i_speak_softly: (Wistful look.)
i_speak_softly ([personal profile] i_speak_softly) wrote 2010-06-05 03:14 am (UTC)

Picnic at the lake

[And Raph's got his and feels like he's suddenly starving. Guh.] So the lake, right?

Yes. [Glances up at the sky, wipes his brow.] It seems like a good place to be today.

Almost makes me miss bein' underground during the day.

Agreed.

Yeah, but that's the only thing I miss about it.

[Distracted gaze.]

When we go back I'm gonna go nuts bein' trapped down there. But I guess it ain't much different here. Either way we're trapped. So whatever. [Mumbled:] Just a different kind of cage...

[Comes back from his mental wanderings.] Everyone has them, Raph.

Has what?

[Shakes head.] Never mind.

No, now you gotta tell me.

[Quite deliberately:] Nothing you'd want to hear.

Oh, well jeez. You want me to tell you what I was laughin' about? It was picturin' you drunk.

[Pause.] Delightful. [Picks a spot on the grass near the beach.] Let's sit here.

[Sits in the grass and opens up his sandwich.] Okay, now you gotta tell me.

[Eats sandwich thoughtfully.] Is the idea of me intoxicated really that funny?

Ah...sorta. Mostly it's just weird.

Hm. [Stretches out his legs.] So, funny in a because-it-would-never-happen way?

Funny in a I-never-want-to-see-it-happen way. [Takes a huge bite out of his sandwich. Good table manners as always.]

[Smile. At your brutal honesty in words and actions.]

[With his mouth half full:] Now you tell me what everybody's got.

Ahhh... [Lowers his sandwich, looks out at the water.]

[He'll just eat in silence and stare at Don until he talks.]

[Darn. Can't avoid the question.] A cage, Raph.

Thought so.

Hm. [Continues eating sandwich.]

Well, I wanna be the one guy who doesn't.

[Smiles, then reaches out to squeeze your shoulder.] Do it, Raph.

Damn straight. [Nods and goes back to eating.]

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