#lassiward

“I've got you under my skin

I've got you, deep in the heart of me

So deep in my heart that you're really a part of me

My signed copy of Unwind! <3

Finally worked a bit more on it!!! Kinda #sorrynotsorry that there is so much fluff at the end ———————–

“Lassiward at the Beach”

He doesn’t remember who’s idea it was, but it was a great idea. The sun beat down on them, making it harder to see the water through the bright rays of sunshine. He realizes he forgot to put on sunscreen, in the hurry to make it to the beach unnoticed by the general public that camped outside his current residence, he forgot it was hot out. Connor just knew he would end up covered in sunburns by the end of the day, he loathed sunburns. He’d definitely had more than his fair share back at the graveyard, but he didn’t loathe the treatment he’d gotten for them back there. Thinking about his favorite pretend doctor, he turned to face his favorite pretend doctor who also happened to be his favorite person in the world. Her head was turned to look at a bunch of pigeons squabbling not to far away from the blanket they sat on, her eyes watched as they pecked at each other as if she couldn’t help compare they way pigeons fight for their  food to the way society fights for their parts. The warm breeze that blew off the water tugged at her hair, causing strands to whip at her face to which she pulled back and tried to maintain. Connor found himself wishing she would let her hair blow around her face, it made her look even fiercer than he knew her to be.

        Risa turned and caught his eye, hers gleamed as if to say ha, I caught you again!

He didn’t turn away or acknowledge that she caught him staring again, instead he opted to say this: “I forgot to put on sunscreen.”

      She smiled at him in return, she didn’t reach into her tote bag and magically conjure up a bottle of sunscreen or a hat or something. She just smiled.

                        “I know.” Risa told him.

              “ And you decided not to remind me or…?”

                      “ We don’t have any, anyway.”

It made sense,not having any sunscreen. They rarely got to go out in public, especially alone and unprotected like this. They never went outside for long anyway, any public appearances they made were always inside sound stages or filmed somewhere else enclosed.

“We’re so going to be covered in burns, and when we get back, everyone will know we snuck out, it’ll be so obvious.” Risa laughed. Connor laughed too, the thought of them walking in covered in sand and as red as a tomato,denying they left would be comical. It’s not like they could do anything about it anyway, they were the star of the show. That wouldn’t stop them from being mad though.

“What’s even better is we have another big interview on Friday, and it’s a live one! I can just see it- us looking like stupid,awkward tomatoes in front of a live audience.” Connor remarked. He looked at his arm to check for signs of a sunburn forming, oh course he didn’t see a thing. It would be at least a few hours until they showed.

“We’ll be stupid, awkward tomatoes together then. At least we won’t look as pasty white as the last interview.” Risa offered. Their most recent TV appearance was on the Jarvis and Holly Show, and when the show aired, people tweeted these cringey screenshots of them looking as pale as ghosts. That was over two weeks ago, and people still won’t let them live that down.

“Let’s talk about something other than painful sunburns, and pressing interviews.” Connor offered. Risa dug her the tips of her bare toes into the hot sand, not at all flinching from the sudden heat. She rolled onto her back, shifting her beach towel with her body.

“Like what?” Risa says slyly, probably thinking Connor was going to say something playful or witty. Poor Risa, she won’t know what’s about to hit her.

“Like…THIS!” Connor grabbed Risa and put her over his shoulder and began running towards the water. Risa, of course began kicking and doing everything in her power to get Connor to put her down. He laughed at her obviously pissed reaction he loved her, but sometimes you have to toss the one you love into the nearest source of water.

“CONNOR, YOU KNOW I HATE WHEN YOU DO THIS! AH! STOP! OH,NO,NO,NO!”

He went as far as possible down the little dock so she wouldn’t get hurt by hitting the shallow part.With one last laugh, He threw Risa in the lake. She immediately floated back up to the top, fuming, the cold water had not cooled her down like Connor thought it would.

“YOU LITTLE-”

Connor jumped in after her, why let her have all the fun to herself?

“I am so mad at you, Connor Lassiter.” Risa laughed, lunging at him. They wrestled in the water for a few moments before his lips found themselves on her’s. Throwing Risa into the water was most definitely worth it.

“Am I forgiven?” He asked, when they pulled away.

“Maybe, it depends if you’re good at kissing underwater.” Risa challenged. Challenge accepted. He pulled her under the water despite the gravity that pushed them upwards. He struggled finding the location of her lips through the murky water and the tangle of hair. Connor found them and kissed them as long as possible. But defying gravity doesn’t usually last long. Gravity brought them back up, each gasping for air.

“Well, am I good at kissing underwater?” Connor managed. Risa laughed.

“No, you actually suck.”

“Well that’s harsh, you try pulling someone deep enough into the water to be able to properly kiss them before being brought back to the surface. Not to mention how dark it was and the-”

“I’m kidding, wow you take things so seriously sometimes."Risa laughed ringing out her hair with her hands.

I feel like I haven’t contributed content to the Unwind fandom in forever, so have this really messy sketch of a Connor/Risa kiss! It’s not colored because I accidentally made the lines in my background layer and I can’t have nice things. Honestly I still feel super awkward about drawing kisses… I feel scandalous

“Hole..." He grips Risa's hand tighter. "Hole, Risa, hole..." And she smiles "Yes, Connor," she says. "You're whole. You're finally whole.”  

 ―Neal Shusterman,UnDivided   

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