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Tweak says, "Don't Be So Scared."

Alice Carter (hidden_life) wrote in tempus_alt,
@ 2010-08-10 01:44:00

Museum
[OOC note: for Alice and Ianto; time period undecided as of yet]

The school term has ended, and with kids home from school comes needing to keep them entertained. Some parents find that tedious, but it's a relief for Alice to watch Steven herself. They've gone to the museum for the day; Steven pleaded to see the fossils again. Crazy about dinosaurs, that boy. If he knew about her father's pterodactyl...

That's not going to happen, of course, though on the subject of her father, he'd hinted to her in a phonecall that the museum's collection of vintage photography might just contain some shots of him. Studying the pictures is like a more interesting and slightly unnerving "Where's Wally?" She's trying to decide if a background figure is actually her father when she realizes that Steven has wandered off instead of staying at her side.

Silently cursing herself for focusing so much on the display instead of her son, Alice goes jogging through the museum rooms to look for him. She can hear the echoing of him calling hellos to someone.

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	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 02:30 am UTC (link)
	He doubts he'll be able to keep it up for long, but he feels it's nice to make the gesture. "Busy. Always busy. How about you two? Enjoying your holidays, Steven?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 02:36 am UTC (link)
	She certainly won't push him to keep at it, knowing from experience how carrying a kid for too long can hurt later. At least Steven isn't squirming. "Ahh, of course. We haven't been so busy." Steven nods. "Yeah! I don't have homework and studying and practice and Mum lets me stay up till nine!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 02:39 am UTC (link)
	"Well, it's nice to have some down time, too....And speaking of down time, think it's back on your feet for you, Turbo." "Oooh, till nine! Do you get to play outside a lot?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

hidden_life
2010-08-11 02:44 am UTC (link)

"Do you have a separate day off, or doing different things...?" Since she doesn't come over to Cardiff often, she has little occasion to run into either of them, but she imagines they spend a lot of their time together-- especially with work making it necessary.

Steven laughs with the nickname, and holds on until Ianto can get him back on the floor. "Yep! We have a big yard and I've got a playset and sometimes Mum lets me help with the plants. We put in a tree! It's little!"

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	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 02:52 am UTC (link)
	"No, he's doing some sightseeing. In his own unique fashion." He sets Steven down and makes sure he's got his balance before letting go. "Oh, what kind of tree is it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 02:55 am UTC (link)
	"Ahh, that." She rolls her eyes. It seems ridiculously Batman to her. Steven initially wobbles on his feet before he starts skipping along. "I don't know, but it's just as tall as me! That's called a sapling." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 03:02 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. Not a big fan of heights myself." Perhaps a bit of an understatement. "Wow, as tall as you?" He turns to Alice. "What kind of tree is it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"I don't mind heights at all, it's just the way he goes about it... That's a bit much. And the tree is oak." Steven nods and holds a hand up to the level of his head. "Yep! It'll grow bigger, though." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 03:44 am UTC (link)
	"Well, it is a bit much and I am scared of heights, so that's one thing he'll have to do on his own." "How big do you think it'll get, then?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 03:54 am UTC (link)
	Considering the horrible things Ianto has to face in his job, she's surprised he's scared of something as mundane as heights. Then again, fears don't always make some kind of sense. "Good thing you work in the depths, then?" Steven jumps in place with his arms up, straining to get higher each time. "Like... this... big! But bigger!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 03:59 am UTC (link)
	"Mmm, sure is. I got lucky that way." "Bigger than me?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 04:11 am UTC (link)
	Best not to remark on his old workplace's size, for multiple reasons. "I won't be surprised if some Halloween, he gets it in his head to dress up and do that." Steven looks towards the top of Ianto's hair in consideration, then nods. "Yeah! Maybe even as tall as the ceiling!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 04:13 am UTC (link)
	"Mmmm..." He thinks about that. "That could be interesting." He looks up. "That is very tall." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 04:16 am UTC (link)
	"That coat's practically a cape already, the way he uses it." Steven nods again, then hurries along to get on to the dinosaur area. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 04:18 am UTC (link)
	"Mmmm, that's a great coat." He lets go of Alice's arm to hurry after Steven, not wanting him to get too far ahead. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 04:20 am UTC (link)
	"... I don't want to know." She's ready to hurry along herself, but since Ianto beats her to it, she lets him. The whole trusting-other-people thing still needs reinforcing and letting Ianto help out with her son is important. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 04:36 am UTC (link)
	"No, you really don't." "Hey, calm down there. The dinosaurs aren't going anywhere, and your mum and I want to see them with you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 04:39 am UTC (link)
	Steven pouts some in the childish way of everything being a bigger deal than it is, but he does slow up. "Yes, Uncle Ianto. They're already extinct." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 04:54 am UTC (link)
	He gets a little thrill when Steven calls him that. "Right. Although I suppose the skeletons could come back to life..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 04:59 am UTC (link)
	Steven takes that seriously and looks up at Ianto. "Would they be zombie dinosaurs? Or would they not be zombies because they're bones and no skin and stuff?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 05:02 am UTC (link)
	He thinks about that for a minute. "I don't think they would be zombies." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 05:04 am UTC (link)
	"Okay! I don't like zombies very much. They're gross." Steven heads for the first display. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 05:07 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, what with dropping gobbets of decaying flesh everywhere..." He walks over to the display after Steven. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-11 05:14 am UTC (link)
	Alice calls over to them. "Ahem, can we not talk about the undead, thank you. Boys and gross things..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-11 05:27 am UTC (link)
	"Awwww, okay. No more undead." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)