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mm_j (mm_j) wrote in morningstar_mnr,
@ 2010-01-17 15:12:00

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rhiannon, tristan

Rhiannon, Harvey and Tristan; Laundry Room; Sunday
Rhiannon had gotten down to the laundry room a little early, but she supposed it didn't matter as she had loads of laundry to do. She'd learned that the main cause of that particular problem was Harvey, who seemed to think that the only way to get something done correctly was by getting dirty in the process.
She looked to where he sat on the floor, quietly talking to his green army men and smiled as she dumped pair after pair of tiny little man pants into her laundry, then glanced down at her low rise jeans, lipstick red shoes and white gauze tank top again, hoping she didn't look too sloppy for Tristan.

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mm_phreak
2010-01-17 11:23 pm UTC (link)

Tristan watched as Harvey collected his stuff, then pawned it off on Aunt Rhi and she picked him up. He kinda envied the army guys right now, but not her leg being poked by those guys.

On the outside of the door was a librarian stool that he'd snagged from upstairs. There wasn't anybody there to ask, so he'd left a note instead promising to return it and signing his name. He picked it up when he went past and led the way to the games room. Setting it down in front of Pac-Man he straightened and dusted off his hands. "All set and ready to go."

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mm_j
2010-01-17 11:36 pm UTC (link)

Rhiannon walked over and sat Harvey down on the stool, smiling her thanks at Tristan before looking down at Harvey.

"Okay, do you have your quarters?" she asked as she stepped in behind him to see if she could figure it out and help him.

Harvey reached into his pocket and obediently produced one quarter and she put it in the slot and put his hand on the controller. "Do you remember how to play?" she asked as the game started.

"Yeah," Harvey replied in a way that told her he had no idea what he was talking about and, smiling, she started controlling his hands for him.

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mm_phreak
2010-01-18 12:01 am UTC (link)

Tristan watched as the two played Pac-Man. He wondered if they had a video game system and contemplated what else to do besides stare at Rhiannon's ass. He wondered if the army guys were poking into her thigh and making things uncomfortable.

He could play pinball for a while, he supposed. Moving over to the machine he slid quarters into it and pushed the button to start it. "How's Pac doing there, Harvey?" He asked as he heard the telltale sound of ghost eating.

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mm_j
2010-01-18 12:10 am UTC (link)

Harvey, having grown so excited by winning had let go of the controllers and was bouncing up and down on the stool, twisting his hands in delight.

"I'm winning!" he said as he looked over at Tristan and saw that he was doing something else. Pac-Man forgotten, he ducked under Rhiannon's arm and climbed down off of the stool before running over and ducking under Tristan's arm to stand in front of him, fingers on the edge of the pinball machine as he tried to peer up and see what was happening.

"Hey stinker," Rhiannon said with a laugh as she glanced away from the game. "Get back here and finish your game so you can win."

"Watching Tristan," Harvey replied easily.

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mm_phreak
2010-01-18 01:35 am UTC (link)

Tristan laughed when Harvey decided to swap games. Then he found himself spaced farther from the pinball game as Harvey slid in under his arm. He'd been told a few times that he played pinball like he was loving the machine.

"Oh hey there buddy, go grab your stool and I'll show you how to play." If his arms would reach, anyway. "Unless you'd rather watch." He could waste a ball and put Harvey up on his shoulders if that was the case.

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	mm_j 2010-01-18 01:43 am UTC (link)
	"I wanna watch!" Harvey said as he started bouncing up and down, then turned around to look up at Tristan. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mm_phreak
2010-01-18 02:02 am UTC (link)

Tristan let the ball go down into the void and the ball following it sat by the plunger. He leaned down and asked "Ready?" When Harvey nodded, Tristan picked him up, then sat him on the top part of the machine. "Don't fall now or your Aunt Rhi'll kill me."

He smirked as he looked over, then launched the ball and watched as it bounced around lighting several of the mushroom shaped things.

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mm_j
2010-01-18 02:31 am UTC (link)

Harvey, thrilled by his new positioning, tried not to bounce too much in joy as his fingers twisted together and he watched what Tristan did with rapt attention.

