[For Aidan, later Phoebe] heartsick and eyes filled up with blue

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Bonny likes the new place, over at New Atlantis, or what would be New Atlantis if the island weren't a dust-covered bitch during the day and a witch's tit at night. Kate's not so sure. Last night Kate packed up the stuff of Declan's she's keeping (if it turns back into what it was before) and moved it to the new place, then went back to stay the night.

It'd been days since she as much as teared up, but she cried half the night. Missing him. Not because there's no one else out there for her and her heart's ripped from her chest like Will would be if Magnus left, or Finnick and Annie, but because he was home. She loved him, loves him, will probably always love him, and what she told told Danny at Mardi Gras still feels true. If he was here, she'd still be thinking plus one forever. But for him, it's best he's gone. He didn't want to marry her, have kids with her (not that she wants that, no matter what two alternate universes have to say about it), but some part of him wants that, she thinks. Maybe at home he'll find his Garris or maybe he'll find her and convince her. He always said he would. Find her. Ask her out. Love her. She doesn't know what to hope for that other version of herself. For some version of him that remember them on the island.

The next night she leaves Bonny at the new place with Dr. J. to keep an eye on her, and hikes back out to her place with a couple of bottles of booze and a note in one particular inbox. There's being real - no lies, no bullshit, no secrets - which is a note in a different box, or different set of boxes, only one maybe with sex involved. Then there's being raw - no lies, no bullshits, no secrets, not giving a shit because it's not about that anyway. It's filthy, dirty, friendly, sex for sex sake. It's been awhile, and who knows if Aidan's ready to climb back on her, but she kinda figures maybe. It might be time.

And just in case in he's not in the place for it, there's another note, this one for Phoebe. Clear as clear can be: If the cabin's rocking, don't bother knocking. Just come on in. The if it's not, well, Kate figures that's pretty obvious. She and Phoebe have been talking around getting naked since before Declan left. Not like Aidan's going to mind the extra company and if it's just her and Barbie, that's okay too.

Kate knows one thing. Before this night is through, I wanna do real bad things to you. But she'll settle for sharing the booze.

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Aidan knew what the note in his box meant. Or at least what it likely meant. They had both lost someone they loved and they both had self-destructive tendencies. Not the healthiest way to deal with loss, no, but damn if it wasn't good. Better than good, it was amazing. They knew and respected each other well enough that they didn't need to dance around issues and they knew just how to get the other going.

That didn't mean he couldn't be a gentleman about it though, or that he had to assume that was all she wanted. Kate wouldn't have minded if he had, she wasn't the type of woman to get offended about something like that, but he still showed up with a bottle of wine and knife for her. Not that she wouldn't appreciate flowers or something like that, but Aidan thought this was more of a 'booze and sharp things' kind of evening.

He wasn't going to kid himself though, the anticipation of having a night with her was exciting and frayed his nerves a bit raw. It called up desires in him that were a bit closer to monster than man. Or maybe that was just the predatory feeling people got in general about sex. He would never consider Kate prey though, that was impossible. But maybe having two predators was what made it exciting.

"Kate?" he called out, knocking on her door.

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It's been a long time since they were together, Kate realizes. Really long. When she hears Aidan's voice, it just drives home how long she actually spent with Declan. Longer than she's been with anyone except the Sanctuary and that's not the same, even if it feels like it sometimes.

The smirk she pulls up isn't a lie. It's just not the whole truth. Part of her doesn't want this. But she bets Aidan feels the same, so she doesn't feel bad about it.

She opens the door and drapes herself in it (she's even wearing one of those ridic showgirl skirts because it's easier to get out of), smirking at him. "Aw, you always know just the right thing to give a girl," she purrs and reaches out to trace her fingers along the hilt of the knife.

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"And you always know how to dress to impress," Aidan said, not bothering to hide his admiration for her outfit. Granted, Kate would look hot in a burlap sack, but she never seemed to let that stop her from wearing tight pants or, apparently, saloon girl skirts.

"And it was a debate between booze, flowers, and a knife but in the end I only had two hands even though all three would have seemed appropriate for you."

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"I dress to undress." Kate scoffs at him, smirking as she tugs him inside.

It's weird. Different than being with Jim, because that started accidentally. It didn't feel as much like betrayal, but this is planned.

