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Lyssa James ([info]nothing_of_note) wrote in [info]utr_logs,
@ 2008-07-19 18:51:00

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Entry tags:alternaverse plot, lyssa harper, lyssa james, owen harper

Who. Lyssa and AU!Owen
What. He suggested they meet
When. After this.
Where. Cardiff Bay


Lyssa wasn't really sure what to make of Owen not knowing her. The others, those he'd called friends calling him names and being nasty to him had made her defensive. She couldn't help but get a little defensive over the people she cared about. She ran a hand over her stomach, wondering what this Owen would make of how she looked and that she was having their son. She had to keep reminding herself that it still was the Owen she knew and loved, the love part wasn't a problem. From just talking to him she thought he was adorable. A bit of a dork but undoubtedly adorable. So it didn't worry her about agreeing to meet him.

Leaving Rain at home she headed out to meet Owen where he said he would be. She didn't rush because she couldn't really but she didn't want to keep him waiting. She looked a little anxious when she finally arrived, tugging on the sleeve of the shirt she was wearing. One of Owen's, something he'd worn because then she needed something comforting to remind her of her Owen. It was going to be a long... well however long this place decided it wanted to keep people like that.


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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-20 05:51 am UTC (link)
Owen made his way into the shop with a nervous air to him. Well that really was no different than normal, was it? Yet, for him, Lyssa seemed, well... Well she wasn't like Tosh, that was quite certain. For one, she seemed interested in him. Who thought that would ever be in his realm of possibilities. The woman was gorgeous and, apparently, his wife.

He was wearing shirt, no tie, but with a nice blazer. Dressy casual as Diane had once called it. Hell, Lyssa knew about Diane. He really felt quite odd, walking in like this, but he had to do it. It touched him that she'd been concerned. And Tosh had her Adam. She clearly wasn't interested in him at all. Jack had even named him pansy ass. Well, perhaps, this was his shot. Couldn't hurt.

Seeing her by the door, he stepped over to her, smiling rather hesitantly. "Ms. Lyssa?"

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-20 06:00 am UTC (link)
Lyssa turned round to see him at the sound of her name, going to correct him about calling her that, but the sight of him being dressed different made her blink, but then it was pretty much inevitable that he was going to get hugged. As best she could.

"Call me Lys or Lyssa or... just don't call me that please." She didn't care if she looked like she was making a scene or that she appeared like any moment she might just cry.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-21 04:20 am UTC (link)
"Lyssa." He smiled. "I apologize," he said softly. He gave her a hug as well. Oh, even he could see she looked like she was going to cry and he hated to see that. His hands gently rubbed up and down her back, comforting her, or attempting to. He didn't actually know if his methods were succeeding.

"Heeey," he whispered. "Why don't we go sit down. Yes?"

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-21 05:28 am UTC (link)
"Yeah." She nodded, with her eyes closed against him like that she could forget this wasn't her Owen. Staying against him a little longer before moving back and nodding again.

"Want me to order?" Since she knew, or hoped she knew, what he would want.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-21 05:46 am UTC (link)
"Oh. Isn't the man supposed to place the order?" He escorted her gently over to a table, pulling out a chair for her as well. Only after she sat did he.

"Yes, well... If you would like, I cannot help but oblige a, er... A pretty woman." He took off his glasses and cleaned them, using that to focus on.

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-21 06:01 am UTC (link)
"I'm never going to want to get up again." She laughed as she sat down slightly awkward, ordering without needing to ask him as she did. Coffee the way he liked it, not quite like Ianto's but then nothing ever really was and herbal tea for her, it didn't matter which as long as it had no raspberry in.

"So." She asked as she watched him carefully. "Is there..." She looked at him sadly. "Anything you want to know?" Getting to know him all over again. She ran her hands over her stomach, seemed this universe didn't want her to have an easy time of having their son.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-21 06:18 am UTC (link)
"Everything?"

He put his glasses back on. He was not surprised that she knew his coffee preferences. No, it wasn't Ianto's, but it wasn't bad. That was a start. Sipping it, he smiled, enjoying the taste and the company.

"I believe we start at the beginning." He reached out and hesitantly patted her hand. "Where did we meet?"

