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WIP Wednesday Thursday
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Here's a bit more I can share from the first chapter of Slip Away Today , a cowboy Astarion AU fic.
Bonnie is leaning against the bar with that coppery red hair resembling a fox’s fur, loosely cascading over her shoulders, with booze pressed to her lips like she’s been a regular since the place was built. Her worn pecan colored hat is pulled down enough to solely hide the top portion of her face, revealing only a pair of heart-shaped pouters as pink as sunbeams passing through a cloud. He’s admittedly apprehensive to approach the lady; they didn’t part on the best of terms. And life changes people, for better or worse. The Bonnie he knew may be lost to a past he would have to mourn in the dust. Was he prepared for that? To slough her from his memory like a rattlesnake sheds its skin. He furrows his thick brows, contemplating if he should leave before she notices him. No, he needs to properly face her. Put things to bed so they could both move on without any lingering questions. Besides, a man has a bounty to collect. Spurs clank as he trudges along towards the bar, spiked rowels tapping the hardwood beneath him. Astarion offers a nod to the strangers on his way, avoiding their conversations until he reaches his destination standing next to Bonnie. He billows out his onyx leather jacket, positioning his elbows onto the countertop. “What can I get you, honey?” an older barmaid riddled with white sunspots inquiries as she cleans out a glass for him. “Wine. Red if you have it,” he replies, watching her nod as she sifts through her stock. Bonnie’s heart starts pulsing wildly, a bison stampede alive in his ears, knowing that she immediately recognizes his voice. She's anxious. Bonnie “The Duet” Sparrows is anxious around him. This is a woman he saw take down ten bandits while she hummed a piano sonata to herself without breaking a sweat! He can’t help but grin to himself, smug with satisfaction that he caught her off guard. Second time he accomplished the feat with her. First being when he unexpectedly fucked her on his mortal grave after Cazador perished. He never had something so godsdamned ethereal beneath him before, with his bite marks adorning her peachy skin, claiming her as his. “Here for the show, cowboy?” Bonnie asks, smiling into her glass of whiskey.
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