Fly Me To The Moon - RP for iheartscience

[justknowthatlook]

This was probably one of the craziest things Eva Brooks had ever done. She decided that hey - she deserved a vacation from her thesis on problems in the foster care system and what better way to escape the hectic mess that was her life than by flying out to Smallville, Kansas? Into the farmland and the company of a tall, dark, handsome and amazingly sweet guy. Yeah, this was totally worth the flight.

As the car rolled up on the Kent farm, Eva took a moment to let out a "wow" before paying the driver and getting out, suitcase in hand. She'd drop that at her motel later, right now she was way too excited to go anywhere else. Shifting her suitcase she let it set on the lawn a few feet from the house and went up to knock on the door. Eva knew nothing about horseback riding, so she didn't know how to dress either and as a result ended up in jeans, a pink tank top, and brown sweater over it, feet in brown hightops.

Taking a deep breath she lifted a hand and knocked on the door.

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[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

It doesn't take more than a few minutes for the door to swing open, followed shortly by Nik peering out, and then down a second later once he realizes there is a short person standing on his porch. Startled recognition flashes through his eyes a moment later.

"Eva. Hi - Hello. Come on in."

He can see her suitcase on the lawn behind her, so once she's stepped inside, he'll retrieve it from the grass and place it safely inside the entry hall, tucked away next to the coat track so no one ends up tripping over the thing.

"Can I get you something to drink?"

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

Eva looked up, finally realizing just how tall Nik was and grinning. "Nik, hi. I hope this isn't a bad time but I was kinda hoping to swing through here before I go to the motel..."

Stepping inside, Eva looked around curiously, taking in the house and admiring how inviting it felt. The slight culture shock of smalltown USA was beginning to sink in but she wasn't going to get nervous. No way.

"Hmm? Oh, no thank you. But thanks for offerin'."

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

Nik is a giant, more or less. "It's not. Just make yourself at home. I need to finish these dishes so they dry while we're out riding."

The house looks much as it did when his father grew up; same old yellow farmhouse, but it's been expanded over the years to include a growing family, and the decor inside is a little lighter. There are also flowers everywhere, and some of his dad's better articles for the Daily Planet are framed against the far wall.

"Feel free to look around down here, it won't take me more than a few minutes to do this."

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

He was a giant, yes, but Eva - like her sister - had an affinity for tall men. And oh yes, Nik was almost a foot taller than her but that would just mean he could give her the weather report from time to time.

"Your house is beautiful. It's so warm and inviting, so much different than my old house on Staten Island." She stopped to read the articles on the far wall and smiled. "Did your dad write these?"

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

As promised, it doesn't take more than five minutes to finish what he was doing, and wipe his hands on a towel before joining her in front of the headlines. "He did. Dad and his partner have been writing for three decades now."

If it wasn't apparent before: Nik really looks up to his father.

"So, what would you like to do first?"

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

Eva looked up at Nik and smiled as she saw the admiration in his eyes. "I can see where the journalism minor is coming from. I think it's great you admire your father like that."

After a beat she bit her lip and shrugged. "I'd like to take a look around the farm, if that's okay? I've never been on a farm before..." She said sheepishly, blushing a little.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"He's the best man I know." Nik clears his throat after a moment and turns away, glancing towards the front door. "Let's get you a coat then and head outside. Kansas winters are a little colder than New York ones."

After retrieving one of the extra jackets from the hall closet, there's a good chance he'll help her into it before holding the front door open for her as well.

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

"I can't believe I packed my coat in my suitcase." Eva slapped a palm to her forehead and groaned - a rare moment of embarrassment. "Smooth, Eva, real smooth."

Blushing, she ducked her head and stepped into the jacket, smiling up at Nik over her shoulder to thank him.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"I might have just chalked it up to you being city folk." Yes, Eva, he's actually teasing. There's a gentle pat against her shoulder before he leads the way outside and glances around. "You've seen our front yard, Dad's truck is missing because he took Mom to Metropolis for the afternoon. There's some sort of flower thing at the convention center. Over there are the cows," he gestures towards the fence and aforementioned bovine behind them.

"And the big, red barn houses our horses."

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

"Was that a joke, Nik?" She looked up at him, grinning and nudging his arm playfully. "Not bad. We'll turn you into a master comedian yet."

Stepping outside, Eva saw the cows and ran over to the fence, leaning against it - giddy - as she reached a hand out to pet one of the cows. She was such a city girl.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"Could be. Or might be that city slicker imagination going into overdrive." He casually reaches out, intending to ruffle her hair. "They all have names too, but if I stand here listing everyone off, then we'll be here all day and you won't get to do anything."

He peers down at her after a moment, and grins. "Turn you into a cowgirl yet."

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

Eva giggled a little at the hand in her hair, grinning as she climbed up onto the fence. "I can always learn a few at a time."

