sky seemed to sinisterly declare that she had to hurry.

@Exhilian

 

[Lukas Aurelius]

Lukas Aurelius grimaced a bit as the cold wind blew on his face still followed by wet pieces of snow. The light across the sky began to fade vastly as night time soon approached him. "A storm? What is my luck.." Lukas would mumble as he kept his arm up across his face to block out the whipping cold bite of wind and snow on his face as he looked through his icy goggles and seen dark clouds bellowing in the distance and a whirlwind of snow behind it as visibility was already rough but once this storm was on top of him he would be utterly screwed. Trying to push through the knee deep snow even harder as it was quite the work out and endurance test. The icicles on his beard building as he continued to trek through the valley. Strong gusts emerged as it almost began to take him off his feet a bit before he hunched over leaning to keep himself heavier. "I should double back to the ship.." he thought.

Turning he would look back at utter darkness and the thought of back tracking was going to be agony as he knew by the time he was even halfway to his ship he would be caught in the storm. Turning his head back he would see a odd shape just off to the side of his view. The blue eyes trying to focus through the wet and icy goggles as he seen an outline of a outpost. A small house with a radar set on top of it that looked older than he was. Immediately changing his direction to it as he pushed through the snow and towards the outline. Hoping it was real and not some weird mind trick as he finally got closer to the door and let out a quick sigh of relief. His clothes were soaked and wet which led to icicles building on him and making the clothes hard from the wind as he tried opening the door but of course it was half submerged in snow and locked. Sighing a little as he was desperate he would use his shoulder and smash through the door as it swung open on the hinges.

The wind behind him came flying in making the curtains move violently as snow began to trek inside the door. Lukas would step in and slam the door shut behind him and leaned against it as he breathed heavily. His breath being caught in the air as it was cold as hoth in this thing but at least he wasn't outside. Letting his froze hands raise up under his gloves as he removed his goggles very slowly and seemed like a great ordeal as his icy blue eyes scanned the room. Dust and cob webs covered the furniture and tables. Blankets were draped over the everything to try to prevent the dust but it appeared full of it anyway. As Lukas began to move around he would feel a strange aura. Like something familiar was not to far off. He stopped dead in his tracks for a moment as he thought. "What is going on today.." he huffed as it was only 3-4 hours since he landed and was already confused from the storm and disoriented.

Lukas would turn his focus back looking around the room as he shuffled his way over to the old fireplace made of stone that looked unkept as he perked an eyebrow. "Got to be wood here somewhere.." he would begin to move around the place also making sure he never had company as it was some sort of weather out post. A small bedroom in the back with a little kitchen and decent sized bathroom. It seemed those who stayed here use to stay for quite some time. Shifting around the kitchen opening the cupboards as some MREs were there but frozen beyond belief as he sighed. Continuing his search as he managed to find a little built on woodshed in the back that had enough wood for a couple days. A smirk coming to his face as he felt a moment of relief. Taking a armful of wood he would trudge back to the fireplace and throw in some logs in a upside down Y formation.

His icy blue eyes would look around as he would let his lightsaber ignite against a piece of old book stacked above on the fireplace on a shelf as once it caught he would quickly set it under the logs and blow a bit. The fire soon catching as he seen his breath continue in the air. First rule after securing the building was to keep himself from freezing as the crackle and warm glow was a sight for sore eyes as the windows rattled and shook violently from the wind as it seemed the storm was near. "Not much time left now." Lukas would mutter as his breath rose high in the air.

@LadyRen

 

[Celeste Stythani]

The walk through the deep snow was not only exhausting but also frustrating. It took her ages to cover a distance because it was all slowing her down heavily. It didn't take long until she started to lose her connection towards the ship which was supplying the coordinates and her exact position because the weather was still getting worse. The heavy snow fall was soon turning into an actual storm and the wind was starting to knock her off balance. She breathed heavily while she was constantly tumbling or even falling onto her knees, so that she was almost swallowed by the masses of snow.

This was honestly a nightmare. She should have turned back at the first signs of a deterioration of the weather situation, but she had been too stubborn and determined to reach their base. It seemed like the Force wasn't with her today, but the sheer thought of finally stopping them drove her forward. It was too late to turn back anyway since she had completely lost all sense of orientation and so she was just hoping to stumble upon something like a cave or something that would provide at least some shelter until the storm would leave and she would be able to establish a connection.

The cold slowly started to creep into her bones and she could hardly see anything anymore. The googles were protecting her eyes, but the protective mask she wore was unfortunately not covering all parts of her skin and so she was starting too freeze vehemently after a few more meters. I have a bad feeling about this, she thought darkly as she was about to lose hope, but then she suddenly spied a faint glow in the distance. That was odd. She was assuming her body was close to collapse and that her mind was tricking her because of that, but she still headed in the direction. She was shielding her face with her gloved hand, but it became increasingly more difficult to cover any more ground. However, in contrast to her assumptions, there seemed to be indeed a source of light and when she had finally gotten close, she couldn't believe her eyes.

A cabin. A cabin in the middle of nowhere. The shelter she had been looking for, but it wasn't hard to tell that someone had already used this particular spot to seek cover. Her knees were weak and she was shaking from exhaustion and the freezing cold, but she was still trying to collect her last bits of strength to grab her lightsaber's hilt as firmly as possible while she mentally prepared for a possible foe to hide inside. The cabin seemed to be some sort of station for monitoring the weather, but since she knew that those bastards were hiding here somewhere, it could have also been one of their scouts. Because of that she was ready to defend herself. She knew that she needed to use the cabin, otherwise she wouldn't make it through the storm and so she used the Force to kick the door open as forcefully as possible. Her lightsaber was not ignited since she didn't mean harm per se, but as her concealed eyes landed on the figure that was also hidden beneath several layers, she wasn't sure whether she would be able to fight at all. There was something oddly familiar about its presence, but she was too exhausted to tell what it was. She stood in the doorframe, slightly tumbling while she wordlessly entered. Her muscles were all tensed but she managed to do yet another step. Once inside, she reached behind her and shut the door close, her eyes not leaving the humanoid creature in front of her. It had ignited a fire and besides the slight crackling, it was rather silent. The wind was howling outside, but it was comparatively quiet here. She was still trembling while she held the dark hilt of her lightsaber in her hand, not yet being able to say a single word. It felt like she was thawing, but she was completely on edge since this situation with this stranger was indeed intense.

