Sunshine smiles at that, brief and wry, then devotes her attention to getting settled under the blankets. That's better. Three cheers for warmth.
When he asks her how she's been, she opens her mouth to say 'fine,' then shuts it. Okay, so, she doesn't want to talk about her feelings, or retread the horrendously shitty turn the path has taken re: certain vampires. What a waste of the cheery atmosphere that would be. But she's also with pretty much the only person who might be able to offer some insight - or at least some informed sympathy - and she feels safe.
She doesn't want to lie about her feelings, either.
The silence has dragged on long enough now that she's pretty sure he'd call bullshit if she tried to backtrack into Everythingisfineville, anyway, so she doesn't. Instead, she turns her face into his shoulder with a drawn-out "hrrrrrrrrrrrngh" of general dissatisfaction. Then, dryly, "You?"
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When he asks her how she's been, she opens her mouth to say 'fine,' then shuts it. Okay, so, she doesn't want to talk about her feelings, or retread the horrendously shitty turn the path has taken re: certain vampires. What a waste of the cheery atmosphere that would be. But she's also with pretty much the only person who might be able to offer some insight - or at least some informed sympathy - and she feels safe.
She doesn't want to lie about her feelings, either.
The silence has dragged on long enough now that she's pretty sure he'd call bullshit if she tried to backtrack into Everythingisfineville, anyway, so she doesn't. Instead, she turns her face into his shoulder with a drawn-out "hrrrrrrrrrrrngh" of general dissatisfaction. Then, dryly, "You?"