When she hands him the flask, he's just going to stare at it, and then at Angela. Mask, remember? He's going to hold up a hand and play like he's already had too much to drink.]
[ Hey a girl can try, ok. She'll just tuck it back in her pocket when he turns it down, readjusting his coat over her and enjoying the way the heat of the rum is flowing through to her fingertips and toes, unfurling with a pleasant burn. She muffles a pleased little noise into her scarf somewhere between a sigh and a hum. ]
No one should turn down an opportunity to watch the sun rise, Jack.
[ It's barely a whisper, and it is already like, idk. 4AM. They won't have to wait for long. So since they're sitting up now, she'll just lean over on him and bump her shoulder into his side and smile for no particular reason. ]
[Yeah, sorry. He's probably had his picture taken one too many times tonight to want to take the visor off. He'll give her a little bump back, though.]
I'm usually up this hour.
[So, probably he's seen quite a few sunrises. It's probably not a secret that he's a bit of an insomniac.]
[ HAVE SOME FAITH IN HER SHE ISN'T GOING TO SHOW ANYONE goodness gracious. It certainly isn't a secret that he's an insomniac, but likewise, it's no secret that she enjoys the chance to sleep in and hasn't seen nearly enough to sate her. And they were always different; rotation of the Earth guaranteed you never saw the same sunrise and sunset, and that is just plain wonderful. It made her want to see more.
[ SHE'LL LEAVE HIM TO HIS QUIET TIME JEEZ... the kids were already all over him otherwise. She won't be that selfish. ]
I usually head to the trails up into the hills. I'll take a thermos of coffee and my paperwork if I can spare an hour or two, but only around 0500.
[ That, however, is a gentle offer for him to join her if he ever feels like it.
Besides, she tries to indulge in her beauty sleep. He's probably seen the mussed and groggy results of her waking up without enough rest. Girl won't even fix her hair until she's fully awake, barring medical emergencies and an entire pot of coffee to jazz her up. ]
You take paperwork with you into the woods at 0500.
[He sounds a bit skeptical about that, not that he'd put it past her, really. Maybe she does do paperwork in the woods at 0500. He can't exactly judge. They all have weird habits.
Is she inviting him into the woods to do paperwork at 0500? If he picks up on that, he doesn't show it. Then again, it's hard to read much of anything when all anyone can really see is the tops of his eyebrows and the way they pinch together.]
Would you like a day in the life at the medbay? If I weren't leaving the base with my reports, they would never be touched. I don't often have a quiet five minutes. If it isn't one thing it'll be another, and people barrel through my doors all day and all night.
[ She's turning a Look on him. Fight her and tell her she's wrong, #1 Culprit. The way she leans into him and stays there is plenty to communicate that she doesn't mind. Better treated than untreated. Better alive than dead. ]
[Is she only teasing? Is he actually considering lending her a hand? No. That would be terrible. He has so many other soldier things to do. If she outright asked him and he said yes, no one else would let him live it down. They can do without drawing additional attention to themselves, he thinks.]
[ You can bet your fine butt she's raising a brow at you, genuinely curious above that little smirk. She will never stop worrying about him and she'll always take care of him, so really, he has nothing to worry about. She wouldn't have it in her heart to be cruel. ]
[ She still knows. Her laugh is a throaty, soft thing, trying to fight the tiredness washing over her the longer she's in his presence, wrapped up in his coat and warm. Like the tide rushing in, each wave higher than the last. She has to make it to the sunrise. ]
Well, we can't have that. I suppose it's good then that I would never be able to bring myself to be so cruel to you.
[ Her eyes close for a moment and her lids are getting heavier each time, making it harder and harder to open them again. The sky's starting to lighten at the horizon. ]
[76 can feel her fading, and sort of debates shaking her awake so that she doesn't miss the sun coming up, but he's starting to feel a little sleepy himself. It's not often he lets himself succumb to exhaustion, but her warm body next to his makes it easier.