@Exhilian

 

[Lukas Aurelius]

Lukas Aurelius would be hunched over trying to keep the fire going as he felt the warm glow on his moustache and beard feel fantastic before the force was strong and he found out it wasn't his mind at all. By the time he knew the door already was halfway smashed open with a powerful hit and a a figure was behind him. Lukas would stay still quietly as he heard heavy breathing behind him. "Well they found me." thought to himself as he turned around with speed letting the hilt of his lightsaber hilt snap to his palm and the blue glow being ignited as the blue light shown across his frozen face. The ice on his beard slowly clinging onto the stubble as his ice blue eyes stared ahead at the figure. He would hold himself back for a moment as the door flying open almost took out the fire with the violent wind. For some odd reason they never lunged at him as he looked closer. "Celeste...?" he said almost loosing his breath in shock. Out of all places, out all the possible places he could be?.

His eyes would focus a little bit more as now she was next to him he really could sense her as she looked exhausted and frozen just like him. As she shut the door he would retract his lightsaber and kept his hands visible for her as he slowly removed his goggles and put his hood down as his frozen but familiar face. His ice blue eyes seeing her almost fall over as he ran over there and grabbed her right away to hold her up. "What are you doing here!?" he said in almost disbelief as it was a pleasant but shocking feeling. Letting her fall in his arms if she was to weak, Lukas would slowly bring her over to the fire and set her down by it immediately. Even though the fire just started he was hoping she would begin to come back to life a bit with the warmth. Their breath still visible in the air as he sat her down by the fire. He was just as cold as her but he knew she needed it more.

Running over to the blankets that covered the furniture he would begin to rip them off in a quick jolt as he brought them over and began to wrap them around her as he knelt down to her face. His face near hers as he shook his head softly. "You're a sight for sore eyes." he almost smiled but knew she needed to warm up first as the wind banged against the window and rattled violently as the storm was now coming above them. The snow creating a blizzard like view of white out conditions as Lukas turned softly to throw another log in the fire. He never seen her in months and now finally he had a chance to see her again. Though the circumstances were rough, he was glad she stumbled upon him before anything worse happened. His breath would continue to show itself in the air as took her hands and began to breath his hot breath into them and rub them slowly.

@Lukas Aurelius

 

[Celeste Stythani]

She stood there as if completely frozen from the inside and the outside. This couldn't be true. Right before he said her name she had sensed it. This was indeed a familiar presence. The Jedi Knight immediately unmasked himself, thereby proving that she was not delirious from the cold. "Lukas..." she whispered in disbelief, her voice frail. How could he be here?! In the middle of nowhere, in this exact same cabin, trying to find shelter from the exact same storm. This couldn't be coincidence. This could only be an ironic joke from the Force. However, it was indeed an extremely pleasant coincidence. She couldn't even believe her luck if she was being honest.

While she collapsed to the front he was already at her, softly catching her and bringing her in front of the fireplace. A whole bunch of emotions washed over her as she was not only overjoyed from having found a safe place to stay, but also because she had been so wrong about their paths never crossing again. "How..." she began softly after she had removed he'd googles and her mask with trembling hands. Her whole body was shivering, but she was trying to stay focused. The fire was already helping, but she was far from good. She swallowed, rubbing her hands against one another before she was hit by a realization.

"The senator filled you in...I suppose" she elaborated softly, finally understanding what had brought him here. She was still a little breathlessly but it was getting better eith every second and she was unbelievably happy to see his familiar face here. "Thank you...I can't believe it. It seems like we both followed the same track". There was a genuine gratitude in her voice, but the second part made her also feel a little uneasy. So they had both risked their lives yet again.

Once it was getting little warmer, she could finally relaxe her frozen muscles. "I'm still completely speechless. This was not what I had expected but I'm pleasantly surprised to see you here again". A sigh of relief left her while she unzipped her thick snow suit. Their breaths were still visible, but the warmth of the fire wouldn't even fully reach them in all those layers. "And I'm so glad that you're alright again after what happened on Bunduki. But...why did you follow this trace? You could have frozen to death!". There was an obvious level of worry in her soft voice, but she tried not to be too accusing since she had made the same stupid mistake.

@Exhilian

 

[Lukas Aurelius]

Lukas Aurelius would feel her trembling in his arms as he held her for a moment to warm her up with his breath on her hands and the blankets around her as his icy blue eyes looked at her for a moment and took her face in before he smiled softly and let herself sit a bit more upright without his help. "The Senator told me they were hiding out...I came to find them and avenge what they done to you and everyone else. They need to be brought to justice." he exclaimed quietly as he looked down for a brief moment at almost as if the pain came searing back from the time on the ship as he held his side for a moment as if it was acting up. Letting his hand drop to his side for a moment as he smiled at her now coming back to the moment. "Well we certainly did and thankfully we both seen this cabin.." he would look around as besides the fire crackling and their conversation it was eerie and quiet. The fire would belt out a loud crack of the wood burning as Lukas turned to add another log to the fire.

"This for sure isn't what I expected but I am glad you are here." As she unzipped her snow suit Lukas would aid her and hang it over on the ledge above the fireplace to dry as he removed his. Only wearing a thinner/thermal wear that kept heat close to his core as he was basically in a big body suit. He would take a spot next to her as he listened quietly to her questions. "I am surprised I am alright from there, I came out with a couple scratches!" he would smile and laugh a little to downplay it as he continued with answering her next question. "Well I can ask you the same thing, you look more frozen than me." he smiled as the ice on his beard began to slowly melt as the room was filling more with the woods heat. His icy blue eyes looking her over to make sure she had no injuries he was aware of.

