Well, all right, yes, it is her pillow and he did steal it from her (flirt criminal and thief of all things soft and light-blocking, aren't they well-matched?), but it's such a good pillow and his head is so very, very sore. So he pulls a minor pout at her, flickering and gone as he approaches the bed, takes the aspirin.
Which. He really should have done after putting the bottle down, because his brain's putting two and two together and wouldn't whiskey be an easy way of washing aspirin down? Quick gesture. It'd be such a quick set of gestures to toss back the aspirin, open the bottle, and swallow, and hey fuck there's the aspirin gone already and...
Okay. Okay. Not yet. He's here with it, thinking through the steps, and this once. This once. There's water already on the nightstand. He can put the bottle down, does put the bottle down. Takes a swallow of water and quickly, quickly retreats into bed, backing up against Katrina so there's distance between him and the bottle and you know he would like that drink but if it's far away and he's safe in blankets, maybe he can fend off the thought a little longer.
Also if he focuses on what Katrina's saying. It's a puzzle, and usually he doesn't care for puzzles but right now maybe he could use one, and, and... ]
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Well, all right, yes, it is her pillow and he did steal it from her (flirt criminal and thief of all things soft and light-blocking, aren't they well-matched?), but it's such a good pillow and his head is so very, very sore. So he pulls a minor pout at her, flickering and gone as he approaches the bed, takes the aspirin.
Which. He really should have done after putting the bottle down, because his brain's putting two and two together and wouldn't whiskey be an easy way of washing aspirin down? Quick gesture. It'd be such a quick set of gestures to toss back the aspirin, open the bottle, and swallow, and hey fuck there's the aspirin gone already and...
Okay. Okay. Not yet. He's here with it, thinking through the steps, and this once. This once. There's water already on the nightstand. He can put the bottle down, does put the bottle down. Takes a swallow of water and quickly, quickly retreats into bed, backing up against Katrina so there's distance between him and the bottle and you know he would like that drink but if it's far away and he's safe in blankets, maybe he can fend off the thought a little longer.
Also if he focuses on what Katrina's saying. It's a puzzle, and usually he doesn't care for puzzles but right now maybe he could use one, and, and... ]
Self-defense against what? The flirt police?
They did have you cornered.