@troublewithvampires sent a sentence starter: “are you scared of me?” //:3c
{✿} – Pippin laughed in immediate dismissal of such an entirely absurd notion, leaping to the ground from where he had been jumping up & down from cushion-to-cushion on the weight-absorbant seats of his enchanted marshmallow couch like a hyperactive dog with the zoomies, and striding with purpose across the room to where Salvatore stood brooding. Detaining him into a tight one-armed hug without a moment of hesitation, the pixie smiled encouragingly down at his dear friend, ❝Nuh-uh! Not even a lil bit! You don’t scare me, silly! I could never be scared of you! You’re my Sally!❞ he announced proudly and with all the conviction in his heart, ruffling up the vampire’s dark hair. Pippin tilted his head to one side, ❝You got those “bad thought bugs” runnin’ around inside your head, don’t ya…? That’s okay! I think I know what to do! You just need a lil cheerin’ up, that’s all!❞ Releasing Sal from his embrace, Pippin grabbed his blueberry & vanilla swirl milkshake from the peppermint candy side table and drank plentifully from his cup before setting it back down and perching himself on the nearby rose & violet scented macaron chair, instinctively tugging Salvatore down with him to sit on his lap, ❝C’mon! Sit with me!❞
He seemed to take altruistic interest in how Salvatore was feeling, in spite of his usual ineffable energy threatening to bubble over at any given moment. His feelings mattered to Pippin, no matter how starkly they may contrast his own. ❝Hey, Sally…! Ya wanna listen to some smooth jazz with me?❞ Pippin smiled softly and with as much self-restraint as he could in the moment, swaying gently to & fro in what felt like a fair compromise. If he couldn’t sit still, then he’d at least try to subdue the rate of his physcial activity as to not overwhelm Sal. Already, he could feel the urge to get up & dance practically gnawing at the soles of his feet, but Pippin managed to resist - for now, at least. Smooth jazz was probably one of the least likely genres from which Pippin was going to take any form of influence (other than, perhaps, a somniferous one), but he enjoyed sharing in Salvatore’s interests, even if he didn’t always understand the appeal or find within it the same inspiration. Salvatore was his inspiration. Just getting to watch him gradually become absorbed in the flow of the music made the endurance of calm wholeheartedly worth it for him. In fact, after a while, he sometimes found it to be kind of grounding. That was, usually, until his mind would inevitably wander. But Pippin was trying his best, and he knew that Salvatore was, too. That was part of the reason why they worked so well, in contempt of their many differences.
Pippin wouldn’t mind staying here with Sal all night ‘til sunlight crept in through the curtains, as long as it meant being there with him. Though, finding himself momentarily distracted by the thousand-and-one different thoughts bouncing back & forth inside his mind, he quickly shook his head, shaking himself out of it and scattering an evanescent dusting of pretty, pink pixie dust as he did so. C’mon! Focus, Pippin! Your friend needs you! Hmm…now, he wondered, what else could he do to make Salvatore feel more comfortable…? The pixie’s gaze shifted upwards to view the bright white light that illuminated the room, and without thinking anything of it, simply plucked the colour out of the very room with no more than a flick of his wrist and tossed it away, shifting the light to take on a more delicate hue with less intensity. ❝Ya like green, Sally?❞ Another sleight of hand, a different colour, ❝How ‘bout purple…?❞