"You shouldn't have come here without Everett." he said with a slight smile. He knew damn well she wouldn't listen to Everett and would do what she wanted but he felt the need to say it anyway. As a diplomatic and Senator she had a lot of people depending on her. Though Lukas admired her stubbornness that matched his own. The wind continued to howl making the old weather outpost creak as the only light around them was from the fire and the rest of the cabin lay in shadows and darkness. Sitting himself up slowly as he felt the cold still grabbing him a little and especially when he moved from the fire in his thin thermal wear as he managed to get a small decoration candles and light them from the fireplace. Letting the wick burn he would place them around the cabin to make it a bit more easy to see and not as dim.

He would glance around the cabin for a moment as he knew they weren't getting out of this tonight and the signal was bad. "It is going to be a long night. I brought a survival pack for food, we should be alright." he would glance around for a moment as he turned back to her. The fire crackling as he sat next to her again and a slight smirk formed. "Since we got hours to kill..How about the Sith Senator, Beautiful and beautifully stubborn, come to politics? Why?".

@LadyRen

 

[Celeste Stythani]

The warmth of the flames was already reaching her icy cheeks and if felt great. The fire was only slowly starting to fill the cabin with its heat, but they would be fine sooner or later. Meanwhile the storm was getting worse, so that it was rather clear that they had to stay here all night and wait for it to pass. They wouldn't get a signal here and it didn't even make sense to wander around in the dark, even if the storm would leave sooner than expected. But how could she had not seen it coming? Not even the forecast she had intercepted had reported about it, which was indeed odd, but maybe the winds had shifted unexpectedly...

As he went on and explained, she nodded with a slight smirk. "Of course she told you. I was instructing her not to, because I was pretty sure you're busy enough and I was convinced to deal with them on my own anyway...But the Senator has this habit of being rather chatty I suppose" she replied amusedly, before she nodded in agreement. "But yes. They need to be dealt with. I originally planned to keep you out of it, but seems like we're collaboring once again. I'm indeed pleasantly suprised to get the chance to meet you again anyway. That night I was planning to ask you for another dance and perhaps I would have gotten the chance to start another interesting conversation with you, but it seems like we have plenty of time to do that now" she added with a genuine smile while she could finally stop herself from trembling. The fire was growing and the heat was already helping, but so was his arm around her. He was indeed such a pure, caring soul and this realization was additionally warming her from the inside.

This was indeed an interesting situation but she was enjoying it nonetheless. As odd as it was with both of coincidentally stumping upon that cavin with a fire place, there was definitely a special atmosphere inside this small, cozy space." A couple of scratches?" she repeated in disbelief, raising an eyebrow at him. "I was honestly afraid you wouldn't make it". Of course he was then giving back the same accusation, so she just answered it with a grin. "Seems like we're both either stubborn or stupid"[/COLOR] she then answered with a slight chuckling before she would playfully roll her eyes. "Everett would have never let me go...you can be glad he doesn't know where I am right now. However, this will be an interesting conversation when I'll tell him whom I have met here" she then added amusedly before she was stretching out her hands towards the flames, removing the gloves and warming the icy fingers up a little.

Once he went on by explaining that he had at least brought a survival pack, she was glancing over her shoulder, back to where her backpack was. "Oh that's good. I've brought some necessities as well and I'm sure we'll make it through this night. However, I do hole the storm passes until the morning. We could also end up being stuck here longer". She had no idea how likely that was to happen since the weather seemed rather unpredictable here, but she wanted to mention it, so that they would be prepared for all eventualities. However, he quickly directed the conversation back to another topic anyway and she eyed him curiosly for a moment before she began to chuckle slightly. " I see what you're trying. Interrogating me to collect information for the Order, I see, I see" she answered jokingly before she would begin to actually answer him that question. Maybe it was a little naive, but she fully trusted him, so that she was not afraid of opening up.

As she did, a warm smile was on her lips and her blue eyes lingered right on his, their faces relatively close. "I was always an extremely ambitious person with high aspirations. I started leading my company back on Kalist at a very young age, so I was used to all the hard, diligent work. However, it didn't feel like it was enough. I was looking to change something for the good and when I stranded on Rattatak, I was originally just hoping to establish a trade deal, but I ended up being thrown into a fighting pit and that's when all that crazy stuff started. My good friend Kat and I were starting to overthrow the tyrants and since then I've been trying to establish a system that is way more just and lawful. The planet was feral, but it's getting under control. The first thing I tried to do was abolishing slavery...and well one thing lead to another and once I was declared Senator I starting mingling with galactic politics, always aspiring to find diplomatic solutions". She paused her, as this was basically a brief but precise summary. While she was slowly warming up, she leaned backwards into a more comfortable position while her gaze was still on him. "But now it's my turn. I've been curios since Bunduki. What convinced you to swear an oath and join the Jedi? Have you been with them all your life?" she then asked him curiously, hoping to finally gain all the insights.

@Exhilian

 

[Lukas Aurelius]

Lukas Aurelius couldn't help but smile a little. A shit eating grin forming among his face as he listened to her quietly. Letting her soothing voice and the fire crackling fill the empty void in the cabin as he nodded solemnly to her reasonings. "It seems the Senator talks to much for her own good." he would laugh a little as it seemed he was going to have to get a jab at the Senator for being such a little gossip bag and spy for Celeste. Never the less, Lukas would sit there in his thermal suit letting the heat pour into his bones as the chill was beginning to slowly fade. "So you checked up on me, hm." he thought for a moment as he was blinded entirely as to this. "Another dance?" Lukas said faintly with a curious look. "What makes you want to get to know me so badly? I'm just another Jedi doing my part in the bigger scheme of things. That and i'm also a super secret good dancer..." he trailed off sarcastically before laughing a little. Flecks of water coming off his beard onto the out post floor before evaporating from the heat.

