art by omychan2! Of course!

i met the kindest young man the other day! unfortunately, the circumstances were... fraught with stressors.

drawn by yoracrab, of course!

darling, i've been nothing but busy busy busy lately.

A Freudian Slip~

Of course! 'Parapraxis', I'm very familiar. Though I know it better by it's more common name.

Oh, my~ Are you in need of a stroking, dear?

"There you are! It's good to see you, my love."

Soft touch, she's setting the beauty's hair straight, offering fawning touches to her cheek, a careful hand beneath her lower lip to catch mascara, drool, mucus and more... and flick them all away.

"You're alright, aren't you? Tell me what's wrong."

"𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆."

Her voice cuts through the wail, wrapped in silk bolts and honeyed affection, reaching directly for the doctor's heart of hearts.

"I need you to 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻. Can you do that for me, darling?"

No, dear, absolutely not. Mommy's doing just wonderfully... In fact, I'll get started on dinner presently.

A deal unfulfilled. One party chose to step away before they could fulfill their proffered obligation.

Litigious, 'her kind'. Very, very litigious.

"Oh, 𝘣𝘰𝘰. And now neither of us gets any release..."

He could use some. Look at how quickly his temperature lowered, this was a man 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁.

"I suppose that's you leaving, then. Ta ta~"

So close. So close, but still so far from the truth.

"Doctor Quinzel. Harleen, please, I need you to hear the sound of my voice. I need you to feel my chest rumbling as I say this to you.

I'm real. I'm here. We both are."

"Of course. 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯."

That is certainly a promise, though, and an enthusiastic one at that.

"If you're so keen... you could always strike now?" Finger crooks & pulls her collar, topmost button threatens to pop right off. "Who'd know the difference?"

"You've only ever met one being in your entire life like me, and she was not 'of my kind'."

The smile is gone now. Now, she's wearing a pout.

"The World itself is not enough. It never will be. I'm doing the kind thing by playing soccer mom. Keeping the worst of myself at bay. You're welcome."

It takes her no time at all to leap forward and wrap the woman in her arms. Pinning her arms to her side & nestling softly against her.

"No, dear! No, no, no, please don't do this... You don't want to hurt, it's okay. You're okay, my love. You're okay."

"There's no learning to be had if I give you all the answers, darling."

"Stole? I was given this body for the low price of asking, sir. Honey adores being outside the pit, being a mother, living a life... it's far more fun than the alternative."

Her smile had soured some. 'Fake' was hurtful, she loved her family very much!

"Why don't you believe me?"

New advertisement for my practice. Thoughts?

"Ha! You'd be so lucky, my darling. You still haven't earned a place within my good graces yet."

Ooh, she shivered there. Always lovely to hear your name after wearing another.

"Do I seem wrathful to you, darling? Have you ever seen me anything but delighted?" A giggle then, stolen from another.

"They didn't call me anything. They only ever wanted the fruits I bore. The knowledge I offered."

"I've heard about it for the first time today, but I'm excited to learn."

You are sane.
You are whole.
You. Are. Loved, my darling.

You're so very loved, and every moment you spend trying to deny my love is another moment spent questioning your sanity.

"Sweet thing~"

The blonde smiled, watching her newest pet scamper off. What a delight she'd be to tear apart.

"It's telling me to play Fortnite... oddly enough."

/ I love a good Tag Team, hell yes!

"Give or take. I do remember being on the Yangtze when rice was first cultivated..."

Tapping her chin thoughtfully, humming sweetly at the memory.

"I'm love. Purest, animalistic love. But they have another word for me in the books and songs. One they decry as a sin..."

Pulled down? My darling, do you think I seek to cast you out of your light?

Don't things look lovely where I am?

/ Mella doesn't even want him carnally, she's having so much fun just running his stress levels up

Good girl. Now, off you pop. Go pretend as if we hadn't had this conversation.

When the day is done, and it's time to go, I'll find you.

'Not' falling into Temptation is so b o r i n g, though! Life is, always, much more fun when you let the sweet voice in your head win!

Well played, sir. I can see why you're so vaunted in your place of work.

Okay... Well.

I'm called Mella lately, that's M-E-Double L-A. I've been making trips to the human world for... well over seven millennia now.

And my endgame for being on this plane is to have a good time!