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Earwig Campfire | Saturday Night

If there was something Dimitri was good at when it came to camping, it was building a decent fire. He could even manage the part about sitting and staring at the fire while his mind churned through all the things he wasn't supposed to be worrying about. It wasn't emo, guardians didn't get emo, it was more an unfortunate awareness.

Clearly this was why God invented campfire food. And why Dimitri had gathered a pile of sticks and a bag of marshmallows.

In a week everything would be different. Back to a normal he didn't want to remember where his heightened senses would be of better use than determining just when his marshmallow was cooked to perfection. And a normal where he wouldn't allow himself to remember where he'd learned this particular method of burning marshmallows.

Dimitri sniffed the air. Acquired tastes be damned, his marshmallow was burnt as hell.

[Open like a campfire!]
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[identity profile] nomoreveruca.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Boy name," Cally said. "This is Nicholas Tyrol. And my name is Cally. I used to go to school here. But it's been a few years."

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm Rose. I just graduated," she replied. "Cool to meet you guys. How do you like being back here? Seems like there's a bunch of people who just came back."

[identity profile] nomoreveruca.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I guess you could call Nicky and me refugees," Cally said. "Being back is a lot better than being where I came from. But that's a pretty messy story so I won't bother you with it."

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded, shifting a little to get her feet away from the fire. "Too dark for random campfire conversation. Refugees sounds kinda crappy but better than, you know, not. How does Nicky like the cabins and stuff?"

[identity profile] nomoreveruca.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Nicky started to squirm a bit in Cally's arms. Cally bounced him a bit, trying to soothe him.

"He's not so happy with the change, but it's better than where he lived the first few months of his life. He's a trooper."

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't worry, little guy," Rose informed him. "You'd hate living with the singing bugs anymore."

[identity profile] nomoreveruca.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Cally smiled. "He really would," she said. "Or else he'd grow up to have terrible taste in music."

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh God," she replied, apparently horrified by the idea. Leaning forward, she spoke directly to Nicky. "If you grow up liking Celine Dion, no girl will ever, ever like you. It's a big thing, I promise."

[identity profile] nomoreveruca.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Nicky responded with wide eyes and an open mouth.

Which dribbled drool down onto Cally's sleeve.

"Good advice," Cally said, bouncing Nicky on her knee a bit more. "Of course, the marriagable prospects of my son are probably the least of my worries for him."

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Screw getting married," Rose said almost derisively. "But he'll probably wanna get laid someday, right?"

She paused and looked at Nicky again. "Oh my God, I'm sorry. You're not supposed to say stuff like that around kids."

[identity profile] nomoreveruca.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Cally just laughed. "It's not like he frakking knows what any of it means," she said. She jokingly covered his little ears, though. "But I guess I should protect him from it all."

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
She snickered at Cally's response. "Hey, I just didn't want you to decide to deck me or something," she teased. "It'd totally ruin my rep if I got hit by a mom. Again."

[identity profile] nomoreveruca.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Cally raised an eyebrow. "Again?"

She had to ask. That sounded like there was a story. And Cally, well... she liked that kind of story.

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Rose shook her head, half-laughing. "My mom wanted see how I was doing fighting-wise. She was doing way better, so I snarked at her until she got pissed off and accidentally punched me in the face." Enough time had gone by that the whole situation was starting to be a little funny even to Rose. "I had the freaking biggest black eye. So see, my rep totally can't hold up to getting taken down again."

[identity profile] nomoreveruca.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Ouch," Cally said, wincing a bit in sympathy. "But don't worry. You've got to do a lot worse to make me get violent. Especially now that I've got Nicky to look after. Can't go around getting in fights all the time."

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that doesn't usually stop people where I'm from," Rose told her with an easy shrug. She glanced down at the kid, wondering if Janine had ever thought of giving up fighting after she'd had Rose.

[identity profile] nomoreveruca.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I'm all he has," Cally said. "So I guess I'm trying the responsible 'taking care of myself so I can take care of him' thing." She shrugged. "It's actually pretty new for me."

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
"It's pretty cool," Rose said seriously. "I bet you're an awesome mother."

[identity profile] nomoreveruca.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Cally smiled, and ducked her head a bit. "Thanks," she said. "I'm just doing the best I can. We'll see in a few years what little Nicky here thinks."

And that's when Nicky finally started crying.

"I think that's the signal that I need to put him to bed."

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2010-08-15 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Good luck with it," Rose said, giving them both a little wave. "And night."
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