"I am quite sure Everett will be displeased you found me here, the poor man doesn't seem to ever not worry though I'm afraid I share many of the same traits...just less grumpy." he teased slightly as he stood up for a moment. "Hold on, I'll get more wood." he would walk off into the darkness with the candle glow silhouetting his body as he went into the dark kitchen and to the attached wood shed as the wind rattled harder and harder and the fire crackled. While he was gone for a small brief moment the mood of isolation could be felt as they were both truly around no one, just lost in a storm together. Lukas would come back with the wood in his arm as he stacked them by the fire before feeding another log. The air still a bit chilly but continuing to be warmer as Lukas sat back down next to her but this time faced her adjacent from the fire and not sitting shoulder to shoulder. "I am sure we'll be fine for the night, worse comes to worse we try to make a break for our ships in a couple days." he shrugged softly.

Laughing at the information comment for the order he would shrug joust fully. "Well Celeste, I must find out your intentions." he would tease softly before listening to her story. His face would be close to hers as he listened intently. "You most certainly have drive and don't give up. That is quite admirable." he would stare into her eyes for a moment as the fire crackled and sent a small ember on the side of his neck. He would focus on her as the small ember burned for a moment before dissipating. Lukas never flinched as he was to cold and to distracted to notice as he continued to talk softly with a smirk. "And to abolish slavery is a mighty goal. Many parts of the galaxy still have it sadly but times are changing thanks to those such as yourself." He nodded firmly. "Are you still friends with this..Kat?" He added as before he knew it the role was reversed as he smiled slightly and looked down in thought for a moment.

The fire reflected in his eyes for a moment as he was quiet for a little bit before he spoke. "I was born on a mining ship." He smiled softly looking at her now. His voice seemed a bit remembering and thoughtful as he continued. "I worked there, lived there, ate, breathed, everything I knew was on a floating working city." He looked down again smiling softly. "My parents both were in the industry and I wasn't discovered until I was 14. I actually was just outside of Rattatak when a Jedi Master, Master Tavius found me." his icy blue eyes would focus on her before looking at the fire softly. "We were offloading minerals we mined there and he took me in, convincing my family of a better life. Generally we are taken much younger but they took a gamble on me and I spent the rest of my life in debt to the Jedi. I owe them a lot and swore them my allegiance." He would cross his arms for a moment. ""They saved me from a hard life, they didn't get to save my child hood but they sure saved my future. I haven't seen my family since." he would add before nodding to her quietly.

@LadyRen

 

[Celeste Stythani]

Not only his remark in regard to the senator made her chuckle, but also his second answer. "Okay I admit it. I'm a sucker for good dancers and I immediately sensed that" she joked sarcastically before a smirk landed on her lips. He seemed indeed curious about her interest, but the truth was that she herself wasn't fully sure why she was so interested in him....There was just something unexplainable upon him...something intriguing, maybe even strongly attracting. While they had been apart, her thoughts had drifted to him regularly and she had no idea why she felt this pull in his direction. "You don't seem like just another Jedi. You're different. You're unbelievably kind, selfless and caring and you show an effort in seeing behind my crimson bladed lightsaber. Additionally, you're stubborn and dutiful...you have sworn to protect the Senator and you're doing that with your life and this is something I admire as well" she replied softly and completely honestly. She was not trying to flatter him but trying to find words for this strangely strong appeal.

His comment about her bodyguard lightened the suddenly so serious mood up again and she couldn't stop herself from laughing. "I'm afraid so. You're both very loyal and protective, but don't mistake his seriousness for grumpiness. He can be quite humorous but it takes ages for him to let his guard down" she explained amusedly, slightly shaking her head. She knew that by now, he had been probably informed about her whereabouts and it wouldn't take long until he would start to find her. However, even if he was launching right now, he would never reach her until tomorrow evening...She was hoping to receive any signal until then, because he wouldn't be the only one worried about her repeated disappearance. Celeste used the time in which he was gathering more wood to quickly search through the stuff in her backpack, looking for useful stuff, but unfortunately there was not much. It would still suffice and they would survive a few days even, so they had no reason to worry.

She shifted her gaze back onto his admittedly beautiful eyes and she thankfully nodded when he stoked the fire. The flames were rising higher and she was actually starting to reach a normal body temperature again. This...deep talk they had right before the fire was truly something special, as the atmosphere was indeed beautifully intense. It was clearly something unsual that one would find oneself in such a position, literally sharing all details of one's past and all about one's aspirations with someone they had only briefly met once before. Especially for a Sith and a Jedi...But it was a pleasant exchange of details. She had been longing to learn more about him anyway and now she was getting the whole story."Thank you. I'm trying all I can, and yes, Kat is still a dear friend of mine" she told him with a genuine warm smile as she talked about the tall girl that was just like a sister to her.

She would listen to him attentively before she would react to him. While she had grown up in a rather wealthy environment, he hadn't had that much luck. It made her indeed sad since she had always been an empathetic person, but his story hit her especially hard. She frowned in sympathy before she would softly raise her voice again. "I'm sorry that you had to experience something like that. I bet it had been very hard to grow up with so much hard work. It was a good thing that they had found you though. I fully understand why you had pledged your allegiance to the Order after they had saved you, but I'm extremely sorry that you have never seen your family again. My parents had both been killed quite some time ago and so I can relate to that. For you, there's still hope though! I know the Order doesn't fully support it, but perhaps you could try to find them? Familybis important...just like loyal friends whom you can blindly trust" she replied, still soft but also more serious and with a hint of sadness in her voice. "I admire your compassion though. Joining the Jedi is indeed selfless since you have committed your life to help others. I know how much your oath entails...you have sacrificed a lot". It was indeed a noble act and she could not only see but literally feel that his intentions were solely pure and honest and she admired that indeed strongly. Such commitment was rare to find in the galaxy nowadays and she could just tell that he was committed to doing good, which was exactly what she was trying to do as well. Her eyes hadn't left his for now, but she was now briefly staring into the flames while she was thinking about what he had just told her.