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-21 11:17 am UTC (link)
"We met a year ago, I think it was a year now, in London, we'd both just turned up in this universe and no-one who knew you was here. We were meant to go for coffee, we never quite made it, yeah there was coffee. The next morning. Black because I had no milk. You said you'd be my hero and look after me. We never even made it to bed." She smiled as she talked to her tea and not him though she turned her hand over so she was then holding his.

"Not long after you moved in with me." Lyssa remembered telling him things before she'd asked him. There wasn't a big fuss about it, it had just happened. "Actually I think I just told you to keep the key and that was it. You asked me to marry you in New York, you'd gone missing and I'd gone out to find you. I'd told you I was pregnant minutes before, you already had a ring and said you'd forgotten. People were watching as you got down on one knee. Middle of street in New York city, not something you forget..." Se glanced up at him and her smile turned a little sad.

"Well..." She paused a moment, stopping to take a drink of her tea and think of what else she'd missed out. So much in a year to tell him. "Kit turned up, Catherine Harper-Holmes, she'll hurt anyone if you call her that." Lyssa laughed a little. "She's great and Rain loves spending time with her, which has always worked out quite well for us." Lyssa looked up long enough to give Owen a grin that left litle doubt about what she was implying.

"I had Rain, that's our little girls name. I say little, thanks to this universe she's ten. So, I had her in February, you were there, I was unconscious, emergency c-section, but you were with us both and waiting for me to wake up. I told you about this one." She paused a beat to let go of her cup and put her hand on her stomach, which now she was sat made it a little more obvious. "On fathers day, thought it was a good time to tell you. We got married in Vegas not long ago, fairytale you were my prince, I was your princess. Meant to have a big wedding, said after this one is born, but things happened and... yeah..." She trailed off.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-22 02:19 pm UTC (link)
Owen blinked. He was quiet as he listened to her tell her tale. The tale of them, really. It was almost like a fantasy or some storybook romance, although a bit modernized. He did fidget a bit as he listened, not wishing to interrupt her. He’d sip his drink or clean off his glasses. Finally he just rested them on the table. He really only needed them for reading and such, but sometimes it was just easier to keep them on. Sort of like a personal shield. Like Superman and his Clark Kent persona, he thought to himself with a small smile.

As he listened, he realized there really was a lot to them and how long they had been together. And children. Well, he honestly had wanted children, but it wasn’t like there was a long line of female suitors knocking on the door either. He almost felt like he should be taking notes, all of the information he was being thrown at him.

“Well, I am quite certain you were a beautiful princess.” He smiled at her, finishing his coffee and placing the empty cup on the table. “Life does crop up, doesn’t it. I…” He blushed a bit. “I am almost sad I don’t remember any of this. That I missed it.”

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-22 02:54 pm UTC (link)
Lyssa's turn to blush then and hide behind her cup as she deliberately drank to avoid him seeing.

"Almost?" She raised an eyebrow at him. "There's a hell of a lot more. I've seen you as a teenager, actually you've seen me as one. Spent the day in the park, the photographs of that day are somewhere in the flat, along with photos of what happened when we turned back to ourselves." She smirked. "That was a a good night. I'm amazed we didn't end up with kids sooner. Spent enough time in bed. Wasn't like we were... I think when I was pregnant with Rain you actually got fed up of sex. You..." She laughed then realised it wasn't her Owen. "Well you know what I mean."

She put her cup down. "Where are you staying anyway?" She changed the topic of conversation like she was going from just talking about the weather to that.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-23 08:19 am UTC (link)
"More?"

Owen found it hard not to laugh. It seemed that they had a more than their fair share of history between themselves. And he blushed, hearing some of the things that she said. Teens? And, well, adults as well. He blushed even redder when he realized she kept speaking about sex.

"Yes. I, uh..." He stammered. "I do know what you mean, well, in a fashion, I mean..."

He looked at his cup, briefly, then gazed up her gratefully when she changed the subject. "I moved into a hotel. I wasn't sure I should go to the address on my id. Nervous, I assume."

