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- Joined
- Jan 29, 2019
- Location
- USA East Coast
Jack just laid there, happily dead to the world, until he felt Miranda kiss his shoulder and rest her cheek against him; that made him realize she’d rolled onto her side and was also cradling his hand against her body. The sudden realization made him even happier; she wouldn’t be doing all that if she wasn’t okay. He still didn’t have the energy to do much, but did manage to use his free hand to snag the small blanket originally from the living room and flip it over them; it was far from perfect but he thought it still might keep her warm, and maybe even feeling a little cozier too.
Eventually he was able to turn his head and brush his lips over her hair. Then he cleared his parched throat and started talking to her in the soft voice lovers use after they’ve just been together. “I guess you’re okay.” It wasn’t really a question; he knew she’d let him know if she wasn’t. It was more an expression of what he hoped. Jack knew he’d gotten … a little crazy there at the end. But he was beginning to understand that Miranda actually enjoyed ‘a little crazy’ so he was … hopeful that his crazy and hers were as … compatible as he … well, hoped. (“What are you, back in high school?”)
As some more of his strength returned Jack rolled onto his side some, so that he could slip his free hand under the blanket and caress Miranda’s hip. He smiled a little and then went on talking to her softly. “So I hope you enjoyed your entrée. I know I did. And don’t worry, I still have … room for dessert. But I also do kind of need a little time for my, uh … main meal to settle.” He hesitated, but then went on. “I’m, uh … not sixteen anymore, so my … appetite isn’t as, uh … constant as it used to be back in those days.” (“God, you were a fucking mess back then. Even worse than you are now, and that’s saying something.”) Jack grinned and laughed lightly. “Yours on the other hand … well, I guess that’s another mystery of life. Anyway if you want to think of which heels you’re going to be balancing in later on, while we cuddle for a bit …” He kissed Miranda’s hair again. “The ones you wore tonight looked great to me, but if there’s some … special pair you have hidden in a box at the back of your closet, well then …”
Jack laid there quite comfortably, thinking about what the future held for him and Miranda later on that evening, when (quite inexplicably, when he thought about it eventually) even more words started coming out of his mouth. “You know this isn’t just some fling for me, right? Some … ‘wartime romance’ or whatever. I mean, it may have started out like that, but now … I want to see you, be with you when we’re out of this hell hole.”
In the back of Jack’s head his little voice had vapor locked; it knew what he’d just said, but had no idea how to react to it. Neither did he, really. So as was his way he started joking about it, using the verbal equivalent of a smoke grenade; though that wasn’t the whole reason why his call sign had always been Joker. “You know, do stuff with you. Go to a monster truck rally, and wrestling too. Join a bowling team. All the things a classy gal like you likes to do back in the real world.” (“Shut up idiot. Shut up! You’re just making it worse …”) So Jack clammed up, waiting to see what Miranda made of what he’d just said, and felt all the worry and stress and tension begin seeping back into him from the uncaring universe. (“God fucking damn it!”)
Eventually he was able to turn his head and brush his lips over her hair. Then he cleared his parched throat and started talking to her in the soft voice lovers use after they’ve just been together. “I guess you’re okay.” It wasn’t really a question; he knew she’d let him know if she wasn’t. It was more an expression of what he hoped. Jack knew he’d gotten … a little crazy there at the end. But he was beginning to understand that Miranda actually enjoyed ‘a little crazy’ so he was … hopeful that his crazy and hers were as … compatible as he … well, hoped. (“What are you, back in high school?”)
As some more of his strength returned Jack rolled onto his side some, so that he could slip his free hand under the blanket and caress Miranda’s hip. He smiled a little and then went on talking to her softly. “So I hope you enjoyed your entrée. I know I did. And don’t worry, I still have … room for dessert. But I also do kind of need a little time for my, uh … main meal to settle.” He hesitated, but then went on. “I’m, uh … not sixteen anymore, so my … appetite isn’t as, uh … constant as it used to be back in those days.” (“God, you were a fucking mess back then. Even worse than you are now, and that’s saying something.”) Jack grinned and laughed lightly. “Yours on the other hand … well, I guess that’s another mystery of life. Anyway if you want to think of which heels you’re going to be balancing in later on, while we cuddle for a bit …” He kissed Miranda’s hair again. “The ones you wore tonight looked great to me, but if there’s some … special pair you have hidden in a box at the back of your closet, well then …”
Jack laid there quite comfortably, thinking about what the future held for him and Miranda later on that evening, when (quite inexplicably, when he thought about it eventually) even more words started coming out of his mouth. “You know this isn’t just some fling for me, right? Some … ‘wartime romance’ or whatever. I mean, it may have started out like that, but now … I want to see you, be with you when we’re out of this hell hole.”
In the back of Jack’s head his little voice had vapor locked; it knew what he’d just said, but had no idea how to react to it. Neither did he, really. So as was his way he started joking about it, using the verbal equivalent of a smoke grenade; though that wasn’t the whole reason why his call sign had always been Joker. “You know, do stuff with you. Go to a monster truck rally, and wrestling too. Join a bowling team. All the things a classy gal like you likes to do back in the real world.” (“Shut up idiot. Shut up! You’re just making it worse …”) So Jack clammed up, waiting to see what Miranda made of what he’d just said, and felt all the worry and stress and tension begin seeping back into him from the uncaring universe. (“God fucking damn it!”)
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