@Exhilian

 

[Lukas Aurelius]

Lukas Aurelius would laugh a little as he nodded softly to her. "Sucker for a good dancer?" he repeated with a smile on his face. "Well I think you're in luck there." he teased softly before listening to her explain why she took an interest in him. "Well at the end of the day, we all are just folks trying to do what we believe is right. Our intentions for the most part are true to us and I can respect that about you." He would jab with a slight smile. "It's the very reason I was willing to put my life on the line to save yours on that ship, though I must say it was excruciating." he laughed as the bacta tank for awhile wasn't the most pleasant but he would do it all over again if he had to. No questions asked. The fire would continue to crack and roar as the wind continued to rattle the cabin. The glow of candles on their wicks burning quietly in the backdrop as the cabin getting a bit more warmer and neutral. It still had a bit to go but the heat was making its magic. Lukas would laugh a little. "I understand entirely about taking a bit to get your guard down, though you are hard to keep it up to.".

His eyes would look at hers as he continued. "I'm glad you both still remain friends, relationships like that are strong." he would finish off before moving the wood with a small metal stoker before placing it back on the ground. "I am sorry about your family. I'm sure they know how amazing their daughter has become and the achievements she has made." He smiled respectfully to her as he sighed for a moment thinking of his family. "It has been so long since I seen them I'm sure they wouldn't recognize me, they also may be dead. That mining ship only stops to resupply or drop minerals off, it's an all day operation. Never ending." he smiled faintly before laughing a little at her last comment before nodding in agreement. "You certainly do give up a lot but at the end of the day, confliction being the hardest, the Jedi have looked the other way on things. We are held by a code but we fight strongly in what believe in, in any capacity. Love, seeing the good in someone evil, it all plays a part.".

Lukas would look at her as she still looked a bit cold. "I'm pretty sure I seen a bath in here..You need to warm your core up or you'll never shake that shiver." he smiled softly before standing up and without letting her say anything to interject he would make his way over to the kitchen and fetch a lit candle before walking to the bathroom and setting it on the counter. The room was a bit older than the rest as the heat never hit it yet but he would begin to clean the tub out with his cold hands and fetch a metal pale from the kitchen. Making his way to the side of the outpost he would open the door by himself and feel the cold wind hit his exposed body as he scooped buckets of snow repeatedly and dumped them in the sink like a stash. After building up the snow in the sink and it staying half frozen from the cabin not being totally warm he would bring it over to the fire one by one letting the heat melt the water and boil it.

Once it was hot enough he would head back to the bathroom and begin dumping the pale in, one by one. It took a bit of time but Lukas made quite the effort and time in getting it done as it was done. With the bathwater hot and tub cleaned out by him, he would add a couple candles in the bathroom besides the first one he put in there. Making his way back to Celeste with his face frozen again from the cold and his hands cold he would smile with rosy red cheeks. "Your bath awaits, I'll make sure the blanket and your clothes are toasty for when you come out to keep the heat. Stay in the bath and when you're ready I will force float your clothes to you so you don't have to stand in the cold to get dressed." with that he would offer her his hand to help her up and bring her to the candle lit bathroom as steam rose from the tub.

@LadyRen

 

[Celeste Stythani]

Celeste chuckled softly as he repeated the part with the dancing. He didn't seem to buy it but it would have been hilarious if he had, but his overconfidence was indeed amusing. "Yes. That's how easy I am to convince. You've got me wrapped right around your finger" she joked sarcastically before the conversation shifted back to the intense subjects. "Those are wise words. However, since we hadn't had the chance to talk afterwards, I still hadn't had the chance to thank you again. I felt truly terrible because I have sensed the pain you had endured to save me...that was unbelievably selfless. Seeing you suffer like this was extremely painful, but i thank you nonetheless" she replied softly while she was stripping down another layer of protective clothes so that she was now only in the functional, thermal clothes like him. Her other layers of skin seemed fairly warm, but the cold was still in her bones.

She nodded with a faint smile when he mentioned her family again before it grew wider. "Thank you, that's really sweet of you to say. For your family I can only say that there is so much hope. You'll never know if you don't try to find them. I'm sure the Order wouldn't disapprove if you would only stop by, would they? And it doesn't matter if they don't recognize you anymore. I'm sure they would be overly happy to see you again". She slightly cooked her head to the side, a faint smile still on her lips as he explained his commitment to the Code. "I understand. It's very honorable and noble. I've been taught differently. The Sith don't follow so many rules and especially I was taught to be free. I learned how to use my emotions as strength and I was basically free to do whatever I want. In contrast to fellow champions, I don't hold resentments or grudges, but I've already told you this. I don't care that you're a Jedi following a strict Code. You're a kind, beautiful soul and Senator Constantine can be glad that she has you as a personal guard right now" she concluded honestly with a genuine smile before he was already starting to leave.

She immediately raised an eyebrow at him, throwing him a rather challenging look. "I am still slightly frozen, but so are you, so I cannot refuse that kind offer. See that you get your bath first" she answered and he could already hear the stubbornness in her voice. It was very sweet of him to offer that, but she had the feeling that he was putting his own health last again. However, he was already busy preparing everything and so she let him for now, hoping to convince him to go first once he was done. She used the spare time to sort the portions and the equipment from their backpacks and gained an overview about what else they had. She was rather pleased that it seemed like they would even last a few days here indeed if it would become necessary, so that was definitely good to know. When he was done, she gratefully took his hand with a thankful smile before she would stretch her frozen limbs. "I thank you kindly, but hoe about you take this bath instead? You're just as frozen as I am and I can see the tub. It's rather large, so you can easily relaxe a little" she suggested with a sweet, almost pleading smile, even though it was not even a suggestion but rather an instruction. She know that he was just as stubborn and so she was already expecting resistance, but this was why she softly placed her hands on his chest while she applied slight pressure to push him into the bathroom with a challenging smirk. "And before you refuse, you know that I can easily Force Push you as well" she then added slightly threateningly, trying to tease him playfully.

