Octavia Blake (
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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.]
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.]
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She shot him an amused glance. "I'm not surprised." He and Lucifer both said that often enough. "How's the hammock?"
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“Coming along. Just need to hook up the other end.”
He’d been distracted watching her do her thing, okay?
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"Well, don't let me keep you from it."
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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.
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She just watched quietly, for a moment. Taking in one of her favorite sights: him, here.
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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?”
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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.)
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She slid both arms around his waist, and drew him in. "Uh huh," she said. "And did we come out here to have a nice time, or wonder about how prepared we are to be out here?"
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There was no judgment in that. Octavia had also been Octavia in some spectacular ways, lately.
Her lips curved into something a little more wry. "How was therapy, snogon? If I can ask."
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"I'm really proud of you, you know."
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And Claire, before her.
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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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"It's all just a bunch of little steps," she said. "One after another." A beat. "Sometimes backwards. Which sucks, but it's also... okay."
As irritating as she found it.
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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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She watched him for a little moment. Reading his face.
Guessing, really.
"Just one step at a time," she said, a little softer because she couldn't help herself. "No further than that."
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