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-23 10:14 am UTC (link)
"Oh goddess, I'm sorry I forget myself sometimes, I'm like Jack, how you probably know him, not the arse he seems to be at the moment. Talk about anything openly. Which I forget this time hasn't quite got to." She bit her lip and looked sorry at him, not meaning to deliberately make him feel embarrassed.

"We have a spare room." She looked at him hopeful but she wouldn't force him to stay with her if he didn't want. She just felt better knowing he was around. "Okay it's a single bed in what's going to be the nursery but still it's there... if you wanted." She then added quietly. "I'd like it."

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-23 12:46 pm UTC (link)
"Oh no, please Ms... Uh, Lyssa. Do not... I have no problems with hearing that kind of conversation. Between Adam, Tosh, and Jack, the chat can get quite colourful, on occasion. It's usually quite charming and a bit laughable." He smiled, leaning a bit on the table, feeling rather relaxed. He was glad that he came here and met her.

"I..." He listened to her, reaching out to gently take her hand. "I'd like that as well. I'll stay. If you want me to?"

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-23 01:02 pm UTC (link)
"I would, wouldn't think of you being anywhere else, you're Owen Harper and I said I'd be there for you. So this universe likes to stretch the what happened, but I wouldn't take it back ever." She held his hand tight.

"Besides, it's always a comfort knowing that there's a doctor in the house somewhere." She smiled and started laughing. "And you can help paint? I'm kidding. You can meet Rain, if she's there and doesn't want to stay with Kit."

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-23 01:21 pm UTC (link)
"OH! Well, painting. And children. I can accomplish that. I'm quite sure I could. I mean..." He squeezed her hand, smiling shyly at her. Owen picked up his glasses with his other hand, sliding them back on his face.

"Well yes. You're, um, quite along. You need to have a doctor in the house. And... I like to feel wanted."

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-23 01:53 pm UTC (link)
"I was kidding about the painting. You wouldn't have to. That's what the other two are for." She smiled.

"Tell me about it, I'd rather not be er this far along, but that's this universe again. It's just nice he's going to be alright. Things have happened that haven't been the best for me or our son." That was important to her, she wanted their son to okay, more than. She couldn't bring herself to think about if anything happened to him.

"I'll always want you."

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-23 04:46 pm UTC (link)
He laughed, staring into her beautiful eyes. He noted how dark they were. It was like they drew you in almost, he thought to himself. "Yes, well that is what children are for. Yes? Manual labor," he teased.

"Wait, so this universe. It moves you forward at a faster pace?" He reached out and covered her belly, hesitantly with his palm. "Oh my, how far along are you?"

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-23 05:52 pm UTC (link)
She frowned a little, wanting to know what he was thinking as he looked at her like that. Though she didn't voice it. She nodded. "That's right, which explains why we have a ten year old daughter, who would tell me off for tryng to get her to paint, she's wants to be a doctor."

Lyssa stopped herself covering his hand, he was the only person that she was happy touching her belly like that without getting their head bitten off. "Five months maybe six, not sure. Haven't seen... my other doctor this week." She stopped saying Olwen, there was someone he didn't need to know about. "He doesn't kick as much as Rain did."

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-25 05:41 pm UTC (link)
Owen gazed up at her. He wasn't worried so much as just surprised. Such a quickened state of pregnancy, advancing at such a rate. That in itself could be problematic for her and the rate the child grew. It wasn't that he was afraid she would be harmed so much as he never had contemplated a pregnancy moving so fast.

"Well why would a baby kick. Er," he stammered. "Being lucky enough to be inside of you." He smiled. "Well, I would say I could look at you, but I... I'm not sure if there is a Torchwood in this world. If you are married to Owen, there must be one. No?"

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-25 05:54 pm UTC (link)
"Because the baby is a Harper." She laughed, there was some of the humour lost to the fact it wasn't the right Owen that she was teasing.

"Yeah, there's Torchwood here, it's not far. Its pretty much where you'd expect it to be. So I was told." She put her head to one side and smiled at him. Absently wondering if he would have the scars that her Owen had.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-25 06:16 pm UTC (link)
"Ok..."

He smiled and inched his chair around the table, closer to her. "Why don't we go over there, hmm? I can do some tests on you, at least until your Owen returns. Or if I change back. However that may work." He moved his hand off of her belly and took her hand in his, threading their fingers together.

