#pretty normie stuff tho tbf owning a mountain isn't very normie bwahaha

[pavlovianpanic]

❝ it does, doesn't it? ❞ he agrees with a swell of pride. ❝ wait, let me get this straight: you're telling me you've never snowboarded before? what, like ever? in life? shit, i got a lot to show you, then. up there on the mountain? snow for ... forever. you'll get sick of the stuff by the time we're done. heh, trust me. wait, so does that mean you've never had a snowball fight? oh ... we're definitely gonna change that, jov. ❞

sure, it does make it easier to cut corners and just take her up there himself. the old beater is working fine this year, his dad's made sure of it, and so it can certainly handle a trek back up the mountain to the cable car station. from there? pretty smooth sailing.

might have to get a few things fixed up while we're there, but ... eh, she seems adventurous enough. having to turn a boiler on won't bother her much.

he offers a half-smile, moving to put his arm around her shoulder as he makes her 'picture it'.

❝ i mean, i gotta few family pics i could show you, sure, but i mean ... seeing is believing, right? and i'm more than happy to show you. ❞ he takes out his mobile, thumbing through his calendar app. a few exams coming up, but nothing he can't work around. ❝ you said you have the whole month ... so, how about this coming weekend? or next? i can make either work. end of the month is kinda booked for me ... but for you? i could be convinced to make it work. just lemme know. i'll pick you up, we'll make a whole weekend out of it. or ... week? easy to lose time up there ... heh. ❞

"The whole mountain, eh?" Glossy lips curve into an amused grin before parting around the straw, taking a small sip from her beverage whilst attentively listening to him. What a display of the man before her . . . It was beyond endearing. "Mount Washington has such a better ring to it, anyways." And thus, she'll probably have forgotten about the other actual name by tomorrow.

There had been some bits & pieces of information trickling down to her regarding this place . . . Gossip, whispered words and people who discussed this land whilst she sat across them within some bar which name had slipped her. Alas, nothing quite of substance was ever delivered, keeping her curiosity on edge. But perhaps, whilst sitting across Josh, chin resting atop the back of her hand & keeping keen emeralds upon him — Maybe it would finally be sated.

Boasting, wasn't he? It would lure out a few stray chuckles from her throat, making her shoulders shake with each intake of air. "Cute." A pause, acrylics tapping against her cheek in pensive manner. "I've never been snowboardin', to be honest. There was never enough snow for it . . . But! I'd love to see you board down one of those slopes. I'd be really impressed." Humoring his bragging, though, with genuine tone of voice — After all, it was all spoken in pure honesty. Tilting her head, fingers folded as she took a moment to let his words really sink in. "Let's do it together, yeah? I think it would make things less complicated . . . You know, not havin' to discuss everything we do with a whole group. And I'd love to go sightseeing there — Haven't been travellin' a whole lot." A pause. "Tell me more about this lodge or . . . show me? I'm free this whole month, so you can take me there whenever you want."