16384/Touching base with the better half.

Touching base with the better half.
Date of Scene:	22 June 2024
Location:	Harry Dresden's Office, Kingston Falls
Synopsis:	Harry and Willow catch up for a while, speaking about the hunt for the creature that has haunted her dreams and the dreams of others.
Cast of Characters:	Harry Dresden, Willow Rosenberg

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Harry Dresden has posed:
Coming back up from the lab, Harry rubs his eyes and reaches for the trapdoor,"We'll go back to it tomorrow Bob." The door shuts and he moves the carpet over it. That should be obvious, but it always seems to surprise when he tosses the carpet aside and opens the trap door.

He looks to the front, confirming the wards and lock is set before starting towards the living area for the evening.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Out from the bathroom, with Harry's bathrobe on, drying her hair with a towel, Willow sees that she is no longer alone. She smiles a crooked smile. "I thought you would be longer than that! It's so sticky out, I had a shower while I waited."

Of course!

It /was/ hot out. They were in the middle of a heat wave, and Willow wasn't taking it well. No one was!

"You aren't going to make me cook up dinner, are you?" With Harry's tiny kitchen, it took less to fill the whole apartment with heat. "I suppose I could put on clothes again, and we could have Mac's." Of course there always was ordering in! Willow was always a fan - even before hooking up with Harry.

Let's face it, Willow was not the best cook - unless she was making chocolate chips cookies. Mmm cookies!

Harry Dresden has posed:
A smile at the appearance of Willow from the bathroom. No hot water heater means she really did want to cool off. The water even in the summer is chilly.

Shaking his head he replies,"If you told me you were here I would have come up sooner. I thought I felt the ward shift, but I was caught up in things and it would have been you or Thomas so..." a shrug.

"I'd rather not start a fire to cook no. That would be miserable. He winks and adds,"I am sure we could get something brought in so I can think about what might be hiding under my robe." he teases lightly,"The old phone is still alive so we could get something brought in."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Sticking her tongue out, Willow tosses the wet towel at him. "You know exactly what is underneath the robe." But the idea of ordering in? Yes, please! "We could try a new place? Maybe a Thai restaurant?" Then again, Harry liked his meat, and most Asian restaurant leaned towards the vegan side. Not entirely so, but leaned.

"You usually are working, and I was too hot and stinky to visit." Mostly stinky. The basement was several degrees cooler than the main floor. Unless he was doing an experiment. then all bets were off. "I figured, you would come up eventually. Or I would join you. Did you have any luck?"

Willow came over for a kiss.

Harry Dresden has posed:
Catching the towel, he smirks and shrugs,"That doesn't mean it isn't fun to see under it again." Walking over to the bathroom long enough to hang it up.

Considering he nods,"We could try something different sure. I haven't tried Thai in a long time so I'll bet we could find something." A wink and he adds,"It is cooler down there yes. You could have come down to heat it up though."

Who still has a phone book? A guy that doesn't have a cell phone. He starts to turn pages and shakes his head,"Not really. Much of the same." When she approaches for a kiss, he stops to meet the moment of connection with a smile against her lips.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
A kiss begets another kiss..

Finally, Willow comes up for air. "Henri hasn't finished his walkabout either. It's becoming harder each day to relax. Probably the heat."

Probably. Then again she has her own worries. It's getting harder and harder to keep her alter ego in check. And she had tried to quit Rack, to no avail. She felt more and more alive when she was with him, to the point that outside of her sessions she felt flat. 2-D. Half alive.

"Have you any plans if he doesn't get any answers?" She sits on the couch while he looks up the phone number.

Harry Dresden has posed:
The break in the kiss and he nods. Back to a phone book instead of the red haired beauty. A sigh and he notes a place and starts to determine what place to call.

"I don't know. The thing moves around. If Henri doesn't find it, I guess we'll see if we can find a way to draw it out. A distraction or the like. That will be difficult with just three of us left and nobody I'd feel right dragging into it."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"If you aren't comfortable, we will still have to do it with just us." Leave it to Willow to point out the obvious. "Are you really that worried about it?" What if there were more?? Even if they could handle one, could they do more than one. "Just how afraid are you?"

For the first time she was worried. Harry wasn't one who was worried without reason.

Harry Dresden has posed:
Shaking his head Harry comments,"No. We'll all go. I don't know. We are talking about a legendary thing that is immortal. I'm going at it with my most trusted ally and one she trusts. Just more bodies would be appealing."

He strokes starts to dial the phone and makes an order, getting her input on what she wants. After that he hangs up and sighs,"You, me, Henri, and Mouse will probably be enough. I just get wary about going into infamiliar ground against something that is more myth than truth."

Food arrives, the pair have diner, and then they talk about the battle at hand. Eventually talk gives away to the night and setting aside business.