after another couple tour dates heading back to the west coast, the two bands were given a break for three days. so know, everyone between motley, guns n roses and demonia were all lazing about ravens house. a storm forced them all into the confines of the house and the incoming flooding of the streets and parking lots forced them to stay there.
she'd been in her room getting a shower before the power inevitably went out when everyone got there so she had not gone down stairs yet. raven dresses herself in a pair of navy and red plaid pajama pants and a grey cami before braiding her hair. once her hair was out of the way, she did her skin care and walked down the stairs. it was barely 8:30.
she walked past the couch, not paying the guys any mind at their loud laughter and conversation. her bracelets jingled a bit as she removed the glass pot from the coffee machine and padded over to the sink to fill it with water. when she goes to walk back around, she finds that saul is in the way as he is sifting through the fridge. so she sighs and goes around the other side of the island and begins to brew the coffee.
once she turns around to lean agains the counter and wait, she finds he is now looking at her after just shutting the fridge. "hello saul," she gives him a tight lipped smile as she crosses her arms.
he rolls his eyes, looking down at his hand on the island before back up at her. "hi raven." she purses her lips and bends down to grab the bag of sugar, beginning to refill the clear glass canister on the coffee bench. his brows furrow as he speaks again, eyes focusing on her steady hands. "i think i like drunk you better than sober you," he mumbles.
"shut the fuck up," she murmurs in irritation as she folds the bag back down and places it back in the cabinet, grabbing a cup while she's there.
"and she's back," he grumbles, brows lifting.
just when raven goes to say something smart back, a raging clap of thunder followed by a bright strike of lightning interrupts her. she pauses, waiting to see what the power was as she had a hunch their luck had ran out.
just as she suspected, following up a flicker, the house goes dark. she sighs to herself and feels to her right for a drawer handle. when she finds it, she pulls it open and finds a box of matches which she uses to light a candle. she sets the candle in the middle of the bar and carries the match box and her cup into the living room, slash trailing behind her.
when she gets into the living room, she has to set her cup down on a desk so she can find the candles laying around on various surfaces in the dark. "this is great," duff whisper yells from much closer to raven than she anticipated which makes her jump.
raven frowns, going to reach out on front of her to find him but she cant. "where did you go, dipshit?"
"right over there," he chuckles and she feels two hands on her shoulders shove her backwards. her hand flys out to catch herself as she's falling backwards but the only thing she catches is a forearm. the persons hand grips her arm in return and the other hand falls to her rib cage, catching her.
"alright, fuck you duff-"
"not duff, dumbass," he insults as he steadies her on her feet but his hands remain where they are.
ravens quiet for second. "oh." she removes her hand from him although his linger for a second longer before pulling them away.
like his hands did, the feeling and warmth of his touch lingers on her torso and arm even after he pulls away. normally, it would be extremely odd for them to be in this situation but now, raven is not so sure. here lately, ravens found herself in close proximity to slash more than she'd like to admit.
"yall realize raven and slash could totally fuck right now and we wouldnt even know," duff giggled as he plopped down into one of the two recliners after feeling that it was empty.
raven scoffs loudly just before ozzy starts laughing hysterically. "you dont even know how r-"
"ozzwald!" raven pulls out his government making him immediately shut up.
he whines and crosses his arms. another burst of lightning illuminated the group for mere seconds as it flashed in the window behind ozzy.
after a few seconds of silence, they hear a gasp that could only have come from steven. "oh my god, raven, slash, do you guys remember when we'd play hide and seek in the dark when the power went out?"