"Good call skipping the flowers. A, we're not dating. B, you don't have to seduce me. And C, Bonny would probably eat them anyway."

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"I don't know, you look so good someone might not even get you completely undressed," Aidan said, smirking right back at her. He certainly wanted to do things to her that wouldn't wait to get everything off.

"And if I recall, you were the one that seduced me."

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"Since when is Not busy tonight. Coming over? seduction?" Okay, so it wasn't exactly the words she'd used, but close enough.

She chews at her bottom lip for a second, then slides her hand up his chest to wrap her hand around the back of his neck. "This is weird. Kiss me and let's get the weird over with. Then we can drink and talk and get to the naked."

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"I was thinking more the first time," he said, wrapping an arm loosely around her waist and pulling her a bit closer. It was good to have confirmation on where things might go.

Aidan might not be a vampire anymore, but that didn't mean all those predatory instincts and impulses went away completely. That meant it was impossible to hide the look in his expression right then, the one that said he wanted to absolutely devour her. That said he needed something badly right then, and she was the only thing in the world that could fulfill what it was. That said she made him lose control of himself.

Leaning forward he kissed her hard, full or raw passion and need. There was only a moment's hesitation before the memories of what had come before kicked in and he remembered what it was like to taste her, how there was always a bit of a wild edge to everything they did.

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"Okay, yeah, that was sort of--mmph." Silenced with a kiss is a trope of the romance novels Magnus likes to read, but there's no romance in how Aidan's mouth covers hers. Silence, yeah, kiss, yeah--

And okay maybe not so much silence, because she remembers too. Oh god, she remembers. She wishes she didn't feel so damned guilty about how much she remembers the way walls and floors and doors got abused in the making of their booty calls.

It's not exactly right to say she's missed him, because she loves Declan still and he loves Martha and neither of them would ever have cheated or wanted this while they were here, but the familiarity in this is good. The raw, dark, predatory edge of her teeth in his bottom lip and her legs wrapping up around his hips (talking will happen...maybe), and her hand in his hair and his in hers, nothing restrained or gentle about it. Yeah. There's something very good in this.

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Aidan immediately started to push Kate back up against a wall, somewhere he could press his weight against her and feel their bodies crush against one another. Already he could feel his body flush with an intense heat, passion causing him to run hot and eager.

His hands moved quickly along her, seeking out those formerly familiar places that they both liked; where he liked to touch and she liked to be touched. Aidan loved feeling the firm muscle under the soft skin, the proverbial steel cased in velvet.

The kiss was almost like a fight, teasing and occasionally wounding with expert precision, the rough and rawness of it adding to the pleasure. Whatever talking and drinking they might have had planned probably was going to have to wait for a bit. They both had a bad decision that felt so good to get lost in.

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Phoebe's lips curved up as she thought about the note Kate left. It was pretty much exactly the type of note that Phoebe would have left. She knew that Kate was hurting after Declan's departure and damn if she didn't understand the need to lose yourself in anything other than silence and thought. She shifted the couple of bottles of alcohol into the curve of her arm so that she could knock and then paused with her hand in the air. Phoebe snickered and instead of knocking opened the door.

"I come bringing presents." The last word kind of died awkwardly when she caught the sight in front of her. Her eyes quickly slammed shut, then one peeped open despite itself. "Oh god. Sorry. Uh I can come back later. Carry on." She made a little wave motion with her hand.

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Kate tilts her head at the sound of the door opening, just in case (in case it's danger, in case it's Will or Magnus, in case it's William), then laughs against Aidan's mouth, a throaty, intimate, hungry sound.

She slides down Aidan's body, already shaking her head. "If I'm supposed to be embarrassed, I missed that day in kindergarten." Moving the two steps to Phoebe, Kate reaches out, skims her hand up Phoebe's side to cup her breast before tangling her fingers into Phoebe's hair. "Phoebe, Aidan. Aidan, Phoebe," she says without looking back at Aidan. All she's really looking at Phoebe's mouth. "You could come back later, but...why don't you stay?"

Before either of them could effectively answer (Aidan is so not going to object, and she's almost positive Phoebe's on the same wavelength), she leans up around the alcohol bottles to suck an entirely unsubtle kiss off her friend's mouth.

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It took Aidan a moment to realize what was going on since he was so into what Kate was doing. She was definitely good at providing distractions and that was just what he needed now, a way to move past things.