Rhiannon's stomach dropped a little when she saw how high up Harvey was, but she tried not to freak out about it. "Stay up there until me or Tristan gets you down," she settled for staying and Harvey rolled his eyes at her in a way that was way beyond his years.

"I will."

Rhiannon's game fizzled out mostly because she was not distracted and she moved away from the game to move closer to the boys. It was mostly to watch Tristan, she discovered embarassingly, and that was entirely lame. His attention to Harvey gave her a wistful little tug in her stomach which was also stupid, as he was just another guy channeling his inner big brother for a cute and smart kid. It had nothing to do with her and it never would.

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	mm_phreak 2010-01-18 02:51 am UTC (link)
	Tristan kept his eyes peeled for the pinball, only glancing up a couple times to make sure Harvey wasn't going anywhere. He slid easily against the machine, moving left and right smacking the paddle buttons as needed. When the ball was pinging around under Harvey he laughed. "Hard to see when it gets bouncing up there, huh?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mm_j
2010-01-18 03:07 am UTC (link)

Harvey laughed and nodded, his hands braced on the edges of the game as he attempted to watch with wide eyes, laughing when the ball moved too fast for him to watch steadily and bounced a little with enthusiasm.

"Why don't we get a pinch ball machine, Aunt Rhi?!" he asked.

"Because we've got one down here. And it's Pinball."

"I want my own to play alllll the time!"

"You can play allll the time down here. We don't have the room, baby."

"But don't you like pinball?"

"It's okay. My favorite is Skeeball."

"Can we get a Skeeball machine?"

"Skeeball is even bigger than Pinball," she said with a laugh.

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	mm_phreak 2010-01-18 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Tristan laughed with them easily. "Skeeball makes you have to use your wrist more." He said over his shoulder to Rhiannon. When he did, his eyes lingered longer than they should and the ball dropped down between the paddles. "I like pinball cuz all you hafta do is slap the buttons for the paddles." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mm_j
2010-01-18 03:54 am UTC (link)

Rhiannon smirked. "Now see, I like the hands-on factor of Skeeball. It's kinda like bowling on a smaller scale. I love bowling."

Harvey laughed, really hard although he had no idea what was so funny, just that he'd seen his Aunt Rhi and Tristan laughing and he was happy. He bounced a little for effect and almost fell and Rhiannon's hand shot out to catch him.

"Paul, sit still," she said breathlessly. "You're going to give me a heart attack."

"I didn't fall," he argued.

"I know, but you almost did. Just don't bounce around, okay? It would make Aunt Rhi very very sad if something happened to her baby."

He was a little embarassed about being called Aunt Rhi's baby in front of Tristan, but he didn't want to see Aunt Rhi sad either. "Okay," he said in a sulky voice. "I'm sorry."

Rhiannon nodded, then looked at Tristan for a moment before bumping his hip.

"How about you show me how to play and change my mind? I gotta confess I'm not super knowledgable about Pinball anymore."

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mm_phreak
2010-01-18 04:24 am UTC (link)

"So we should go bowling sometime then." He said almost instantly when she said it. He bet her ass would sway well as she balanced a bowling ball.

"Whoa there buddy. If you bounce around too much up there the paddles won't block the ball." The machine here didn't register tilt as much as some others did, but it still was possible. "And, well, you'd fall and Aunt Rhi would beat me up."

He thought everything was square and his hand closed over the plunger when she bumped him and he let go. "Oh uh... Sure. I could do that. Just move over here in front of me." He said stepping away from the machine a little. "Hands on these buttons for the paddles..." Leaning his body back slightly he pulled the plunger back and let the ball go.

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mm_j
2010-01-18 04:47 am UTC (link)

"Sure," she said with a smile, trying not to let her stomach leap. She was sure he didn't mean like a real date, just more of an outing with him and her and Harvey, which was fine too. Hell, as far as she knew he could have a girlfriend or a wife, so she didn't let herself entertain the thought any further.

She moved in front of him and put her hands on the buttons as instructed, feeling the heat of him along her back and struggling to pay attention to what she was doing.

"Like this?"

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mm_phreak
2010-01-18 05:00 am UTC (link)

He nodded, his head near her shoulder. "Mmhmm. Now when the ball comes down you tap the buttons for the paddles." The ball came down on the left and his hands pressed on hers over the button.