"You do seem to know more than I do. I trust you."

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-26 06:37 pm UTC (link)
"No." She shook her head at him and looked anxious. "No tests, no more tests." Moving her hands over her stomach protectively. "Please." She just wanted to go home, crawl into bed and have him wrap his arms around her telling her it was okay, everything was fine.

"I..." Giving a little choking sound Lyssa started crying. She did know a fair a lot, but it was probably a lot different to what he would know. She reached his hand and held onto it as if there was nothing else but them then.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-28 06:53 pm UTC (link)
"Hey... No more tests. Ok. No more tests." He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her close. He felt rather awkward. He didn't want to make her cry and he was pretty sure that he just had. Tentative hands stroked her hair and back, gently rocking her.

"Shhh," he stammered, kissing her temple. "Why don't we just go home. You can show me this flat of yours?"

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-29 11:48 am UTC (link)
"Home." She looked up at him, she didn't want to be crying, she didn't want to feel like that or make him feel bad. She sniffed, eyes already looking slightly red. "It's not far. Am I..." She started and had to stop to wipe her eyes. "Am I putting him at risk saying no?" She hiccuped.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-29 11:55 am UTC (link)
To be honest, Owen didn't know that. He couldn't say yes or no. He could say probably not, if this wasn't the first advanced pregnancy that she was having and the other turned out fine. But could he actually say that? He didn't know. And he hated to have to guess. He reached up and wiped her eyes with his thumb, smiling ever so softly.

"I doubt it," he murmured. "Shouldn't cry. Pretty faces shouldn't be red."

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-29 01:44 pm UTC (link)
She pushed herself to her feet, leaning on the table a moment to sort out money to pay before picking up her bag she looked down at him.

"Come on, I'll take you home." She managed to smile at him, though she didn't feel that much like she should.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-29 02:17 pm UTC (link)
Owen smiled. "After you..."

He stood up and took her arm, wrapping it through his. Yes, he could be a gentleman and escort her out. His mother would be proud. He was so nerdy at times.

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-29 02:40 pm UTC (link)
She smiled back and felt slightly better that he was still there and still as adorable after she'd been crying.

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Lyssa wasn't sure how long it actually took to walk back to the flat, she didn't really care that much either she was back she could collapse then and not do anything for a while.

"Rain?" She called as she pushed open the door, wondering if she was still there or had called Kit and gone out. She felt a little odd about what she was going to say then but it seemed right to. "Make yourself at home." After all it technically was his first time there and he was staying.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-29 10:56 pm UTC (link)
"In a moment."

He escorted her to the sofa. "You must rest first." He made her have a bit of a lie down and propped her feet up with a pillow. When he heard no reply, he looked down at her. "Rain must not be here..." He didn't worry, though. For some reason, he felt she was safe.

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-30 04:57 am UTC (link)
She lay back on the sofa with a sigh, very happy to be like that. "How did I get so lucky." She muttered, before she was able to ask if he was going to sit and join her the door opened again.

"Mum?" Rain holding a cage was followed by Kit.

Lyssa propped herself up on her elbows. "What the hell is that?" She frowned when she saw the cage.

"A rabbit..."

"I can see that. Why have you got it?"

"Dad." Rain whined, if her mother needed convincing she was sure he could do that. Kit meanwhile made herself comfy in another chair and watched.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-31 01:48 pm UTC (link)
Owen looked at the kids. Taking off his glasses, he began to wipe them, shifting back and forth on his feet. The older one, he saw her, she looked like Diane. He could see it in her eyes. The younger one, yeah, she was all Lyssa. He blushed just realizing the life he had here. The life he could have had.

"Uh..." He blinked. "Answer your mother," he squeaked, trying to be firm. "Where did you find it? Did your uh, sister buy it for you?"

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-31 02:32 pm UTC (link)
Lyssa lay back again, hands over he face.

"One of the mechanics had them, they bred. He gave them away. This was the only one left." Kit explained, watching the man who clearly wasn't her father right then. "Figured you guys wouldn't mind..."

"Or we could cook it." Rain smirked.

