welcome to the playground

you are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world

They have been back in Stormbreak for a couple of days now. Everest has reunited with Mateo, they have taken a look around the Pacifist Plaza, and they have selected an apartment above a bakery, which naturally makes for a very cozy atmosphere indeed. Still, even though he awakens (that's a technical term, he didn't sleep) to the smell of freshly baked bread, it's on silent, bare feet that Finn approaches the windows.

Drawing back a curtain, he finds himself staring down and into the Pacifist Plaza as though he doesn't recognise the place at all. His glasses are still tucked away in his belongings somewhere, but he swears he can see something out of the corner of his eye anyway. It's probably the lack of sleep, in all honesty; the trek through The Climb and then through Torchline took more mental fortitude than he had given it credit.

He ought to go back to sleep, or at least to try. But instead, because it is Finn, he heads to the kitchen instead to make a pot of coffee.

and that, I believe

is why you are in so much pain

FINN

if we ever stop talking, sing me a song

Quietly, but not so quietly that her presence might go unnoticed, Tobi follows Finn into the kitchen once it becomes clear he isn't planning on coming back to bed. Like most canines, October is an excellent sleeper, but so too is she able to wake up without a trace of drowsiness when needed. This morning she's mostly awake, despite the yawn she hides with the back of her hand.

Pressing her fingertips against Finn's sides that he might fully register her presence, Tobi slides her hands around his chest as she places her cheek against his back. "Morning." She mumbles against him, nuzzling between his shoulder blades. Knowing better than to ask how he slept (or if he slept), she merely marks the time of day and makes a mental note to suggest that they nap that afternoon. "Yes you woke me, but I don't mind. I like having coffee with you in the morning." Tobi adds with a soft smile as her fingertips lace together around Finn and she gives him a gentle backwards hug.

October

you are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world

Finn's breath hitches sharply at the feel of her hands on his sides as she slips up behind him, but he's used to it enough these days not to drop the coffee pot. Quite when they began to push his boundaries as the norm is beyond him (is this some sort of treatment, Doctor Hart?), and while he doesn't enjoy it, he tolerates it from Tobi. "Good morning," he says softly, pouring them both a mug of coffee and opening his mouth to ask the inevitable, but she beats him to it.

"Ah - I'm sorry," he says instead, glancing over his shoulder at her. "I'm glad, though. I have missed the coffee from Stormbreak." Everything from Halo seemed harsher somehow; Finn understands it, but that's not to say he hasn't been craving his home comforts. "Is Everest still asleep?" It's one thing to wake his girlfriend (gasp, he's saying it to himself now and everything) but worse still to wake their son.

and that, I believe

is why you are in so much pain

FINN

if we ever stop talking, sing me a song

With a sigh to cover up the feeling of inadequacy followed immediately by the mental reminder that Finn would always be who and what he was, Tobi swallows her disappointment, releases the former Spyglass, and instead accepts a cup of coffee from him. 'He is. He's been sleeping so much more soundly since we came back.' Smiling, pleased that at least one of them was feeling more at ease, Tobi blows softly over the rim of her mug as she moves to the other side of the kitchen to lean against the cabinets.

"Weather reports say it's supposed to be a nice day today. I was thinking of going to see Ronin to see if he needed any medical assistance anywhere." Surely in the season since they'd been gone October had been replaced, but there was almost never a surplus of medical staff. "Have you given any thought to what you wanted to do..?"

October

What a lovely bit of Stormbreak you've encountered. Look at all the things around you that aren't relics.