OOM: Of Sunshine, and Darkness, and Love, and Other Small things...

[withamagicword]

August 28th, Early morning:

Sunshine wakens Billy, sending his body screaming at him. He finds himself curled into a tight ball with muscles yelling at him and brain logey.

He slowly, slowly uncurls as he looks around, then sags back as he remembers that Cassie went home last night.

The thought fulls him with a kind of black depression and he feels the tears surging up again and savagely smashes them down again. Damnit, he can do his own thing! He isn't dependent, He isn't!

He struggles to his feet and staggers to the bathroom, running a shower so hot it almost scalds him. And in the shower, he cries, letting out pain and fear and frustration and anger, and letting it all out. He feels it pour out of him and feels himself empty, like ... like... he doesn't know what like... so he stops thinking.

He finally emerges, feeling empty, and the place is quiet like a tomb, until, as he is walking toward his bureau, something sharp sinks into his toes.

He eeeps in a rather undignified manner, and goes down, only to find a bouncy Rena pouncing at him, now that he is all accessible.

He laughs, helplessly, startling the little cat, who races away.

She stares at him from a safe distance for awhile, looking reproachfully at him. When he stops laughing and crying, she slowly approaches and then pounces one of his hands, and he grins, petting her.

It is a few minutes later when he realizes what her presence means, and sits up so fast he startles her again, making her run off with an offended look.

He gets up and peers out of his bedroom, and feels something like being hit by a train, as he sees her, laying on the sofa. Tears hit him again and he dresses quickly.

She is there... he isn't alone.

Somehow, the day seems a lot brighter now.

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[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

Cassie's brain registers the light almost as soon as it begins to come in from the windows. And before she is even awake fully, all the emotions from last night come rushing back and she curls back up into a ball, trying to block out everything: internal and external.

[withamagicword]

When he comes back out and sees how she is lying, he gets concerned and comes over to her side. He isnt sure what to do, but he settles next to her and just lays a hand on her shoulder, hoping he can give some comfort to her.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

She inhales sharply, surprised at the touch, and glances up. Her eyes are still red, and it's obvious she's been crying.
She rolls over and up a bit, lays her head on his leg and snuggles in close.

[withamagicword]

His eyes widen and then he closes his armd around her and holds her, stroking her back softly.

"Cassie? What's wrong?"

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

[withamagicword]

he holds her close and strokes her back and thinks.

"You mean your place, or...?"

Trying to understand... not sure he does.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

She nods.

[withamagicword]

"What happened? No one there?"

he snuggles in closer, thinking, and just holding her.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

[withamagicword]

He eases back some and eyes her, then kisses her and turns them both to watch the screen, starting the actual movie.

He hugs her and grins.

"Movie, good?"

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

Eyes...they do open..
mmm...yes! They do!

She snuggles against him.
"mmmmmhm. Good."
Because movie means snuggles and snuggles are always good.

[withamagicword]

He grins and watches the movie, holding onto her nice and warmly.

A little while later the oven timer goes off with a ding and he gets up slowly, extricating himself from the Casiehugmonster and goes to cut the pizza.

He returns with pizza and plates and water and stuff.

"Foooood!"

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

She grins "Yay!" and reaches for things.

[withamagicword]

he grins as he settles next to her again and collects some pizza, as well as snuggling down with her once she has hers.

"Yay! Pizza and a Cassie... the best kind of Morning!"

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

"Mew!" And there's a fuzzy purple headed kitty!
Cassie laughs. "And don't forget Rena. But I don't think she'd let you forget her if you tried, anyway."

Cassie grins with her pizza and snuggles against Billy, offering a piece of pepperoni to the little purple begger.

[withamagicword]

He laughs.

"I gave you food, you greedy little furball..."

He rolls his eyes and grins at Cassie.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

Rena looks up at them Completely Innocent.

Cassie laughs. "She apparently doesn't know that."

[withamagicword]

He grins at her.

"What do you want to do today?"

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

"Something with you!"

She grins.

[withamagicword]

he laughs.

"This is a good start, yes. But what do you want to dooooo?"

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

She frowns a little.
"Well I don't know that!
I just know the important part!"

[withamagicword]

Ha laughs again.

"You? Are cute. Very cute."

He kisses her again.

A lot.

A number of times.

La La.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

She grins and kisses him back happily.

[withamagicword]

Yay!

Several minutes... perhaps an hour-ish pass and he finally stirs.

"We should like... go for a walk... or something."

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

"mmm?

Okay.. If you want?"