He quickly got on board though once he watched Kate move over to Phoebe and get all handsy. And mouth-y. Aidan was definitely all for Phoebe joining them. He'd only got a brief glance before Kate moved in, but what he had seen was definitely hot. Of course, it would be hard for anyone getting kissed like that not to look hot.

Aidan would have invited her to stay himself, but he doubted he could say anything as half as convincing as what Kate was doing.

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Phoebe had been prepared to walk out, had even assumed that the note hadn't been serious about if the cabin's rocking come on in. All of that fled her mind the moment, Kate slid down Aiden's body, and it was a mighty fine body. Phoebe had noticed that right away. The invitation had been in Kate's expression, before it was spoken, just as Phoebe's answer had been in her not moving when Kate approaches her.

She returns the heated kiss, the fingers in her free hand tangling in her friend's hair, drawing the taste out. Phoebe raises her lips, just enough to say, "I like your gifts better."

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Grinning, Kate takes the alcohol from Phoebe and sets it on the table on the other side of the entry. "Yeah? I think we'll find something to do with yours, too."

It's been awhile, too long, since Kate's been with another chick, so now that Phoebe's onboard, Kate takes a few to appreciate Phoebe's heavier breasts and rounder hips. She traces the path from chest to hips to ass with her hands and then hauls Phoebe flush against her.

With a slow glance back over her shoulder at Aidan, Kate smiles, Cheshire cat style and tilts her head to offer the bared back of her neck to him. He still has vamp kinks and she loves to play to them. "I don't think Pheebs has been with anyone since she got to the island, hotass. We're going to have to make up for that."

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"I think we can definitely make up for that," Aidan said, moving up behind Kate.

The bared neck was too good to resist. It was intimately linked to pleasure, for Aidan. Feeding was beyond sexual, something even more intimate than that, but that didn't mean sexuality wasn't woven into it. Threesomes and moresomes were closely linked for Aidan with his vampiric nature, indulging in far more than his fair share when he was feeding live. Kate baring her neck to him was oddly comforting, putting the entire situation into a familiar perspective.

He wrapped his arms around her, hands moving up to cup her breasts while he kissed her neck before biting down on it, hard enough to mark her before he sucked gently and slid his teeth along her throat.

"Because it's a shame she's gone that long."

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Sadly it had been longer than just the island, with everything that had gone on with Cole, but Phoebe was fine letting that go and stepping over that line with Aiden and Kate. It actually made it a little easier. Phoebe's fingers skimmed over Kate's hips and brushed along Aiden's thigh, enjoying the hard strength beneath the muscles in both.

"And damn what a way to end the dry spell." Her lips curved into a smile as her gaze flicked between the two of them.

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"I even dressed for it," Kate quips, voice low already and husky, at being pressed between two extremely hot bodies. Aidan's mouth - damn, no lie, she'd missed that part of it for sure - isn't hurting a damned thing either.

Doesn't matter, though, that she could strip down here and being all skin and spit and come in minutes. Doesn't matter that most of her life, this has been the no-holds-barred make me forget. Doesn't matter that if it were her and Aidan it still would be.

Phoebe's maybe okay with this, but Aidan's a predator and she's a predator, and even if Phoebe can take care of herself, who Kate is now is someone who needs to take care of her (and of Aidan, because the idiot would never forgive himself if they accidentally went too far). So there's another kiss, this one more about connection and trust than sex before Kate asks her, "You got any hard limits with sex that we need to know about?"

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Phoebe can't very well tell them that Cole had been a demon and at one time the source of all evil. Which of course didn't always have to follow that their sex lives were different than anyone else, only that the line in the sand was likely further out than most. She honestly had to think if there was a hard limit and with the memories close to the surface of the 'wild west' she only gave the only one she could think of.

"No, just not into S&M but that's it." That was her only caveat and that had more to do with torture triggers and memories from warlocks and demons.

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Aidan was glad that Kate asked about limits. Since the two of them were familiar with what the other liked and was okay with handling, it was good to get a baseline for Phoebe before they got too far into things. The... enthusiasm they were capable of fucking with could be a little frightening for some people.

"That's fine," Aidan told her, looking up from Kate's neck for a moment to smile at Phoebe. "Kate and I can be rather physical when we get in the moment."