"Yeehaw." She lifted a hand from the fence and tipped an imaginary hat Nik's way, yelping as she lost her balance and fell backwards from the fence.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"If you want. The one wearing the daisy chain is Bessie, she's a favorite of my mom's, and the mostly white one next to her is Blanche..."

Nik doesn't get to finish naming the ones by the fence, sadly, as he's suddenly too busy catching Eva in a fireman's carry before she can hit the ground.

"Hey, careful. Are you alright?"

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

Eva's arms instinctively drape around Nik's neck and she bites her lip, glancing up at him with a completely red face. She's usually more graceful than this, really.

"I think I bruised my ego, but otherwise... I'm peachy. Sorry, I'm-- not generally a klutz. It's more my sister's thing..."

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"These fences can be a little slippery when the cold season starts." He glances around and opts for the stack of hay bales near the barn doors, carrying her over to them and away from the slick wood.

Eva gets set down gently, before Nik crouches in front of her to make sure there really aren't any other injuries.

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

"See, if you bumped your head I could kiss it better from this angle." She joked and brought her green eyes up to meet his, smiling.

"Thanks for carryin' me too. My hero."

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

Nik ducks his head to conceal the red staining his face, and watches the ground for a minute or two. "... You're welcome, Eva."

Yeah, that's kind of all he's got at the moment.

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

Eva bites her lower lip through a smile and slides off the bale of hay, dusting off her jeans - designer because she was from New York City - and reaching out to tilt his chin up.

"I'm up here, y'know." She teases softly.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"I know." He glances up again belatedly, then stands there and just watches her for a little while. "Just not sure what to say now. Like I mentioned, I'm a boring homebody most of the time, and I'm not used to talking to pretty city girls."

At least, not outside the classes he takes and the friends of his sisters.

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

Eva smiled and got onto her tiptoes to give Nik a chaste kiss on the cheek. "Thanks for the compliment. Don't worry about talkin' around me. Just keep showin' me around? I like it here." She smiled reassuringly and slipped an arm around his.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

There's another blush, no matter how small, at her kiss, even if it's just a friendly on-the-cheek one, and it takes a few moments for Nik to straighten up and nod.

"Okay. As I said, that big red building is the barn, where we stable our horses, store the hay, and part of it was turned into kind of a loft for Dad when he was a little kid. I've kinda taken it over now. I'll give you a tour there, and then show you mom's garden. Unless you see something else you want to explore?"

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

Eva smiles fondly as she listens to Nik speak and nods. "That sounds great. So, do you live in the loft on the weekend? Cause it's pretty cold in here and y'know, you'd freeze."

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"No, during the school year I have a small apartment in Metropolis. Summers are spent here. I think we've all crashed on the couch in there at one time or another, though." He smiles down at her after a moment. "Let me know when you've recovered from the scare and we'll tour."

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I recovered around the time you pulled out that impressive fireman's carry. I've stopped swooning though." She smirked. "Well, for the most part." She winked at Nik and began to saunter into the barn to explore.

Eva was a curious and sometimes reckless creature. But her impulsive nature gave her a very lively spirit and hey? It kept her from getting down. She looked around and when she saw the horses she jumped a little. "Holy crap they're huge."

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

He follows automatically, used to trailing after his sisters to make sure they're alright (nevermind he gets yelled at for it), and reaches a hand out to steady her after the shock.

"General and Buttercup the second are the black and roan over there. The big white fellow is Pegasus." But not the real mythological creature - no wings.

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

When one of the horses sneezed, she nearly jumped out of her shoes and clung to Nikolas, burying her face in his chest. "Oh my God, it wants to kill me!"It was probably a hilarious sight, the way Eva panicked when the horse sneezed. But in her defense? They didn't have horses in Manhattan. Well, they had the ones in Central Park for buggy rides but... those had muzzle-things on their faces with ropes you could pull on. And most of the time they were too busy chewing on the grass in the Park to notice passersby. They were city horses.

[OOC: Could you start a new thread on this entry? It's going off the page.]

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

Here. (http://sorella-italia.livejournal.com/8358.html?thread=12198#t12198)

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"No, no he doesn't." Nik gently hugs her against him anyway, resisting the urge to pat the small of her back. The female Kents hate it when their brothers do so, and getting yelled at really isn't on today's list of fun things to do. "Horses can have allergies just the same as humans."

Pause.

"Come on. The loft is currently equine-free."

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

Eva lifted her head to look up at Nik (as much as she could anyway), still clinging to him - albeit more loosely now - and blinked. "He's allergic to me?"

After a beat, she grinned. "Y'know, I think I like the view from right here.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"There's a good chance he is, or it could've been just a stray particle of dust floating past his nostrils. Unless you want me to interrogate him and find out."

