Salene:In Bed:Ryan

[_salene_]

Salene woke with a start, whatever dream she'd been having had ended by startling her, and her eyes flew open, her blood pounding in her ears. As soon as she'd scanned the area before her eyes, the cloth of her canopy over her bed, and turned her head to spy Ryan sleeping there, her dream was instantly forgotten, though her heart rate was still

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[_salene_]

"Mmm," Salene replied softly to his question, positive reinforcement without actually saying yes. She had been sleeping well, until whatever that dream had been had startled her awake, but it didn't matter now, she was over it and there was no point in sharing that, she just felt silly. Salene yawned again, a little moan escaping at the end of it, a comfortable moan. She sighed and smiled, "Let's stay in bed all day," she offered, "I'll let my work sit until tomorrow, we'll hole ourselves up in here and tell everyone to go away," she added, knowing full well neither of them could do that, she had a City to take care of, and he had the militia to train, not to mention the other various and sundry things they did during the day, though some were unimportant, most were necessary. The pending arrival, or word of such, of his kids was looming over them, kind of stressfully, and she knew he was worried about them, angsting over their decision, and why they had heard absolutely nothing from them as of yet. There was the concern that something had happened to Macy, at least from Salene's point of view, though she didn't want to say it to Ryan and unnecessarily upset him, and she could only hope the boy was ok. How horrible she would feel if something had happened and Ryan had stayed with her instead of going to his kids on his own, opting to let Macy play messenger boy, resulting in his subsequent injury or worse. Salene would feel horrible, she already was beginning to, but she didn't want to alarm Ryan, and she had to think positive thoughts, that would do them the most good. She looked up at him with a smile and stretched to kiss his cheek, "I love you," she told him softly, cuddling back up against him.

[tribal_ryan]

"The best three words I've ever heard." He stroked her cheek tenderly. To hear her say them. She'd said them before...long ago...and he'd always doubted. Always worried. This time he didn't feel that doubt. Everything about the way she looked at him, spoke to him, touched him. All this is what had made him doubt before. And it was all this that reassured him now. "Mind if I borrow them sometime?"

[_salene_]

Salene was amused by this, "Of course, any time, be my guest," she said, as if she was granting him the biggest gift of permission she could, looking at him with big expectant eyes, a soft smirk on her lips, unable to hide it. She licked her lips and rolled away, sitting up and stretching out her back with her arms over her head, yawning again, crossing her legs under her, her knees sticking out. She let her arms fall and touched one to her tummy, the ache there reminding her just what time it was exactly, "I'm hungry, I wonder what's for breakfast," she said absently, trying to remember who was on the rota for today, Patch she thought, that meant something really yummy then, he was a really good cook, it was great. She looked down at Ryan and reached out her hand to tickle at his tummy around his belly button lightly, "Time to get up and eat," she informed him with another smirk, amusement dancing in her eyes.

[tribal_ryan]

He grinned, grabbing ahold of her hand and bringing it to his lips, kissing her palm. "I love you." He said, leaning up to curve his hand around the back of her neck gently, pulling her close to kiss her.

With another gentle carress across her cheek he sat up slowly, his back stiff and he stretched, trying to loosen the muscles. He supposed he wasn't as used to the physical training the militia went through anymore than the people he was training. Different muscles were used than what you did in everyday work. But he was enjoying it. He remembered he had to talk to Siva about possibley creating a second group for the newbies coming in.

[_salene_]

Her bottom lip went instantly into her mouth, and she bit down on her smile as he kissed her palm like that, she loved it when he did that, it was so romantic and sexy, and she sighed, it reminded her of things and she shook her head. Butterflies filled the ache instead as he declared his love and she felt it too, her heart told her it was true. She let him pull her back down for a kiss before sitting back up licking her lips there, watching him sit up. She quickly reached her hand out and rubbed up and down his back before moving off of the bed, scooting to the edge and slipping her feet into her slippers, heading over to her dresser. She'd showered last night and it felt like it was time for a new outfit. She pulled out a shirt she hadn't worn yet, a black tube top type shirt with a blue butterfly design, and a pair of blue jeans with black ribbon criss crossed up and down each side of the legs. She pulled out a black tube top bra and a pair of lavender cotton hotshort undies.

She quickly peeled out of her sleepwear and underwear, throwing on her panties and bra before someone came into the room, thankful it still seemed relatively quiet in the Mall. She pulled the tube top shirt on over her bra, and sat down at her vanity, making sure the ribbon on the pants was laced right and tied perfectly at the ankle before standing up and slipping into them, moving to check them in the full length mirror next to the bed.

She turned and smiled at Ryan before moving over to the vanity and sitting down, crossing her right leg over her left as she leaned in to fix her hair. She was glad she didn't have to enlist the help of Gel for this any longer, though she appreciated her help, it was embarrassing to need it. Salene parted her hair in a criss cross fashion as she had been doing for a while, but decided on different Tribal markings. She still put them high on her cheek by her eyes, but instead of the swoop and cross in pink and green, she chose to combine them in a greenish blue y shaped swoop, very simple. She applied her makeup as usual, checking herself in the mirror, quite pleased with herself. She riffled through her jewelry, opting for a black swirly bracelet, a plain black ribbon choker, and her various rings. She thought how she didn't have her wedding band anymore, something else the Chosen had taken from her, but she didn't want to think about that. She wanted to find a new set of rings, for her and Ryan, for she'd meant it when she'd told him they were husband and wife if he wanted to be, and his agreement at that meant they needed rings, at least that felt like the right thing to do. She shook it off and stood up to get some socks and put her black boots on, moving to the dresser to retrieve the socks and sitting in a chair to apply them to her feet before slipping into her shoes. She leaned back, crossing her right leg over her left and watched as Ryan got dressed, smiling at him.

[tribal_ryan]

Ryan smiled, snatching glances at her as she got dressed as he climbed out of bed and pulled on his shirt and pants. He sat on the edge of the bed to tie on his boots, his mind jumping ahead to the day's training and chores. And again wondering if today would be the day that he heard from his kids. He smiled back at Salene as she did her makeup and hair. The mixture of contentedness and anxiety tying his stomach in knots.

He glanced up when someone knocked. Jack. K.C. was back at the Mall? Another MallRat returned from who knew where. It was a joy to see so many of them back again. But passed out in the cafe? Was he ill, like Alice had been on her return? He glanced back towards Salene as he stood up.