doing something

[unbr8kable]

Who: some kids
Where: the dead zone
When: Day 335, after graduation

[After many a tiny finger food and many more tiny glasses of wine and one overblown and completely not sad at all!!! graduation ceremony, what better place to go than the dead zone? What better thing to do than climb up the giant, golden chain up to the crack in the sky? Sure it burns to the touch, but what's a little more pain on the pile--that's the point of all those tiny glasses of wine, right?

So never mind the slight sizzling sound, nor the uncomfortably familiar odor of burning flesh all the way up. There's a goal at the end; one that--in theory--will make this all worthwhile]

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[unbr8kable]

Yeah. I mean, if you don't mind. But I can go pick up something if you want.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Nah... I'm good. We got stuff here, yeah?

And you're here. That's the important part, anyways.

[unbr8kable]

Hah... The important part's that you're okay...that one good thing actually happened today. So if there's anything else you need to cancel the rest out, just say.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...you wanna get changed?

And we can take it easy in the fort some. I ain't even gonna steal all the body heat, this time.

[unbr8kable]

That'd be nice.

[She reaches up to rub the towel through his hair]

...Go on. I can handle tea. Wet spandex sounds like a bigger problem.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Hey, I got cooler superhero gear than spandex.

[But he turns to go - turns back - presses a kiss to her cheek, soft, before he turns again for real]

[unbr8kable]

[She ducks her head and lets him go, cheeks warm despite the previous trek in soggy outfits]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[It doesn't take him long; he's back in a few, in an undershirt and boxers gooseflesh raised along both arms from the cold]

Your turn, dude. I'll take over tea stuff.

[unbr8kable]

'S pretty much done, the water's boiled in a minute. You can relax.

[She has a towel around her shoulders for her own dripping hair, and their mugs are already set for toddies, one much more honey than booze and one the opposite. She steps out of the way, back to the genkan to grab the rest of her clothes]

[crossmyheartandhope]

Well... I can pour it, anyways. Get the electric blanket going, too.

Go on and get changed.

[unbr8kable]

Alright, alright. Though seriously, you don't gotta do nothing.

...I'll be right back.

[crossmyheartandhope]

I ain't going nowhere.

[unbr8kable]

[She goes the bathroom however to wring out her clothes... Fun fact, this wool will not ever dry]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Wool is bad, actually,]

[While she's gone, he pours the tea and gets the electric blanket going]

[unbr8kable]

[Definitely adding a lot more water to the unit bath's sad plastic drain than his outfit does]

[She returns before long dressed in boxers and a t-shirt, hair twisted into a perilous, damp pile at the top of her head and glasses hooked into her collar]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He greets her with a cup of tea, now freshly steaming]

You ready for blankets?

[unbr8kable]

Yeah...yeah, I could go for blankets.

[She leans into the steam, breathing in]

Need me to carry anything else?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Think I got everything I need.

[unbr8kable]

[Quirks a smile, then follows him into the fort then]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[It takes him a few to nestle in,making a little opening as a nest for them not unlike that time when he was part bird,]

[unbr8kable]

[Just watches with tea, gently amused]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[When everything is properly into place, he makes an opening for her and settles into his half]

[unbr8kable]

[She is uncharacteristically careful sliding in, and only pushes over one or two of the blankets onto him as she balances the mug between her folded legs]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He settles in against her right away - chilly, but not freezing, for once]

[unbr8kable]

[She threads their fingers, easy, marveling at the fact that they aren't ice cold]

...Hey. Uh, thanks again, for letting me drag you out.