high_seas | Into the storm

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Into the storm

Who: Hazardous Materials with special guest star Draco Malfoy
Where: the ship, and then Eternal Bliss (oh joy)
When: November 1-5 at sea, 6-? on land
What: sailing log, and then shenanigans on wedding island
Warnings: let me know if there are any
Style: as you please
Status: closed to "who"

[As soon as the sun did not rise on the 1st, like others had suggested it would, Gan Ning wanted off Isla Empieza. He put out the call to his crew - get on the ship, leave no man behind. Or woman, Cynthia.

The storm hit while they were two days out from the island. It would take all hands on deck to keep the Nightfury from capsizing, good thing they have a couple of solid dragons to keep things in check. Just watch out for Gaius and his fiery pendant! By the time the storm blows out in the wee hours on the 4th, the charts put them drifting near to Eternal Bliss. Are the residents still pissed at pirates for what Kodachi did? Who cares, they need to land to make repairs. And maybe score some treasure, if anyone wants to go through the marriage requirement.

Date your posts and mingle away!]

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[He leans heavier against Lea and nuzzles his neck.]

Okay Lea. If you're fine.

[He isn't sure if Lea is being honest, but it's alright, he can just be there and cling to him. Maybe that will be enough to make him feel better.]

It's okay if you're not though...I'm not.

[Lea just nods. He doesn't really know if he's okay or not. In a way, it really is like a nightmare that seems horrible when it's happening but less and less so after you wake up and reality sinks in. At the same time, though, there's a sort of lingering horror about it all that's not likely to leave him any time soon. He's already caught himself repeatedly checking to make sure people's eyes are normal. It's embarrassing.]

I know, I know.

[He sighs. That didn't come out right. Roxas has every right to be scared and every right to be worried about him.]

I just don't want to think about it too much is all.

Yeah. We shouldn't think about it.

[Roxas snuggles again, sighing contently in Lea's arms.]

I'll try not to anyway. It comes around sometimes.

[He hangs his head a little.]

I'm kind of scared to go to sleep. I'm not sure I did that at all while I was thinking I was gone.

You're always scared to sleep for one reason or another. Makes me feel guilty about wanting to take naps sometimes.

[He files that away for future reference, though. He needs to make sure Roxas gets some sleep or he's going to get sick and crazy on them and nobody wants that.]

Make sure you go to bed early tonight, okay?

I'll try and remember to.

[It's the least he could do at this rate. He sighs softly against Lea's neck.]

You don't have to feel bad. I guess I just dream a lot and it's always weird or scary, but it's always easier when you're with me. I don't know how that works.

Probably because you sleep better that way. That subconscious of yours actually turns off for a while.

[He nudges him a little.]

Don't know how you manage it with me elbowing you all the time, but if it works...

[It's why he's let Roxas cram himself into his hammock, after all. If it works, it works.]

Yeah, maybe. Maybe you're keeping me from sleeping to deeply, or I can just tell you're there to you know... [He blushed again. Curse this new reaction!]

Watch over me I guess.

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[It's funny, considering how shamelessly Roxas usually says things like this. Maybe things are starting to sink in a little more. Lea gives him a kiss on the forehead.]

You can count on it. Not like I have much of a choice in the matter, anyway. You get sulky when you have sleep on your own.

[He smiles and relaxes, pulling Lea's arms tighter around him.]

I'm used to sleeping with you now. I don't want to sleep apart from you. I guess if you're going to complain too much...

[He sighs contently.]

But I won't leave you anyway, cause I love you. Guess you're stuck with me in your bed.

Guess so. I can live with that.

[Roxas can get a bit clingy, yeah, and he can be high maintenance some of the time, well, a lot of the time, but Lea can handle it.]

So first step is sleep, then maybe I'll be able to get you to eat your veggies. Then maybe we can get something done about that skateboard.

[Not a whole lot of hope for that, but...]

[He stretches up, leaning back to grab another piece of bread before settling back in more comfortably again.]

I don't know about that, but I'm gonna eat another piece of bread. It's pretty good.

[He takes a bite and pouts at Lea.]

What's wrong with my skateboard?

It's noisy.

[He doesn't care if it makes him sound like an old man. It's not like he doesn't approve of fun or something, but the sound those wheels make feels like it's scraping away the insides of his brain and driving him slowly insane.]

Really, really noisy.

I could teach you some really cool tricks!

[He grins and shrugs. He's oblivious to the noise it makes and is fine like that. He took another bite of the bread.]

Lea...I'm...just...I'm glad you're here, okay?

Yeah, I know.

[He understands, too, and he knows exactly what Roxas means without him having to say it. It's rough, what they have to deal with, what they're going to have to return to, but for now they have each other and it makes it just a little easier to survive. It's been that way as long as they've known each other.]

I'm always gonna be here.

[He pokes him in the side.]

As long as that skateboard isn't.

[He lets out a squeak at being poked there and a light giggle.]

I know you are. You're always here when I need you.

[He nuzzles his neck.]

Come on, you'll like the skateboard if you just played with it.

No I won't! That thing drives me nuts!

[He's adamant on that one. Sure, it would probably be a lot of fun, but he'd need earplugs or he'd slowly go insane. Or maybe not even slowly.]

I don't even wanna think about it.

Fine, you don't have to play with it then.

[He rolls his eyes at Lea.]

I haven't been on it in awhile I think. I'm still reading that book that you don't like because it's for school. It was for you, anyway. I'm almost done though! It's really weird.

Yeah, I don't know how you can read that stuff and not fall asleep right away.

[Reading isn't exactly Lea's thing. He reads cookbooks for work, of course, but reading for pleasure isn't exactly something that's ever caught on with him. It's too much like work and he'd rather find something more fun to do with his time.]

I'd keel over and die or something.

[Roxas laughs lightly.]

You wouldn't die. I'm gonna find some more next island we go to. Wanna help me find some cool stuff?

As long as it's not boring books.

[He's always up for a little exploring, but no way is he getting himself dragged around secondhand bookstores or anything like that. A guy has his limits.]

You know the ones that aren't boring right?

[He hums thoughtfully.]

But we could get other stuff too...wait...

[His brow furrows as he thinks.]

Didn't I owe you some food?

[He seems to recall them talking about it, but he doesn't know if he did it or not.]

Do you?

[So much has been going on lately that whatever Roxas is talking about must have slipped his mind in the midst of it. Lea frequently tells Roxas he owes him things, so it's not out of the question, but the specifics of this particular demand escape him.]

Well, if you do, then I better get it.

[That was true, a lot has been going on, but it's pretty rare that Roxas is the one to remember one of Lea's demands. He grins and thinks about it.]

I guess that you'd better get it, yeah.

[He seems to be thinking about something and looks like he's decided.]

I am going to take you on one of those date things. You know, going out and doing stuff.

[Lea blushes and coughs, but he collects himself quickly.]

You are, huh? And what exactly do you have planned?

[He's pretty sure Roxas has no idea what a date entails, so this should be interesting. It's funny that he's bringing it up, too, since he was the one who was all fidgety over that magic love fruit or whatever he bought from the store on Isla Empieza a few months ago.]

I don't have anything planned yet, I mean, I don't know where we're going.

[He smiles at Lea. That reaction is interesting. Is he embarrassed again?]

I owe you food, so I guess we can get food...and um, do something fun. Whatever they have on that island, but not skateboarding because you don't like it.

[They already ate the paopu fruit, so it isn't the kind of thing on his mind.]

Does that sound okay?

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