golden_lyre: (leather moody)
Ὀρφεύς - Orpheus ([personal profile] golden_lyre) wrote2012-08-04 09:22 pm

[Milliways]: Hosing down...or not

Orpheus is just tipsy enough to be maudlin when they get to his room. He almost wishes he'd brought a bottle of something, but that probably wouldn't be a good idea.

There's a pile of broken pottery on the floor in a puddle of water and crushed flowers, and when he opens the door and sees it, he sets his guitar aside and goes to clean it up. "Sorry about this," he says to Steve. "I forgot..."
thekidfrombrooklyn: (bucky - post-rescue)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bucky could talk me into trying just about anything, but he usually couldn't get me on the Cyclone with him. Just looking at it made my head spin. Usually I'd play arcade games while he and whoever else we were with went on, and they'd come back and tell me what a good time I'd missed."

He has another sip.
thekidfrombrooklyn: (skinny steve - is this a test?)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"On this particular occasion--it was about three years ago, 'cause I was still a student at Cooper Union--it was a group of people, Bucky's friends from his job and a few people I went to school with, and Bucky brought along a friend of his girlfriend at the time, this pretty little thing called Alice, specifically for me to meet. And she actually seemed to like me, though we didn't talk much.

"So when Bucky said, 'Let's go on the Cyclone,' I wanted to impress her and said I'd go too."
thekidfrombrooklyn: (skinny steve - suspenders)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve has another sip of his.

"Bucky managed to arrange it so that Alice and I sat next to each other in the car, and while she chattered away about how scary it was and how fast it went, I just nodded a lot and hoped I wouldn't faint on the first lift hill."
thekidfrombrooklyn: (night before)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve takes a deep breath.

"The Cyclone has a big lift hill, then the first descent, then it goes up onto this banking curve.

"That's where I started throwing up."
thekidfrombrooklyn: (skinny steve - suspenders)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, yes," Steve says. "So she's screaming, 'Ew! Ew!' into my ear, we're being throwing together from force of the curves, Bucky's behind me yelling I don't even know what because the train was so loud, and I'm just praying my guts stay in my body by the time we reach the station again."
thekidfrombrooklyn: (skinny steve - is this a test?)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve laughs and takes his hand. "I know. I know.

"But here is how the story ends. There's two stops in the station, and if you want to ride again you just pay a smaller fee and stay on when the train goes to the next stop. Or you can get off and that's the end of it.

"So we reached the first stop and I crawled off the train, and I was lying on the platform, trying to get my breath back and waiting for the world to stop spinning, and Bucky knelt beside me to make sure I didn't choke, and Alice was crying about how I'd ruined her dress--and the station attendant said, 'Which one of you nice folks wants to ride again?'"

He has a final sip of his whiskey.
thekidfrombrooklyn: (smile - nose wrinkle)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve starts laughing too.

"When the war's over, I want to ride it again. I should actually enjoy it this time."
thekidfrombrooklyn: steve in his army dress greens (dress uniform - what?)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Disney like the cartoons?"
thekidfrombrooklyn: steve has a long way to go in the 21st century (text - electricity)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"How exciting," Steve deadpans.

He looks down at Orpheus's face. "I think it's time you go to sleep, music man."
thekidfrombrooklyn: (service uniform - thoughtful)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve pulls the bedding over him rather than argue.

"Should I stay with you?"
thekidfrombrooklyn: (bare chest - irresistible)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve smiles and gets under the covers with him. "I was hoping you'd say that."
thekidfrombrooklyn: (cuddle - couch)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good, 'cause I like being here."
thekidfrombrooklyn: (smile - tux)

[personal profile] thekidfrombrooklyn 2012-08-05 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve looks at him, and then kisses his forehead.

"Go to sleep," he says softly. "I'll be here when you wake up."

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