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Octavia Blake ([personal profile] okteiviakom) wrote2023-06-10 10:20 pm

A Nice and Secluded Bit of the Preserve, Saturday

The preserve was a fair bit more popular these days than it had been when Octavia had first began roaming around in it years and years ago, but she and Duke had still managed to find a nice spot for their little camping trip that people were unlikely to randomly stumble upon. There was a clearing, along a sort of a little cove.

Between the water and the trees, it was perfect.

Octavia had taken on the task of getting the tent set up, while she'd entrusted the hammock to Duke. (Would they even need both? Remained to be seen, but it was nice to have them.) And right now? She straightened up from hammering the last tent peg into the ground.

"Just needs the twinkly lights, I think."

[ooc: For that guyyy.]
betterthanaplan: (thoughtful)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-11 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke looked at the job he’d stopped halfway through doing.

“Coming along. Just need to hook up the other end.”

He’d been distracted watching her do her thing, okay?
betterthanaplan: (pleased)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-11 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
“Nah,” Duke said. “I’m just . . . taking my time.”

And he did, making sure that the straps wouldn’t damage the trees, but were firm enough to hold the two of them even if they decided to get a bit . . . active in the hammock later.
betterthanaplan: (shiny hair and concern)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-11 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
The tree consideration was largely thanks to her. Not that he wouldn’t think about it. But he likely wouldn’t try as hard, before he got to know her.

The hammock itself was easily wide enough for both of them, and came with a built in mosquito net they could zip over themselves as night fell to keep the bugs off, without blocking out the night sky. Duke finished stringing it up and stepped back.

“What do you think?”
betterthanaplan: (pleased)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-12 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
“Yep,” Duke confirmed. “It’s specifically a hammock for camping. Has a tarp that can be strung over it too if it rains, but I figure that’s what our tent is for.”
betterthanaplan: (thoughtfully amused)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-12 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Probably not everything," Duke said with a snort. "But whatever we haven't thought of, I'm sure we can handle in the moment."
betterthanaplan: (lovey-dovey)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-12 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uh huh. Might have forgotten one or two of those, too," Duke said with a shrug. "And yet. We'd still handle any of it."

Forgetting was just something people did. He was working on letting himself accept that. 'Cause, you know. Therapy.

(Not that he'd discussed it with Dr. Solares or anything, they'd only had one session so far. He was just . . . getting a head start? Overthinking it all? One of those.)
betterthanaplan: (pretty boy)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-12 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
". . . We can't do both?" Duke asked. He gave her a rueful chuckle. "Am I being too much?"
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[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-12 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke sighed. "I don't know. It was -- fine. The doc was fine. Didn't run screaming or anything. So that's a start."
betterthanaplan: (very serious and three-quarters)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-12 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"That sounds -- absolutely exhausting," Duke said. "I don't think I would have made it that far."
betterthanaplan: (pretty boy)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-12 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke nodded, pulling away from her just far enough that he could make sure she saw his small smile.

"I'm really proud of you, you know."
betterthanaplan: (*shrug*)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-12 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"You have," Duke agreed, without any wryness at all. "And it has. I can tell. It's . . . a little intimidating, gotta admit."

Or, you know, completely terrifying. Duke as smart enough to know that he wasn't subtle about being totally terrified, even after managing to have a decent conversation with a new therapist already.
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[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-06-12 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke nodded, swallowing back the protests that wanted to come bubbling up. The last thing he wanted was to somehow undermine how she felt about her own progress with his fears about doing it himself.

But even little steps didn't sound reassuring right now. Not when there were so many of them. Stretching out indefinitely.

There was a reason he and Lucifer kept butting heads over reincarnation versus eternity in an afterlife. Duke didn't handle the idea of 'eternity' well.

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