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Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Covering the other one, as well]

What, like - inside?

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

[Squirms a bit but lets him finish]

In the dog park. Lady loves her.

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

What, they play or something?

[Finishes up, just as gentle]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

Yeah. Griff, too, but Lady's totally obsessed. I dunno if the horse even knows he's alive... It's funny.

If you ever wanna see a horse, I can take you. Now that I ain't leaking, I guess.

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

Some other day'd be cool.

Kinda wanna take it easy tonight, though, if that's cool.

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

Real cool.

[She reaches out, a bit ginger, for his hand]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Takes it and gives it a squeeze, gentle; his smile is just as soft]

...c'mon. Let's get you in the tub.

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

If you're still up for it. If you wanna something else, that's fine.

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

What, and waste all this plastic wrap? You ain't getting away that easy.

[He gives her hand another squeeze - stands, and reaches out his other hand to her, so he can help her up with both]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

[She takes both and eases to her feet; leans in to press her forehead against his]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He gets an arm around her, to steady her - just rests like that, for a beat or two, assuring himself that she's here, and she's safe, and she's (mostly) intact]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

[Her arm goes to his waist, to keep steady or just to feel the solid weight of him. She shakes in a breath, fingers curling into his shirt]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He doesn't actually seem in a hurry to go anywhere, if she isn't - though after a beat, he remembers to grope blindly toward the tub and turn the water on, to fill up while she rests against him]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

[This is appreciated, as her grip trembles a bit, breath following even as she shifts to lean against his shoulder instead]

[Anyway--there's time yet, before the tub is full, so it's not as though there's much to do in the meantime anyway,]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Exactly. They have a while, so surely it's fine if he winds his arms around her, gentle, as though he needs the reminder that she's okay]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

[Surely it is. Just as it must be fine if she huddles into that embrace, as if she needs the same reminder]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

[After a long few beats, he lifts his hand to stroke through her hair, gentle]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

[She makes a soft sound and wraps her arms more tightly around him, the plastic rustling and stretching a bit]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

[It's plastic, it can take it]

[Which is to say, he curls her a little closer, keeping up the petting]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

[So long as the butterflies can, it's fine,]

[She is pretty sure they do! Or at least doesn't care, in favor of squeezing against him, heart rushing]

[...Or maybe that's just the bathtub. No biggie either way]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

[No biggie either way]

[Certainly nothing to worry about for a long few minutes, while the tub does its thing. In the meantime, he continues the slow strokes, fingers combing softly through her hair]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

[Definitely nothing big.

She continues to knot her fingers into his shirt, as if afraid he'll disappear otherwise. As you do.]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

[As you do]

[It's been a very, very long game]

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[unbr8kable]

[Yes, it has,]





Eventually the sound of the water changes to something closer to full, though the tub is in danger of overflowing before she's able to control her breath enough to speak. Even then, her voice is small and overly light]

...You wanna...?

Re: Day 365 - post murder mysterium

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah. Let's get you cleaned up.

[He presses a kiss to her forehead, soft - shifts slightly, to offer an arm for support so she can make it to the tub]