For the Ship meme: Verapollo, 10
Apollo hadn’t thought about it as a date at first, but in hindsight, it was obviously a date. Despite how his place was, Vera came over. Apollo ordered chinese food for dinner, and they watched a movie. Once the leftover food was put away, Apollo noticed Vera moving closer on the couch.
She was as quiet as a mouse, and her expression was quiet and placid as it often was, but he saw her sit up slightly and inch closer in increments. An inch of a scoot over at a time as if trying to surprise him.
She looked up at him with her large, dark eyes and gave him the faintest smile before reaching down to sketch something simple on her pad.
Apollo glanced down, curious to see what it was. He didn’t move away from her, even though he had been worried about giving her space– after all, she was the one who was moving closer…
She held it up, and two sketch figures were on the page, undefined except for the bare suggestion of the pose. One had its head on the other’s shoulder. The other had comically large ‘horns’ sticking up from its head.
There was a question mark and a smiley face beside them on the textured paper.
Apollo flushed seeing it, the question as obvious as the ‘horns’ on his head.
“If you want to,” he murmured, “I wouldn’t mind.”
He hesitantly moved to put his arm around her shoulder.
Vera made a soft humming sound, before the weight of her light torso thumped gently against him as she cuddled in under his arm.
“Thank you, Mr. Justice. Comfortable.”
“Me too.”
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They’re so cute! Thank you for the prompt!
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