meme #004 | slow-dancing ( think outside the boxstep )

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slow dancing ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ a meme → COMMENT WITH YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME, FANDOM, AND PREFERENCE. → PICK A CHARACTER YOU WANT TO TAG AND GO FOR IT. → PLAY NICE; NO WANK, FLAMES, OR GENERAL HUMBUGGERY. ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ the deal FORMAL OR INFORMAL, WITH MUSIC OR WITHOUT, YOU COULD BE AT A GLAMOUROUS GALA WHILE A SINGER CROONS SOFTLY OR IN THE SILENCE OF YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM. WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU HAVE THE URGE TO DANCE. DID YOU ASK YOUR PARTNER OR DID THEY ASK YOU? HAVE YOU GOT TWO LEFT FEET OR IS THE VIENNESE WALTZ YOUR JAM? IT COULD BE AWKWARD, IT COULD BE ROMANTIC. EITHER WAY IT'S CUTE AS HELL.

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Claire Stanfield | Baccano!

[vinovidivici]

[fidele]

[ After overcoming the first hurdle of why? when Claire asks her to dance, her problem is this: she has never learned to dance. It isn't as though she doesn't want to be his partner for it, yet the stiffness in her posture gives away a slight apprehension for this activity, a quiet question of whether she might be letting him down by not knowing.

Chane neither nods nor shakes her head in answer, but drops her gaze to his shoulders in a split-second of hesitation, hands rising to his chest because she knows they're meant to go somewhere if they're going to dance. Every other woman in the ballroom seems to be a natural at this. But if he has asked her, his fiancée, she is willing, and her pause seems to be in wait of instructions. ]

Bolin | The Legend of Korra

[lightfooted]

[littleshit]

[TREAT ME LIKE A PRINCESS.

TWIRL ME LIKE A WHORE.

Claudia grabs Bolin's sides and smiles up at him, baring her teeth.]

elliot nightray, pandora hearts.

[justly]

Jane Foster ☇ Marvel Cinematic

[astrophysicists]

Chillin' in Asgard?

[brosif]

This dance is customarily between two members of the same sex, Jane Foster. I can show you the steps, if you like. Though I promise no skill.

Phil Coulson ☇ Marvel Cinematic (rule 63) ☇ OTA

[theagent]

[instinctiveshooter]

[The target hadn't shown up at the dance. Clint was pissed the guy hadn't stuck to his schedule. He was going to give it another half hour before he called it a night and he might as well have some fun.

He looks across at his handler and smiles. He comes across and kisses her hand]

You look good in that dress, care to dance?

Claudia Donovan | Warehouse 13 | OTA

[reactivates]

Zuko | Avatar the last airbender

[angryboy]

[intotheseas]

[ There's a pipa playing in the background, and the Gaang has been celebrating the festivities commemorating the Fire Nation's occupying military leaving certain territories quite some time! But one person hasn't really been dancing much or doing much and that's lazy-ass Fire Lord Zuko. And since she had danced with just about EVERYONE in the gaang several times that evening, Katara decides to approach him. ]

Hey! Everything okay?

Gintoki Sakata | Gintama

[jump_isforkids]

[IF THERE IS A HIJIKATA OUT THERE, I WILL GIVE YOU A PIECE OF MY SOUL IF YOU TAG ME oh please please oh PLEASE]

Ginko | Mushishi

[sorefeetman]

Lumpy Space Princess | Adventure Time

[mybeans]

[enchiridion]

[ Dancing while......... touching.

Okay, Finn can do this! He's a hero, heroes dance with princesses all the time. So what if the music has slowed down and everyone around is separating into couples and holding each other closely? Finn's just gonna stretch his arms out and... leave them like that.

Because that's how you ask a girl to dance, right? ]

Commander Shepard | Mass Effect

[reigninginstars]

[calibrating]

[IN GAME VERSE BLAH BLAH]

[Garrus is just entering their living room, holding something small in one of his hands]

Hey, Shepard. Got a moment?

Kotetsu T. Kaburagi | Tiger & Bunny

[beardedveteran]

[mettle]

[This shouldn't be happening. This shouldn't be happening. This should not be happening. Could he place any more emphasis on that? Probably. He could emphasize the thought a hundred times, write an entire novel that consisted of nothing but that phrase, hire a blimp to display the words night and day for an entire week but sadly the full effect of it would never be received because he was Barnaby Brooks Jr. and for the sake of his reputation and image, he could not turn a woman down in public.

Until now, the very first exception he'd ever made, because he was Barnaby Brooks Jr. and you do not simply just decide to put your hand on his... his... behind, for absolutely no reason at all. Who had even allowed such a person to be invited to this private event, a small gala held by the mayor in celebration of the city's anniversary? What ties did she have to the less than a hundred or so individuals in this ballroom? It didn't matter though. No, not anymore. All that had mattered was that as soon as that woman had turned her head just the slightest bit away Barnaby had been intent on walking away as fast as was humanly possible. Even when he overheard her call out his name after he'd managed to get a few feet away he did not stop, didn't think of stopping, wouldn't ever turn back to the embarrassing horror of what had just happened.

