travelers traveling and on, like the wheel that will take you home

[justsookie]

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She remembers, again, the fact that children born on the island have come to expect the annual downfall of snow, of white blanketing their land momentarily in a way so pristine and pure. There's no need to worry about the snow lasting longer than kids might like, because there are only so many days, easily counted down even by the youngest of children. Smile broadening, Sookie tilts her head in Sam's direction, taking in the color of her eyes, brighter now for all her excitement. "Do you now? Guess that makes you a winter kind of girl," Sookie grins, leaning forward to rest her chin in her palm. "I'm more of a summer girl. I love the sun too much to give it up for anything."

Pressing her lips together at the thought of a certain vampire who would be all too invested in her turning back that admission, Sookie glances up in Mathias' direction again. "Should we set a time? Just so that I make sure I can beg out of a shift if I have to," she smiles, cheeks flushed at the thought. (She wonders, briefly, what Neil would even think, were he to know about any of this.)

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[justsookie]

A girlish blush rises to her cheeks as their hands twine again, and Sookie finds herself distracted by the contact, her thumb brushing gently over the side of his palm. It's such a tiny thing compared to all that they've already done and seen of one another, but there's something about the sunlight that makes her shy, something about taking a few steps back that makes this more serious, and if nothing else, Sookie just doesn't want to mess this up. She's not naive enough to expect a sudden happily ever after for the two of them, but even the start and potential of something deep and lasting, friendship or more, has her heart fluttering against her chest.

"I'll keep that in mind," she tells him, not wanting to seem to eager, and perhaps more importantly, not sure how often she should come over at all. Self-restraint's never been her best skill, and with the three who live in the hut being so much of a family, she doesn't want to intrude too often. Not until she's naturally, perhaps, become part of that group.

Instead, she pushes up on her toes, pressing a brief kiss to the corner of Mathias' lips.

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"Good," Mathias says and he smiles into the kiss, then turns his head slightly, catching her mouth in a longer kiss. There's something about the blush that he finds particularly sweet, and that she's leaned up to kiss him is enough to tell him that this is okay. This will be okay. They've planned a date and he hopes he won't do anything between now and then to give her reason to cancel.

"Then I will see you this weekend," he says against her mouth, then pulls back enough to see her, his fingers still twined with hers.

"See you this weekend!" Sam shouts from the other room and Mathias lets out a surprised laugh, glancing back toward her. She hasn't looked up from her colouring, but it's clear she can hear them and doesn't seem to have any interest in what they're doing beyond the knowledge that she'll get to see Sookie again.

[justsookie]

Her breath catches when he turns enough to capture her lips in full, entire body tensing for a second before it melts away, her hand raising to brush at his cheek as she smiles against his lips. It's sweet, it's romantic, and it's just enough to keep from cloying as her hand brushes down the side of his neck, so glad for the contact, and even more glad for him.

"See you this weekend!" Sookie calls back to Sam, pulling away for that brief instant before her hand rests on Mathias' chest, feeling his head underneath. "And I'll see you as well." Slowly and reluctantly, she squeezes his hand before letting go of it as well, turning on the step and heading out into the sun, still feeling as though she might be on the cusp of bursting.

But she surely doesn't mind bursting like this.