#amorolis

[empyreau]

∗ 35﹕ sender  curls  up  against  receiver  in  their  sleep . ( * for caleb !

The stirring beside him only made his eyelids flutter. It wasn't enough to fully awaken him, only to make him shift more onto his stomach and stretch his arms beneath his pillow. He could feel himself start to drift back into that dreamspace and he'd almost reached it . . . until he felt a stirring again.

"Hmmm . . . someone either needs to get up . . . or at least move back to their side . . ." His words were doused with sleepiness and were pushed out as if they took up all of his strength to say. But that stirring turned into an arm draping across his back and wrapping around as much of his waist as it could. The warmth from her body spread slowly through him and made him grin and hum with contentment.

"All right, miss koala, your tree wants you to be comfortable."

[seachant]

‘ why did you book us one room? ’ ( * slumber party thread maybe ? ;p

︵‿۶ৎ 𝓐‿ "was i not supposed to ?" she tilts her head, confused. "since it's a slumber party, i thought it'd be better to have just one room ... should i have asked for more ?? are many people coming ?" she looks wide-eyed at @amorolis , gasp veiled by her palm as she looks around the fairly large room. there's one very large bed and they're both pretty small, and ariel had heard that during these parties there's not much sleeping with all the chattering, makeovers, drinking and eating ! "did you invite someone else ?? i thought it's only the two of us."

[seachant]

︵‿۶ৎ 𝓐‿ "do you mind not pointing your weapon at me ? i'm not ... one of those wanderer monsters." despite whatever their technology might scan her as. 🍓 a thingamabobs for @amorolis .ᐟ

[warraigoe]

 “              caleb ! do you um want anything for your birthday or do anything? name it and i'll do it.   ” ; : )

his  birthday,  huh  ?  honestly,  caleb  had  mixed  feeling  about  it.  on  one  hand,  he  doesn't  really  care  about  it  –  after  all,  he  would  rather  focus  his  attention  on  her  rather  than  himself.  it  felt  a  bit  weird  to  be  on  the  other  side,  though  the  commander  wasn't  complaining.  it  was  a  bit  adorable  to  see  someone  he  dedicates  so  much  time  to  return  the  sediments.  it  was  good  to  know  that  she  cared  as  much  caleb  cared  for  her.

❝  you  know…  ❞  he  started,  a  challenging  look  on  his  expression.  ❝  that's  a  bit  of  a  dangerous  promise  to  keep,  pipsqueak.  ❞  he  says  with  a  playful  grin.  oh,  and  if  jinae  wasn't  careful,  caleb  could  take  too  much…  and  he'd  only  be  a  little  bit  sorry…  but  she'd  forgive  the  birthday  boy,  right  ?  after  all,  she  did  say  name  it.

anything…

❝  how  about  we  start  off  by  watching  a  movie  at  the  cinema  ?  the  one  you  mentioned  earlier.  i  think  you  convinced  me,  actually…  ❞  hand  moves  to  rustle  the  top  of  her  hair,  though  fingers  were  careful  to  make  place  the  strands  back  in  place.  ❝  after,  we  can  stop  by  the  cafe  and  pick  up  some  cake  before  spending  the  night  together.  sounds  like  a  good  day  to  me.  ❞ 

[empyreau]

I have to admit there's a small part of me that's terrified you'll wake up one day and realize you don't need me anymore... that you'll leave. ( * for caleb !

The inside of his mouth went dry and it felt as if he would swallow his own tongue. He cupped her face in his hands and gently brushed his thumbs along her cheekbones. "Wh—what would make you think that?" There was a turning in his stomach and a burning in his chest that made him grip her perhaps harder than he realized. But it was an idea he couldn't swallow, couldn't even fathom.

From her face to her shoulders then around to her back, Caleb's hands moved and finally rested to bring her into an embrace. "I would never leave you. No matter what may creep into your head, don't believe a word of it." He pressed a kiss to the top of her head and took in a deep breath, the inner trembling starting to calm down. "I will always need you."

[empyreau]

"Maybe you shouldn't go outside. Wind will grab you and carry you off." ( * for caleb !

He laughed, something light and airy that rarely saw life but came out without hesitation this time. He'd just finished folding one of a potential handful of paper airplanes before looking out the window. The wind had picked up for sure and the clouds were moving along at quite a clip, but the sky was blue as can be.

"If the wind will be grabbin' anything, it better be this little guy and not me. I'm not nearly as aerodynamic." With a small but calm smile he inspected the paper airplane, moving it around nimbly between his fingers. "Here," he said, taking her hand to place his recent creation in her palm, "why don't you be the one to give it its first flight?"

[empyreau]

I found the bandages in the trash. You want to explain that? ( * for caleb !

He didn't think that he'd been careless with them. However, he also didn't think that she'd look so intently at the contents of his trash bin. He should know by now that there were some things he just couldn't hide from her, but every now and then it seemed he needed to be sent a little reminder.

It's nothing wanted desperately to fall from his lips, to pivot to some other topic that didn't have to explain why he would have been bleeding. Yet he knew that would do neither of them any good and so, with a softened expression, he rolled his sleeve and took hold of her hand to bring it up to his right shoulder.

"Just a small connectivity issue, nothing more." He let her fingers drag along the invisible line between his own flesh and that mockery of it; it was a little tear and already mostly healed. Still, enough of one to warrant a bandage wrapped around it for a day.

Fortunately for only one day.

[empyreau]

"We should have brought an umbrella." ( * for caleb !

The market's crowd began to scatter as the few and far between raindrops started to multiply and pick up the pace. Pamphlets, napkins, bags, shirts, anything that could be used as a shield from the rain was used by people laughing, grumbling, and everything in between. Hand in hand, the two of them were closer to laughing as Caleb led her under one of the larger trees that lined the paved path.

"And miss out on getting absolutely soaked?" He shook his head, his hair already completely soaked with his clothing approaching that same limit. Jinae's wasn't too far behind and instinctively he put his arm about her shoulder. "If we end up getting sick, at least we'll be sick at the same time. That's . . . a bright side, right?"