selvin-9 system mingle

[rebuildyourruins]

Who: everyone
Broadcast: no
Action: Selvin-9
When: throughout December until mid-January

[It's fluff-planet time, fleeters, and there's plenty to do. Snow time like the present!]

* System info

Comments

[redatheart]

[He doesn't really mind.

Sayid opens the door just enough that he can reasonably slip through, making sure not to let out any mischievous critters.]

Hello.

[Coming over to the bed to grab a kiss.]

[noprophecies]

[she smiles and kisses back, reaching for his hand to tug on, so he'll join her on the bed]

Hello.

[redatheart]

[Well, that's not hard to convince him to do. His other hand holds the picture frame and the note. After a moment, he opens the latter in his lap.

...But before he says anything else, he leans over to kiss her again.]

It occurs to me that I didn't say thank you yet. For the gift.

[noprophecies]

[she blinks in surprise, but welcomes the second kiss wholeheartedly]

I thought it went unsaid? And that is was not necessary.

[redatheart]

Perhaps. But I felt it worth saying.

[After a moment, he hands the note over to her, with a faint smile belied by some seriousness.]

If you wouldn't mind that translation...

[noprophecies]

[she takes the note and looks it over, as if she doesn't know what it says already]

Hmm? What translation?

[redatheart]

Tempest.

[It's more gently chiding that really exasperated but really.]

[noprophecies]

[you want her to read the feelings she already had a hard time putting into words out loud? Sayid, please]

I told you, it's just my reasoning for choosing it. That's all.

[that's all]

[redatheart]

[Oh. Hm. He's sharp enough to tell that this isn't a case of her being a brat, it's an actual disinclination to discuss the subject. That shifts his demeanor, the way he looks at her. There's both a concern and a curiosity there.]

You wrote them down for a reason.

[Meaning: if it was important enough to write down, then it's not just "that's all". His voice is softer.]

[noprophecies]

[it's easy enough to let her attention "drift" to the animals scurrying around the floor]

Well yes, obviously.

[redatheart]

I'd like to know what it says.

[Sayid doesn't attempt to redirect her attention back to him, lets her distance herself like that if she needs to. His voice is gentle. But he's not letting her off the hook yet.]