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 Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:10 am
Tough Love
She winced as the ice pack hit her shoulder, a shaky laugh trailing after. A large bruise had sprung up through the night, and she'd woken up to a dark room, stiff and sore. Now, sitting on the edge of her bed, she was trying to nurse it back down to a dull ache so she could get back to sleep.
A tall figure lay beside her, still asleep, tangled in the sheets. She watched the slow rise and fall of his back as he breathed, smiling down at him.
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:45 pm
Strawberry fields foreverShe had a surprise for him. Something special, something for them, though she wouldn't tell him what. Not even as she made him sit on the edge of the bed, curiosity bright on that sweet face. Lip caught between teeth, she stood in front of him, hands curled lightly against the bottom edge of the tee-shirt she was wearing. There was a pause, color rising up in her cheeks, then she was drawing the shirt over her head and tossing it aside. The bralette she was wearing was a soft, minty green, tanned skin peaking through lace, but that wasn't what she wanted to show him, and she cupped her hands over her chest. There, on the soft curve of her hips, half hidden beneath the band of her shorts, was the pale outline of blossoms following gentle contours.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 1:24 pm
SleeplessIt happened more and more frequently, until finally there were no longer nights of reprieve. Once again she awoke screaming. A split second of panic before her surroundings sank in, then hands pressing over her mouth to drawn out the whimper that followed. Sometimes she caught herself early, and barely made a peep. Sometimes Noah slept through it, exhausted by long hours in the labs. Sometimes she startled him awake.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 1:45 pm
Sleepless
It jolted him awake, often as not, the movement bringing him awake. He slept lightly when not dead tired. He never asked what, or why, but moved over to curl around her and hold her, soothing and warm and silent.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 1:56 pm
Pitch blackNoah had barely slept, the first couple of nights he stayed over. The fourth time, he brought something with him, a small nightlight, shaped like a decorative pot with mushrooms and moss in it; he'd gone to some trouble and bribery to get it modified to run on runestone power. "I thought you might like this," he said instead of explaining that he had trouble sleeping without a light because that was childish, and when they went to bed, he switched it on before turning the lamp off. He slept better thereafter.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:26 pm
Sleepless
He was always comforting, and as a strong arm looped around her middle she rolled in against him, pressing face to his chest to breath him in as willed the shaking in her hands to cease. "Nightmares," she murmured, even though he never asked.
On the nights he was there she could fall back to sleep, lulled by the reassuring beat of his pulse so close to her ear, and the warmth his arms around her. "Thank you." A whisper; heartfelt and sincere.
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:21 am
Pitch black
"Dude, that is so cool." The night light was turned in her hands, bright eyes moving slowly over each and every detail. "This is a light?" She saw the cord, but until it was plugged in and lit up she just couldn't believe it.
It was set beside the runic fish bowl on the nightstand, and that first night she lay wrapped up in Noah's arms, listened to the reasuring sound of his breathing, and watched her little faux fish swim circles in the bowl by the multicolored light from the mushrooms.
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:34 am
Basic human needsShe found him at a computer in the labs, papers and notes on the table around him, and a look of concentration on his face. For just a second she considered leaving him to it, but she was afraid he'd work right through lunch and dinner. "Special delivery for the cutest guy in Life division." There was plastic wrapped sandwich in her hand, turkey on white with all his favorite fixins.
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:21 am
Tough Love
He slept through it once in a while, though most of the time he woke at least a little when the bed moved, needed a reassuring murmur before he turned back over and dropped back into sleep. When there were bruises and scratches he worried, bandaged what needed bandaging, rubbed tense muscles back towards relaxation, sometimes shyly-teasingly offered to "kiss it better."
He never tried to keep her from it. She was tougher than she looked, and she was a Sun; much as it made him worry, it was her job to hurt and get hurt. It was his job to attend to the hurt after.
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:54 am
Strawberry fields forever
It still made him blush, but that wasn't the point this time; his eyes trailed down, caught on delicate white ink that stood out against tanned skin. "Oh," he said, delighted, reverent, and his eyes flashed up to hers, checking again (always) if it was really okay before he reached out to trace his fingers across the flowers. "Strawberry blossoms?" His smile was shy, sweet, delighted; excited, discovering a shared secret.
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:16 am
Basic human needs
Noah blinked a few times and sat up, visibly returning from somewhere else as he looked up at Peyton. "Oh, hey, hi," he leaned over to give her a hug, "what time is it?" His eyes focused on the sandwich she carried. "Did I miss lunch already? I am kind of hungry. Thank you," and he smiled up at her.
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:18 am
TrilogiesWhen they watched his favorite movies, he was a fount of trivia, pointing out various little details and explaining their relevance, giving background and enthusiastically sharing what he knew, until shushed.
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:54 am
Strawberry fields forever
She grinned, bouncing on her toes at his reaction, and a tiny nod followed that upward flick of pale eyes. Yes it was okay(always), and glossed lips rolled together as fingers traced over the white lace of the flowers. "Mmhmm! Do you like them?"
Hands dropping, she traced nails lightly along his wrists and up his arms.
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 8:50 am
Basic human needs
"Hi," she giggled, returning the hug and a covert peck on the cheek before he could draw away. "It's almost one." She frowned, pulled her phone from her pocket to check the time, then nodded. "Yeah, about one, so you missed it, but not by much." She carefully nudged a few notes out of the way, then took a seat on the edge of the desk, handing him the sandwich.
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 8:53 am
TrilogiesPeyton had seen the first Lord of the Rings, but had not seen the second or third, so she was more than eager to cuddle up with Noah for day long viewing of all three. Cuddled up against him, she didn't mind the running commentary, it was pretty interesting all in all, but she would pat his leg when it made hearing the dialogue a little more challenging.
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