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Maybelline Bennett (whycantyoubetru) wrote in inpoormerit,
@ 2010-03-17 18:01:00

Entry tags:

belle, belle and coop, coop

Don't Ever Do That Again, You Hear?
Who: Belle and Cooper
When: Early morning
Where: Mike-3

Belle hadn't slept a wink after Cooper'd come back with the biggest damned wolves she'd ever seen on his tail from his night time excursion. Normally, that kind of thing wouldn't have worried her so much, Cooper had dealt with more dangerous things than big damn wolves, but every time she closed her eyes, she saw him laying on the floor of the bar, unconscious, maybe even dead. Even half a bottle of Jack hadn't helped. So as soon as the sun rose, she was up. She decided to make breakfast simple, just some coffee and French toast and eggs.

"Honey, breakfast is ready," she called to Cooper as she set out plates for both of them. She hadn't bothered to get dressed neither, just wearing her robe over her nighty, her hair clubbed back from her face in a low, sloppy ponytail. She splashed some of the whiskey left in her bottle into her coffee and sat down to mostly stare at her food.

Twice in two days. Twice in two days she'd been in real danger of losing him. Belle closed her eyes and breathed out hard. She needed to find her damned nerve pills, but didn't have the slightest idea where their kidnappers had put them, if they'd even sent them along. She'd heard too many people call them placebos and tell her they was just sugar, but right now she needed something.

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ocrikey
2010-03-22 01:19 am UTC (link)

"Yes, ma'am," her husband responded with a somber smile. "I'll be right here as soon as the sun sets." After his encounter with the wolves, he was all too eager to stay in town at night. Although no one had been hurt, it was still unnerving that the wolves had been brazen enough to not only approach them but to follow them back into town as well.

Coop's arms squeezed his wife in a gentle, loving hug. They had to be thankful for the small things -- they were alive and together, and they were fine -- so far, anyway. They had no choice but to take one day at a time.

"Anything else I can do to see that pretty smile this morning?"

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whycantyoubetru
2010-03-22 01:37 am UTC (link)

"Before, or ain't getting no dinner," she reminded him. "Which is what I'm spending every afternoon doing. If you wanna help me, knock on doors and let people know I'm making dinner every night and any time after 5pm and before 8pm, it'll be hot. After that, I'll just leave it out."

Yes, that was what she could do. That and Cooper would keep her sane.

"Just keep coming back to me," she told him, giving him a little smile. It was the best she could manage right now. It was all she'd ever asked of Cooper really. But here, it was even more important than before.

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ocrikey
2010-03-22 02:39 am UTC (link)

That was certainly something Coop could manage -- and with pleasure. "Yes, ma'am," Coop repeated, smiling at her in response. "We won't go hungry with you in the kitchen, at least," he added. Belle was likely to spoil everybody with her cooking, but that was something Coop was willing to live with.

"Can I come help you make ice cream later?" he asked with a smug smirk. Coop knew how to make exactly five things: sandwiches, stew, steak, hamburgers, and ice cream. Ice cream, of course, had always been his favorite. It was a recipe purportedly passed down through generations of Bennetts...

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	whycantyoubetru 2010-03-22 02:46 am UTC (link)
	Now how could she say no to that? "That'd be a real nice treat for everybody," she agreed. "I can't remember the last time you made ice cream." She probably didn't ask him to do it often enough. That ice cream was good. "Maybe I'll see if there's some fixin's for apple pie. Always goes good with your ice cream." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ocrikey
2010-03-26 01:24 am UTC (link)

"If you're going to be baking, at least one of those pies is coming home with me," Coop answered immediately and with a grin. He was almost as much in love with her pies as he was with the woman herself. "On second thought, you had better make that two," he added thoughtfully. "Or I won't have any pie tomorrow."

Belle knew better than to leave Coop alone with a pie. Like any kid with his favorite toy, the man required constant surveillance -- or at least reminders that Belle was watching. Fortunately, she didn't make many sweets, or he probably would have ended up with diabetes.

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whycantyoubetru
2010-03-26 03:41 am UTC (link)

Belle rolled her eyes at him. "If can find the fixings and a few pie plates, I'll make one special for you," she assured him.

Really, he was like a little kid when it came to sweets. She'd make them more often, but Cooper'd have developed diabetes or something because he just don't have no control when it comes to her baking.

Sighing, she settled against Cooper. "Thank you," she murmured. "For not leaving me." Not that she should have ever been worrying about that anyway.

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ocrikey
2010-03-27 05:04 am UTC (link)

"You know you're my world," he answered softly as his arms encircled her to hold her close. She was his very lifeline. "I'm not going anywhere, Belle, I promise."

Despite all of his reassurances, he found himself comforted by the feeling of his wife in his arms, basking in her scents and the feel of her soft skin of her arms against the rougher skin of his hands.

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whycantyoubetru
2010-03-27 09:59 pm UTC (link)

"You better not," she sulked softly. Not that either of them could do much about it if they decided to take him. But thinking about that weren't gonna help.

Right now, holding onto him was the only thing she wanted to do. The rest of the damned island could go to hell for a little while. She'd care about everybody else more once she'd calmed down.

For now, there was just them.

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