[PRP] Carved Your Name Across Three Counties (3 & 9)

[The Semblance of Unity]

Harvard had told her to meet him at the portal. Dinner with Stormy had been a good idea, but now it was date night. Or - he looked up at the sun - date morning. Date all-day? Regardless, he had things planned, reservations made, silly things to do. He kind of felt like a teenager.

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Text to: Nines
Should I have come found you first?

 

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The message came when she was almost to the portal, announced with a chirp from a pocket in her dress. Caroline eyed it thoughtfully, tilting the screen back and forth as she considered her options. All routes led to play; it just depended on what sort of game she wanted.

In the end, after forcing her phone into an awkward dance of switching between 'reply' and 'back' selections, she chose to forego responding and continued on her way. A halfhearted attempt was made to stay out of sight when she was near enough to approach him - she knew there was no use in pretending that she wasn't easy to spot, especially out in the sunlight.

"Excuse me, sir." With a tilt of her head, she reached to tug at Harvard's arm. "Hi. I think I must be lost."

She smelled like summer, the mingling scents of warmth and sunscreen, and her look was markedly more modest than usual. Her hair was only pinned away from her face on one side, secured with a clip that matched the robin's egg blue of her dress, which was printed with cherries that matched her hair in turn. The hem of it was even long enough to almost cover her knees entirely, and that was impressive.

The Semblance of Unity

 

[The Semblance of Unity]

"Well, I didn't see you there, little lady." Harvard had admire her as she came up, while pretending to ignore her. The blue dress, her hair - it all painted such a pretty picture of innocence. It was wonderful. It was terrible. Harvard would savor it for a while, even if he wanted to mess up her hair and other things.

He looked around. "I've got an idea though." Harvard leaned over until he was whispering in her ear. "Let's get lost together." Then he tugged her towards the portal.

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