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Tweak says, "Oh behave!"

Colonel Rawdon Crawley (cpt_crawley) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2020-05-11 23:32:00

Entry tags:

blank, brynhild, jacob frye, scarlet, shepard, sophia peletier (oe), suzume

Who: OPEN
Where: Bryn's club
When: Evening, May 11th
What: Surprise party for Sophia!
Open: Yes
Rating: TBD

When Sophia first arrived at the club, she would find only Rawdon sitting with two champagne glasses and a bottle. She might notice the party decorations, but Rawdon would have left the lights off everywhere except just at the area he was occupying.

After initial greetings of 'happy birthday' and so on, Rawdon popped the cork on the champagne - and everyone else knew that that was their cue to leap out of their hiding places, for the club lights to switch on, the music to start, and everyone to shout "SURPRISE!"

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Bryn/Jacob

derailedatrain
2020-05-29 06:20 am UTC (link)

"I shouldn't, but thank you." He said, still smiling as he watched her with the infant. His chest ached a little at the domestic scene, not just because he knew he was or had possibly missed his time with the family he was building. It made him wonder how his father had managed to do what he did. He understood being broken by the death of a loved one, perhaps not at the intensity of the loss of a spouse but he understood it could be painful. But he couldn't fathom abandoning a pair of innocent infants, and then children, for the first six years of their lives when they were all he had left of his beloved wife. And going countries and continents away to just try to bury his grief in work, Jacob couldn't stomach it.

Even Ethan Frye, a cold man of little humor and tolerance, had to have felt some guilt. Jacob himself already felt guilty and he hadn't met his child yet, nor had he been the one who made the choice to leave.

"He's a normal boy? I mean, with such a unique parentage, one would expect it to show in one way or another." He shrugged, "I am inexperienced with such things though, so I could be wrong."

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Bryn/Jacob

brynhild_ingouf
2020-05-29 08:44 am UTC (link)

Since he didn't want to hold him, she leaned down and placed him back in the little nest that had been made for him. She leaned back, but not before stroking his little hand. Long small fingers that were so very soft.

"He is as far as we know, normal. We won't know until he exhibits anything other than what he is right now. It is something that is almost a myth in my world. Dead are not supposed to create life. But there are spells. Dangerous ones. And Scarlet very nearly met her true death. So, as far as I know, he is the only one of his kind. Everything that happens from the point of his birth until his death, if he has one, will be historic." Right now, he was simply a perfect little boy. All ten fingers and all ten toes, and everything a boy was supposed to have in between.

Bryn was not sorry she wouldn't be going back to the party. She stepped over to Jacob and gently rubbed his arm, over his jacket. "Whatever makes you sad... I... I hope you find something or someone that will be worth not being sad for."

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Bryn/Jacob

derailedatrain
2020-05-29 09:09 am UTC (link)

"Oh love," The smile he gave her was a little tighter than it was genuine and one hand had drifted up to his neck where he lightly played with the shilling that hung from the cord around his neck. Admitting to anything deeper than delight or anger wasn't something Jacob felt comfortable doing and so up went his attempts at defection, of course fiddling with the shilling suggested that she was getting a little too close to the truth, it was harder to play it off. It might have helped if he realized what he was doing but it didn't even cross his mind. "You are far too sweet to me. How could a man be sad here? No one here wants for anything. I assure you I am content in a way I have never been before."

He moved his hand to cover hers, letting it linger a little while before turning to take it in his, bringing it up to his lips where he pressed a feather-light kiss to her knuckles. "You will need to keep your attention on the little one, so I shall leave you to it. Don't worry, I remember my way back. I look forward to seeing you again."

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Bryn/Jacob

brynhild_ingouf
2020-05-29 10:50 am UTC (link)

His fidgeting gave him away. And she could empathise. There was so much she missed from home. This place liked to seem like a Utopia, it gave you access to everything you needed and maybe lived without on your own world, but it didn't have the things that were essential to your life.

Bryn offered him a warm smile when he kissed her knuckles. Being that close, when he released her hand, she let her fingers trace over his jaw, lightly. "I will too, have fun. But don't make the birthday girl blush too much." It was rare to find someone you liked in two meetings, but she already found she liked him a lot. She hoped whatever he was missing at home was brought here. Be it his twin, or something that had not been mentioned.

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