The mirror flood, or BookFort 2.0

[mrs_persson]

Who: Una Persson, O'Brien, and semi-open (see Notes).
What: In which Una tries to keep O'Brien safe, tries not to get killed, and probably tries to keep other people from getting killed.
Where: Una's cabin and elsewhere.
When: Throughout the mirrorverse flood.
Warnings: For Una and O'Brien's threads, much bitching. For the others, probable dark

Comments

Re: early third morning

[happinessboys]

"Perhaps," he said with a laugh. "You would, too, if you weren't so...you." Properly descriptive words failed him at the moment.

Re: early third morning

[happinessboys]

"That's what I meant." He didn't even want to think about that joke, but...there was no going around it. He stared again at the other man, not sure what to think or feel about that.

Dear God, this flood was so bad that even that was almost a little amusing.

Re: early third morning

[happinessboys]

He shrugged and looked away, trying to break the stare. "I know it was. But I didn't think you could actually bring yourself to joke that way."

Re: early third morning

[happinessboys]

He chuckled again, though it was a relief to know that not all of his orthodoxy had fallen by the wayside. He trailed his fingers in the water idly, though he really had no interest in it.

"No one said you were a prude."

Re: early third morning

[happinessboys]

"Now, now, my dumb proles are quite capable of restraint sometimes. They have their own values but..." He laughed. "Yes, yes they are."

Re: early third morning

[happinessboys]

Beatty just watched him, hoping that he wouldn't fall it. That...would be awkward to try and explain to O'Brien's warden. Not that Beatty really wanted to try.

"Not that I count myself among them, remember." He laughed.

Re: early third morning

[happinessboys]

He didn't even notice it. Outwardly, Beatty seemed fine. Even happier than normal. But he wasn't the same inwardly. Being around that much temptation was daunting and he had even given in a few times. That hadn't been a part of the plan. At any time.

"Of course I do. Well..." He glanced to the door, though the implication that followed was mostly in jest. "I did."