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 Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:05 pm
Shave and a haircut
His hair was getting too long.
Liam stood at the mirror in the washroom, hand in his hair holding it out from his head, and a pair of scissors laying on the sink, waiting. He didn't have a clue what he was doing, but he was getting really sick of his hair tickling his nose and cheeks and getting in his eyes.
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:09 pm
SugarHe'd found a package of gummy bears on a scavenging run. The right thing to do, what he normally would have done, was to add it to the sack with every other useful thing they had happened to find. Instead, and with a certain amount of guilt, he'd pocketed the bag. But it was just one bag. One little bag, and certainly keeping just one wasn't going to hurt anything. Of course he had no intention of hoarding the candy to himself. Which was how he found himself at Harper's door, hand up and knocking.
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:25 pm
SleeplessHarper had left early from the common room, she had thought that maybe if she took some more time to unwind. Maybe stretch out her legs a little, count some sheep, she would be able to drift better off to sleep. No luck. Instead she had her legs up against the wall, eyes wide open staring at the ceiling trying to count the terrible white tiles that covered it. Then there was a knock at the door; she tumbled off the bed landing on her feet as she headed to the door. Not Corey obviously. She opened it and grinned.
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 6:57 am
SleeplessLiam was there, a blanket under one arm, smiling sheepishly down at her as she opened the door. This late, he'd wondered if she'd be asleep, but she'd told him he could swing by anytime if he found himself without a warm place to sleep. So there he was. "Sorry, hi. Um. It's noisy in my room again, and I was going to go to the common room, but you told me to, um, come here first." He was rambling, and he knew it, by he couldn't seem to make himself stop. "I hope I didn't wake you." He pulled a face as he realized what time it was and what his comment implied. "I don't mean I hope you having been sleeping. Just.." Better to just stop.
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:40 am
Sleepless“Of course you can come in.” Harper gave him a huge grin as she opened the door wider for him to come in while stepping aside. She didn’t need to be told what sort of noise was likely being heard in Liam’s room there was a good guess it had something to do with Harvard. “Your fine, I wasn’t asleep just laying on the bed. I tried to do some yoga but.... Too much energy to fall asleep still.” She sat down on the bed, far enough to rest her back on the wall as she patted the space next to her for him.
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:08 am
Shave and a haircut
Harper was debating a shower, not because she didn’t want one but if she was going to wait until later or just go ahead and hop in when no one else was around. The no one else was around seemed to win as she headed into the washroom.
“Hey Liam, what’s up?”
Sugar
There was a knock on the door as Harper was lying upside down on the bed, flipping through an old magazine that had beautiful pictures of landscapes and houses. A few of the pages were bent down as if to mark a return look at from the woman, places that if things that went to hell returned to normal she would go see.
Rolling off the bed she placed the magazine on the bed and answered the door.
“Hey Liam.” She grinned looking at him and realized what was in his hand. “You sharing right?”
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:23 am
Sleepless
He gave her a look lost somewhere between admiration and amusement as he walked past her into the room. "I don't know how you sleep as little as you do, and still have so much energy." It was enviable. Opposite to Harper, Liam looked every bit as tired as he felt.
"The thought of you on coffee is a little alarming." She sat, patted the bed beside her, and he crawled up to sit beside her with his back against the wall as well. The blanket sat folded on his lap.
Shave and a haircut
He jumped when she came in, dropping his hair and glanced back over his shoulder at her. "Harper, hi. Ah, just," he chuckled, indicating the hair flipping into his face. "It's too long. I was going to cut it."[
Sugar
Wiggling the bag of candy up between them, he grinned back. "That was the plan. But you can't tell. I found it scavenging..." He still felt guilty, but her smile.
It was worth it.
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:43 am
Sleepless
Harper laughed as she laid her head down on his shoulder when he sat next to her. “I think the only reason I have any energy when I am tired is that if I don’t stop moving I might just fall asleep so then I just keep going even when I want to sleep.” It was probably true to some extent the other half being she was just always so outgoing to start with it was hard to keep herself from wanting to do everything she could.
