This fething sun is hella bright...[Gabriel]

[Phoenix Edorath]

One pitch black eye opened, and immediately closed.

The window shades were open. Why the frell were the window shades open? The sun was bright...hellishly, viciously bright. With pointy sharp bits that were trying to dig into her skull.

Anyone who was a morning person, she decided right then, needed to be shot. Twice. Maybe three times. In the kneecaps.

Turning over onto her side, she burrowed back under the covers and into the warm, well-muscled chest that was waiting for her. Arms folded around her as a male voice rumbled wordlessly in her ear and drew her close.

This was much better than dealing with the sun. Fething bright sun.

She paused though, blinking as she tilted her head back and looked up. Ebon eyes were wide in spite of the pounding in her head, tracing the handsome features attached to the rest...of…

Bar.

Whyren’s.

Gabriel.

Lots of Whyren’s.

Her hotel room...

Phoenix bit her lower lip and winced as her body informed her in no uncertain terms that she was horribly, horribly hungover. Any further movement on her part was a supremely bad idea, so she closed her eyes and tried to remember how to breathe in a manner that wouldn’t help her skull shatter open.

Maybe next time...less Whyren’s.


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[Gabriel Audemars]

Everything felt wavy, blurry and in general incredibly unpleasant. But, in a way he felt the afterglow that an absolutely kick-ass night was had. Well, the fact that he was here naked under someone's sheets solidified this thesis 100%. But, while the night may have been mind-blowing. It wasn't a mind-blowing as this hangover was, literally mind-blowing, he felt his head pound, and the sun's rays shone through the window shades and into his closed eyes, causing further discomfort.

He let out a discomforted grumble as he held the luscious green figure of the lady next to him. Planting a gentle kiss on her scalp as she nuzzled into his chest, he felt good here. He had absolutely no urge to move, feeling almost welded to this bed. What he did feel however, was a eye-charring scald from the sun and a throbbing headache, mouth dry and arid, as expected. He handled hangovers well, usually. But he drank an incapacitating amount of rare Whyren's, and boy did it leave him in a state. His hair an absolute mess, then again that was probably due to some other late night physical activity...

"Wow...I feel like Sith..." He grumbled, the pain in his voice very evident.

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[Phoenix Edorath]

"That makes two of us...maybe...a little less Whyren's...next time." she murmured softly, not wanting to move an inch. He was comfortable and marvelously warm which was a bonus in her book. A faint sigh escaped her lips as he kissed the top of her head, tucked comfortably against him as she was.

She was not moving for anything less than a full-scale emergency.

Like an invasion. If Coruscant were invaded and they started hearing air sirens, she would move. Until then? Kark no. Not going anywhere, she mused. She opened one ebon eye again and cast a hate-filled glance towards the windows she had adore the view from when she checked in yesterday. The sun was creeping slowly across the room and would soon have the bed caught in direct light.

Which would be even more excruciating than the indirect brightness they were dealing with.

Phoenix tilted her head up and kissed his jaw before sliding away and reaching for the first piece of clothing she could find. She slipped the shirt on, which didn't quite fit, and slowly, painstakingly made her way to each window, cursing the Whyren's with every step. The shades and drapes alike were soon closed, plunging the room into a comfortable twilight.

Another several moments and painstaking steps found her retrieving two bottles of fruit juice from the cooling unit behind the little minibar. It would take care of the thirst tormenting her and likely him as well and hold them over until they were feeling coherent enough to contemplate food.

Gingerly climbing back into bed, she reached over and gently ran her fingers through his hair as she settled in beside him.


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[Gabriel Audemars]

Gabriel felt the exact same way, it'd probably take some heavy shelling and mild missile strikes to make him get out of bed right now. The destructive aftermath of the expensive drink had taken its toll, only thing he needed now was the galaxy's strongest aspirin and a good refreshing drink, he'd still feel absolutely awful throughout the entire day though, and that would most likely not change.

Oh well, on the plus side if he wasn't drunk that day he wouldn't meet the stunning beauty who he had just spent the night with. Ah, seems as if there was a silver lining to this terrible morning after all. "Yeah...My head feels like I've been hit by a freighter..." He groaned as he buried his head in his pillow, not wanting to face the light which beckoned for him to get up off of this bed. "Well. At least I had you to wake up to. So maybe this morning ain't so bad after all." He smiled at her, when she kissed his jaw, watching her get out of the bed and slipping a shirt on. He was in awe at her shape, he couldn't get over the fact that he actually spent the night with her, maybe there was a heaven in the midst of the hell of this morning. Seemed whatever deity was real generous to him these past few nights, the shape of her body and the way her hair was all messy was charming and wild, he felt like hell though, but this made his morning a lot better.