And then his hand will freeze against her back, while its owner blinks down at her, quite possibly blushing. "Uhm. View?"

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

"You can talk to horses? Like Mr. Ed?"

At this, and the realization that their faces aren't too far apart, the smile softens to something more fond. "Yeah. I'm lookin' at a really sweet, totally hot guy who has an impressive fireman's carry and I'm thinkin'?" Shifting slightly so their faces are closer and her nose brushes ever-so-lightly against his, she continues more quietly. "I'm pretty damn lucky right now. And I'm also kinda wonderin' if he wants to kiss this girl he kinda just met. She's a city girl, who's embarrassingly frightened by horses, and she's nothin' too special, but she kinda hopes that she might have a shot with this guy..." She ended the thought by raising her green eyes to meet his.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"Not exactly..."

He trails off, watching her with something approximating a deer in the headlights expression, and struggling to get something, anything, out of his throat more intelligent than 'Uh' or 'Oh'. In fact, half of him is panicking at the thought that she is attracted to Nik enough to want a kiss, and how giving into that wish could end up being disastrous. She's human. He's not.

The other half isn't listening, to judge by the hesitant way his lips brush against hers a few seconds later, with the air of a man who just doesn't do this on a regular basis.

ooc: headvoice wants to know if this counts towards this kissing meme >>

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

For a moment, Eva thought she'd made a mistake thinking he did want to kiss her. So she started to get off her tiptoes and slink away but froze when his lips brushed against hers. Part of her wants to stop and make sure he wasn't doing this out of pity for the poor girl who flew halfway across the country just to see him. The other part of her just wants to grab him by the collar of his coat and kiss the living daylight out of him.

Her eyes closed for a brief moment and she ducked her head, running a hand through her hair. "I'm sorry. I- don't want to make you do anything you're uncomfortable with. Maybe I should go..." Normally, Eva would scold this behavior (especially when it was her sister fleeing) but this time? It was her beginning to backpedal.

[OOC: Aw. Eva says no. I would like to argue that point but? She's terribly insistent.]

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

There isn't much to do with pity in this situation. Nik's politely brushed off enough of his sisters' friends or people on campus to know how to do so without ruining anyone's day. And he is attracted, but good luck getting a Kent to display those feelings unless they know for sure that bruising feelings won't be an option on either side.

"Eva," he begins, then stops and looks down at her for a moment -- noting the panicked heart rate, and the embarrassment in her gaze. Then he leans forward, gently pressing his lips against hers, though there is a sense that he'll back off if she says 'No' at any time.

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

The second kiss catches her off-guard and she hesitates for a moment to gather herself before propping up on her tiptoes to kiss him back - slowly, sweetly while a hand comes to rest on his chest.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

It's an incredibly short kiss -- again, male Kents aren't known for allowing emotions to control their actions, but it is firm. What the men of his family are known for is the potency of said kisses. He pulls away less than a minute later, a hand reaching up to brush hair out of her face.

"Hi."

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

Eva could honestly say she'd never been kissed like that before, and the word "breathless" came to mind for how she reacted. Her eyes slowly opened and she smiled at Nik in a daze.

"Hi yourself, cowboy."

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"Hi." Yes, it's kind of a repeat, but Nik is blushing and really isn't sure what else to say. After a moment he does ease back a little, an automatic response to getting to close to a lady (which is more manners than anything else) and the beginnings of a shy smile.

"You okay?"

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

"You're so cute when you blush." She grinned, brushing a thumb across his cheek.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

That's just going to make it work. He tries to combat this by lowering his gaze - my, isn't the ground interesting. It's a near thing, but he manages not to scuff at the ground with his boot heel.

"I'm not."

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I totally beg to differ, Nik." She smirked and ducked to catch his gaze, grunting when she accidentally bumped heads with him. "Ow..."

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

Er, that's not good. His hands lift immediately to cradle her face, eyes narrowed to check for damage or anything out of the ordinary. "Are you alright, Eva?"

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

"Aside from makin' a total idiot outta myself again... yeah." She blushed brightly and looked at him sheepishly. "Sorry."

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"It's kind of beginning to grow on me." There's a smile - tiny but there. "We have to find you a plastic bubble to live in."

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

"I'm totally not a huge klutz, I swear. It's always been my sister's thing. But around you I kinda-- turn into a gushing idiot." She admitted, ducking her head to blush this time.

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry. Is this something I can fix?" Yes, he's completely serious, and possibly a little worried now.

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

"N-No, not really." She looked up, smiling slightly. "Guess I didn't realize how much my last relationship affected me til now."

[iheartscience.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry." Get used to that, Eva. Around Nik, it's almost an art form. "Did I do something wrong?"

[sorella-italia.livejournal.com]

At this, she blinked. "No. You didn't do anythin' wrong. It's uh, me."