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"Stop hissing, [[Pre-Op Interlude#HOW TO SPEAK RUSSIAN|''malenk'aya kiska'']]. Go curl up with your man. I won't watch." He pulled his hand away before I could break his fingers. "Much."<br><br> | "Stop hissing, [[Pre-Op Interlude#HOW TO SPEAK RUSSIAN|''malenk'aya kiska'']]. Go curl up with your man. I won't watch." He pulled his hand away before I could break his fingers. "Much."<br><br> | ||
| − | I got out of there before I gave in to the urge to pound that smirk off his face. | + | I got out of there before I gave in to the urge to pound that smirk off his face. Damn his prying. Crossing the crowded floor carefully, I grabbed my bag off the dining room table and made my way to the apartment door. Once outside, I turned for the communal bath down the hall. I'd put in a full day's work on that box and the day's grime and sweat still clung to me. To hell with my brother's puerile fantasies, I wasn't about to doss down with Joshua dirty. The cold water from the shower was excruciating but it was all the apartment block had. I was shivering by the time I'd rinsed the last of the soap off. Pulling on a clean change and stowing my gear in my bag warmed me up a little, but not enough, and Dmitri's suggestion I curl up with Joshua was looking better by the minute. <br><br> |
We'd drawn straws for the couch and tonight Arden had won. Joshua and I had the floor but it didn't bother me. We had enough blankets and we'd slept in rougher conditions. The rest of the crew carpeted the living room floor, the only room with enough space to hold all of us. Even so, everyone was packed close enough that stepping around them was a tricky business, made more so by the dark. The room was warm, thanks to the number of people in it, and that perversely made me shiver more. I was shaking hard when I finally reached Joshua and I slid between the blankets trying not to wake him. I put my back to him and curled up and waited for the shakes to pass. No matter what Dmitri said, I wasn't about to engage in any activity I didn't want his children to see. Not while I was still a guest under their roof. <br><br> | We'd drawn straws for the couch and tonight Arden had won. Joshua and I had the floor but it didn't bother me. We had enough blankets and we'd slept in rougher conditions. The rest of the crew carpeted the living room floor, the only room with enough space to hold all of us. Even so, everyone was packed close enough that stepping around them was a tricky business, made more so by the dark. The room was warm, thanks to the number of people in it, and that perversely made me shiver more. I was shaking hard when I finally reached Joshua and I slid between the blankets trying not to wake him. I put my back to him and curled up and waited for the shakes to pass. No matter what Dmitri said, I wasn't about to engage in any activity I didn't want his children to see. Not while I was still a guest under their roof. <br><br> | ||