That wasn't all they did, but it was something they didn't really get with many other people, so it was often their go-to style of fucking with each other.

Sliding a hand down, he pulled up Kate's dress so that he could sneak under it and squeeze her ass. She rocked jeans or leather well normally because of that fantastic ass, but damn were her legs great too.

"Any other surprises you've got for tonight?"

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Kate slides her hand up to catch in Phoebe's hair again, but this time she wraps it around her finger, teasing it along the side of her face. She smiles as she rubs finger and hair over Phoebe's mouth, just a little wicked.

"Nothing to worry about there, Barbie," she says, a clear tease, of an insult become a pet name. "I'll save hurting you for when I'm kicking your ass on the mats."

She tips her head all the way back to smile at Aidan who's already (predictably, thankfully, hungrily) groping her ass. "If you're looking for girl number three to hop out of a cake or something, you're going to be disappointed. But if you're thinking more toward using each other as surfaces for body shots for awhile, then--"

A pause, a glance at Phoebe, just enough time to think about it, and then-- "Surprise?"

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"Please, you just got lucky because I was new to the island." Phoebe's voice was full of amusement, mostly at herself for getting her ass kicked. Her eyes skim over to Aiden at Kate's suggestion of body shots. "I'm all for the very good use of both gifts."

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"I'd hate for anything to go to waste and I wouldn't have been disappointed if it had just been you," Aidan said, teeth nipping along her neck and shoulder before moving away from her so that he could touch either girl.

He ached to move faster, to get to something more physical, but he could understand how the drink and anticipation would make it all that much better.

"But Phoebe you look good enough to do some very bad things to so I'm very happy you showed up," he added, slipping a hand to cup behind her neck and pull her in for a kiss.

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"Hot," Kate pronounces, and backs off to watch her booty calls get friendly with each other.

She's never been much for watching instead of doing though, so she paws through the bottles Aidan and Phoebe both brought (it's cute they know her so well, but it worries her how careless she is, drinking without anyone to watch her back on the island). She picks out some whiskey, takes a taste and decides it'll do, and sets it by the couch.

"Except there's way too much clothing going on. Anyone need strip poker for an excuse?" she teases, because she's already behind Aidan pulling his shirt out of his trousers. She slides her hands around to his abs (they're fucking fantastic) and up his chest. He's tense. Horny. Hungry. So Kate rakes her fingernails down his chest, both promise and warning. Keep the rough stuff between us.

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Aidan gave a small hiss followed by a low growl against Phoebe's mouth as he felt Kate's hands on his body. He didn't know Phoebe's story, or how she liked things, so he decided to play it closer to the vanilla side of things. If she wanted it rough like Kate, well, Phoebe would definitely see how Aidan and Kate did things and could respond in kind if she wanted.

"Way too much clothing is an easy fix," he said, pulling back from Phoebe for just a moment to help Kate get his shirt off before he leaned back in to crush his lips against Phoebe's.

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"Easy for you to say, you're not dressed in pantaloons and cotton." Phoebe snickered as she began to unbutton the top of her dress and shrug out of the material, but it was abruptly cut off when Aiden's shirt disappeared. Damn he was fine. When his mouth came back to hers, the kiss was hungrier and she answered it in kind, harder, letting her instincts take over. She'd been very aware of Kate's nails on his skin and of Aiden's reaction to it.

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Kate's watching, listening, learning from Phoebe's reactions to Aidan. Watching, listening, learning, and, you know, switching sides to get behind Phoebe and help her with the yards of fabric she didn't need to be wearing.

She lets Aidan do the kissing while she reaches around to finish the unbuttoning and drawing the dress down over her shoulders to her waist. Oh, yeah, it's been way too long since she's been with another chick. Her fingertips skim pretty, pretty curves and settle at her hips, and there's an echoing low pulse in her gut when she strokes both thumbs against that spot at the base of her spine just above her ass. Sometimes knowing what her partner's feeling, knowing she's doing it, just works.

Maybe that's why she sweeps Phoebe's hair off her neck and meets Aidan's gaze - hot, dark, and let's face it, slutty - before she puts her lips to Phoebe's shoulder. And why she's stifling a groan with her open mouth dragged along the line of Phoebe's throat.

