<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f4/Theodorehowell.png)</div><br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Theodore "Teddy" Howell<br/><strong>Faction:</strong>Unknown<br/><strong>Date:</strong>Friday Christmas eve night, December 24th, 1875<br/><strong>Time of Day:</strong>not too long after midnight<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Gomorra Volunteer Fire Brigade<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Lady Anne Boyle, closed<br/><br/><hr/>He slid his arms around her by instinct, and as she made her panicked, abashed admittance of what happened, he pulled her closer, his breath trailing over her skin.  Her desires, her fears, the way her dreams made her quake with terror and desire – it was instinct to offer what comfort he could, even if it made her silk clad rear and her taut nipples press against the rough cloth stretched tight over his chest.  He could feel her body betraying her already, grinding against him, and while a Christian part of his nature thought it best to offer her food, prayer, and a fire's warmth, she was also a beautiful woman squirming near naked on his lap, and all but begging to be used like the most common of harlots.<br/><br/>He was a good man, at heart, but he was also a man with his own desires.  His mouth moved over her neck, nearly kissing it, his nose tickling her skin.<br/><br/>“I don't care to... go back to sleep, either,” he admitted.   His hand drifted to the edge of her robe, but instead of lifting it and pulling it away, he slid his hand down her pale, smooth belly, fingers sliding between her thighs, his rough hand rubbing between her legs and his palm slicking.  “If nothing else, I'm... sure we can keep each other awake.”  With that, his mouth began to walk across her neck, leaving wet kisses on her skin, the serpent beneath her quaking at the close contact.  “You... you want me to take you like you were the Devil's Own Harlot?”<br/><br/>His hard hand tightened across the back of her neck, squeezing there, his voice still gentle even as that hand laid subtle claim to her.<br/><br/><br/>