[Action post: Moving, day 2]

[oxenstierna_b]

As the the sun rose that sunday morning, it found the hall full of cardboard boxes of various size, as well as a few pieces of out of place furniture. Berwald had already driven over some boxes since Sindre and Valdi had made the decision to move in, and they'd already gotten rid of some furniture that had been decided was not worth keeping, but

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[talks_to_nisse]

Placing another book on the shelf, Sindre resisted glancing to the door of the library. Berwald had been watching him all day. Not overtly, and he had been helping with unpacking. But when he didn't think Sindre could see him, his eyes had been fixed on him.

Not that such attention was a bad thing, per se. But it wasn't just simple attention. Sindre knew that look, knew what it meant when Berwald hung back, said nothing, and just watched.

"Spit it out," he called over. "Whatever it is you're having trouble saying."

We'll see then, hm?

[oxenstierna_b]

"Ah," Berwald said, pushing the book he'd just picked up onto a suitable place on the shelf and then wiping his hands from the slight coating of dust on them. Surprisingly, it was mostly a relief to be asked straight out.

"Was just wondering if... uh, which room ya wanted...? Not that I mind sharing! But. Um." He fell quiet, face crumpled slightly in exasperation at himself, and gave Sindre a questioning look.

Awesome.

[talks_to_nisse]

Sindre slid his book in an paused, finger tapping against the spine. "I should probably have my own room," he decided. "For appearances, at the very least. And I'll need a place to do work, and it would probably good to have my own bed. No use throwing out one I just bought, and if one of us is angry, it'd be good to be able to get some space. Plus, if papers have me keeping odd hours, I wouldn't want to wake you."

He looked toward Berwald for the first time since they'd started on this particular task.

"But just because I'll have a separate room doesn't mean we have to sleep alone."

Re: Awesome.

[oxenstierna_b]

Some of the tension left Berwald's shoulders and face, softening them.

"Yeah, that's what I thought too," he replied. "I mean, that sounds good."

He picked up another book, giving himself something else to focus his gaze on and to gather himself. They standing close enough to each other that it wasn't very awkward to reach out and lay his hand on Sindre's arm, for no reason but that he could, before he looked up from sightlessly scanning the spine of the book.

"I s'pose everyone needs a place to sulk, huh?" he joked. "I'm calling th' basement m'self."