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Aidan's eyes locked with Kate's for a moment before he kissed Phoebe again, this time sliding a hand up between them, his fingers running along her bare skin up to her breast, palming it as his mouth pressed against hers.

He loves this, being part of something like this where you just overwhelm someone with the sensation of pleasure, where it's so much good feeling that it almost hurts. They'll each get their turn, but right now it's fun to work with Kate on seeing just what they can do to Phoebe to make her feel good.

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A shiver runs down Phoebe's spine, not just because of Kate's mouth on her skin or the touch at the bottom of her spine, but also Aiden's touch and kiss. It had been Cole for so long, in her heart and in her bed, that she forgot what it was like to just enjoy sex and the sensations, only for the sake of it.

She reaches behind her head, with an added bonus of it curving her breast more into Aiden's touch, and slides her fingers through the silky strands of Kate's hair. Phoebe deepens the kiss, makes it hungrier, more animal need and gives herself over to the pleasure.

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Maybe they won't need those body shots after all, Kate decides with a feral little grin. While Aidan's busy keeping her busy, Kate strips Phoebe the rest of the way out of her dress and pantaloons. She takes her time about that too - stroking and squeezing and even crouching low for nipping and kissing her ass and the backs of her thighs.

The best part of this - for her, so far - is that it could never have happened with Declan, so her mind's not making comparisons. This isn't complicated and emotional. It's physical. Really physical. And it's only getting more physical by the minute, with her hand sweeping up to catch Phoebe's other breast in her palm and her fingers catching, plucking, tucking, rolling, doing everything they can to overwhelm her with the sensations in that on nipple.

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Aidan is enjoying watching Kate move along Phoebe's body. There's something amazing about watching two beautiful things interact with each other, two watch sexuality and sensuality interact. Watching two women who are into each other is exciting in a way that's hard to explain. It's primal but it's also like having a symphony and a sculpture interact.

"You know," Aidan said, lips brushing across Phoebe's ear as he whispered to her. "Kate has entirely too much clothing on. I think we should help her with that."

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A slow and sensuous smile slid over Phoebe's features, one could almost say predatory, but it hadn't quite hit that level as she turned her head just enough to whisper in Aiden's ear, "great idea." It took some maneuvering and dexterity, but Phoebe shifted her body to turn to face Kate while still sandwiched between the two of them. Her fingers tangled in Kate's dark hair and kissed her deeply giving Aiden opportunity to begin undressing her.

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Kate would point out that she can hear them, but one, Phoebe's kissing her deep enough that talking's not an option (not that she objects or wants the option, since she's kissing back as deeply as she can while leaving her arms free for Aidan), two, Aidan undressing her's never not gonna be hot, and three, if one of them doesn't get her out of her clothes, she's gonna do it herself. So, it's all win and no lose and Kate goes really fucking willingly along for the ride.

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Aidan reached around Phoebe and squeezed her breasts, taking a moment to tease and pull her nipples before he moved around behind Kate. She was far, far too clothed for anyone's sake and it looked like he was in the best position to do something about that.

Fortunately, even with Kate pressed up against Phoebe her top came off fairly easily, giving him access to do to her exactly what he had done to Phoebe moments ago. As he squeezed at her breasts, he bite down on her shoulder, pinching her nipples, sending spikes of pleasurable-pain to go along with what Phoebe was doing to her.

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Phoebe's hands continued the quick work of Aiden's with removing Kate's clothes when she felt the back of his knuckles against her skin, pleasuring Kate. Her hands moved to where the dress rested at Kate's hips and tugged until the material was released to pool on the floor. Phoebe also wasn't above teasing Aiden while she was still facing Kate. Rather than return her hands to the silky smoothness of female skin, she reached further and cupped Aiden's ass.

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Sandwich between the rock hard muscle of Aidan's body and the softer curves of Phoebe's isn't a place Kate feels like she needs to leave. At all. Add Aidan's teeth in her skin and fingers delivering just enough pain to make the pleasure sweeter, and she's ready to bypass body shots for bang me like a screen door.

She tilts her head all the way back to steal a quick, upside down kiss from Aidan, then steps it up a notch to see just how ready Phoebe is to play. One hand tangles in all that gorgeous hair, her mouth settles over Phoebe's pulse, pulling hard, and her other hand slides down between their bodies to brush against her thighs and tug at damp pubic curls.