Celebrate (rp for rein_it_in)

[thehorseman]

Laine's requests for ways to celebrate her birthday had been simple. A day without having to fool with anything in the kitchen. A nap in the middle of the bed free from both dogs and her husband, nothing but her body pillow and some peace and quiet. It really didn't take much to make his wild woman happy

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[rein_it_in]

Up? No, she wasn't up but then she wasn't quite asleep either.

Laine had taken an almost childish glee in the ability to close the door to the master bedroom that afternoon and block out the sounds of every and anything going on in the house. She ignored Harvard's whining at the door until the dog found someone else to annoy and she refused to go investigate when the tell tale smells of someone cooking something began to waft upstairs. This afternoon she was doing nothing

[rein_it_in]

"That would be grounds for divorce and I ain't even kiddin'." Laine fixed him with a glare while muttering about how loathsome and vile the little green vegetables were. "You tryin' to make me gag?"

And though she was grousing, she was eating because the meal was good and she really did want to enjoy it. After a few more bites she set her fork down and picked up the jewelry again, playing with the pendant. "Looks just about as blue as the sky, don't it?"

[thehorseman]

His mood definitely lightened at Laine's pleasure in the gift. "Blue as the Montana sky, blue as your eyes. That's what I asked Tadhg for."

Polishing off his last bites of salad, he nodded at the pendant. "I thought he might do something enameled, but instead he suggested that stone. It's called larimar."

[rein_it_in]

Laine was letting it swing back and forth, the chain suspended from her fingertips as she smiled at Anrai's words. Leave it to her damned fool to actually want something as specific as this shade of blue. "You goin' to help me put this on?"

[thehorseman]

Smiling, Anraí got up from his chair and circled around to the back of Laine's. As she lifted the curly mass of her pregnancy-thickened hair, he drew the pendants chain around her neck.

Once it was fastened, he glanced over Laine's shoulder at the flash of silver and blue just above the soft swell of her breasts. Angling his head, he softly kissed her cheek and throat. "Happy birthday, grá mo chroí."

[rein_it_in]

"Thank you, darlin'." She turned her head to catch a quick kiss before Anrai stood up again. "And thank you for humorin' me today and for makin' dinner and for lettin' me lay around like somethin' useless."

Laine played one hand over the pendant resting against her chest as she continued to eat, not usually one to fiddle and fidget but then she wasn't usually one to wear much in the way of jewelry either. It would take some getting use to, having this around her neck all the time.