“Hey, I swear I am not that bad with coffee, just a little more spastic, and possibly a little harder to keep still.”
Shave and a haircut
Harper looked at him with a slightly disgruntled look before walking over to the counter where he stood and picked up the scissors. “Negative. Either one you keep it adorably long or I cut it for you….. Pretend to cut it…. Maybe I’ll just hide the scissors instead.”
Sugar
Opening the door wide and shooing him into her room she quickly closed it behind him. “I won’t tell anyone you found it as long as you tell no one I helped you eat it. Annnddd, you let me eat all of the green ones.”
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:26 pm
SleeplessLiam went very still as she leaned against his side, head pillowed on his shoulder. He didn't want her to move, didn't want to accidentally dislodge her, so he lay his hands on his thighs, squared his shoulders, and sat very still as she talked to him. "Wait, there are times you stay still?" He teased her, head turning just a touch so he could grin down at her. "I don't think I believe you." Shave and a haircutHer expression was puzzling, and he blinked as she reached around him to take the scissors off the sink. "Harper, what--?" He made a grab for them, but missed, frowning down at her. "But it's too long. It keeps getting in my eyes," he protested rather uselessly. SugarIt would just be their little secret then. "Deal." He didn't like the green ones much anyways. The bag itself wasn't very big, but to them it seemed bigger, better, more somehow. All they'd had to eat lately was prepackaged food and potatoes. A little candy was the rarest of treats. He opened the package carefully as he sank down on the edge of her bed.
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:01 am
SleeplessHarper laughed, she tired not to move her head too much when she did it. “Hey, I am not that bad am I? There are times it isn’t very often. It is usually when I am completely passed out. Or at least that is what I have been told.” It was a little joking story that her father would tell her, that she used to drive him crazy until she fell asleep exhausted. She shifted her arm a little just enough to wrap it around his arm and pull his hand closer to hers. Shave and a haircut“But cutting it yourself is a terrible idea, at least ask for some help.” Harper disliked the frown on his face as she raised her hand brushing the hair in his face to the side. Sighing, she gave a small pout as she held the scissors back up for him to take. “But I am still going to protest in you cutting it in the first place.” SugarHarper flopped down on the bed next to him, close enough that her shoulder easily touched his as she leaned closer to him to look at the bag. They really should have shared with everyone else, but considering gummy bears had absolutely no nutritional value whatsoever despite the whole made with fruit juice there was no reason to be really concerned. The secret however made it more thrilling. “Which color is your fav?” She asked holding out her hand for a green one.
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:51 am
Sleepless"I didn't say it was a bad thing," he assured her, laying his head against her's where it rested on his shoulder. He actually liked how vibrant and energetic she was. A small little ray of sunshine to make their days just a little brighter. Or at least that's how Liam felt. Her smile was contagious. He let her move his arm, dragging it closer to her, and he smiled contently. Shave and a haircut"I didn't know who to ask. I mean, it's just hair. It'll grow back." Except the way she was reacting, maybe it wasn't just hair. Like maybe she liked his hair the way it was, and why would he want to change something about him that she liked? "Well, how about this. If you've got an idea that'll keep it out of my face, I won't cut it." SugarHe plucked out a green one and set it in the center of her palm. "I like the red ones the best." Which was what he pulled out next, popping it into his mouth. God, when was the last time he'd had candy? It felt like forever ago. "That's just my favorite flavor, though. My favorite color is blue."
