[Silco walked them both to the bathroom with the biggest tub in the house. He kept her tucked in the blanket as he seated her briefly on the edge of the tub so that he could lean over and plug it and begin the process of filling it with hot water. It would take several minutes for that after he had tested for the appropriate temperature.
He stepped away to grab a hair brush from and a comb and made a point to pull out her long matted mess of blue hair from the blanket's nest to let it pool on the floor. No doubt there was a creature or two living in it, and that wouldn't be the first time either. Still, it was clear that she had walked the whole way dragging this mass behind her, and it would take hours to put to rights again.]
Then don't. I will be here with your regardless.
[He reached out to comb out her bangs first, reminded every day how they had come about from his own hair styling years ago before he had abandoned the look to what it was now. That brief stint as a young man again reminded him how he never wanted to go back to that weak little man, but it pleased him that Jinx carried the old look in the bangs anyway.]
Unless you'd prefer some other company, that is? [While his tone was pleasant enough, there was a threatening undercurrent of Don't you dare. This was his time with his daughter.]
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Date: 2024-12-29 06:25 pm (UTC)He stepped away to grab a hair brush from and a comb and made a point to pull out her long matted mess of blue hair from the blanket's nest to let it pool on the floor. No doubt there was a creature or two living in it, and that wouldn't be the first time either. Still, it was clear that she had walked the whole way dragging this mass behind her, and it would take hours to put to rights again.]
Then don't. I will be here with your regardless.
[He reached out to comb out her bangs first, reminded every day how they had come about from his own hair styling years ago before he had abandoned the look to what it was now. That brief stint as a young man again reminded him how he never wanted to go back to that weak little man, but it pleased him that Jinx carried the old look in the bangs anyway.]
Unless you'd prefer some other company, that is? [While his tone was pleasant enough, there was a threatening undercurrent of Don't you dare. This was his time with his daughter.]