OFA: In the library

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Nikola is getting rusty.

But he has a good enough memory that despite the fact that it's been a good twenty years since he sat down at a piano, he's doing a fairly decent job of making his way through Au Claire de la Lune.

He doesn't play well, but he plays with great expression.

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"I've noticed," Nikola says, leaning back on the bar and watching the dance floor, eyeing one or two of the dancers with clear interest.

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She's doing the same, though with more of the men than women, though she's fairly sure whichever ones Nikola's watching are an even mix.

"Want to dance?"

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Nikola takes one last drink from his scotch and sets it aside. "Why not? It's why we're here, isn't it?"

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"Part of it, anyway," she says with a smile, nodding her head to the music that's switched over, into something with a stronger backbone.

"What sort do you know?"

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"All the classical styles, of course," Nikola says, taking her hand to lead her to the dance floor. "And I've picked up a little of this sort of thing," he nods to the dancers, "over the years."

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She chuckles. "Of course. I'm still learning the classical ones," she says. "

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"Perhaps next time, I'll take you salsa dancing."

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"Will you? That will be interesting." Considering she was a little better at them than she had been the last time, at least it wouldn't be too over her head.

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"I'm sure you'll be quite good at it."

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"Thank you," she murmurs, half-amused.

She knew he'd watched her and Watson dance. It'd been kind of fun, but that was another kind of dance entirely. "Never tried that one before, in public."

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"The salsa? Why ever not?"

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"Just never have," she shrugs lightly. "The only time I've actually done something like that in public was at that bar," she admits, with a laugh.

"Why?"

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"I'm curious. It's a thing."

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"Understatement of the night," she remarks, amused. "Or are you trying to see just how far I've gone with someone else?"

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"There is that."

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Raya laughs, and shakes her head. "You know you could have just asked that, though it's a really short list."

Down to one, actually. "Just you, in point of fact."

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"I thought so. But it's always nice to have confirmation."

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"I can almost feel how smooth your ego must be from all the stroking it gets," she murmurs. "I wasn't under the impression you were the possessive kind."

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"I'm not at all possessive. You're free to do whatever you like with whoever you like." He just likes that she isn't.

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She makes a soft sound of assent, turning to lean back into him, guiding one hand to the front of her hip. With people as close as they are, it hardly matters that they're touching--it's not quite a rave, but there are a good number out on the floor with them. "Dance with me," she says softly, over her shoulder.

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"If you like," Nikola murmurs, bending to brush his lips over her ear. He keeps their bodies touching as he begins to move to the rhythm of the music.

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"I like a lot of what you do," she murmurs back, bending one arm up to loosely grip his shoulder, a little shiver taking her at the brush of his lips against the shell of her ear.

Her curves fit against him well, moving with the beat, as though they're fused together in places. "I know for a fact you move this well in bed," she murmurs. "I wonder what other parallels there are..."

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"What other parallels are you expecting?" Nikola breathes, speaking just loud enough to be heard over the music.

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"Don't know yet," she says back, and though she hasn't said word one about it, it's obvious how much him breathing words like that into her ear is turning her on.

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Nikola smiles at that, and the hand on her hip slides over to rest over her belly. "I'll do my best not to disappoint you in whichever you do find."