Tides and Affairs (G/t)

No Tricks in Plain and Simple Faith

Vaughn had neither had a partner nor wanted one. He lived off lust. He had neither had kids nor wanted them. He thrived off solitude, thus he became the eternally lustful bachelor. In all of his escapades through all of his 40+ years, he had never looked for love.

Vaughn never looked for Marica. She just showed up one day on his security feeds, sneaking around, walking into things left and right. It was cute... and also very sad, especially with her skills in everything else. The same could've been said for now, with her standing her ground only to fall into a depressive slump.

It wasn't a love that he had felt for her. She absolutely wasn't his child. She wasn't a subordinate. But, he had locked her in as his. He was a part of her, and she was a part of his life now, and just like everything else in it, if he truly cared about it, then he made sure that it was taken care of.

Marica began staring off into the dark space that was the cloth surrounding her. Her blank mind matched her empty face and slowly withering soul, not exactly living - living led to dying, and she didn't want that - but existing as an entity. 'Borrower' didn't seem to fit her if she couldn't go out and do it anymore, but she wasn't human. All of her life until meeting the pack of petites stationed at Vaughn's home, she had been alone except for the blurs that may have been her parents, so she never knew where she came from. 

What was she? Who was she? Did she even matter? The former questions were left unsolved; however, the latter got a resounding 'Yes'. 

She was brought back to reality when something hit and sounded off the glass on which she sat. When she looked up, she didn't expect to find a giant - her human's - hand lying palm up. She raised her head more to meet its owner's face hovering way above looking the most calmly inviting she had ever seen it if she had seen that at all. His face, in its entirety, smiled, and he, in as light of a voice, beckoned her. 

"Come here."

It was a strange predicament, actually being able to move to or away from his close hands and them not coming for her. Her borrower spirits wanted to say 'No', but he had only shown her kindness. If she ever decided to leave, she wouldn't have dared try it with someone else, but with him, she was willing to try once. 

Marica nodded in acceptance and looked back to the fleshy carpet slightly wriggling in front of her. With cloth held tightly around her, she stood up and tried to step upon the hand. One foot made it up onto his fingers; however, the other found itself entangled in fabric, and each attempt to get it off only made it worse. The bundle had built up so much that it eventually knocked her off balance into a fall, but luckily, the second hand of the pair came around quick enough to catch her and slide her in the right position.

Once seated and surrounded by hands, Marica had no idea what the human was going to do. So, a little yelp left her when he started lifting her up higher and higher. The ascension stopped when she reached his face. She wasn't as close to him as when they were in bed together, but at least she was facing him this time... and could move. His lips opened to reveal titanic teeth - each one being an adequate mirror for the little lady - and slivers of the massive tongue that had made other humans scream in ecstasy from both work and play. She hadn't even experienced them, yet she was breathless, but it was what they said next that made her lighter than air.

"As long as I'm around, you don't have to worry about going out there - here, there, or anywhere - ever again, unless you want to, okay?" Vaughn promised, with each syllable blowing through her hair. "I'll protect you 'til time's end. You're safe with me."

Marica's natural skepticism knew that may not be true, but his words stung sweetly in her ears. She had been given orders and examinations for so long that she had forgotten what anything else sounded like. But, never in her days had she been given a promise of security of life and home, and that was all that she ever wanted. As much as she wanted to cry tears of joy, no water could be found, and she was okay with that. She had already shown enough weakness. Now, she could show honest gratitude to her new, gracious guardian.