whatever dreams we share (rp for dawn-goes-down)

[deaths_head]

For the last two days, she'd taken him over each time he came to call. One touch, and he was lost to her power, breathing and yearning for every part of her that she was willing to give--and she gave herself so freely, so eagerly that it moved his beating heart to feelings he'd forgotten existed.

And when he left her, those feelings were gone...at first. They were dull, painful memories of something he'd had, but what was love when his heart beat turned to jealous obsession when death claimed him again. Courtney was his soul, and his property--and with a killer out for her skin, the same one that had stolen Dawn's life...

He couldn't put a name to the rage and horror that swirled in his chest at the thought of it.

It got bad enough that he slipped out of Courtney's bed after they made love, keeping her asleep with a spell so she wouldn't wake until after he was gone. After that, it was just a matter of teleporting to Dawn's location, where he appeared in a puff of heavy black mist that faded almost immediately...

At the foot of the bed she was sharing with the King of Iron.

For a second, he glanced between the two until Dawn stirred and saw him, at which point he doffed his hat with a small, knowing smile.

"Been takin' my offer to heart, Gingersnap?"

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[dawn_goes_down]

Even in sleep, Dawn was aware of the flare of power just on the edge of her consciousness. It wouldn't be the first time that The Shade had popped up somewhere with the intention of pulling her away or asking her to do something for him. At least, that was how it had been in the beginning. Sometimes now, he popped up when he just felt like talking.

Still, things were different here and so she was almost started when she woke up to find him standing at the end of the bed while Ed slept beside her. She went very still, making sure not to make a noise as she glanced sideways at her lover and then at her savior.

"Obviously." She flashed him an impish grin before glancing at Ed again. "Are you doing something to him to make him stay asleep"?"