Careless Whisper
Song sung by Seether
Veronica Mars – Episode "Plan B"
A/N: I heard this song earlier today and it just popped fully written in my head. The quotes for the first two parts were actually in the show.
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies
Something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And all its sad goodbyes
"Dance with me."
Veronica knew the minute she asked Logan to dance, she'd made a mistake. His large hand enveloped hers and the press of callused skin against hers was so intimately familiar, she could feel her body tighten with remembered pleasure. She was very hopeful no one could see the flush sweeping across her cheeks as she linked her hands behind his neck and looked up at him, staring into those heated whiskey brown eyes. The song, the other people, even the room itself seemed to fade as she gazed back at him in stunned awareness, almost intoxicated by his sheer presence.
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I'm never gonna dance again
'Cause guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I dance with you
Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find
"When I've dreamed of this moment, Time of My Life was always playing. Well, what can you do?"
He hoped she didn't notice his hands were slightly trembling as he put them around her waist. It was hard being here, holding her, when he knew as soon as the music stopped he'd have to let her go. He needed more, needed to be alone with her so he could feel her heart beat against his bare chest, the tempo keeping him grounded and sane. It's been too long since he'd really held Veronica, and while he knew she asked him to dance to curb his intemperate response to Gia, he couldn't help but wish this stupid song would last forever. Yet, he also wanted to flee the dance floor because he could feel tears welling up in his eyes over the utter perfection and rightness of her body next to his.
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Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we want to say
Their feet slowed until they just stood there, hands linked around the other, incapable of looking away. Veronica felt fear mix with her arousal into a potent and fiery brew that threatened to overwhelm her good sense. This thing between them was why she never worked with Duncan, why she couldn't be sorry she didn't go away with him when he ran with baby Lilly. It wasn't hard to say no when she didn't feel this heady desire to just let go and let him catch her; Duncan would drop her, but Logan never would. The longer she stood staring at him, the more she forgot the reasons why they would never work.
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
Now, who's gonna dance with me?
Please stay.
Logan studied her deep blue eyes and resisted the urge to kiss away the small furrow between her eyebrows. It wasn't his place to take care of her anymore, but he didn't like the purple shadows beneath her eyes, a sure sign she wasn't sleeping but obsessing over some case. His hands clenched at her back as he struggled not to show his concern or throw her over his shoulder and take her away from this. The longer he stood staring at her, the more his heart broke over all the reasons why they'd never work.
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