For a moment, just a half a second or so, the part of her that's convinced anyone who comes up to talk to her at a party is just angling for an introduction to Stevie rears its head and she wants to falter, but then she clocks how he fumbles the pipe in his hands, the intense focus on his face that even she can tell is forced, and she settles into pleased territory instead. ]
Oh, she's got us both wrapped around her little finger. [ Eddie accepts the pipe and then has to twist around and lean back to reach for her lighter, her legs unfolding to counterbalance for a moment before she's back upright again. She flicks it on and sets it to the bowl. ] She'll get you too, just you wait.
[ She takes a pull, flicking the lighter on again to make sure the embers take, and holds the smoke in her lungs for a long moment as she leans across the divide between them to pass the pipe back. ]
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Date: 2025-05-24 11:15 pm (UTC)For a moment, just a half a second or so, the part of her that's convinced anyone who comes up to talk to her at a party is just angling for an introduction to Stevie rears its head and she wants to falter, but then she clocks how he fumbles the pipe in his hands, the intense focus on his face that even she can tell is forced, and she settles into pleased territory instead. ]
Oh, she's got us both wrapped around her little finger. [ Eddie accepts the pipe and then has to twist around and lean back to reach for her lighter, her legs unfolding to counterbalance for a moment before she's back upright again. She flicks it on and sets it to the bowl. ] She'll get you too, just you wait.
[ She takes a pull, flicking the lighter on again to make sure the embers take, and holds the smoke in her lungs for a long moment as she leans across the divide between them to pass the pipe back. ]
What's your brother's name?