OPEN | mistletoe? its august

[melocoton]

the mistletoe meme.
Congrats! You're stuck under the mistletoe with someone. Pucker up, buttercup. It could be forced, or it could be normal--it's your choice!

it's august and i'm sad, lets be self indulgent.

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[metacognition]

[ don't excuse fei du of crimes that are not his fault, wow! a bureau christmas party is a bureau christmas party, and there are plenty of other forces of mischief in yan city. he's innocently socializing, chatting politely with tao ran, a flute of...definitely sparkling grape juice in one hand.

he's not sure where wenzhou disappeared to, but, when tao ran looks up and smiles, fei du glances over his shoulder. ]

Hello, shixiong. [ he greets, a smile on his face as easy as can be - and just slightly, he leans back a bit in his direction, naturally. ] Having fun?

[captainry]

[ yeah that's definitely just grape juice and not something else. wenzhou will ignore it and allow him to have one treat tonight. as he pretends that he doesn't know that he has, actually, had more than one treat. he'll just nag him later.

he gives tao ran a playful wink in response to the smile, flirty in the harmless way he focuses on his partner and only him. even now. considering his stance shifts to mirror fei du, opening himself up to having his space so quietly invaded like this, fingers subtly brushing against a point on his lower back before falling away. ]

I think this is the most festive the bureau building has ever been. [ thoughtful ] But, yes.

[metacognition]

It almost does something for the atmosphere. The smell's beyond reproach, though...

[ that terrible sesame coffee and sweaty tired cop smell is too real.

it's just a tease, though, even as he clicks his tongue and sighs. fei du lets the hand brush, leaning just so into it as it drags away, enough to make more contact for a brush long, and tilts his head up slightly into his space.

tao ran senses that something is amiss - he takes the moment to excuse himself with a little smile and a wave and an excuse to go check on lang qiao and the punch bowl. no he does not need to be in this orbit at all, thank you!

fei du, meanwhile, hums, tucking his glass carefully down by his side. ] Lang Qiao's obsession with those American films might've done this place some good.

[captainry]

[ a small hum of a laugh chases after tao ran when he flees, like the coward he is. (not that anyone should blame him, considering how the two of them can get. they're already angled towards each other - they're among familiar faces, the worst kept secret in all of yan city's central bureau, and he knows there's alcohol here. temptation is just a breath away when it comes to fei du.)

his mouth curls up at the corners, mistletoe still held behind his back. ] Maybe if you get enough pine spray or whatever, it could offset it.

[ maybe. unlikely, though. he's pretty sure that nothing can get that smell out - it's probably been here for longer than wenzhou has been. ]

It's done something, anyways. Conspiracy theories? Obsessive fixations?

[metacognition]

Interior decorating?

[ fei du completes the questions with a wry one of his own, letting his gaze very purposefully drift up to these very western christmas traditions hanging from the rafters of the police bureau ceiling, before he lets his gaze fall back on wenzhou's face.

now it becomes obvious there's a little mischief behind those glasses, a little curl to his smile that suggests perhaps fei du was a little involved in this. just a little. ]

[captainry]

[ just a little? wenzhou thought as much, at the very least, but it's no surprise that lang qiao had much to do with hit as well. he's pretty sure she's been watching a lot of movies in her downtime when she can get it. maybe she'll take pity on little glasses and expose him to some of them. ]

I'm not sure I would trust her on the daily to do decent interior decorating, but you can't make this place worse.

[ angling his body more towards fei du, he shields him from the rest of the celebrating bureau and brings his hidden mistletoe around to tap fei du on the nose with it. ]

You look pleased with yourself suddenly.