She knows that tone all too well. It's one she heard all the time growing up, and even though she likes Eskel and knows that he doesn't mean anything by it, it also ignites that same coal of anger and need to prove herself in her chest that she's never been able to extinguish.
"Okay," she says, and steps over his body so she can stand at his side, his body between her and the bed. Dropping to her knees, she moves just that much faster than a normal person might, shoving one arm under his legs and the other under his shoulders, getting a grip on his shirt because he isn't being accommodating and shifting into her arms so she can cradle him comfortably.
With a low grunt and a quick yank, she hoists him up into her arms, using the momentum of her hauling his bulky frame off the floor to help send her rocking back up onto her heels. It's not exactly effortless, but she doesn't stagger and drop him either, and it's only a few small steps between where she's standing to the edge of the bed, where she can toss him onto the mattress to land with a satisfying whump.
"And stay there," she says, dusting off her hands.
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Date: 2021-08-20 04:48 am (UTC)"Okay," she says, and steps over his body so she can stand at his side, his body between her and the bed. Dropping to her knees, she moves just that much faster than a normal person might, shoving one arm under his legs and the other under his shoulders, getting a grip on his shirt because he isn't being accommodating and shifting into her arms so she can cradle him comfortably.
With a low grunt and a quick yank, she hoists him up into her arms, using the momentum of her hauling his bulky frame off the floor to help send her rocking back up onto her heels. It's not exactly effortless, but she doesn't stagger and drop him either, and it's only a few small steps between where she's standing to the edge of the bed, where she can toss him onto the mattress to land with a satisfying whump.
"And stay there," she says, dusting off her hands.