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[shrinkage]

( ACTION | from the pool up to floor 6 )

[ the first thing ray wants after he drags himself out of the pool is to follow his instincts toward home. his feet leave wet sloshes in a path behind him up to the sixth floor, dressed in a drenched set of coveralls, work boots, and a STAR labs cap with the brim in the back.

the people he passes moving through the halls in a haze are fuzzy but familiar. he smiles back and says hello-- and even gets names right now and again. but he presses on, excusing himself after brief exchanges.

he lets himself into room 004. lets it feel like he's where he belongs. lets the water soak the carpet as he stands hesitantly in the doorway, waiting for a weller welcome in one of two flavors. ]

...Hello? Hon? Kurt?

( TEXT | anonymous )

could wonderland actually be our real homes?

( ooc | feel free to run into him at a place of your choosing in the mansion, if you'd like )

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[shrinkage]

[ he laughs and yells star trek technobabble-- ]

There's a failure in the emission subspace converters! Trim the thelaron subsystems with tricyclic autodestruct sequence and multi-isolinear subactuators.

[blackbirdsing]

Oh, my God you giant nerd that's exactly what I wanted to hear after sex.

[ She's laughing though, pressing her lips to his shoulder as she does. Then, she re-settles in his arms, warm and cozy as her head rests over his heartbeat. ]

I was kind of afraid, you know. That this time would be the time the rules changed and you never came back even though your stuff was here.

[shrinkage]

[ he pulls her in tight, like always. it's familiar. ray hums his agreement, and adds: ]

I'm always afraid I'm too late. That I'll come back to an empty room next to my workshop.

[blackbirdsing]

[ Ray remembers her. He went through something that changed his entire life, made him a janitor, but he came back here, and he remembered her, and maybe it's some narcissist thing, but she can't help but be proud of them about that accomplishment. She loves him so damn much, she's not sure if she was actually breathing now while he was gone. ]

But I'm here. And you're here. You're different, but it's like a...sexy different. I mean, you're always sexy, always. But there's something different now. A kind of 'I care less about some small stuff' vibe.

[shrinkage]

[ the only thing he's a stickler about these days is proper disposal of hazardous waste. ]

All I care about right now is making sure we're OK.

[ which-- yeah they're jiving and falling back into step naturally. but he's always worked as hard as he could to be worthy of her. to deserve her. he can remember trying hard to loosen up for her, and never quite getting there.

now he just kinda wants to make sure he doesn't waste the time they do have together. ]

I just want to be here with you. Like, annoy the crap outta you until you can't take it anymore.

[blackbirdsing]

[ Sarah takes one of his hands and laces their fingers together so their palms are flat against each other. ]

You still love me?

[ She knows he does, shhh let her have this hallmark movie moment. ]

[shrinkage]

[ he pulls those laced hands to him to kiss the back of hers because yes he does sometimes pick up on social cues tyvm ]

I do. It's probably the only thing I'm sure of right now.

[ which is scary for a lot of reasons, but also makes him feel safe. ]

[blackbirdsing]

Then we'll be okay. I believe that. And I love you.