@Exhilian

 

[Lukas Aurelius]

Lukas Aurelius would laugh a little as he had a feeling soon as he got everything done she would resist. Stubborn indeed and much like himself as she gracefully took his hand and somehow had her hands on his chest with the threatening tease to send him into the tub through the force. His teeth white showing a little in his shit eating grin as he looked into her eyes with his own. "You do underestimate me I think..." he would trail off looking around jokingly before continuing and focusing back to her. "If you send me in..i'm taking you with me...Or you can voluntarily get in." he laughed as they both were to much alike in their stubborn ways. Lukas would feel her cold hands against the thermal print of his shirt. The candles flickering of their silhouette's against the wall as he continued to look at her with his smile still on his lips. "No matter what happens to me, I will always be fine. Don't worry over me. One way or another I always will make it...Somehow. Cold or not." he laughed a little as he looked into her eyes.

The tension was high and he felt her hands against his chest like anchors as he couldn't help but try to fight back the emotions of desire. Not just some useless lust in the moment kind of desire but the aching desire to feel the touch of them against their own. Lukas knew the code forbid it but he never ever felt like this with someone before. His banter and play only a weak and mild attempt at shielding his burning desire to know her evermore and brush the hair past her cheek to her ear and look into her blue eyes much like his own. Lukas wasn't one to believe in fairytales but he believed in the reason they got stranded here together and that spoke more volumes to him than some council member telling him love is a forbidden thing. Regardless of the Jedi trying to become more open in their ways they were still stuck in others.

Lukas would wait to see what her options were. Lukas knew 1 of 2 things for sure in his life time. He would always credit his mothers teaching for his good dancing and 2...This damn beautiful girl was getting in that hot ass bath one way or another. Even if Lukas had to reheat the water all night and run on no sleep. She may be joking but she would be very surprised at how far he will push himself mentally, physically and with every fortitude in his bones to do something. It was who he was. No quit in him unless the genetic function of being a human being in a flesh capsule needing rest and forcing itself to shut down without his consent. Lukas would let his arms wrap around her back as if she forced pushed him, she was going upside down in the tub with him or he was going to spin her in his arms and carry her to the tub playfully to put her. His icy blue eyes would focus into hers as their faces were close.

"The choice is yours." he said boldly without breaking the gaze and smile on his lips.

@LadyRen

 

[Celeste Stythani]

She was trying to stay rather serious, but it was getting extremely hard. The faint flickering of the fire, the cracking wood in the background and the warm, soft glow from the candles made it difficult to resist. Celeste had always been passionate and she couldn't deny that this beautiful soul in front of her was indeed compelling. It would have been easy to just give in to both, the passion and her emotions, but she would never attempt anything like trying to seduce him since she respected the Code and his person way too much.

She quickly found her gaze drifting down to his lips, but she immediately directed it back at his eyes while a still challenging grin came to her lips. "Underestimate you? I can promise that you're the one underestimating me. I'm not just stubborn, but extremely feisty" she teased back, her tone slightly provocative even. She was always down for a challenge and they had joked about starting a friendly fight anyway, so their little confrontation could indeed become very interesting. She wondered how far he would go, but his next statement was indeed a little suggestive in this regard, which only made her grin wider. "Oh really?" she then asked in over dramatic disbelief before she crossed her arms in front of her chest, "Now I'm very intrigued. Good luck with that. I'd love to place a bet beforehand though...I'm sure you'll be soaked before I even touch the water's surface" she teased provocatively, but the smile on her lips was sweet and innocent.

His eyes still seemed to be looking right through her. She couldn't suppress the constant smile which was on her lips, but there was a hint of worry in her eyes. "I understand you. You're not pretending, you really are this caring and noble, but I would feel terrible in a warm bathtub while having you shiver outside. I'm a very caring person myself and it would honestly make me feel terrible, so please warm yourself up first" she then added more seriously before she would slowly stretch out her hands again and place them softly right on his chest again. "And I would love to give that right back. The choice is yours". After the words had left her now mischievously smiling lips, she winked at him before she would indeed use the Force to slowly push him backwards. He would have to make a step back in order to keep his balance, but she had accepted his challenge. It was funny how they started playing around and teasing like this now already and she was very curious to see his reaction to that. However his 'offer' was also still in her head. Was he being serious? Would the Jedi actually undress himself in front of her and join her in the tub? Or would they both end up with completely soaked clothes? How far would he even go? He seemed to be quite comfortable with her, very open even, but she knew that he was morally conflicted. It was not her intent to push him above any edges, but this tension was alluring.

@Exhilian

 

[Lukas Aurelius]

Lukas Aurelius would smirk a little as he looked at her and of course she was refusing and going to put up a fight. A slight spread on his lips as he looked at her when she said he underestimated her. "Oh trust me, you are the last i'd ever under estimate." he would smirk as he watched her closely. His ices not laying off her as he listened to her confidence sprout out of her with a slight chuckle. "Soaked before you even touch the waters surface hm?" his eyebrow would raise as he laughed a little and looked at her smile. It took everything with in him and mostly the Jedi code panging in the back of his mind not to lean in and push his lips against hers as he continued to listen. "I won't shiver, I will be fine. There is a fire waiting out in the livingroom." He looked at her in innocence for a moment as he would shake his head softly to her comment. "I am warming up just fine, don't let the water get cold.".

He would suddenly feel the gentle nudge of the push that would make him step back. His first reaction was to grab as within seconds of recognizing the fall backwards he would extend his arms out and wrap them around her as he laughed in doing so. The warm embrace of his arms coming around her as he fell back and tilted his head up as she was almost in a nest between his arms. His back thudding the ground lightly as the floor was cold but he didn't mind. The candle lights would flicker in the dim room as the silence let the sounds of wind and snow crack and make the outpost shake softly. A laugh escaping from his lips as they were almost near face to face now. His icy blue eyes looking into her own as his hands tightened behind her in his grasp. His breaths slowing down a bit.