Lyssa moved a hand to look at her daughter who was then giggling as she put the cage on the floor to sit next to her mum. Lyssa wasn't sure what Owen was going to say about them having a pet rabbit, not that Owen, the other one. "Get me a drink?" Lyssa asked Rain who headed off to the kitchen to return with two beers and two milkshakes.

Kit was handed her beer first. "Thanks brat."

Milkshake to Lyssa and one for her while the second beer was for Owen before she sat on the floor next to the rabbit.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-07-31 03:03 pm UTC (link)
Owen took the beer hesitantly. "Uh, thanks." He took a sip, going slowly, and even wiping his mouth after. He had no napkin, so he used his hand. Oh how he wished he had a napkin. Or hell, a bib. He gets a bit nervous.

Uh, no. No cooking, he thought to himself. "Oh no, you can keep it. As a... pet. But, um, we have to... name it?"

And still he stood. He wasn't sure where to sit. And he wanted to tell the kids he wasn't their father, but he was afraid to.

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-07-31 03:43 pm UTC (link)
Rain looked at her dad like he was mad. Then to Kit, who was just as confused.

Lyssa moved her feet. "Sit down Owen." Sitting up slowly, it was better she drank sitting up. Watching him with the beer she was tempted to take it from him, he didn't really seem like he'd fight back and stop her. If it was her Owen then she wouldn't.

"Caerbannog." Kit suggested, Rain looked round to her sister. She loved the idea of naming the rabbit after a killer one.

"And now I want coconut..." Lyssa muttered. "Okay, killer rabbit is named. I have to tell you something..."

"Dad's not dad." Rain said as she reached into the cage to pet the rabbit.

"He's a pod person." Kit smirked as she drank. If he remembered this she was in trouble.

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[info]genius_mind
2008-08-01 01:19 am UTC (link)
He blinked. And stammered a bit. Just a bit.

"I am not a pod person!"

His voice was a bit higher. And rather squeaky.

"I... I am Owen, but it seems I have traveled here from another dimension. I have no reason to think that it is permanent, but I have no reason to think it isn't. And in this instance, it could be. Or it could not. I..." He was rambling. "I just... I'll stay as long as I'm here. I..."

He blushed. Listening to Lyssa, he sat.

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-08-01 03:46 am UTC (link)
Lyssa stopped before she said he kinda was compared to their Owen.

"Okay. Kit, take Rain to get the rabbit a better cage to live in." No way was Lyssa having a free running house rabbit for the time when there was going to be a baby around. She sat back and put her hand on Owen's arm. "He's staying, he's still your father you will listen to him. Now go."

Watching as the two left leaving the rabbit still in it's cage next to Lyssa she sighed. "They're used to their father telling them off or in Kit's case arguing with her. Think you could cope with those two and a baby?"

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[info]genius_mind
2008-08-02 03:31 pm UTC (link)
He moved over and sat next to her, taking her hand. He was thinking about it. They weren't like he had expected, but what had he really expected either. It was something completely different and not like anything he had thought about before. This whole situation was something new and different. And he was very hesitant.

"I think I can?" He smiled at her. He could do this, right?

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-08-02 03:58 pm UTC (link)
"I understand whatever you do." She leant close to him, the hand she wasn't holding she rested against Owen's cheek. Lyssa kissed him briefly on the lips before realising what she was doing. "I... I'm sorry."

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[info]genius_mind
2008-08-02 04:02 pm UTC (link)
Owen couldn't help himself. "Don't..." He stammered, leaning in close. "Don't be sorry..." He brushed her cheek with his fingertips. She was so beautiful. He wished he knew her, had gotten to know here before the kids and the everything. His head tilted to the side and he was angling so that their heads didn't bump.

He sighed, soft and nervous. "I understand, uh, that you do?" Blushing, he kissed her. It was tentative and barely kissing at all.

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[info]nothing_of_note
2008-08-02 06:32 pm UTC (link)
She moved her arms so they were around his neck pulling him in for a proper kiss then. It was still Owen, she still loved him. That wouldn't ever be a problem for her. She moved so she was resting her head on his shoulder. "I should show you were you can sleep, let you make yourself at home..."

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