Bubble Bath! -- Milliways

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Sam woke up about three hours after she and Danny had fallen asleep (she'd made sure to check her watch this time). Blinking her eyelids up slowly, a fond smile crossed her face as she perceived Danny... out like a light, fingers sprawled protectively over her lower back.

"Can't stop being a hero even for one second," she murmured, and lightly kissed his cheek, smoothing back one or two black, thick strands of hair from his face. "Dork."

She didn't want to move -- and didn't, for a few minutes, just relaxing and enjoying feeling cozy and warm and close -- but eventually her bladder won out, and she gently slipped out and away from him, mourning the loss of warmth.

Yawning sleepily, she made her way out of the bathroom a few minutes later, fully intending to crawl back into bed, when she did a double take and peered back inside. Because there was a bathtub and shower there that looked big enough to rival her own. Considering Sam's house mansion, this was saying something.

A bath would be... really, really nice... She bit her lip.

She already knew where the towels were after cleaning up after Danny's drinking episode last time. She peered into the cupboard and had a nice jaw dropping moment. "No way!" No way was that a bottle of lavender bubble bath. Just... no way.

She was totally giving the Bar all the money she had left. Totally.

She turned on the water and was pleased to see it was sparkling and adjusted the temperature, still rubbing sleep out of her eyes. After all the stress of the last few weeks (months, years), she'd barely been able to get enough sleep, let alone have time for other relaxation techniques. Sam loved bubble baths. Sam loved being able to relax and not be afraid to take longer than a five minute shower (the way things were going, she was not risking a ghost flying through her shower wall, she just wasn't).

Once the tub was filled with amazingly huge and fluffy purple bubbles, she sank in and let out a rare completely content sigh, submerging enough to soak her hair and rub bubbles out of her eyes. Life was great.

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Goal achieved.

His eyes popped wide open.

But, aha, he'd learned her wily tricks! He could be just as tricksy!

"...Can you even hold your breath that long?"

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"I dunno," she said, slyly. "Can you?"

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

"...Probably not," he admitted.

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"Didn't think so," she said, and floated back away from him, grinning, sticking out her tongue. "Chicken."

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"I bet I can totally hold my breath longer than you. I bet you."

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"You're on, ghost boy." She paused. "Rules. No powers. And you gotta hold your head underwater, including nose, so that you can't secretly breathe in."

Grin. "Three... two... one." She immersed her head and raised her eyebrows at him, the surface of the water just barely touching the tip of her nose bridge.

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Danny gulped in air and stuck his nose and mouth under, staring her down.

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Sam was so not breaking. Not even if she turned blue.

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Red usually came first, blue later, as Danny demonstrated at the minute mark.

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The urge to laugh was strong, but she didn't. She did raise her eyebrows at him.

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Okay, he had the lung capacity of a fish.

Who, uh, kind of didn't have lungs. He sputtered and surfaced, coughing.

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Sam snorted into the water, which got water up her nose, which hurt. "Owwww."

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

It was funny how they could go from acting very, very adult (perhaps too adult) to...

Well, acting like they were five.

Danny, annoyed that he'd lost, flicked soap suds at her.

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Sam, annoyed that she'd gotten water up her nose, made an "Ugh!" sound at him and splashed a large wave of water over his head.

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

There was more splashing and it was likely that there was less water in the tub than outside it.

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Eventually, when they'd gotten tired of being five (for now) and just gave up, Sam rested her head against the side of the tub and sighed.

"My nose hurts," she said, mournfully.

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"Want me to lick it? Maybe that'll make it feel better."

Danny was not done acting not-his-age.

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"Sure," Sam countered, continuing to look mournful. "A kiss would do better, though."

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"...That would work, too," he said, leaning in to do so.

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She ducked lower to kiss his lips instead.