His white teeth showing in the laugh as he felt her body against his tightly and the smile still forming on his face from the satisfaction of taking her down with him. Neither would win this battle and he was alright with that. "Well Celeste.." he would drag off in a sarcastic but playful tone. "I believe we are tied considering neither of us are in that bath." he would jest playfully before looking around him for a moment and taking it all him before looking back to her. "Being stuck in the middle of a ice and snow storm isn't as bad when I have company such as yours.".

@LadyRen

 

[Celeste Stythani]

While the flickering, warm lights of the candles and the stove reflected in his light blue eyes she almost found herself compelled to hold eye contact. There was such a high tension in this very room but it was indeed a very pleasant, if not even familiar intensity. Not familiar in a way that she had ever felt it before, but more like had known him for much longer. Her smile wouldn't leave her lips, not even when she gave him a playfully smug answer before she would immediately start chuckling. "Oh good. Many have made that mistake before...". She then only nodded confidently while he repeated what she had declared, her hands still placed on his warm, muscular chest and her gaze still directed at him.

Maybe she should have taken his offer seriously. Maybe there was indeed the possibility that they would both find their way into the bathtub together. If she was being honest to herself, she would have never said no to it. The only thing holding her back from even kissing him right now was the moral conflict inside her that was enfolding because she knew that she would make it difficult for him. The Code forbid him so many conveniencies such as indulging moments like this and seducing Jedis was not on her agenda...However, she was excellent at reading people and that was why she was completely convinced that he was sending her quite definite signs right now, so that it became increasingly harder for her to resist the urge to give in.

She still eyed him slightly critically while he insisted that he would be fine. She was too stubborn to accept his humbleness anyway and so she was about to come back to his offer, but before she could open her mouth to argue again, something unexpected happened. He deliberately let himself be Force pushed, but she suddenly felt his arms wrapped around her and while she immediately started laughing, there was nothing she could do to stop him from pulling her down with him. As their bodies touched she could feel this warm, pricking sensation inside her intensifying, and luckily she still managed to extend her arms in the right second, so that she could still stop herself from crashing down right on his chest with her full weight. She giggled amusedly, but she soon found herself stopping as they were both on the ground, their faces close, his heartbeat against her chest. She unvoluntarily held her breath for a moment while this almost electrical tension between them was reaching its climax. Their faces were almost touching while she felt like she couldn't hold back anymore. Her eyes were still on his while his arms were still around her and then these soft, honest words suddenly left his mouth. She couldn't help but not ignore his little jest in the beginning, even though he was right. They could have started to brawl, but in this exact moment it felt like neither was planning on doing so.

Instead, it seemed pretty obvious that something else was about to enfold and she couldn't suppress this excited, if not even slightly nervous feeling. Her passion was taking over control and she was not sure whether she would regret this. He had been sending fairly obvious signals, but she still wasn't fully sure about his consent, but his reaction would soon prove her either right or wrong. Without thinking twice she gave in to her emotions, closing the last bit of distance between them by softly pressing her lips against his. She couldn't deny that this just felt right. She didn't care about their alignment at all. Whatever was between them was special and unbelievably strong and she just had to try. While her lips landed on his a whole firework started inside her and she was just praying that she hadn't been wrong about this. This was different. Fully different and new, nothing she had ever experienced or felt before. This was somehow real and pure. Was it crazy to think something like this? Maybe. After all, they had only met each other once before and their situation was indeed a little complicated, but it seemed like it was almost fate. It couldn't have been coincidence that they had stranded here in the middle of a blizzard. Even if she wasn't superstitious, it seemed like the Force had wanted this to happen...

@Exhilian

 

[Lukas Aurelius]

Lukas Aurelius would still have his smile on his face as she lay briefly on top of him. The tension and passion in the air was high as once again he reflected on himself for a moment. It was almost as if everything he fought in came surrounding him in his thoughts. Master Tavius would be standing there with a concerned look as he spoke. "Jedi Aurelius...I don't condone this but if you do, do this...Make sure you know it's worth it." before he had a slight smirk on his face with a disappointed sigh as even Master Tavius knew he couldn't stop the stubbornness of Lukas. The Council appeared in his mind and flashbacks of his life being brought up in the order and his family, seeing how happy they were as a couple. The tug between both sides as Lukas would feel it all rushing in before he seen her heard move in towards him. The inches gap between their lips as everything slowed down almost in time for him.

The flicker of lighting from the candles and the cold floor touching his back with the warm touch of her on his chest in comparison as his icy blue eyes looked at hers before she softly pushed her lips up against his. The sensation was that of something Lukas never had or felt since before the order as a young boy as right then and there. From everything he felt about her and the pressure of her soft lips against his, this was right. Regardless of the sides or those who died believing in the cause for the core. His lips would push back against hers as she felt the mutual connection he had letting his lips brush against hers. His eyes closing for a moment taking it all in as his hands lay wrapped around her back in an embrace and the push of their bodies against one another as Lukas would continue.

His lips would part for a moment as they kissed deeply before his tongue would push to hers. It wasn't aggressive or hesitant in the move as it was more of a display of this is what he felt was right. Two of them in this moment of wanting one another but trying so hard to hold back. His stubble brushing against her face softly as he leaned forward sitting up with his hands on her back and letting her legs swing on either side of his hips as he sat up and let his hands keep her close. The wind would send a strong strong gust across the outpost as the ceiling creaked and the flames on the burning wicks of the candles danced against the wall showing their shadows. The steamy hot bath would continue pulsating heat into the room as if it mattered to the pair. Lukas could feel his heartbeat almost want to come through his chest in the moment.

