Windrose June Mingle!

[passingthrough]

Who: SS Windrose + Visitors
Broadcast: Unlikely
Action: SS Windrose
When: June — anytime!

[Now featuring bathroom rank II for all your bathtub and and additional ten minutes of water per hour needs! We also have more and faster shuttles! Just last month we made it to actual double-sized beds for all your double-sized fun. Special features include a hanging medicinal herb garden in the cargo bay complete with bacon-flavored kelp and Officer Snuggles the resident security fox!

Please enjoy your stay. Unless you're The Stalker. There's a sandwich bag waiting for you.]

Comments

[passingthrough]

I can stay on the ship and be with you until you're asleep. [She'd do the other thing too. She's just not thinking about it.]

[winn]

[ he's pretty sure the request is directed at kitty, so he just finishes his water and puts it down. ]

I can take you if you want - [ carry depends on how light he is - but he can let sascha lean on him? ]

[pneumo]

[ He is incredibly light! But that's because he's on a very starvation-based diet. If he gorged himself? More muscle, more strength. ]

I...I can stay up a little longer--I'm not th, that-- [ yeah, that was a yawn ] --tired...

[passingthrough]

I'll finish another sandwich and then we can go? [Mostly because he's fading fast, but he seems so determined that she wants to let him. Is this like letting a kid watch 10 more minutes of show before bed?]

[winn]

[ it's exactly what it is, kitty. and he's gonna put him in bed oh god he told her he's not ready for kids, how did they end up with one anyway?? ]

[pneumo]

[ It's okay!! He comes fully physically mature. and in no other sense ]

Mmkay. [ But to be fair, they could leave right now and Sascha would still end up face-down on the table five minutes later, arms curled to act as a pillow and his glasses pushed up his face and off his nose.

He did his best to stay up but he really is just...exhausted. It was an emotion night, and then emotional morning. ]

[passingthrough]

[Kitty notices him nodding off and she gestures to Winn about it as she gets out of her seat.]

[winn]

[ he nods, and carefully getting out of his seat, he tries to pull sascha into his arms. dammit, this is awkward, how do people do that - james would probably look awesome doing it - but after fumbling for a moment, he manages to pick him up, and carefully carries him to her room. a little help with the door, please? sascha may be light for a person, but he's still heavy for a winn! ]

[passingthrough]

[She securely curls her hand into the back of his shirt and whispers.] Keep going. [When they get to the door. You're phased, buddy. The vampire too. DO NOT DROP HIM.]

[winn]

[ HE'S NOT GOING TO DROP HIM OMG he would not pick him up if he couldn't do it! actually, getting to walk through the door - and not being led through it for once - is so exciting it gives him a little adrenaline boost that makes said vampire feel a little lighter.

he looks at kitty to make sure they have the all clear before carefully putting him down on the bed and pulling the covers over him.

...

he leans over to kitty to whisper in her ear. ]

This suddenly get weird for you too? [ it can't just be him, right? he's tucking him in. in her bed. that they share. fleet, stop trying to force him into fatherhood! ]

[passingthrough]

[Whispering in turn.] My life would have to be normal at some point for me to notice it getting weird. [She gives Winn a soft, chaste kiss. Her eyes skim back to Sascha, wanting to be sure he is still asleep before they slip out again.]

[winn]

-- good point.

[ he remembers life being normal. it wasn't that great; he had one friend and pop culture to keep him company and he was still sadly pining and losing out to douchey online matches. a little weirdness is pretty awesome. it's all a matter of balance.

he hangs back, waiting for kitty to tell him what to do, what she needs here. it's a very awkward day to be him. ]

[passingthrough]

[She quietly grabs some new clothes from the day and then nods to him before reaching out to take his hand and lead him back outside her room.] Look at you. Such a good father.

[winn]

Sure, when they care of themselves -

[ can you tell he's uncomfortable? he's really uncomfortable. he pulls her in for a hug. ]

How're you doing? [ he knows this can't have been easy. she had to be there for sascha, he gets to be there for her. ]

[passingthrough]

Better than you I think. [She hugs him back.] What is it?

[winn]

[ that makes him smile; it's just like kitty to worry about him when she should be worrying about herself. ]

Well currently, a bad case of my girlfriend trying to comfort me about things that happen to her. [ and, those things that happen to her. and, that mention of how parental that whole scene was because he really is not ready for that, not even close. ]

[passingthrough]

It didn't technically happen to me [yet] what with me being all warm and safe in your arms.

[winn]

[ It's not going to, he answers in his head, holding her tighter in those arms. over his dead and rotten corpse. ]

I'm gonna count that as you just called me hot.

[ smiling; having to talk to sascha had to be heavy. he doesn't want to make things heavy again if she doesn't want to talk about it for herself. ]

[passingthrough]

[She was actually pretty okay? She was touched by how much Sascha cared. Worried about him. Sad that he was hurting. But upset for herself? Not as much. She's may still have some issues to work out about her death, but they're mostly about Piotr's betrayal. She hasn't really died after all.]

You are hot. If you want to think that's what I was telling you then I won't stop you.

[winn]

[ he kisses the top of her head, and sways a little bit, just trying every trick he's got to make her feel warm, cared for, loved, and happy. ]

[passingthrough]

[She smiles because she likes this even if it is unnecessary.] I really am okay. I'd tell you. I would. It's sweet and sad that he cares so much.

[winn]

I get that it's sad that he's hurting - but why's it sad that he cares?

[ it feels like an odd thing to say. ]

[passingthrough]

It just reminds me of how few people have cared about him. I know it's part of why he clings so tightly. [And she definitely knows something about clinging tightly.]

[winn]

[ as does he. ]

He's got the best people caring about him now. [ and by that he means kitty and kara. ] Now's what matters.

[passingthrough]

We are kind of the best, aren't we? [She should know better. She really should. But she truly believes he was finally including himself.]