http://photoncharge.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] photoncharge.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] traversetown2011-03-02 09:19 am

zero

[After almost a month.

Someone's eyes are opening.]

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[...Very slight headtilt.]

You were quiet before that, too.

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-16 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[.... just doesn't eat a spoonful.]

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-16 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[she only does it because she caaaaares--]

[She's going to frown at her ice cream, then. Hello, chocolate misery.]

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-16 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[That was before she realized how little time he really had.]

[...Yeah, she totally believes it was just hunger now, Ven.]

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-16 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[That might have been the hint of a sigh there before that genuine,]

No, of course not.

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-16 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[She can guess at what he's wondering, but it's not a question she's sure she wants to answer. Instead,]

None of it's your fault.

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-16 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[....]

[It seems so... inadequate, so,]

It's just-- over these two months....

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-16 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[That pout makes her frown back, but she can only keep her eyes on his for so long before they drift back to the table.]

....

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-16 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
--....

I... realized some things.

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-16 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Like...

[She tries to look him in the eye again, really she does, but she just can't look at him and say it. Even staring at her ice cream again, she still can't say it, so--]

...It's been a year since we first met.

[At least it's true that she realized that, even if it's not what's got her all in knots.]

[identity profile] lethechained.livejournal.com 2011-03-18 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[She's trying so hard to smile. She succeeds, at least marginally, and accompanies it with a tiny nod.]

Mmhm.