It had been far too long since Ruby and Snow had gotten together. Between the kidnappings, and the magic portals, and the... everything... Ruby felt like she spent more time greeting her friend than actually talking to her.
That's why she'd planned this night. Though plan might have been too nice a word for the excited mess she'd come up with. Pillow's for a fight, hot chocolate for a drink, the inn's largest room just for the two of them... No one allowed but them right now.
Ruby doesn't wait for her long. Snow is never one to keep someone waiting too long, if she can help it. And Ruby is certainly someone she does not want to keep waiting.
The inn is easy enough to find, and the room just as quick locate. And you know what? It's nice to be able to look forward to something for once. A night without running and monsters and curses and the rest of the crazy world. Just a good, fun night. They've earned that much at least.
Snow knocks with her one free hand. Her other carries a simple paper bag. There's so much food here! She couldn't resit trying some of it, so she's brought along something called a 'cheescake.'
It makes her happy, seeing Snow so... happy. Excited, even. Innocent, maybe? Not knowing what cheesecake is... Ruby was actually going to look forward to sharing the first bite with her friend. With Snow.
It was at times that Red lost Snow when she realized how much she truly valued her friend, the only one who had ever fully accepted the wolf and human. It was times when she got Snow back that she promised never to let it happen again. Maybe this time she'd actually make that a reality. Starting with tonight.
Her arms slide tight around Snow the moment she opens the door, and she brings the woman in. She closes the door with her foot to avoid letting go at least a few moments longer.
Snow is easily guided inside by the hands of her friend. "I've missed you too!" she says through a brilliant smile almost stumbling over the end of Ruby's sentence, she's so happy to see her the words just bubble out. There has been a good deal of bad things happening around Snow lately so it comes as such a relief to find this one tiny calm in the storm, here. And who better or more fitting than it to be with her.
They'd helped each other through difficult times before. With Ruby around, she felt a little more like they could do it again. It was nice, after all, to have a person she can trust completely around in days like these.
Ruby held the hug a few moments longer before backing up. She didn't let go of Snow, though - her hands lingering around her friend's waist as she looked into pale woman's eyes, searching for signs of hardship or strain. Snow had gone through a lot, she knew; they both had. And things might only get worse in this place, too.
It was her turn to protect Snow, now. To be there for her friend the way Snow had always been there for her. And maybe they couldn't find a cabin in the woods, but they could have this room for tonight.
"Come on," she said, smiling. "I got dinner; and we can watch a movie..."
She follows Ruby deeper into the room; a peculiar looking place, extravagant in ways Snow isn't quite used to seeing. But it is a lovely place nevertheless. Not that such things truly mattered. It was the company she cared about. Their location was trivial at best.
Snow sheds her jacket in preparation to settle in. Sets the cheesecake box on what looks to be the most appropriate flat surface to do so. Worlds of cheesecakes and movies are still unfamiliar territory to her, but they do sound lovely.
"It's so good to see you. I'm glad you're safe," she says, almost as a sigh of relief.
Ruby's not used to it, either. Not the wealth - not this place's expectations... None of it. The one constant was Snow. The relatively innocent, never been to Storybrooke Snow...
She was still made of iron, though. She couldn't help but feel a spark of pride over how well Snow was holding up.
"I couldn't leave you," she pointed out, giving Snow a kiss on her forehead. "Now come on; I think I found a good movie..." Maybe. She didn't really trust what the capitol would count as entertainment.
There is a fond protectiveness or sorts, as well as the comfortable sensation of security she finds in her friend's words. Sometimes she isn't sure that she deserves a friend like Ruby.
"Okay," she agrees and follows Ruby toward the sofa in front of the large flat screened panel.
She removes her shoes before she sits; peculiar ornamental things clearly not designed for people who do much walking. "Can you even remember the last time when it was just the two of us getting to spend time together? Have fun?"
She's trying... but she isn't sure that she can remember, herself.
That was what Ruby thought, sometimes. She wasn't sure herself that she deserved someone like Snow... the one constant in her life. Her pack. If friends could be soulmates, then... Snow White was hers.
"I... Um. I think it was when we were in the forest," she admitted. "Between getting chased by soldiers..." It had at least been simpler back then. Harsh and dangerous, but simpler.
Snow gives a small sigh through her smile and shakes her head, "Some things never change, I suppose." Its far easier to make light of the situation. Especially when it seems to be true. Why are they always on the run or under a curse or trapped or poisoned or jinxed?! After all this, didn't they deserve a break?
Well, that was why she was here, wasn't it?
To escape all that. At least for a moment.
"You look good," she tells her, after finally able to get a real, good look. She looks healthy. Unharmed. "Have you been treated well here?"
"Everything we want," she promised. As long as they keep fighting. But Ruby doesn't feel the need to remind Snow of that. It's not like either of them are going to be forgetting it any time soon.
"I haven't really been here much longer than you, anyway," she pointed out. Maybe a day or two. Long enough, though. Time without Snow was time worrying about her. Considering everything they had been through, she couldn't help but feel fear.
"Good," she decides on that as her answer. It doesn't sound permanent though; the answer that Ruby gave. She was good. They were both good. For now.
