( Wibbly, wobbly, bobbly, boo, just accept that's gonna be you! )
No problem!
( It's easy enough to say that, knowing she can school her voice to look cheerier than the expression on her face. It's a small blessing, that he can't see that concern there. )
Let me get this waterbottle open... One sec!
( She pulls herself away, taking the waterbottle into her lap and twisting the top off. It's not a new bottle -- these get reused -- but the water's decent, and room temperature, which wasn't refreshing as much as ice water might seem, but was kinder on the stomach.
She pulls out her borrowed straw, plopping it down into the neck of the waterbottle. )
Lift your right hand for me? I'm going to get the waterbottle set up for you. I went with the straw, by the way. Spilling when you're starting to go under is the worst. You feel so silly! At least I usually do.
( Continuing to converse as she reaches for his hand, if he offers it lke she asks, and even if he doesn't. She plans to help get his hand(s) wrapped around the bottle, and then prompt him to open his mouth to touch the straw against his lower lip. Hunting those things down when you could see them was stupidly difficult enough. )
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No problem!
( It's easy enough to say that, knowing she can school her voice to look cheerier than the expression on her face. It's a small blessing, that he can't see that concern there. )
Let me get this waterbottle open... One sec!
( She pulls herself away, taking the waterbottle into her lap and twisting the top off. It's not a new bottle -- these get reused -- but the water's decent, and room temperature, which wasn't refreshing as much as ice water might seem, but was kinder on the stomach.
She pulls out her borrowed straw, plopping it down into the neck of the waterbottle. )
Lift your right hand for me? I'm going to get the waterbottle set up for you. I went with the straw, by the way. Spilling when you're starting to go under is the worst. You feel so silly! At least I usually do.
( Continuing to converse as she reaches for his hand, if he offers it lke she asks, and even if he doesn't. She plans to help get his hand(s) wrapped around the bottle, and then prompt him to open his mouth to touch the straw against his lower lip. Hunting those things down when you could see them was stupidly difficult enough. )