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Chloe Sullivan (ladyofwatchtowr) wrote in paradisolog,
@ 2016-07-15 12:35:00

Entry tags:

christine chapel (chapelrn), natasha romanoff (somebodyseyes), octavia blake (floored), pepper potts (only12percent), ~chloe sullivan (ladywatchtower), ~finnick odair (dist4_finnick), ~isaac lahey (wearascarf), ~link (legendoflink), ~lustre (lustrare), ~maria hill (by_the_book), ~nick gant (doubtthetruth), ~stiles stilinski (devoided), ~sydney sage (passionateaura)

Who: Everyone Bring Your Own Thread
What: Housewarming Party
When: Friday Night
Where: Chloe and Finnick’s new cabin
Warnings: TBD but probably none
Status: OPEN/Incomplete

Their cabin was finished! Or at least finished enough Chloe and Finnick could move in. They were having a housewarming party the night before they usually had a bonfire. This was a milestone not just for the soon to be parents, but for the island community. Maybe soon they could build a cabin for other people. It would go faster too, now that they had experience putting one together.

Chloe was still packing up her stuff in the old shelter she shared with Finnick. Not being able to bend too easily and growing suddenly tired made moving their stuff something way outside her normal OCD tendencies. It was driving her nuts!

“Finnick?” she called out in exasperation from where she was looking in corners. “Have you seen the pillows? There’s that one that I shove between my knees when my back hurts and it’s the only one I don’t want to lose.”

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Chloe and Finnick

ladyofwatchtowr
2016-07-16 01:55 pm UTC (link)

Chloe stuck her tongue out at him for the grin, but chuckled. They planned to keep the shelter for when they were having fun with someone else. Right now she wasn't sure if or when she'd do that again with anyone other than Finnick because once the baby came she'd have to be close. That didn't matter to her, however.

"Yeah," she said with an almost nervous tone to her voice. "People will be showing up soon."

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Chloe and Finnick

dist4_finnick
2016-07-17 01:23 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, they will." He heard the nervous tone in her voice. The way she said it, it almost seemed like she was nervous about the party, but he doubted that was it. Chloe was one of the most friendly, sociable people he knew and he doubted she would be nervous about having people over. So it must be the move he reasoned.

He set the basket down for a moment, went over to her and hugged her. "It's going to be great. We have a lot of good memories here, but in time we'll have even more at the new house."

Then he picked up the basket again and led her out the door. While they were walking to the new place he turned to her and said "I got the porch swing up in time, so people can try that out tonight."

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Chloe and Finnick

ladyofwatchtowr
2016-07-17 02:03 am UTC (link)

The hug helped. Finnick hugs could cure cancer. Chloe was certain of it so she leaned against him with a happy sigh escaping her. "I know. I'm just being stupid and nostalgic." She snagged a kiss from him before he went back for the basket.

They've walked this route so many times now that a permanent path was beginning to form. Chloe's mind started adding paving stones. It made her smile to think about it as something more permanent.

"Yeah?" She'd been looking forward to the porch swing, but that would be their moment at another time. Just the two of them.

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Chloe and Finnick

dist4_finnick
2016-07-17 02:15 am UTC (link)

"I don't blame you for being nostalgic. Our life together started here, so it will always be a special place." He kissed her back briefly.

As they walked down the path he could see the cabin not far away, just this side of the medical center. "Yeah, I figure it would be good to give people a place to sit." They didn't have much furniture yet. The porch swing was something he was looking forward to sharing with her another time too. He was sure they would spend many evenings on it, just the two of them. Well, at least until it was just the three of them.

When they got to the cabin he stopped on the porch and set down the basket. "Wait, there's something I want to do before we go in."

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Chloe and Finnick

ladyofwatchtowr
2016-07-17 08:11 am UTC (link)

Chloe laughed. "We are going to be rattling around like two peas in a can, huh?" She looked down at her tummy as she wrinkled her nose. "Well, two and a half." There was still a lot they didn't have. A lot they would need, and a lot she would like to have. The cabin wasn't that big, but with nothing much in it, it was going to seem like Lex's mansion.

When Finnick stopped on the porch Chloe turned around from where she'd had her hand on the door. "What's that?"

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Chloe and Finnick

dist4_finnick
2016-07-17 09:35 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, at first." He said acknowledging that the house, modest as it was, was much more space than they actually needed right now. "But we'll fill it up soon enough." Babies typically needed a lot of stuff, after all, and although that might be less so in the primitive environment here, he was sure it was still true. He was already planning to make a basket for the baby to sleep in for the first few months when it was little, a crib when it got a bit older, a swing, a changing table. Yeah, they'd fill the cabin up eventually.

"Let me do that." He stepped in front of her and opened the door. Then he bent down and put one arm under her legs, the other arm behind her back and swept her up into his arms, picking her up easily. Then he carried inside the cabin and deposited her back on her feet in the middle of the living room.

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Chloe and Finnick

ladyofwatchtowr
2016-07-17 10:49 am UTC (link)

"Okay..." Chloe wasn't sure what was going on until it was too late, and she was scooped up and carried through the door. Then she burst out laughing with her arms around Finnick's shoulders.

"Oh my god!" She was absolutely charmed, and not a little bit overcome with emotion. Jimmy hadn't had the chance to carry her over the threshold when they'd gotten married. He'd gone from the reception straight to the ICU. "Who told you about this?!"

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Chloe and Finnick

dist4_finnick
2016-07-17 11:05 am UTC (link)

"Nick mentioned it. He said it was something traditional in your world, when a couple enters their new home together for the first time." Nick had also mentioned something about them not being married, so he thought it might have something to do with wedding traditions but he left that part out as not really applicable.

"Did I do it right?" He asked, smiling. She seemed to be pretty happy with it, but he wanted to be sure.

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	Chloe and Finnick ladyofwatchtowr 2016-07-17 11:25 am UTC (link)
	"Nick?" Chloe laughed again with a shake of her head. She was going to track that goofball down tonight and give him a big hug and kiss for this! For now, Finnick was the one who got hugged and kissed. "You did it perfectly." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Chloe and Finnick

dist4_finnick
2016-07-17 11:36 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, Nick of all people." He said with a laugh. Nick certainly didn't seem like a romantic, but he obviously had that side to him. It had been thoughtful of him to tell Finnick about something that would make Chloe so happy, and he was grateful to him for it.

Finnick hugged and kissed her, then put his forehead to hers and said softly. "So it's official that this is home now."

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	Chloe and Finnick ladyofwatchtowr 2016-07-17 11:53 am UTC (link)
	Yep! That goofy telekinetic guy was getting the biggest hug ever and she was so telling everyone how sweet he was underneath all that bravado. Served Nick right for being schmoopy enough to tell Finnick about this. Chloe's eyes were a little misty as she smiled at Finnick. "Our home." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Chloe and Finnick

dist4_finnick
2016-07-17 12:46 pm UTC (link)

"Our home for our family." He put his hand on her tummy lightly as he smiled and looked into her eyes. He'd been a bit freaked out at times about the baby and everything, but when he was with Chloe, holding her, then he knew that they were doing the right thing and everything was going to be OK.

After a couple minutes he remembered they were hosting a party and still had a few things to get ready. "People will be here any minute. I should finish putting things in place." He went back to the porch to get the basket he had left out there when he'd picked up Chloe. He put the basket in the bedroom and then put the shrimp out on the table. Everything seemed ready.

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