But good seemed like such a fleeting, flickering thing; . Like a small candle braving a windstorm. Just a tiny speck of light in the darkness. But at least, here and now, she and Ruby can huddle around it. Protect it. Nurture it.
"I'm glad," Snow continues. She can't even think about the alternatives right now. Doesn't want to even think about thinking about it. So she changes the subject.
"So, what are we watching?" she's actually quite curious, and she tucks her bare feet beneath her on the sofa, settling in as if it were and old habit.
It didn't matter, anyway; even if the candle went out, even if the wick got wet - because neither of them were letting go of the candle. So what if "good" ran out? They'd make it happen all over again; and again and again - until they could finally transfer the flame of that candle to a roaring fire place.
Their cabin in the woods. She still thought about it, sometimes. Without anyone trying to kill them. Without complications.
She settled herself next to Snow, arm half looping around the woman, squeezing the side. "I don't know," she admitted, glancing at the TV. "The movies aren't really like home..."
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Date: 2013-04-08 07:36 am (UTC)That's why she'd planned this night. Though plan might have been too nice a word for the excited mess she'd come up with. Pillow's for a fight, hot chocolate for a drink, the inn's largest room just for the two of them... No one allowed but them right now.
She was just waiting for Snow to show ujp.
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Date: 2013-04-08 07:57 am (UTC)The inn is easy enough to find, and the room just as quick locate. And you know what? It's nice to be able to look forward to something for once. A night without running and monsters and curses and the rest of the crazy world. Just a good, fun night. They've earned that much at least.
Snow knocks with her one free hand. Her other carries a simple paper bag. There's so much food here! She couldn't resit trying some of it, so she's brought along something called a 'cheescake.'
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Date: 2013-04-08 08:14 am (UTC)It was at times that Red lost Snow when she realized how much she truly valued her friend, the only one who had ever fully accepted the wolf and human. It was times when she got Snow back that she promised never to let it happen again. Maybe this time she'd actually make that a reality. Starting with tonight.
Her arms slide tight around Snow the moment she opens the door, and she brings the woman in. She closes the door with her foot to avoid letting go at least a few moments longer.
"I missed you."
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Date: 2013-04-08 09:53 am (UTC)They'd helped each other through difficult times before. With Ruby around, she felt a little more like they could do it again. It was nice, after all, to have a person she can trust completely around in days like these.
Want to have this set in Panem?
Date: 2013-04-08 06:55 pm (UTC)It was her turn to protect Snow, now. To be there for her friend the way Snow had always been there for her. And maybe they couldn't find a cabin in the woods, but they could have this room for tonight.
"Come on," she said, smiling. "I got dinner; and we can watch a movie..."
Sounds good to me ~
Date: 2013-04-09 07:22 am (UTC)Snow sheds her jacket in preparation to settle in. Sets the cheesecake box on what looks to be the most appropriate flat surface to do so. Worlds of cheesecakes and movies are still unfamiliar territory to her, but they do sound lovely.
"It's so good to see you. I'm glad you're safe," she says, almost as a sigh of relief.
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Date: 2013-04-09 07:37 am (UTC)She was still made of iron, though. She couldn't help but feel a spark of pride over how well Snow was holding up.
"I couldn't leave you," she pointed out, giving Snow a kiss on her forehead. "Now come on; I think I found a good movie..." Maybe. She didn't really trust what the capitol would count as entertainment.
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Date: 2013-04-10 06:19 am (UTC)"Okay," she agrees and follows Ruby toward the sofa in front of the large flat screened panel.
She removes her shoes before she sits; peculiar ornamental things clearly not designed for people who do much walking. "Can you even remember the last time when it was just the two of us getting to spend time together? Have fun?"
She's trying... but she isn't sure that she can remember, herself.
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Date: 2013-04-10 06:36 am (UTC)"I... Um. I think it was when we were in the forest," she admitted. "Between getting chased by soldiers..." It had at least been simpler back then. Harsh and dangerous, but simpler.
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Date: 2013-04-10 06:51 am (UTC)Well, that was why she was here, wasn't it?
To escape all that. At least for a moment.
"You look good," she tells her, after finally able to get a real, good look. She looks healthy. Unharmed. "Have you been treated well here?"
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Date: 2013-04-10 06:57 am (UTC)"I haven't really been here much longer than you, anyway," she pointed out. Maybe a day or two. Long enough, though. Time without Snow was time worrying about her. Considering everything they had been through, she couldn't help but feel fear.
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Date: 2013-04-13 07:54 am (UTC)But good seemed like such a fleeting, flickering thing; . Like a small candle braving a windstorm. Just a tiny speck of light in the darkness. But at least, here and now, she and Ruby can huddle around it. Protect it. Nurture it.
"I'm glad," Snow continues. She can't even think about the alternatives right now. Doesn't want to even think about thinking about it. So she changes the subject.
"So, what are we watching?" she's actually quite curious, and she tucks her bare feet beneath her on the sofa, settling in as if it were and old habit.
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Date: 2013-04-13 07:58 am (UTC)Their cabin in the woods. She still thought about it, sometimes. Without anyone trying to kill them. Without complications.
She settled herself next to Snow, arm half looping around the woman, squeezing the side. "I don't know," she admitted, glancing at the TV. "The movies aren't really like home..."