He had a good chin, Jo thought, then dropped her eyes back to her own notes, annoyed.
I love the little hints you give of the attraction between them! :)
"--I hear them," she blurted out, and her father fell silent. "I can hear them, people screaming. Animals. At first it was just in Smallville, but then I could hear accidents in Eskridge too. And then Topeka. I can't...I can't just ignore them." She felt tears welling up in her eyes and blinked them back, swallowing. "I'm sorry," she said. "I don't know where it's going to end."
Aw. *huggles Jo*
Arnold was an unpleasant man under a veneer of politeness that fooled many people just long enough to get the job done. Bruce was looking forward to turning him in to the police--and reimbursing in secret the people he'd cheated--once he'd gotten all the knowledge he needed from him.
Hee. *huggles Bruce*
The whole class was staring at the two of them. Bruce slumped down in his seat and tried to look inconspicuous again. Idiot.
Jo was slouching in her seat too, he noticed.
Aww. *pets them both*
"Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night," Bruce said absently, still eyeing the spot of chocolate. Jo laughed and he hastily turned his attention to his neglected float.
*giggles* *pets Bruce*
At the monkey bars Bruce stopped and did a few quick pull-ups, just to burn off some nervous energy. It wasn't to impress Jo or anything.
Of course not. :p
Bruce heard the distinct click of a gun being cocked.
Meep!
"Bruce is hurt, Pa," said Jo. The beam of light seemed to be making the whole barn sway around Bruce, and suddenly the floor tilted beneath him. Jo stepped forward and scooped him up in her arms with no apparent effort.
Oh noes!! Poor Bruce. :(
Somewhat to his surprise, he did. And once he started talking, he couldn't seem to stop, pouring words into the sunlight-bright space between them: his parents' deaths, his oath and the ache to make the world better. How he had given up on the idea of working within legal channels, started looking for another way, a way he wasn't sure existed. And then he'd seen the blurred figure in a photograph that seemed to have something like the same idea.
*pets Bruce*
"I'm going to do this, Jo. I was always going to do something like this. I have to. This isn't a lark, a whim. It's my life." He couldn't help smiling, he could see it in his mind, unfolding like cloth, red and blue and black. "Can't you see? We're on to something here. Something important. Something that will work--if we do it together."
Eeeeee!! *glomps them both*
"That would be a shame," he said, eyes twinkling. "But I can think of some incentive to stay."
Hee.
He was totally unruffled, and Jo glared at him. "You fell on purpose!"
*giggles*
"I'd look a bit ludicrous trying to stab myself, for example. Bit of an anticlimax."
*giggles again* Yes, that... wouldn't work so well. :p
"No you won't." She put a finger on his lips as his expression started to shift into hurt surprise. "I'll go find you."
He smiled into her touch, delicate as a promise. "I'll be looking forward to it."
Awwwwwww! :D
Eeee, this was wonderful! It's so interesting seeing what could have been if one of them was a girl. :) *glomps*
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He had a good chin, Jo thought, then dropped her eyes back to her own notes, annoyed.
I love the little hints you give of the attraction between them! :)
"--I hear them," she blurted out, and her father fell silent. "I can hear them, people screaming. Animals. At first it was just in Smallville, but then I could hear accidents in Eskridge too. And then Topeka. I can't...I can't just ignore them." She felt tears welling up in her eyes and blinked them back, swallowing. "I'm sorry," she said. "I don't know where it's going to end."
Aw. *huggles Jo*
Arnold was an unpleasant man under a veneer of politeness that fooled many people just long enough to get the job done. Bruce was looking forward to turning him in to the police--and reimbursing in secret the people he'd cheated--once he'd gotten all the knowledge he needed from him.
Hee. *huggles Bruce*
The whole class was staring at the two of them. Bruce slumped down in his seat and tried to look inconspicuous again. Idiot.
Jo was slouching in her seat too, he noticed.
Aww. *pets them both*
"Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night," Bruce said absently, still eyeing the spot of chocolate. Jo laughed and he hastily turned his attention to his neglected float.
*giggles* *pets Bruce*
At the monkey bars Bruce stopped and did a few quick pull-ups, just to burn off some nervous energy. It wasn't to impress Jo or anything.
Of course not. :p
Bruce heard the distinct click of a gun being cocked.
Meep!
"Bruce is hurt, Pa," said Jo. The beam of light seemed to be making the whole barn sway around Bruce, and suddenly the floor tilted beneath him. Jo stepped forward and scooped him up in her arms with no apparent effort.
Oh noes!! Poor Bruce. :(
Somewhat to his surprise, he did. And once he started talking, he couldn't seem to stop, pouring words into the sunlight-bright space between them: his parents' deaths, his oath and the ache to make the world better. How he had given up on the idea of working within legal channels, started looking for another way, a way he wasn't sure existed. And then he'd seen the blurred figure in a photograph that seemed to have something like the same idea.
*pets Bruce*
"I'm going to do this, Jo. I was always going to do something like this. I have to. This isn't a lark, a whim. It's my life." He couldn't help smiling, he could see it in his mind, unfolding like cloth, red and blue and black. "Can't you see? We're on to something here. Something important. Something that will work--if we do it together."
Eeeeee!! *glomps them both*
"That would be a shame," he said, eyes twinkling. "But I can think of some incentive to stay."
Hee.
He was totally unruffled, and Jo glared at him. "You fell on purpose!"
*giggles*
"I'd look a bit ludicrous trying to stab myself, for example. Bit of an anticlimax."
*giggles again* Yes, that... wouldn't work so well. :p
"No you won't." She put a finger on his lips as his expression started to shift into hurt surprise. "I'll go find you."
He smiled into her touch, delicate as a promise. "I'll be looking forward to it."
Awwwwwww! :D
Eeee, this was wonderful! It's so interesting seeing what could have been if one of them was a girl. :) *glomps*