Comments | dauphinmare: Day Twenty-Two

whentheinkfades in dauphinmare

Day Twenty-Two - Kyle has Breakfast

Mar 16, 2009 07:19

Who: Kyle, River, Simon
Where: Cafeteria
When: Later morning
Rating: Q

Status: Closed, completed
Summary: Kyle has breakfast and contemplates what life will be like on Serenity, and is joined by Simon and River for some bonding time.

( I love the mountains, I love the clear blue sky // I love big bridges, I love when great whites fly // I love the whole world, and all it's sights and sounds // Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada )

simon tam, - in progress - caz, river tam, @cafeteria, *day 22, kyle

Leave a comment

Back to all threads

unrivaledgrace March 18 2009, 02:38:18 UTC

River had decided that it was taking Simon far too long to go about having a conversation with Kyle on his own, and his anxiety on the subject of her relationship was really beginning to grate on her. So this particular morning, she waited outside of his room until he was ready to leave it. Then she took him by the arm and proceeded to lead him down to the cafeteria; unless he seemed to violently protest this action ( ... )

whentheinkfades March 18 2009, 02:42:10 UTC

Kyle glanced up when he sensed River, and he grinned as he saw her shuffling Simon into the cafeteria. "Hello," he greeted Simon with a little smile. Extending his hand across the table to him, he glanced curiously toward River. "I'm Kyle," he introduced himself to the doctor.

"It's nice to finally meet you," he continued as he settled his pale blue gaze on Simon. Reaching out his other hand, he rubbed River's back softly before he tilted his head. "Are you sure he wanted to see me this morning?"

imeantosay March 19 2009, 05:23:25 UTC

Simon might have hissed something to his sister about how she might have warned him, but then again he didn't think it would have worked. He managed a tight smile and accepted Kyle's extended hand, shaking lightly before releasing it.

"Hello Kyle," he offered as he sat, "I hadn't expected to meet you today, no, but my sister has a way of ... springing things on me when I least expected."

Throwing up on his bed, roundhouse kicking him in the throat, whatever got the job done. And now, apparently, she had added hijacking him to the cafeteria to that list.

"It's nice to meet you all the same," he concluded, though he looked more uncomfortable than anything else and not like it was 'nice' at all.

unrivaledgrace March 19 2009, 08:33:57 UTC

"With full explanation, there may not have been consent," River pointed out, unable to hide her giggles or her grin. "Needed consent. It is vital that familiar bonds are formed in the early stages of development," she confided in both of them.

Though she thought that she might be mixing that up with something. She thought about that for a moment, before she shrugged. It didn't matter, it explained her point.

"Simon is concerned as to the nature of our relationship," she informed Kyle, doing her best - and failing - to keep a straight face.

Then figuring that she did in fact want Simon to stick around and get to know Kyle, she turned to face Simon. "Perhaps you should steer," she said with a grin. "Is not my story."

whentheinkfades March 19 2009, 13:53:36 UTC

"The nature?" he tilted his head curiously to River before he turned his gaze to Simon. "I am her sun, and she is my sun. I light her darkness," Kyle explained - or thought he explained. He reasoned River had told him the same thing.

He didn't think Simon looked very pleased to be here, but River seemed entirely too amused, so he smiled to her before he glanced back to Simon. "What concerns did you have regarding our relationship?" he inquired. Maybe it would be easier to press things from that angle than from another. If Simon told him what he was concerned about, Kyle could assure or explain.

imeantosay March 19 2009, 19:36:44 UTC

Simon flushed deeply. Because he couldn't really be having this conversation. It wasn't proper or dignified or ... he glanced to River and sighed, clearing his throat thereafter.

"My ... ah ... my concern, of course, was with .. um ... you see," he began, already tripping over himself and attempting to make gestures that weren't overtly sexual in a public place, "Your physical relationship, as it were."

He tried not to look at either of them and focused on a spot on the table before realizing that was something a ten year old would do and looking up again, gaze settling tentatively on Kyle.

unrivaledgrace March 21 2009, 05:55:25 UTC

River placed both hands over her mouth to hold in the slew of giggles that threatened to burst forth. She managed to get herself under control with a surprising amount of speed though, looking over at Simon with her eyes dancing slightly.

"Wishes to 'protect me'," she told Kyle, using air quotes in the appropriate places to indicate her already well known belief that she didn't think she needed to be protected.

whentheinkfades March 21 2009, 06:07:34 UTC

"Physical relationship," Kyle echoed as if he had to think about that. "Why does it concern you?" his head tilted to one side as he tried to discern what about him would have Simon concerned.

"I have read several books on the topic. I know how to bring her pleasure without hurting her," he assured Simon - because clearly, that was the only thing, as River's brother, that Simon could be concerned about. "There is no need for you to protect her from me. I will treat her very carefully and not damage her."

imeantosay March 21 2009, 22:14:18 UTC

He had read ... several ... books. Simon's expression twisted in a pained sort of way and he ran a hand down his face as if he could wipe away the feelings of frustration.

