Shenanigans!

[phaselocknroll]

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[nostalgiabomb]

[ He huffs a laugh. ] Not much different than being who you already are, just add in a little more vulnerability.

[phaselocknroll]

[ She shakes her head ] There's a lot of stuff I don't understand.

[nostalgiabomb]

Well, I'm qualified to give you at least half an answer.

[phaselocknroll]

[ her expression saddens for a brief moment. Sometimes it's like beating her head against a wall with him. Even with their link, he doesn't seem to understand how much she truly appreciates him. How much she needs him, and god, she wishes there was a way to make him see himself like she sees him.

She decides that, for the moment, she'd rather not discuss any of this further. She holds up her free hand instead, still covered in bandages ]

Help me take these off?

[nostalgiabomb]

-- Yeah, sorry.

[ He takes her hand and carefully starts removing the bandage. ]

You in any pain at all, still?

[phaselocknroll]

Mostly stiff.

[ She's probably still demon enough that it only took her the one night to really heal. Her hands are fine, but she'll find she's got a long, thin scar left over on her back. ]

What about you? You weren't hurt, were you?

[nostalgiabomb]

No, I'm fine. [ He removes the bandages from her other hands. ] Thanks to you. You dealt it a pretty big blow.

[phaselocknroll]

[ She flexes her fingers a couple times before sliding a hand into one of his, tugging him down to sit next to her ]

If I recall, you did your fair share too.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ he sits beside her carefully, and-- yeah, he really needs the physical contact right now. He twines their fingers together gently. ]

Yeah. Team effort. I'd rather not face any other dragons, if it's all the same.

[phaselocknroll]

[ She leans her head on his shoulder, nodding slightly ]

You'll hear no arguments from me.

About what you said before.... about staying here. Would you want to? There seems to be plenty of jobs around. We could, I don't know, earn some coin, buy a house? Get a that dog you wanted.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ he laughs a little. ]

I would name it something ridiculous, you know.

... I might've yelled at Lilith, though. Think she might be pissed at me.

[phaselocknroll]

You could name it whatever you want. It'll be your dog.

[ She pats him on the arm ] I'll talk to her. But I should probably get cleaned up first.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He stands then, but doesn't let go of her hand. He holds the other out to her to help her up. ]

Yeah, of course. Lemme give you a hand.

[phaselocknroll]

[ She gets to her feet, her back protesting the movement- not painfully, but it certainly didn't like the idea of moving. She glances over her shoulder, trying to get a look at the bloodied bandages on her back ]

Did these used to be your coat?

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He frowns, then nods, because-- that's a weird question. What a weird question, Maya. ]

Yeah. It was the only spare fabric we had on hand.

[phaselocknroll]

... Thank you. For taking care of me like you did.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He presses a quick kiss to her forehead. ]

Hey, 'bout time I returned the favor, right? 'Sides. You would've done the same for me.

[phaselocknroll]

[ She smiles up at him ] Always. Partners take care of each other, right?

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He returns the smile easily enough. ]

Yeah, absolutely.

[phaselocknroll]

Mm. I'm thinking I'm in dire need of a bath.

[ a pause, and her smiles settles firmly into a smirk ] Care to join me?

[nostalgiabomb]

[ Okaayyyy, guess whose mind is coming to a screeching halt? ]

Um--

[ because did she just ask what he thinks she asked he's pretty sure she did but okay well maybe he really should actually keep an eye on her because she's still healing and what if she needs a hand?

-- Yeah. Yeah, that's legitimate. ]

If you think you'll need the company, sure.

[ Ignore the way his voice sort of catches nervously, but yeah. Yeah he's totally on board with this. ]

[phaselocknroll]

[ She miiiiight be attempting to distract him- the mood has been somewhat solemn since she woke. And there's a part of her that feels the need to remind him of how much she needs him.

She grabs his hand and drags him off to find someone to draw a bath. It doesn't take long to find someone, and not long after that until a bath is ready for her.

She's not really sure why they felt the need to give her a privacy screen to get undressed behind, though. It's not like Peter hasn't seen her naked before, and she's kind of struggling with getting those bandages off herself. ]

I uh... I think I might need a hand.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ Well, the distraction works -- if momentarily. The sort of awkward way she calls him over, though, gives him pause. ]

Everything alright?

[phaselocknroll]

I just can't get these bandages off.

[ she was really hoping to do them herself, since she'd really not rather remind him of how bad off she was ]

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He takes a breath, and glances at the bandages (they're pretty much soaked red, and he wonders if they should have changed it all during the night?). He nods as he moves closer, workings to loosen and untie the bandages. ]

This'll just take a second.