In the moments before they fall asleep, he worms his arm around her shoulder, leaning into her comfortably and resting his chin on her head.
[ It's the arm around her shoulders and the feel of him leaning into her that decides everything, and she's out for the count, melting right against him as she goes limp and her breathing softens. She'd never felt safer than when she's by his side, and there's no place more comforting than within his arms. That has never changed.
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When she hands him the flask, he's just going to stare at it, and then at Angela. Mask, remember? He's going to hold up a hand and play like he's already had too much to drink.]
Sure, if that's what you want.
[He can hang out.]
Got nothing better to do.
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No one should turn down an opportunity to watch the sun rise, Jack.
[ It's barely a whisper, and it is already like, idk. 4AM. They won't have to wait for long. So since they're sitting up now, she'll just lean over on him and bump her shoulder into his side and smile for no particular reason. ]
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I'm usually up this hour.
[So, probably he's seen quite a few sunrises. It's probably not a secret that he's a bit of an insomniac.]
0400.
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Being tipsy makes her a bit romantic. ]
And how often do you indulge?
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But, you know, he's still a military man. Early mornings for training are sort of ingrained into the very fiber of his being. Old habits, blah blah.]
Sometimes. Usually busy.
[Doing whatever it is he does at 0400.]
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What could you possibly be busy with at 0400?
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Usually go for a run.
[Before all the children get up.]
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[ More like, how has she not run into you... she's usually doing the same at 0500, but he probably doesn't run for a whole hour. ]
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[WAIT...wait, he's onto you. He knows what this is about. You're planning to INTERCEPT HIM.]
Nice in the morning.
[When it's QUIET.]
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I usually head to the trails up into the hills. I'll take a thermos of coffee and my paperwork if I can spare an hour or two, but only around 0500.
[ That, however, is a gentle offer for him to join her if he ever feels like it.
Besides, she tries to indulge in her beauty sleep. He's probably seen the mussed and groggy results of her waking up without enough rest. Girl won't even fix her hair until she's fully awake, barring medical emergencies and an entire pot of coffee to jazz her up. ]
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[He sounds a bit skeptical about that, not that he'd put it past her, really. Maybe she does do paperwork in the woods at 0500. He can't exactly judge. They all have weird habits.
Is she inviting him into the woods to do paperwork at 0500? If he picks up on that, he doesn't show it. Then again, it's hard to read much of anything when all anyone can really see is the tops of his eyebrows and the way they pinch together.]
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[ She's turning a Look on him. Fight her and tell her she's wrong, #1 Culprit. The way she leans into him and stays there is plenty to communicate that she doesn't mind. Better treated than untreated. Better alive than dead. ]
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[Please don't invite him. He picks up what she's putting down with that Look, and almost pulls away.]
Not that bad a patient, am I?
[He likes to think he's pretty good, considering. Something that got instilled him in the military.]
take my clumsy phone tag you fiend
[ Aren't you glad she's only teasing? To his follow-up, though, she only smiles sadly. ]
You're too good of a patient. I do wish you wouldn't be so reckless. Should I be rougher in my treatment to deter you?
B)
Is that a threat?
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[ You can bet your fine butt she's raising a brow at you, genuinely curious above that little smirk. She will never stop worrying about him and she'll always take care of him, so really, he has nothing to worry about. She wouldn't have it in her heart to be cruel. ]
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[Now he's joking, but he's so incredibly dry about it, it's perhaps a bit difficult to tell.]
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Well, we can't have that. I suppose it's good then that I would never be able to bring myself to be so cruel to you.
[ Her eyes close for a moment and her lids are getting heavier each time, making it harder and harder to open them again. The sky's starting to lighten at the horizon. ]
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In the moments before they fall asleep, he worms his arm around her shoulder, leaning into her comfortably and resting his chin on her head.
Next time, maybe.]
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Next time for sure. ]