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 4:34 pm
Sleepless“Good, I don't think I can change that.” Wrapping her fingers in with his squeezing them for a moment. She was tired, more so now that she was with Liam than she had been alone. “I am glad you came.” Her voice almost like a whisper. Shave and haircut She continued to pout at him when he made the comment of it just being hair and even more of a pout when he said he knew no one to ask. “That is not true. You could have asked me.” She held up the small hand held crate that had a change of clothes and a few things that looked like soap. Digging in it she found a headband and held it up to him. “Here this should help, or at least I hope it does I like your hair now if you cut I might not.” Sugar She quickly popped the green gummy bear in her mouth, the sugar almost made her teeth hurt with as she chewed it slowly. “The red ones are pretty good especially with the lime flavor.” There was a minute debate with herself before She held her hand out again. “Blue is my second fave.”
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:23 pm
Sleepless"I wouldn't want you to change it." Softer now, voice falling into the quiet tones that meant sleep wasn't too far off. He returned that gentle squeeze, thumb running in small circles along the side of her hand. After a moment, he drew her small hand into his lap, holding it with both of his own. "Me too." This was better than curling up in the common room, for sure. When she had grown quiet, and her breathing had evening, he'd move, slowly. First bringing her hand up, laying a kiss against the back of her knuckles. Then he'd shift carefully to pick her up so he could draw down the covers of her bed, tucking her in before climbing in to join her. Shave and a haircut"I..." Hadn't wanted to be a bother. Hadn't known she knew how to do hair. He'd hurt her feelings. That was the absolute last thing he wanted to do. "Sorry." She held something out to him, and he took it, blinking down at the dark elastic in his hands. And of course she spoke the magic words. It brought a soft flush to his cheeks, made him smile softly despite himself. "I don't know how to put this on." Which was only half true, but Maybe it'd make up for not asking her to cut his hair for him. That, and maybe she'd show him. SugarShaking the bag a bit, he pulled out a few greens and lay them in her hand. Then he fell back against her bed as he fished another out for himself, orange this time, and popped it in his mouth. "They all taste great." This long without candy, Liam didn't think there was room for favorites. At least not on his tongue. Although, if Harper wanted all the green ones, he was more than happy to give them to her. "I can't remember the last time I had candy. That seems a little sad. It's only been a month."
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:27 pm
SleeplessHarper closed her eyes as he pulled her hand into his lap, and at some point drifted off to sleep before he had even moved her. Shave and a haircutHarper grinned up at him. “It will be ok as long as you remember the next time you want to cut your hair ok?” Setting the basket down she pulled the headband over his head and brought it around his neck. Standing even closer to him she pulled up to his forehead and then back with the loose hair from his face. “Tada! Perfect.” There was a large grin, as if satisfied with the result of her idea to him. SugarHarper ate another one before turning to prop her feet up on the bed and lay her head down on Liam’s chest. She held up one of the other gummy bears before popping into her mouth. “I think anything with sugar taste great.” She chuckled as she turned her head to look at him, eating all the green ones was simply being spoiled. “Not that i don’t miss candy, I do, but I miss having fruit and things. I mean we have some but it’s not the same as just having it laying there to eat. It’s like almost regretting all those times I walked by a bowl of fruit and didn’t pick one up.” Looking back up at the ceiling she thought about how things were so drastically different from a month ago. It seemed so weird that the little things they had taken for granted and never realized how much they needed it.
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:59 pm
Shave and a haircut"Okay." There wasn't anything else he could say to that, really. Liam went very still as she pulled the headband over his head, eyes closing, and didn't relax again until Harper was finished with him. "Perfect?" He touched the band in his hair, then turned to look at himself in the mirror. It did keep the hair out of his eyes. He looked back at her though, brows arched. "It doesn't look silly?" SugarIt was always just a little startling when Harper did things like that; using him as a pillow, cuddling up against his side pulling him into her bed to sleep. He never seemed to get used to it, never expected it. It meant each and every time there was a small sense of wonder. A moment of disbelief. He waited a moment, hesitating, before he brought up a hand to slide his fingers through her hair, smoothing it back from her face. "I really miss sliced strawberries and pineapples," he contributed, voice soft, before helping himself to another gummy bear.
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