ornamental flower show
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Destang isn't too thrilled with Ivan, but since his lack of thrill takes the form of sending Ivan to a flower show to be out of the commodore's hair rather than, say, confining him to quarters like poor Galeni, Ivan isn't going to rock the boat. He leaves the half-commlink with Galeni in case Miles suddenly has an emergency and goes off as directed to meet the lady he's escorting.
He finds her at the University of London's Horticulture Hall, shepherds her around, makes comments of limited sophistication but genuine enthusiasm regarding the pretty flowers, and excuses himself a couple hours into the affair for a bathroom break.
He finds her at the University of London's Horticulture Hall, shepherds her around, makes comments of limited sophistication but genuine enthusiasm regarding the pretty flowers, and excuses himself a couple hours into the affair for a bathroom break.
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Date: 2014-09-11 02:04 am (UTC)He goes.
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Date: 2014-09-11 02:06 am (UTC)She sits on his bed.
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Date: 2014-09-11 02:09 am (UTC)"I don't know what to say," he says. "I don't know... what to do. This is not a usual condition for me and I'm having trouble adjusting."
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Date: 2014-09-11 03:23 am (UTC)He takes a deep breath.
"When we were talking to haut Kety from inside that stolen bubble you kept making this face every time he called you 'love' and you rolled your eyes when you said it back. And you didn't know what clarium was. You cut Nadina's hair. Everyone kept thinking that Ivan was the mastermind and it ticked me off immensely. I fell onto the inside of the force-screen... one time I asked you how pathetic it was that I fell to my knees when I first saw you, and you said it was endearing because you like the way I project my experiences into the world, and I declared an intention to become insufferably smug about it. When we got married the first time the candies were shaped like little flowers in little bubbles and I couldn't quite decide if the symbology was as obvious as it seemed but I never asked. When you first told me to call you Linya it was in the embassy foyer, between getting married and leaving the planet. After the first time we made love you met Ivan in the corridor and told him I was sleeping and he cracked up, and the next time I saw him we kept giggling at each other and I could not for the life of me explain to you why. I still can't, for that matter. It took me something like a week before I figured out how to disengage from marital relations of my own will instead of just going on until you wanted to do something else or I fell asleep on you. Also the first time you kissed me was after I admitted I'd been arguing with Ivan about whether or not I was going to be, ah, maritally disappointed. You picked me up. It was quite adorable."
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Date: 2014-09-11 03:45 am (UTC)"When Illyan met us at the shuttleport I told him fast-penta doesn't work on haut women and he looked really noncommittal and I still don't know if he already knew. The face you made the first time you got a good look at Cockroach Central was amazing. It made Illyan apologize on the spot. Sometimes I still think about calling it 'the enormous concrete dropping of some kind of mythical Bad Taste Dragon' and giggle to myself. I remember you suggested we get some ladders and let the neighbourhood children paint it, and I can't remember if I said so but I thought you might be overestimating the artistic ability of Barrayaran neighbourhood children... I think it was on the walk from there to Vorkosigan House that I told you I'd take a wedding oath capped with 'and anyone who doesn't like it can take a wormhole jump to hell'. I had an urge to say it when the time actually came, but I refrained. I still use 'kitten-tree' as an adjective for especially quirky feats of bioengineering - I thought it when I was buying you that live fur. The first time you met Mother she asked if she was welcoming you to the family or housing an exile or a refugee. Then while you were talking while I screwed around with luggage she let on that I've been known to disable the safety measures in a lightflyer. You're really fond of groats, have been since you first tried them."
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Date: 2014-09-11 03:48 am (UTC)and leans forward and scoops him up.
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Date: 2014-09-11 03:50 am (UTC)Miles clings.
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Date: 2014-09-11 03:52 am (UTC)"I love you," she whispers.
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Date: 2014-09-11 04:06 am (UTC)"You know you only get to do this once, right? You only get to tell me that this is the end of the secrets and there's nothing else to hide once. Zero-one-infinity rule. If it happens more than once I will never know where it ends."
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