One more dance, it was what he had promised her when he'd been deceived by her innocent charm, had payed half-attention to the fawning and the enamored twinkle in her eye because it really wasn't anything new, until she'd moved so quickly he could have sworn it was due to NEXT powers and her hands had wandered behind him and-- he couldn't think about it. It almost made him break out into a cold sweat. Even with his escape, there was still one more dance, and he could hear the clack of her heels stumbling (he would never understand why women intended on wearing shoes they had no idea on how to maneuver in, though that was partially a lie. She'd been able to maneuver before. All over his feet) as well as her hushed excuses to whoever she was bumping into. Someone, he needed to find someone to help him before she devoured him whole with her hands and her feet.

--and then predictably enough, just as he'd assumed, there stood a familiar figure at the far end of the room where the food had been kept. If he hadn't been in such a rush he would have calmed down, explained his situation to his partner and suggested his assistance on how to deal with his problem. But the heels, he could hear the heels. She was coming for him. And so instead, all Kotetsu received was Barnaby's hand on his shoulder and a tight squeeze to get his attention while he leaned in to whisper hurriedly at his side.]

Kotetsu, I need you to dance with me.

Nageki Fujishiro | Hatoful Boyfriend

[notbullied]

[biding]

[The music from the dance going on in the gym filters up, up to where Ryouta's standing in the entrance of the library. It's quieter here, muted, but it's nice. He's staring inside curiously, over to where Nageki is, playing with the end of his tie absently.

Well. He can't say he's surprised to find him here at all. Ryouta walks into the library proper.]

Hey, Nageki. [A second later and he's acting on the impulse that brought him up here in the first place. He's smiling as though it's completely normal to ask what he asks,] Want to dance?

Sakura Haruno ❝Naruto❞

[sthenic]

[orangehokage]

[ He's rubbing at the back of his neck a little awkwardly, maybe surprised that Sakura had actually agreed to this. Never mind that with all the times he's asked her on dates or to do things with him it's only statistically logical that she'd say yes eventually.

Now to blow her away with his amazing dance moves! ... Right? Amazing dance moves... Does he have any of those? ]

noiz // DRAMAtical murder.

[noizy]

Jade Harley || Homestuck

[hortus]

Koriand'r (Starfire) || RHatO

[starbrights]

Spain | Axis Powers Hetalia

[tomate]

[france]

[ This is definitely not something his dear king would approve of if he was actually looking. Luckily enough, he's amused by the group of Spanish noblewomen entering the room to see his dear country slip his fingers into that of his friend's. ]

Espagne! I did not think I would see you at this function. [ Hand on the shoulder and he falls into step with the music, resisting the urge to start humming it while they're dancing. ] I hope you do not think the... festivities to be boring. The king had a much greater ball last month, but since the outburst from the peasants last week outside the gates, he has become somewhat timid, I believe.

[ A tilt of the head and a smile. ] I am sure he will return to his normally cheerful self, but perhaps you will say something to him? There is nothing more uplifting than speaking with you for a brief time, you know.

Sam Evans | Glee

[whitechocolate]

Clint Barton | Marvel Movieverse | OTA

[instinctiveshooter]

[well_assembled]

How's the party look from up there? [Natasha joined him up on the landing over the stairs that overlooked the main body of the room. She knew it was his habit to keep at a distance but, hey, what are friends for if not sharing the thoroughly awkward forced affair of formal events to impress the right senators and dignitaries?]

Don’t feel bad, I heard someone actually asked Fury to check his side arm at the door. We almost had an international incident. [She nudged him with her elbow slightly before taking a sip of champagne, don’t ask where her side arm is, but you know she still has it under layers of simple dark purple chiffon.]

Edgar Roni Figaro | Final Fantasy VI

[edgar_roni]

arisato minako ❦ persona 3 portable

[ubinunc]

Steve Rogers | MCU

[totallyupsized]

[brosif]

[What dancing and espionage have to do with one another, Sif does not understand. Thor's friends are strange, and his missions here even stranger.

Nonetheless, it was an evening out with the abject promise of violence or an evening in front of an ornately large moving picture screen, watching something called "The Real Homewives" with Darcy. She is relatively confident in her choice.

She smooths down the front of her dress, glancing around the room curiously.]

Explain something to me, Rodgersson. Why are so many of your people talking to small boxes rather than the people they have escorted here?

Erik Lehnsherr | X-Men: First Class

[xdaddy]

that verse with the twins

[thekiller]

[setting: formal, masquerade, costumed, a waltz. mutant gala. took him a while to track the fucker down, but when he did, he has to pretend to be as nice as possible because as far as he's concerned in this masquerade nobody knows that he's charles xavier's cooler twin brother.

there is also the problem that wesley isn't a pussy, which means that he doesn't really have that electric charm that his brother had because he can't be bothered to put up with that kind of false bullshit, so he just smiles as pleasantly as he could, protected behind his mask that was totally not gay or anything even if it has feathers and shit (fuck this ball, man), and takes erik's hand the moment everybody switches partners, because he's that good at weaseling into things he's not wanted in.]

Magneto, [he says in his most charming xavier manner, allowing the man to lead him in the dance. he's not wearing a lot of metal, but he does have a stone knife hidden. somewhere. better safe than sorry.] congratulations on your victory.

[the one that landed my brother in a fucking wheelchair, you dipshit.]

On behalf of the mutant community, we appreciate your efforts in paving a way for a better future for mutantkind everywhere.

[he drops his voice into something almost conspiratorial, and whispers,]

If you ever need mercenaries, I can be quite helpful. Never a dull moment with you, Magneto, and I'm of the opinion that you're not one to pursue a false peace.

[a name - he needs a name - ah.]

The name is Cross, by the way.

Kanaya Maryam ♍ Promstuck

[promspistice]