At the two second mark, his hand darts from the wood to the handle. In another breath, the watch hits the floor.
Sweeney sweeps her up in his arms, his mouth devouring hers like a man parched from walking 40 days in the desert. He nudges the door open and swings them inside, only to promptly kick it shut with a sharp snap of his boot.
The smell of nature is overwhelming once the door opens. The reason is immediately obvious.
It’s not a hill, more of a slope that’s wedged into the corner of the room where the shared wall between their cabins meets the far wall. The patch of canvas beneath it is about 15’ square, and is mostly covered, though the corner towards the center of the room is a bit bare. Chunks of soil have strayed off onto the carpet along the sides.
The rolls of sod haven’t completely taken, but the extra days had allowed him the ability to get some roots in, and there’s a patch at least equivalent to a full-size bed running up to the corner. Stray pots-worth of flowers are speckled along the sides and clearly more recently added.
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Date: 2021-12-19 04:04 am (UTC)Sweeney sweeps her up in his arms, his mouth devouring hers like a man parched from walking 40 days in the desert. He nudges the door open and swings them inside, only to promptly kick it shut with a sharp snap of his boot.
The smell of nature is overwhelming once the door opens. The reason is immediately obvious.
It’s not a hill, more of a slope that’s wedged into the corner of the room where the shared wall between their cabins meets the far wall. The patch of canvas beneath it is about 15’ square, and is mostly covered, though the corner towards the center of the room is a bit bare. Chunks of soil have strayed off onto the carpet along the sides.
The rolls of sod haven’t completely taken, but the extra days had allowed him the ability to get some roots in, and there’s a patch at least equivalent to a full-size bed running up to the corner. Stray pots-worth of flowers are speckled along the sides and clearly more recently added.