did we ever explicitly say susan and edmund were banging before peter went to jail? i'm kind of hanging on the leeway that peter finds out about edmund and susan doing it after he gets out of jail, and at first he's like :-/ but ultimately it just leads to that beautiful polyamory we all know and love.
MORE PETER/EDMUND. yeah i kind of failed at my edmund/lucy pevencest attempt back there. they were just so cute being platonic! also, i didn't want him swooping in like a creep when lucy was vulnerable. though... i guess he kind of did that with susan? OR DID SUSAN SWOOP IN ON HIM??
in keeping with the winter theme!:
aravis sees snow for the first time when lune takes them all to boston for christmas one year. she makes cor switch seats with her before descent so she can look out the window, and when they're standing on the sidewalk of terminal E with their bags waiting for the driver to come around, aravis wanders to the bushes and bends down to gaze in wonder at its crown of snow.
"you'll love snow a lot less when the cold sinks in," says corin's voice behind her. then it says, "no! don't put it in your mouth!"
lune has a house out in lexington, and once they have all slept the dead sleep of the jetlagged and convened in the kitchen for breakfast, aravis reels off a winter to-do list she has compiled from a list of movies and things she had seen on tv. it includes: building a snowman, building a snow fort, snowball fights, sledding, skiing ("we'll go to canada for skiing," lune assures her), and this is when corin cuts in and says, "woah woah woah. we can't do all that in one day."
"we'll have to get an early start!" says aravis.
"i bet you won't even want to be out there after like half an hour!"
"stop pooping her party, corin," grins cor. "if the lady wants to frolic in the snow, let her frolic in the snow."
and aravis grins back at him, and the space in her heart that only cor occupies grows just a little bit more.
and then shrinks a little bit less when, once all bundled up and out blinking in the brightness of the snow, the twins suddenly manhandle her, grabbing her limbs -- "what are you--?!" she shrieks -- and toss her into a snowbank. aravis sputters snow as cor and corin make a run for it, hooting with laughter. she shouts curses at them as she tries to stand back on her feet, but it's not as easy as she had thought because the snow is loose and gives way easily. she ends up falling on her face again, and there is redoubled laughter from the other side of the yard.
"what the fuck!" she yells, and then she runs (or tries to run -- it's difficult through loose snow) at them, and then the games really begin. the snow is not ideal snowball snow, so she kicks and swats the piles of snow at them like sprays of water. cor and corin sprint at her like dive-bombing airplanes, and instigate drive-by shovings that do on more than one occasion knock her back into the snow. "you'll be sorry when i build my snow fort!" she shouts, snow in her mouth.
"on your feet, aravis!" says cor. "if you don't pass this test, we won't take you sledding!"
"yeah whatever!" aravis quickly packs down a snowball and holds it between mittened hands. "i'll go sledding without you!" and runs after him, throwing arm raised.
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MORE PETER/EDMUND. yeah i kind of failed at my edmund/lucy pevencest attempt back there. they were just so cute being platonic! also, i didn't want him swooping in like a creep when lucy was vulnerable. though... i guess he kind of did that with susan? OR DID SUSAN SWOOP IN ON HIM??
in keeping with the winter theme!:
aravis sees snow for the first time when lune takes them all to boston for christmas one year. she makes cor switch seats with her before descent so she can look out the window, and when they're standing on the sidewalk of terminal E with their bags waiting for the driver to come around, aravis wanders to the bushes and bends down to gaze in wonder at its crown of snow.
"you'll love snow a lot less when the cold sinks in," says corin's voice behind her. then it says, "no! don't put it in your mouth!"
lune has a house out in lexington, and once they have all slept the dead sleep of the jetlagged and convened in the kitchen for breakfast, aravis reels off a winter to-do list she has compiled from a list of movies and things she had seen on tv. it includes: building a snowman, building a snow fort, snowball fights, sledding, skiing ("we'll go to canada for skiing," lune assures her), and this is when corin cuts in and says, "woah woah woah. we can't do all that in one day."
"we'll have to get an early start!" says aravis.
"i bet you won't even want to be out there after like half an hour!"
"stop pooping her party, corin," grins cor. "if the lady wants to frolic in the snow, let her frolic in the snow."
and aravis grins back at him, and the space in her heart that only cor occupies grows just a little bit more.
and then shrinks a little bit less when, once all bundled up and out blinking in the brightness of the snow, the twins suddenly manhandle her, grabbing her limbs -- "what are you--?!" she shrieks -- and toss her into a snowbank. aravis sputters snow as cor and corin make a run for it, hooting with laughter. she shouts curses at them as she tries to stand back on her feet, but it's not as easy as she had thought because the snow is loose and gives way easily. she ends up falling on her face again, and there is redoubled laughter from the other side of the yard.
"what the fuck!" she yells, and then she runs (or tries to run -- it's difficult through loose snow) at them, and then the games really begin. the snow is not ideal snowball snow, so she kicks and swats the piles of snow at them like sprays of water. cor and corin sprint at her like dive-bombing airplanes, and instigate drive-by shovings that do on more than one occasion knock her back into the snow. "you'll be sorry when i build my snow fort!" she shouts, snow in her mouth.
"on your feet, aravis!" says cor. "if you don't pass this test, we won't take you sledding!"
"yeah whatever!" aravis quickly packs down a snowball and holds it between mittened hands. "i'll go sledding without you!" and runs after him, throwing arm raised.