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Apr. 18th, 2006 01:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flybywash[After this.]
They check and re-check that Ace is comfortably settled in before returning to their own bunk. Wash scoots down the ladder first, hopping down each rung on his left foot, hands tight around the frame.
He's gotten good at it over the past six months.
Once he's reached the floor, he makes a beeline for the sink, fiddling with the latch a bit before pulling it out and switching on the faucet.
And then he just lets it run; and, after a moment, scoops up a handful of water to dash across his face.
They check and re-check that Ace is comfortably settled in before returning to their own bunk. Wash scoots down the ladder first, hopping down each rung on his left foot, hands tight around the frame.
He's gotten good at it over the past six months.
Once he's reached the floor, he makes a beeline for the sink, fiddling with the latch a bit before pulling it out and switching on the faucet.
And then he just lets it run; and, after a moment, scoops up a handful of water to dash across his face.
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Date: 2006-04-20 03:54 am (UTC)It's all he can say, because anything else he might try to say at the moment would only be audible to dogs and some long-extinct species of dolphin.
Eventually: "Okay. Not panicking. See me? This is me not panicking. I'll just...breathe, and maybe work on avoiding that heart attack I almost had."
Thunk goes his head against her shoulder.
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Date: 2006-04-20 04:02 am (UTC)"Hey, I'm the one who just had the damn thing."
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Date: 2006-04-20 04:06 am (UTC)His heart's still thudding uncomfortably fast from the scare. Wash raises his head enough to kiss her neck, then sighs and pulls back a little.
"Are you okay?"
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Date: 2006-04-20 04:37 am (UTC)"Yeah. Little shaken up, but...yeah."
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Date: 2006-04-20 04:56 am (UTC)He runs his hand over her back in small circles.
With false cheer, "On the bright side, though, I'm wide awake now."
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Date: 2006-04-20 05:00 am (UTC)Zoe's tone is dry, but she's smiling as she leans into him.
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Date: 2006-04-20 05:28 am (UTC)And to stave off any potential glaring, he brushes some of her hair back and wraps his other arm around her.
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Date: 2006-04-20 05:38 am (UTC)It's been a wacky fun-filled evening.
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Date: 2006-04-20 03:49 pm (UTC)Can he vote that they not do it again, ever?
Wash settles closer, closes his eyes, and breathes.