"Well, Kyle, that's ... ah, that's very ..." he began, then coughed and tried again, "That's very considerate of you. To think about ... her ... Ahem. Ah, no, my issue is more with the general concept of you carrying on a physical relation with my ... ah ... sister. She's ... more delicate than sometimes she lets on and I don't really think she's in a .. mental position to engage in a physical relationship. Not just with you, but with ... anyone."

He was rather red by this point and he wondered if he was just putting his foot in his mouth. He reasoned he likely was and sighed.

unrivaledgrace March 22 2009, 00:34:09 UTC

River leaned her head against Kyle's shoulder, regarding Simon for a moment. It wasn't like she didn't understand his point - she just disagreed with it.

"Broken," River agreed softly to Simon. "But not always," she pointed out. "Puzzle is built enough to see the picture, now. Before was just jumbles of pieces. Much fewer missing pieces now." She gave him a very stern glare. "Am capable."

whentheinkfades March 22 2009, 02:01:58 UTC

Kyle's brow furrowed. "River is not delicate. She's strong, and fit, and sound." Were they talking about the same girl? Maybe his perception was altered because River was related to him, and thus he thought River was more like him rather than herself.

"If she does not wish to engage in a physical relationship with me, she would tell me and I would listen," Kyle explained to Simon. "But if she wishes for that from me, then I will happily provide it for her. I want only to make my sun shine and keep the darkness from her."

imeantosay March 22 2009, 02:47:12 UTC

"Physically, yes," he agreed, "She's strong and fit and sound, but she ... she can't not feel. They took out the part of her brain that makes it possible for her to control emotion ... don't you understand that? She's easily hurt that way - easier than she believes. I can't .... you can't just go fooling around and leave a day later. As good as your intentions may be right now, what happens if you decide she's not the girl for you and you leave. She'd be ... devastated beyond all reason."

He turned his eyes on River, but he wondered if he was even getting anywhere here or if this was relative to banging his head against a wall.

"I guess you know the consequences," he murmured to River, "I ... it's none of my business."

It hurt him to say that, because it did feel a lot like his business, but he had to realize that his sister was more than just his sister. Even if he wanted to protect her like she was two.

unrivaledgrace March 22 2009, 05:38:51 UTC

River's lips fell open somewhat curiously as she regarded Simon, and she gazed at him with concern in her expression. She didn't like how upset he was getting now. The awkwardness before had been cute - even admirable - but this disraught move that he seemed to be moving into was not funny in the slightest.

The worst part was perhaps that what he was saying was not wrong, it was just misguided, and she wasn't certain how to explain that to him. Then again, she did not give serious consideration to the idea of Kyle leaving her, when perhaps she should. Isn't that what normal girls did in these sorts of relationships? Fret endlessly about the potential end of the good thing? Is that what she should be doing? But the idea just seemed so ludicrous to her ( ... )

whentheinkfades March 22 2009, 05:45:59 UTC

Kyle tilted his head slightly as he listened to River try to explain to Simon. "I have fooled around and have not left a day later," he assured Simon after River had spoken. "I would not leave River alone to her darkness," he continued, his brow furrowing slightly.

He did agree that it was Simon's business, his concern, but Kyle wasn't that guy. "I would not hurt her, and I would leave her only if my staying would hurt her more than my leaving would." Though he didn't foresee any situation in which that was even remotely likely.

"I love her," he stated simply to Simon as if that was all the explanation that was needed. As far as Kyle was concerned, it was.

imeantosay March 23 2009, 00:15:49 UTC

Simon gaped. He opened his mouth as if he could reply to that then shut it again when he realized he couldn't. He just nodded, quieting down to think about that, brows knit together. Fingers drummed on the table as he mulled it over.

"You love my sister," he ventured before glancing to River, "And you ...?"

His head ached faintly and he wondered if he should go have himself looked over by one of the other doctor sorts. Preferably not the one he'd had the dubious pleasure of meeting recently.

unrivaledgrace March 23 2009, 05:57:01 UTC

River looked at Simon, and a small honest smile worked its way back onto her face. "I love him," she said with a nod. "Real and true. Not a fairy tale."

She looped her arm gently around Kyle, stroking her other arm gently down it, and beamed up at him. She wondered why Simon couldn't understand that they loved each other - it was so obvious to her.

Maybe he couldn't see it because he didn't want to see it, or was too afraid to see it. Or maybe he didn't understand how it could be possible. But River knew that things worked differently here - doors were opened for relationships that would not have been able to exist elsewhere. Yes, maybe they happened a bit quickly, but... could he not accept that was just because they were right for each other?

A wry smile crossed her lips. No, she supposed he couldn't. It wasn't in his nature.

Back to all threads