November 24, 2023 – 9:03 PM
Melody Crouch — Played by Emma
"You do?" The question tumbled out without thought as Melody turned from watching Nora to him once more. They were closer now - not as close as last night, but close enough that he could touch her if he so chose - and her heart thundered in her chest. Ben wanted to stay, wanted some semblance of a relationship with her again.
Nevermind that he was speaking about the speed of how things might progress, Melody was still stuck on him wanting her at all. The physicality of things always came easy to them, but this - a genuine relationship - hadn't. "You want to stay?" You want me? was what she really meant.
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beautiful set by mj
November 26, 2023 – 10:39 PM
Reuben Crouch — Played by Lynn
The strength of her reaction left him surprised and sheepish. Was it really so unbelievable that he wanted things to work out between them? He'd come back time and time again to try and mend things, and so had she... just never in any way that stuck, long-term. But when the alternative was more of what they were doing now — obviously he wanted it to work. It was just a matter of whether it could, or whether anything they did together was just wasted effort and buildup to more heartbreak.
"Well, I..." he started, not sure what to say. "I mean. It's a lot to work through but... yeah, I want — yeah."
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November 26, 2023 – 11:11 PM
Melody Crouch — Played by Emma
"Of course," she agreed, because when didn't they have difficulties to work through? There was always something, always a rough patch in the road that derailed them completely. Melody took a step forward just enough so that he could take the hand she extended comfortably. "We'll go slow and maybe we can talk more this afternoon? Nora will be getting tired soon I'm sure." Nora's wake windows were shorter than they were prior to the accident, so this afternoon might come sooner than they believed.
beautiful set by mj
November 26, 2023 – 11:39 PM
Reuben Crouch — Played by Lynn
Ben nodded, relieved that the conversation seemed to be over for now, and that it wasn't ending on as sour a note as many of their conversations seemed to. "Yeah, alright," he agreed. He reached out to take her hand for just the quickest second, a fleeting grasp, then dropped it and turned his attention towards the direction Nora had wandered in the garden.
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