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Tea in The Park, Between Two and Five O'Clock, Saturday

There was a moment where in the park, there was no tea.

There was another moment right after that one at which there was.

How the park went from one state to the other would remain a mystery.

But the picnic tables were out, and covered in old-fashioned tea sets. Little stacks of tiny sandwiches were placed delicately upon fine china, and there were baskets of scones everywhere. Next to the scones? Marmalade, in several flavours, well-made.

The tables also produced various other sweets and desserts that wouldn't run out until the tea would, just as mysteriously, vanish right around 5 o'clock into whatever tea-heaven it had came from. By the edge of the park, there were several wardrobes full of the latest 1815s fashions to be worn - which would be a good idea to try, considering the rather judgey glances the British regency ladies were tossing everyone's way.

It was very expensive tea, after all.

Afternoon tea was ready, Fandom. Make use of it while it was still there.

Enjoy it. And don't ask too many questions.

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Right here in front of the judget Regency women, no less!

//It ought to be,// he agreed, squeezing her right on back again. //Though I wouldn't complain too much, should you decide that everyone else can wait.//

[Bedtime for me! Night!]

They were fanning themselves at the impropriety of it all! The scandal, the scandal!

"They can wait," Raven said. Especially if Karla hadn't noticed him yet. She could have him alllll to herself for a little while, yes.

[*tucks you in* Night!]

//I had a feeling you might say that,// Jono replied, nuzzling his face into her hair.

He was fairly used to being judged, by this point. Those stuffy ladies were just lucky that Jono had decided to wrap himself up for the occasion.

Raven sighed, contented, snuggling against him. "I am so horribly greedy," she said. "I hope you will forgive me."

She somehow managed to keep herself from giggling as she said that.

//Already have.//

Because he was a big mooshball.

Don't let word get out about that.

//Yer tea's getting cold.//

She didn't have to drink it right now, though. There was something to be said for iced tea. Right? Snuggles were kind of amazing. He'd needed them, lately. Desperately.

"There are things much more important that tea," Raven murmured.

Like hoarding boyfriends and snuggles.

She tilted her head back up to look at his face. "Unless that is blasphemous in England."

//Terribly blasphemous,// Jono agreed, managing somehow to keep a straight face. //Tea is sacred, you know. How else do you explain how those fluffed-up birds over there are behaving about it?//

He was so full of crap.

//It's an offence punishable by tickles.//

Full of crap with a healthy dose of bullshit on the side.

"Then I suppose I must pay the penalty for my tea abuse," Raven said, hanging her head. "I will accept my punishment."

She pulled away from Jono and took a step back, holding her arms stretched out to her sides to leave tickle zones undefended.

Really, that almost sucked all of the fun out of it.

Except for how it completely didn't, and Jono was broadcasting a psionic laugh even before he lunged in for a playful sort of tickle to her ribs. One that was really more hug than tickle in the first place, and which definitely had the regency ladies throwing little fits.

Let it not be said Raven didn't have a plan for that. She let out a giggling shriek, no doubt further distressing the ladies, then took the tickling sensations she was feeling and sent them right back at Jono.

Her gifts made it so easy to cheat.

He should have seen that one coming! But no. No, instead he was sending out a bit of an 'awk' and twisting around in a most undignified manner, trying to fend off the tickle to ribs that weren't even there.

//Cheating! That's cheating!//

"But you do not complain when I make you feel other things," Raven said, all wide-eyed and innocent.

She followed up the words with the sensation of a kiss to the side of his neck.

Oh, how quickly she could make him go from squirming to kind of oozing over to one side.

Raven: 1, Jono: 0

//Granted...//

No, there was no complaining there at all.

Flawless victory!

"Perhaps that is the price you must pay then," Raven said, just a tiny bit smug. "You must submit to the occasional tickle in exchange for kisses."

//You know, I think that's a fair cost,// Jono mused. //Now, is that an annual payment, or do I have to pay a tickle per kiss from now on?//

Raven looked thoughtful. "I think perhaps just once a year might be too little, but for every kiss would surely be too much," she said. "Can we simply say it to be 'as needed'?"

//Well, that is rather vague, innit?// He made a bit of a show of crossing his arms over his chest and looking thoughtfully at the sky. //But I suppose we could keep it negotiable.//

"You surely do not think I would abuse such a power, do you?" Raven said, clasping a hand over her heart.

And wibbling. Just a little.

DAMN YOUR GIRL EYES, RAVEN.

//... Now, why would I ever think such a thing, Sunshine?//

Aside from the fact that she was currently doing exactly that.

It was for a legitimate cause! Really!

"Of course you would not, because I would never do such a thing," Raven said, unable to suppress a smile. "I only use my gifts in ways you would find pleasing."

//Oh, do you ever.//

She was getting no complaints from Jonothon, there. None at all.

Raven gave the regency ladies a sideways glance. "And they do not even have to know what I am doing," she said, sending him a gentle kiss.

Not that she cared if they knew or not, because really, what business was it of theirs? Their apparently distress was terribly confusing.

//At least until my knees give out.//

They were getting fairly wobbly, here. But Jono supposed they would just pass that off as him drinking too much cheap ale or something before coming here. After all, he certainly wasn't acting like a proper British gentleman.

"Perhaps you should sit down then," Raven said, pretending to be concerned.f "Because if you were to fall, I would fall with you, and then we would be on the ground together, and that would cause those poor women to faint."

Which wasn't such a bad idea, actually.

//... I might laugh for just about th'rest of my life if that happened,// Jono admitted. Shamelessly.

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