This is great, melancholy but also hopeful. And I adore the whole end bit:
"Two days?" The disbelief was apparent on his face.
"Almost that, yeah."
He raised an eyebrow and shot her a look. "Must have been a hell of a first date."
Sarah felt the unexpected warmth of a blush forming on her face. "It was... intense."
"This is my little brother we're talking about here, Kyle, right?" He stopped momentarily in his tracks. "So when did you find time to... I think I'm gonna need more details."
"Yeah?" She called flippantly over her shoulder, "well you're not going to get those."
Derek is just so incredulous that his hopeless-around-women little brother could get into a girl's pants in two days! Adds a nice bit of levity and camaraderie to an intense, bittersweet story.
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on 2008-04-27 07:37 am (UTC)"Two days?" The disbelief was apparent on his face.
"Almost that, yeah."
He raised an eyebrow and shot her a look. "Must have been a hell of a first date."
Sarah felt the unexpected warmth of a blush forming on her face. "It was... intense."
"This is my little brother we're talking about here, Kyle, right?" He stopped momentarily in his tracks. "So when did you find time to... I think I'm gonna need more details."
"Yeah?" She called flippantly over her shoulder, "well you're not going to get those."
Derek is just so incredulous that his hopeless-around-women little brother could get into a girl's pants in two days! Adds a nice bit of levity and camaraderie to an intense, bittersweet story.