young River and Simon scene
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schmericaSimon awoke at the rasped whisper of his name. "Mrrmm?" he said blurrily, blinking.
"Simon, are you awake?"
He could hear the sound of the sheets shifting against each other as River climbed in beside him. He could just barely make out her form in the moonlight through his window. "I am now."
"I couldn't sleep."
He scooted over slightly, and she moved immediately into the space he left.
"Nervous?" Simon said quietly. He caught her hand in his own, smiling to himself.
He could feel River's hair brush against his neck and chest as she shook her head. "I'm so excited, Simon!" She squeezed his hand.
"I can imagine," he said. "It's ... it's a big opportunity for you."
River sighed. "It's amazing. This time tomorrow, I'm going to be on my way."
"This time tomorrow, you'll be gone," Simon said.
River was quiet. She leaned close against Simon, and he slipped his arms around her. After a few moments, she said, "I'll miss you the most," and rested her head down against his shoulder.
"You won't miss me that much," Simon said lightly. "After a few weeks, you'll be too busy there to miss anything. You probably won't even remember to write."
"Don't be stupid," River muttered against him. She yawned and then sat up in a quick move, gazing down at him. Her eyes were bright. "Are you going to be there tomorrow?"
He smiled up at her fondly. "You think I'd let you go across the galaxy without seeing you off? Who else is going to make sure it's a fit vessel for you?" He'd arranged to take off from his studies weeks before; it was going to be the blotch of his perfect record.
River laughed softly. "You don't know anything about ships, Simon. I studied them for weeks last year. You've only even been off planet once."
"So?" He pulled on her arm, and she lay down beside him easily. "I'm your big brother. I'm supposed to worry about you and be overprotective and suspicious. It's my job." River had turned her back to him, and he kissed her nape and pulled the covers up higher over the two of them. "Just like your job is to be bratty and annoying and show me up whenever possible."
"It's possible a lot," River said, yawning.
Simon rested his arm across her stomach and said, "Try to get some sleep, mei mei."
River snorted at that, but within a few minutes he could hear the soft shift of her breathing. After that, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep himself.
"Simon, are you awake?"
He could hear the sound of the sheets shifting against each other as River climbed in beside him. He could just barely make out her form in the moonlight through his window. "I am now."
"I couldn't sleep."
He scooted over slightly, and she moved immediately into the space he left.
"Nervous?" Simon said quietly. He caught her hand in his own, smiling to himself.
He could feel River's hair brush against his neck and chest as she shook her head. "I'm so excited, Simon!" She squeezed his hand.
"I can imagine," he said. "It's ... it's a big opportunity for you."
River sighed. "It's amazing. This time tomorrow, I'm going to be on my way."
"This time tomorrow, you'll be gone," Simon said.
River was quiet. She leaned close against Simon, and he slipped his arms around her. After a few moments, she said, "I'll miss you the most," and rested her head down against his shoulder.
"You won't miss me that much," Simon said lightly. "After a few weeks, you'll be too busy there to miss anything. You probably won't even remember to write."
"Don't be stupid," River muttered against him. She yawned and then sat up in a quick move, gazing down at him. Her eyes were bright. "Are you going to be there tomorrow?"
He smiled up at her fondly. "You think I'd let you go across the galaxy without seeing you off? Who else is going to make sure it's a fit vessel for you?" He'd arranged to take off from his studies weeks before; it was going to be the blotch of his perfect record.
River laughed softly. "You don't know anything about ships, Simon. I studied them for weeks last year. You've only even been off planet once."
"So?" He pulled on her arm, and she lay down beside him easily. "I'm your big brother. I'm supposed to worry about you and be overprotective and suspicious. It's my job." River had turned her back to him, and he kissed her nape and pulled the covers up higher over the two of them. "Just like your job is to be bratty and annoying and show me up whenever possible."
"It's possible a lot," River said, yawning.
Simon rested his arm across her stomach and said, "Try to get some sleep, mei mei."
River snorted at that, but within a few minutes he could hear the soft shift of her breathing. After that, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep himself.
