Ben Wade (
almosthonorable) wrote2009-08-08 12:04 pm
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[[ milliways, upstairs ]]
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Ben's settled in the armchair in his room, head bent over his sketchbook.
This is a little harder without a certain Russian pilot in the room for comparison, but so far, he's making do.
Ben's settled in the armchair in his room, head bent over his sketchbook.
This is a little harder without a certain Russian pilot in the room for comparison, but so far, he's making do.
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This is not entirely why Ben gets a familiar knock on the door and a 'Venya, you in?' (she does, obviously, seeks his company for its own sake), but it accounts for that knock happens now.
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"C'mon in, Lieutenant."
(His room isn't quite as tidy as hers, but it's close — if you ignore the books and scraps of paper littering the top of the dresser. But the bed dominating the room is made, its sheets clean and patchwork quilt wrinkle-free.)
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He gets a small smile back, and ignore the tiredness, Ben.
"Thank you," she says, gratefully.
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"No need for that," he says, putting a gentle arm around her shoulders. "When you see what I've got for you, you'll really thank me."
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He steers them to the armchair and smiles.
"Close your eyes, please."
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"Should I...hold out my hand, or just keep eyes closed?"
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There's a quiet rustle as he works the drawing free of the sketchbook, careful not to smudge the rendering.
"Open 'em up."
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"You...drew me."
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A nod.
"I did."
A beat.
"Is that, uh, all right?"
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"You have good eyes."
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His lips press against her hair, light and brief.
"Good enough to see you look kinda tired. Any particular reason for that?"
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"I stayed up most of last night babysitting Kate."
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Company that is friend and female and not likely to take bullshit.
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"She have an excuse for crawlin' into the bottom of a bottle?"
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" -- zombie?"
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(Dan Evans will be hearing about this piece of new vocabulary the next time Ben sees him.)
He gestures toward the bed.
"C'mon, Lieutenant, you're beat."
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But now, sleep.
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And, like any good soldier, she wakes up in exactly two hours.
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(She's beautiful all the damn time, but there's just something about the way she looks when she's sleeping.)
"Good nap?"
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"I feel more alive."
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"You could sleep some more, y'know. No law against it."
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"No, I want to go and catch Katya while she's too hungover to run away."
Beat. An amused glance.
"Then...I could come back."
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A beat and a half-smile.
"You should."
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