He took the bottle of fruit juice and smiled as she got back into bed again, leaning in to kiss her.

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[Phoenix Edorath]

With veridian skin, she couldn't blush quite as brightly as most sentients with pale or peach colored skin could...but the warmth was pretty obvious, and entirely because of his compliment. "Likewise..." she echoed softly "...helps that you're awfully easy on the eyes."

Her ebon gaze glimmered as she smiled over her shoulder, in spite of feeling as if she had been standing next to Gabriel when the freighter hit him. Maybe a capital ship, she mused, or a frigate. But thinking, was laborious under the current conditions, as was remaining coherent. She sighed softly into the kiss, savoring it and realizing belatedly that it actually made her feel a tiny bit better.

The warmth in her cheeks wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Fingers gently ran through his hair once more, leaving it a little bit mussed...a way in which she thought it looked pretty spectacular, in her opinion. Nix sat up slightly, tucking her raven curls behind her ear before opening the juice and taking a sip.

"Bloody hell that tastes good..." she said quietly, pressing a hand to her forehead and wishing for the pounding headache to ease up even the slightest bit. Closing the bottle back up for the moment, she curled herself into the warmth of Gabriel's side and sighed.


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[Gabriel Audemars]

Yeah, he was feeling pretty lucky now. Ice cold bottle of fruit juice, half naked woman behind him in a comfy bed with a thumping headache, what a way to kick off a morning, although he did imagine that Hell was this hangover but only eternal. "You're pretty stunning yourself y'know." He complimented back with a chuckle and a grin. Leaning in to deepen the kiss with her, before they broke off as he propped his back up against the back of the bed. Letting out a low groan as he ran his fingers through his hair quickly.

He placed his arm around her shoulder as she leaned against him, taking a sip of the juice and letting his eyes adjust to the sunlight a bit. "Wanna grab some breakfast some place after this?" He offered, there were a good few cafés around here, so there was no shortage of pancakes or whatever other luxury breakfast.

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[Phoenix Edorath]

"Breakfast would be amazing...as long as there's coffee...pretty sure the only thing that will kick this hangover is proper dark roast coffee."

Nix added after a moment, eyes finally adjusting to the twilight that the room had plunged into when she'd closed the shades. Snuggled comfortably into Gabriel's side, she sipped contentedly at the cool juice and marveled at her luck. A small smile curled her lips as she glanced up at him, words lingering on the tip of her tongue. They were doomed to remain unsaid, however, as a soft, insistent beeping invaded the air and set the pounding in her head off again.

She cast an ebon glare of doom at the comlink that lay atop the bar, blinking and chirping away merrily that there was an incoming message. Several choice curses in Mando'a and Huttese alike passed her lips as she chucked one of the tiny useless pillows at it, hitting it unerringly and sending both items toppling to floor beyond.

"Much better. So...breakfast?" she said lightly, smiling a touch sheepishly as took the final sip of her juice.

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[Gabriel Audemars]

"Oooooooooooor..." He spoke, cliffhanging the end of his sentence as he picked up the receiver on the holophone conveniently placed on the nightstand beside him. "Should we call room service?" He proposed with a devilish grin on his face, why should they have to get up completely to obtain breakfast if they were doing just fine in their room? He figured he could probably take her out for a nice dinner later once time had passed and he didn't feel so frazzled.

He watched her throw a pillow across the room and knock down her comlink, he couldn't help but chuckle at how charismatic she was. "Nice throw." The black haired mercenary praised, only to be reminded that he should probably check his own comms system. Fortunately his own datapad was inside the trousers he had previously work to the drunken night out, which now resided comfortably in a bundled up heap on the floor next to the bed, a telltale sign of the "fun" had the night before.

7 Missed Calls - Marketing Dept - Santhe Corp. - Galactic Bank - 2x Unknown - 2x Nix

As he'd expected, he missed a few business related calls on his night out but at least he got Phoenix's number, abbreviated as Nix as writing a whole four more letters was gruelling effort when drunk, but there was also no way in hell he was going to look at any business now, not with what he currently had pretty much naked next to him, that deserved more attention.

"Ha, y'know even after a wild night and a few bottle of Whyren's you're still stunning."

He whispered into her ear as he kissed her shoulder and pulled her gently into his embrace.

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