[Just don't expect Ryder to be able to define whatever this is, either. Friends for sure -- very strange friends. He's still her spooky godfather. They're roommates. She might even have the thought that if she saw characters acting like this, she'd say they were falling in love. But Ryder isn't one of the protagonists or charming side characters. She was that grumpy background npc with an interesting design and maybe a few lines here or there, but ultimately not someone worth remembering. Certainly not the type to be paired off except for in maybe one in two thousand fanfics. She's just Ryder and he's just Teo. For now, that's more than enough for her.
His comment brings out a breathless laugh that interrupts the anxious biting of her lip and trainwreck of thoughts that ultimately meant nothing. She squirms just a little, settling in more comfortably now that she has him there, before quietly breaking off a blob of jellybean to suck on while her fingers peeked out the blanket to cautiously run along his more spindly ones. So...very strange. She doesn't mind it.
Don't say anything too nice, huh?]
Prayer of the Selfish Child - "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my toys to break So none of the other kids can use 'em. Amen."
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His comment brings out a breathless laugh that interrupts the anxious biting of her lip and trainwreck of thoughts that ultimately meant nothing. She squirms just a little, settling in more comfortably now that she has him there, before quietly breaking off a blob of jellybean to suck on while her fingers peeked out the blanket to cautiously run along his more spindly ones. So...very strange. She doesn't mind it.
Don't say anything too nice, huh?]
Prayer of the Selfish Child -
"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
And if I die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my toys to break
So none of the other kids can use 'em.
Amen."
[There. Nice and bratty.]