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she’s been gone from the lodge for a while now . a few universal days at least , maybe even close to a week . while she’s been busying herself with her search for the artifacts and temples , he's been taking a very nice , relaxing , completely supernatural-free break . save for the few artifacts they had already found swirling in their home in the middle of the lodge floor , he doesn’t have to think for a moment about the powers or the lights or the way dolores looks when she's passed out after touching an artifact . none of that stuff .
but he does ponder what it all means . and then , while he ponders about that , he starts to wonder where it is dolores might be now . out in another system still , seeking out the powers she’s so oddly been chosen for ? or maybe she’s already done with that . maybe she’s been caught out somewhere . a week is hardly a long time to be gone , but his mind likes to make up stories anyways .
he doesn’t find relief for the thoughts until as he sits with cora on the couch in front of the mantle , the latter reading another one of her books and himself with a tablet in hand , swiping through a few tasks for constellation he hears dolores’ voice . he stands to find her , waits until she’s done with her little conversation , and then says , with a content twinkle in his eyes , ❝ finally back ? you were gone so long i was actually starting to miss you . for once . ❞
@stxrbxrn . " get into these arms , you little punk . "
with a sheepish grin , sam wanders his way toward her . at his height , he’s able to wrap his arms around her head , pulling her face against his chest as he lowers his own chin down to rest in her hair . little his ass . ❝ you better tell me all about where you’ve been . you ain’t exactly missed a party in here since you’ve been gone . ❞
* .゜ PROMPTS FROM THE PARENT TRAP .
#stxrbxrn#( ;; NOT SO LITTLE NOW HUH. )#` ic.𝚁𝚃𝙵. * THREAD.#` v.main.𝚁𝚃𝙵. * THE STARS LOOK VERY DIFFERENT TODAY.#starfield spoilers //
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there weren’t as many benches with actual backs here like there were back in akila city . officially , he’d lived here for three years but he still longed to sit sideways and throw his legs over the stretch of the seat and hug the backrest like his life depended on it . he'd grown up that way , and old habits , he'd noticed , died hard and died slow . if ever there were a man who understood that in the likes of the galaxy , he hoped and hated that it might be him .
luckily , for him , their tried-and-true newcomer just so happened to choose the strip that had his favourite benches lined across it . he didn't particularly find any of the stores in new atlantis as charming as the ones in akila city , but he was willing to compromise . and by 'compromise' that meant he was willing to loiter while she went in to stock up on anything she needed before they left the planet . he'd wandered around a little , but he was familiar with the commercial district by now most the bookstores , and anywhere else that sold the trinkets cora liked most and nothing tended to catch his eye anymore . so here he was , lounging on the bench , waiting for dolores' footsteps .
@stxrbxrn . “ hope i didn’t take up too much of your time . ”
in half a second , he was awake and lifting his head . ❝ you didn’t take up too much of my anything . i've got nothin' better to do . ❞ to reassure her , sam put on his cheeriest smile and rolled his shoulders . but his muscles were a little stiff , and he spent a while bending his knees and shaking his wrists out , twisting around to sit properly on the bench . how long he'd been sitting there , he didn't know . long enough to get a little drowsy . that was all .
❝ buy anything useful ? don't know how long it's gonna be till we're back here again . better to be over-prepared than underprepared , that's what i always say . ❞ sam coe had never said anything like that in his life , let alone adhered to it … properly . ❝ if you've got everything you need … ❞ his gaze dropped to her hands . ❝ … i could help you carry some of it . ❞
* .゜ CHICAGO ( 2002 AND OTHERWISE ) STARTERS .
#stxrbxrn#( ;; he almost slept. )#( ;; so the time wasn't so wasted after all!! kjdslhg. )#` ic.𝚁𝚃𝙵. * ANSWERED.#` v.main.𝚁𝚃𝙵. * THE STARS LOOK VERY DIFFERENT TODAY.
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appealing to his little daughter’s better interests was a one-way ticket to getting sam coe to do whatever was needed and wanted of him : a tried and true fact , as it has been since the day cora was born . he was prone to falling sucker as soon as anyone showed an inkling of respect and care toward his kid . something which hindered him a lot of the time and according to barrett , would probably end up getting him in a bad situation . or dead . whichever one of those came first . whatever would be the case , the brunt of the effort would go to protecting his child . and , if the chips happened to fall in that direction , dolores too .
in this case , that ‘do anything’ attitude quickly twisted into his utter willingness to carry whatever she needed . he held his hands out , closing his fingers and opening them once dolores came close enough . in a moment , he had them slid right over his hands and wrists and down over the sleeves of his jacket . he caught the straps against the curve of his thumb and index finger and lifted them to his shoulders , sporting one on each side .
❝ augh what do they put in the med packs and books nowadays ? rocks ? no boulders ? ❞ he was , of course , being facetious . they weren’t heavy at all . and he didn’t even give off a single clue that it was when he straightened himself back up . everything felt a lot lighter on jemison : a good two thirds of the gravity he’d been used to for the first two decades of his life . he’d be fine .
❝ nah i don’t need anything . would’ve run on into one of these stores if i had . i’m not about to waste your time . ❞ he offered a friendly smile , mirroring the kindness in hers . ❝ are we goin’ back to the lodge ? or are these goin’ right to your ship ? ❞
seeing sam laying so leisurely on the benches was a strangely welcomed sight. they had been doing so much lately, with them finding the artifacts and them encountering all kinds of friends and foe alike. it was nice . . . to see him relaxing — for once — even if the bench seemed a little uncomfortable. anything was better than getting blasted at by mercenaries after all . . .
her words about taking up his time seemed to breathe some life in him, as he was quick to lift his head and sit up on the bench. her watchful eyes noticed how he had to roll his shoulders and wring at his wrists, as if they had both become stiff — or were in pain. sam was older than her, but not that old, so she was a little concerned about it, but she decided to not let it show.
"i stocked up on some much-needed med packs," she gazes down at her hands. "and i saw a couple of interesting books i think cora'd like. i don't remember her talking about these titles yet, so hopefully i haven't gotten her any copies . . ." dolores smiled lightly as she spoke. she didn't want to encounter the awkwardness that sort of situation would bring, especially if it brought a disappointed look on the young girl's face . . . "you can carry both of them, if you'd like?"
growing up on neon , dolores didn't have a lot of credits to buy things like books. and she certainly hadn't had any time to be a kid either. she wanted cora to have that — she wanted her to be able to be a kid. one that was not forced into some shady shit . . . cora was the kid that dolores had never been allowed to be. dolores was determined — since day one of meeting cora, and her father — that the little girl, with shining eyes, would be the kind of kid that did not have to experience being chewed up by the world, only to get spat back out again . . .
"did you need anything? i can go back and grab it?" pointing with her thumb over her shoulder, dolores kept a kind smile on her face. even though her legs were beginning to ache, she was more than willing to go through the different shops again, to get whatever it was that sam, or the rest of the crew, needed.
#stxrbxrn#( ;; he opens his mouth and 1 brain cell works. )#` v.main.𝚁𝚃𝙵. * THE STARS LOOK VERY DIFFERENT TODAY.#` ic.𝚁𝚃𝙵. * THREAD.
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