SNAKES SLITHER

Alexithymiaa: -Steph was in the kitchen with a big pot of red sauce simmering on the stove, the smells of sauce, garlic, and basil filling the whole house. She held a large wooden spoon in her hand as she stood on her toes, stirring the the thick red sauce around in the pot before reaching for the oregano shaker, adding some to the mix to season it a bit more.-
Covet: Felix walked in from PT and actually had his sling on and didn't look very happy at all. The smells of the house did help perk him up a bit though. "That smells absolutely delicious"
Alexithymiaa: -She glanced over her shoulder at him as he came in, sending him a smile. "I was making a big pot so we can freeze it and have for a while without spending so much time making it every week." She set the spoon down and turned around fully to look at him, furrowing her brows at the sling. "What did the therapist say?"-
Covet: "Oh nice, good thinking, but we're having some tonight right?" He asked. then sat down on one of the stools. " Take it easy, leave it in the sling except for when I'm sleeping or showering and nothing exertive on my shoulder." He said glumly, slumping forward.
Alexithymiaa: "Oh of course we are." She said with a laugh, leaning her arms on the counter to match his eyeline. "That kind of seems like you're going backwards instead of progressing. Were you not responding to the exercises the way he thought you would?"-
Covet: "Partially, and I guess I was still overdoing it. I actually had my shoulder pop out of socket today during the exercises." He said "Speaking of can you get me the ice pack."
Alexithymiaa: "Yeah, but that's not that bad. I doubt that was the first time that's ever happened to you." She said, brushing off his comment with a wave and turning around to the freezer to get him an ice pack. Shoulders only pop out of sockets freely when you're dislocated your shoulders that many times, dumb bitch. She turned backk and walked over to him, pressing the ice against his shoulder. "You still need to be more careful, and I told you that."-
Covet: "No it's not, but getting it back in wasn't comfortable. I don't really want to talk about it right now." He said holding onto the ice pack on his shoulder. Cringing a little from the pain.
Alexithymiaa: "Well no, I wouldn't use the word comfortable..." She started, dismissing it when he said he didn't want to talk about it. She let go of the ice pack once he took it, walking back over to the sauce to stir it a bit. "So you'll take it easy. And if you don't, I'll throw things at you. You're going to end up hurting yourself even more if you don't ease into this and follow his damn directions."-
Covet: Felix sighed and closed his eyes , fighting the urge to take his hearing aid out. "Yeah I know.... I might have already done that." He said lowly under his breath to himself.
Alexithymiaa: "What?" She asked because she heard him mumble something, but hadnt been able to make out the words since it was very clearly to himself which only made her want to know what he said even more.-
Covet: "Nothing. I'm just annoyed about this. I just want to be able to shoot like I was before the stupid accident." Felix said whining out.
Alexithymiaa: -She frowned, walking around the counter to frame his face in her hands. "Look at me. You will be able to. This is one very small wrench in a much bigger picture. If you follow directions now, you will be able to do whatever you want later. This isn't going to effect you forever." Clearly shes getting something out of therapy.-
Covet: Felix stared at her, then sighed, "It's not that simple. Steph when I say it wasn't comfortable, it's not just the normal uncomfortable....It was like a pinching, crunching.. it was different than how it normally feels to have it popped back in."
Alexithymiaa: "Crunching?" She repeated, more surprised at that half than the pinching because that happens. "Well did you say something to him? And I mean more than just whining and saying it hurts."-
Covet: "No... Because I was trying to ignore it, but I know it was bad." He said with a frown. "He stopped after we got it back in, so I figured I'd sleep it off tonight, It's probably nothing though."
Alexithymiaa: "Felix... I've had a lot of injuries... but I've never felt any kind of crunching in a joint when it was supposed to be healing. I don't think this is something you should brush off." She bit the inside of her cheek, crossing her arms over her chest. "I think you should make an appointment with the doctor and potentially schedule an MRI. Like.... immediately."-
Covet: "Can I sleep on it first, maybe it will be fine in the morning." He said frowning. "I could have imagined the sound, I am deaf...these things happen." He said trying to justify not going to get any of that done.
Alexithymiaa: "Crunching is something you feel just as much as you hear. I highly doubt you imagined it." She paused, leaning her back against the counter. "You can sleep on it... but I'm going to ask that you please call the doctor in the morning and schedule an appointment. Please." She turned her head, looking him in the face completely seriously.-
Covet: "Ugh, Fine, I will." He said moving the ice pack. I need some tylenol, not that it's going to help much but it will hopefully take the edge off.
Alexithymiaa: "Thank you. Try to groan just a little bit less considering I'm unfortunately fairly confident when it comes to how injuries are supposed to heal and trying to look out for you. Now go stir the sauce and I'll get your tylenol." She leaned in to give him a quick kiss before walking off into the bedroom to head to the bathroom and get tylenol.-
Covet: "Kay." He grumbled after leaning into her kiss, then made his way over to the pot to stir the sauce with the arm not in the sling. He tried shifting his shoulder but winced as he did so, doing his best to hide it.
