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[Dec 8] [Beetlejuice] Deal's A Deal
Title: Deal's A Deal
Day/Theme: 8. Marriage without consent
Series:Beetlejuice
Character/Pairing: BJ/Lyds
Rating: PG
“You’re not supposed to be here.” She had flattened herself against the wall opposite the mirror. He shook some sand and dust out of his hair.
“Deal’s a deal, babe,” he said. A brave soul could’ve grated cheese on his voice. “The words were said, the ring was placed. Only one thing was left off, but the paperwork still went through.”
“That’s impossible! They said you would be tied up in red tape for three hundred years at least! They said there’s no way it was legal. They said-”
“They were wrong!“ He gave his collar a final yank and then turned on her, pinning her to the wall with a shark-like grin. “Now…”
“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!” she said it as fast as she could, but he didn’t try to stop her. He didn’t disappear either. His smile tightened and he stalked over to her.
She threw up her arms to keep him back and he walked into them with a solid thump. To her continued shock, he wasn’t cold and at that close range, she could see a pulse thumping in his throat.
“You can’t be alive…” she whispered. “You’re dead.”
“I married one of the living,” he reminded her. “I’ve been granted a certain kind of citizenship.”
“But, but, the ceremony was never completed!” She was grasping at straws and knew it. “The worm came before-”
“I just said there was one thing we didn’t get to.” Maybe it was the long stretches of banishment that made his voice so rusty. Maybe it was just neglect and not, she hoped, a crusted layer of bug guts.
His nose touched hers, and she caught a faint whiff of cold earth and bone dust. Then, he kissed her. She could feel warmth spread through him, and the bolt of shock that went through her settled into a tingle, even as she struggled to cope with the taste of mouth that had been around longer than toothpaste.
Day/Theme: 8. Marriage without consent
Series:Beetlejuice
Character/Pairing: BJ/Lyds
Rating: PG
“You’re not supposed to be here.” She had flattened herself against the wall opposite the mirror. He shook some sand and dust out of his hair.
“Deal’s a deal, babe,” he said. A brave soul could’ve grated cheese on his voice. “The words were said, the ring was placed. Only one thing was left off, but the paperwork still went through.”
“That’s impossible! They said you would be tied up in red tape for three hundred years at least! They said there’s no way it was legal. They said-”
“They were wrong!“ He gave his collar a final yank and then turned on her, pinning her to the wall with a shark-like grin. “Now…”
“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!” she said it as fast as she could, but he didn’t try to stop her. He didn’t disappear either. His smile tightened and he stalked over to her.
She threw up her arms to keep him back and he walked into them with a solid thump. To her continued shock, he wasn’t cold and at that close range, she could see a pulse thumping in his throat.
“You can’t be alive…” she whispered. “You’re dead.”
“I married one of the living,” he reminded her. “I’ve been granted a certain kind of citizenship.”
“But, but, the ceremony was never completed!” She was grasping at straws and knew it. “The worm came before-”
“I just said there was one thing we didn’t get to.” Maybe it was the long stretches of banishment that made his voice so rusty. Maybe it was just neglect and not, she hoped, a crusted layer of bug guts.
His nose touched hers, and she caught a faint whiff of cold earth and bone dust. Then, he kissed her. She could feel warmth spread through him, and the bolt of shock that went through her settled into a tingle, even as she struggled to cope with the taste of mouth that had been around longer than toothpaste.