On the right side he covered her hand with his too. It just seemed right. His body pressed against hers lightly and he watched over her shoulder. His eyes may have moved to look at her chest briefly, but not more than once and not for long.

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mm_j
2010-01-18 05:12 am UTC (link)

Rhiannon's breath caught a little at the feel of him pressing on her all over like that, but she fought the urge to press back into him. He wasn't much bigger than her, maybe an inch, but he was broad and strong and warm and smelled amazing and it was nice to be touched, no matter how briefly or how casual, by someone that wasn't her three year old nephew.

She pressed the button when he indicated and slapped the ball around until it went in the hole, then squeed and did a little dance against him before looking over her shoulder.

"Did it!"

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	mm_phreak 2010-01-18 05:18 am UTC (link)
	He smiled and stepped back just a little so she could do her dance. "See there Harvey, even Aunt Rhi can learn it." He was trying to rationalize in his head where they were, why they were here and why he couldn't ask the things he wanted to know. Even more so why he couldn't touch the things he wanted to touch. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mm_j
2010-01-18 05:28 am UTC (link)

Harvey had been watching his aunt's interaction with Tristan with rapt interest and he smiled when Aunt Rhi did her silly little dance.

"Can Tristan show me now, Aunt Rhi?"

Rhiannon realized that the game was over and Tristan had dropped his arms, but she was still practically leaning back against him. Flushing slightly she nodded.

"Sure, baby. Of course." She went to help him down from the game then walked over to get his stool and set it where she'd just been standing with Tristan.

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mm_phreak
2010-01-18 05:41 am UTC (link)

Tristan put more quarters in the pinball machine and explained to Harvey how to play. Except his arms didn't quite reach both paddle buttons. "How about you take the left one, and I'll get the right one?" Tristan asked. When Harvey nodded, Tristan pulled the plunger back and sent the ball pinging through the bands.

He was a little sad that his student had changed, but being close to Rhiannon made him think about the failures he'd had in his life. The distant ones with Allie and the not yet over ones with Anastasia. So far, Rhiannon and Harvey here were like an odd mix of the lifes he could have had with those two women rolled into one.

The ball rolled down to the right side of the machine, but Tristan had been lost in thought and didn't flip the flipper in time.

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mm_j
2010-01-18 05:50 am UTC (link)

"Awww," Harvey said good naturedly when Tristan missed.. "Were you using your imagination?" he asked tristan, using both hands to create a rainbow shape in the air. "You missed the ball!"

Rhiannon had been sitting on the edge of the pool table texting her agent about some new designs when she heard Harvey and looked up.

"Oh, watch out. Now he's quoting Sponge Bob."

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	mm_phreak 2010-01-18 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	Tristan shook his head. "Kinda. Squidward here forgot you couldn't reach both paddles. I guess I imagined you bigger where you could reach. But that's okay you'll get there in time." Just like every other kid did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_j 2010-01-18 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	Rhiannon laughed and Harvey turned back to the game, producing the other quarter from his pocket that Tristan had given him and putting it in the game. "Are you sure you haven't had enough, Harvey?" she asked skeptically, then looked to Tristan. She didn't want Harvey to burn the guy out so she stood. "I can take over if you need me to?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_phreak 2010-01-18 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	Tristan shook his head. "I can get it. Just got a little distracted was all." He pulled the plunger and put the ball into play when he saw Harvey was ready, then paid attention as it bounced around managing to keep it in play for a while. "Unless you want to..." He said after the ball had dropped behind the paddles. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_j 2010-01-18 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Rhiannon moved in closer to him and bumped her hip slightly with his. "I don't have to. I'm just giving you an out clause if you need one," she said, soft enough that Harvey wouldn't hear over the dings and music of the game. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_phreak 2010-01-18 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	Tristan nodded then shifted away a little. "See that. Aunt Rhi liked it enough to want to play more." He said with a chuckle, thankful for a little distance. He could get his mind completely off the memories if he had some space. "Thank you." He said softly to Rhiannon, hoping she didn't think Harvey was overwhelming him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)