@LadyRen

 

[Celeste Stythani]

All the doubts and the hesitation immediately disappeared when he reciprociated the kiss. A wave of relief washed over her as she leaned in, passionately deepening the kiss that had begun so softly. So she had been right about him and about this tension between them at least. This was not just relieving but wonderful even. The feeling that was triggered in this exact moment was indescribably beautiful and she savored every last bit of it. She didn't care about whom they were actually representing or that they were literally on the icy cold floor. All of her thoughts were with him. With them even. And it felt unbelievably good. They both were there on the ground, the faint glow of candles warmly illuminating their silhouettes while the blizzard unleashed his full potential on the outside, the wind howling against the windows.

She tried ignore the moral conflict that was still inside her head because he clearly wanted this to happen as well. Her eyes were closed as she was enjoying every single nuance of this deep, passionate kiss while she was forced to brush a loose strand of hair behind her ear with one hand. The temperature inside this room seemed to be rising with every second and she immediately felt like it was even warm enough to get rid of the layers that separated their bodies from one another. She had literally no idea how a kiss could feel that great. It seemed like they had both been craving this for ages even though they had barely crossed each other's paths. Did it feel so great because their was something forbidden in it? She had no idea, but she was just overly happy that he was seemingly sharing this intense feelings. The tension had reached its climax when their lips had touched for the first time and it seemed like nothing would ever come inbetween them.

When he sat up she slid her legs next to his hips, so that she was then sitting on top of him, their bodies closely pressed against each other. It had not only gotten hot inside this room, but also rather steamy, which was apparently not only caused by the warm water in the bathtub. When he let go of his restraint so did she, her hands softly finding their way to his back. She held him close, slowly letting her left hand wander up across his back until it reached his hair. She softly, yet passionately grabbed it while their lips softly parted and their tongues touched sensually. Internally, she found herself thanking this blizzard. It had seemingly made the improbable possible. Their paths had apparently been meant to cross again and in this wonderful moment time seemed to stand still. Her heart was unrelentlessly pounding in her chest while the butterflies were let loose. This was not about lust. This was so much more. Maybe something they had both been waiting for forever. It really felt as though she had needed this. She felt somehow...complete.

@Exhilian

 

[Lukas Aurelius]

Lukas Aurelius would feel her passion almost flow into him as their mouths continue to work in unison. Their tongues dancing together as Lukas let his hands tighten his wrap around her as out his entire life, this moment had to be by far the purest he felt. The raw emotion and understanding of wanting something so badly he never thought he could've possibly of needed. Feeling her hand slide up his back and to his hair as Lukas would let his fingers slowly come up to the edges of her shirt and let his fingers peel on the sides of it as it slowly lifted up with her in his lap. In this moment it was as if nothing else around them existed but one another as Lukas continued to work at her top until it was over her head. Once the shirt was removed he would toss it slightly over to the side.

Lukas would stop for a moment as her shirt was off but take a gaze into her face. A long look of what seemed to be amazed and shocked. "You truly are beautiful." he said in the most innocent tone as he admired every inch of skin he could see for a moment. A smirk coming to his face as he slowly stood up and lifted her up in his arms as his thermal shirt pressed against her bare skin. Carrying her over to the wall as he continued to hold her up and feel his lips push against hers and their tongues play. The passion overwhelming him as he couldn't help it. Letting his hands focus on keeping her tight to him against the wall he would let her take anything off him as she chose. For as long as he was a Jedi he never gave into temptation with anyone and always was well resolved but Celeste brought out something in him he couldn't resist.

The passion was strong but flowing as he never pushed himself to far on her to make sure he wasn't disrespecting her but his hands would continue to grip her back and his tongue would play with hers before slightly slipping out of her mouth and biting on the bottom lip and sucking on it slowly before letting his lips push across her jawline and down her neck and collarbone. The trail of warmth from his breath and pressure of his lips leaving small traces of little heat marks and tingling on her body as his chest lay pushed up against her with her legs around his hips. He was giving himself to her and if she wanted him, he was nothing but hers. Especially in this moment. Nothing could stop this moment, if the Sith leader themself came barging in, it would take mountains to move Lukas off her and disrupt them. His icy blue eyes revealing themselves on the outside but beneath them lay the burning red heat of passion.

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@LadyRen

 

[Celeste Stythani]

The heat was pulsating inside her and it seemed to grow stronger with every fast heartbeat. The tingling sensation that flooded her whole body was spreading fastly while she seemed to lose herself in this moment. Nothing around them mattered anymore, neither the blizzard nor the circumstances in which they found themselves in. When he started to remove her shirt she didn't stop him. This thought didn't even occurred to her once if she was being honest. Quite the contrary: She even helped him by slipping out of sleeves as this was a good riddance.

His comment immediately made her chuckle softly while this inner warmth just intensified. She had heard it before. Regularly even, but it just felt like this statement had never been so honest and pure. She knew that he was not just talking about what he was seeing now, but he was referring to much more and that's why her short, but genuine "Honestly...likewise" was just as significant. He was extremely attractive, that was more than obvious, but it was not just his appearance that attracted her. It was rather everything that he was, every last bit of his wonderful personality and this beautiful character. She felt honestly blessed for having met him, even if everything about their meetings seemed rather coincidental for now. She was still convinced that there was more behind it. The Force had been with them and brought this beautiful soul into his life.

As all the emotions washed over her she was no longer able to hold herself back. Once the layers of fabric were gone and she could feel his lips wandering across her body it was too late to turn back. There was no control and restraint anymore, there was just passion and raw, real emotions. Everywhere where his lips had touched her skin she could feel a pricking kind of electricity getting triggered that left her hungry for more. She would push herself slightly back again, her legs spread and wrapped around his hips while she grabbed the bottom of his shirt to quickly remove it by pulling if over his head before her lips found the way back to his. Her breath became slower and heavier and the air was growing thick with heat and tension while their now naked torsos were tightly pressed against each other. She still couldn't quite believe it that he was actually giving in for her, as she was well aware of what stood behind that. He was risking a lot, much more than her even and she felt unbelievably grateful that he was doing this for her. It was just proving to her that she had been right all along. It had been good that she had not given up the hope for ever seeing him again as this had been completely worth it.

@Exhilian