Alexithymiaa: -She returned with the bottle of tylenol in her hand, her eyes turned down to the label as she spun it. "Did you taste the sauce?" She asked him, pulling her attention away from the bottle in her hands. She spotted the teeny tiny little baby red garter snake on the carpet, the bottle in her hands flinging up into the air as she let out a banshee shriek. She clamored over the stools frantically, climbing up onto the island counter on her hands and knees as she yelled a mile a minute. "THERE'S A FUCKING SNAKE IN THIS FUCKING HOUSE HOW IS THERE A SNAKE IN THIS HOUSE WHY IS THERE A SNAKE IN THIS HOUSE?"-
Covet: "I didn't no, because I assumed it was really hot." He said. "I mean, it's bubbling like lava over here." He said, then jumped when she screeched and jumped up onto the counterl. He looked over to where she was looking and saw the snake, he started laughing. "Really all that over a little snake?" He said walking over to it to get it picked up and thrown outside.
Alexithymiaa: "DON'T PICK IT UP WITH YOUR HANDS!" She yelled at him, peering over the side of the counter as he grabbed it. "Where are you putting it? Not near the house! What if it finds its way back inside again?"-
Covet: "I'm sure it won't, It wants to be outside. One of the cats probably brought him in." Felix said then went to go wash his hands.
Alexithymiaa: -She sat back on her calves still on the counter, her heart racing as she stared at the floor almost expecting to see more snakes. "The cats know better than to bring something like that into this house. I can't believe you just... picked it up."-
Covet: "They are cats, you and I both know they don't listen." He said with a laugh then gave a shrug, "It was a baby, my finger was bigger than it's head. He wouldn't even bite hard. But I took care of it, you can get down now."
Alexithymiaa: "It doesn't matter how hard they bite." She said quickly, remaining completely on the counter. "They slither. With weird tongues." She paused, pointing to the bottle of tylenol on the floor. "There's your tylenol..."-
Covet: He leaned over to pick up the tylenol and opened it up so that he could get a couple out. "Well he's not in the house anymore. It's too dry in here for him. I promise he'd rather be outside."
Alexithymiaa: -She sat for a long moment before slowly sliding off the counter, keeping her eyes on the floor as she shrugged. "I've just... never been a big fan of snakes." She spoke casually, trying to play off her ridiculous outburst.-
Covet: "I get that, not many people are. But that's what you got me for." He said with a grin.
Alexithymiaa: "Fires and snakes?" She asked with a laugh, readjusting her top to hang properly. "And here I'm surprised there was no mention of me being city. You've softened." She reached for his ice pack, walking over to press it against his shoulder.-
Covet: "Yep. Fires and snakes. Yeah well before you were my girlfriend, I can't give my future wife thta kind of shit. And I've become kind of city, so, there's that too." He told her then winced and hissed sharply when she pressed the ice pack to his shoulder. "
Alexithymiaa: "Yeah see I don't know about that. Something tells me you're going to give me shit regardless of our status or how long we've been together." She said as she kept the pack against his shoulder. "Even this is that bad?"-
Covet: He chuckled, clenching his teeth a little "It's fine. It's just from the exercises." He swallowed the two tylenol dry, then walked over to the sink to get a handful of water to swallow.
Alexithymiaa: "Give me one good reason why I should believe that." She said with a frown as he walked into the kitchen, holding onto the ice pack in her hands.-
Covet: "Because I need to believe it." He said to her. "I want it to be okay. It has to be okay...If something is bad with it, it means that I'll be out for the season. That's the whole reason why I'm even able to afford college.." Felix said biting the inside of his cheek as he held his hand out for the ice pack.
Alexithymiaa: -She pursed her lips, holding out the ice pack to him. "Good or bad, we'll make it work. I promise. And worst case scenario, we'll postpone a few things. The only thing I want you to focus on is doing what's right for your body."-
Covet: "We're not postponing the wedding." He said to her immediately. "It's fine... We'll be fine." He said gripping the ice pack to his shoulder, trying to force the ice to make it stop.
Alexithymiaa: "I didn't say the wedding, but we don't need to take our honeymoon immediately. That's a few thousand dollars we could be saving and putting towards something else if we find ourselves in a bind. And I can focus my efforts more on selling some songs than writing them for the Kittens and easily put a few thousand dollars in the bank. I'm telling you, we'll make it work. I don't want you hurting yourself even more because youre trying to force it."-
Covet: "But I really want to go on the honeymoon." He said frowning. "I can still take pictures, I just need to use my tripod. I can sell them too."
Alexithymiaa: "I know and I really want to go on the honeymoon too, but not more than I want you to stay in school and not more than I want you to take care of yourself. There's lots of things we can do to make it work, but the first one is going to be you calling the doctor in the morning." She let out a deep breath, rubbing her hand over her forehead to push her hair back. "Why don't you go lay down and relax and I'll bring you some food in a minute?"-
Covet: "It's okay I can make it work. We'll still go on our honeymoon. I promise." He said then looked towards the bedroom, "Yeah, I'll call them. At the very least to get some pain relief. Thanks..." He said sulking as he went back towards the bedroom to go do as he was told.