Simstoryteller drabbles: Tenderly and Condom

[strangetomato]

To get myself into working on the next chapter, I decided to do a couple of the weekly drabbles from the list at Sim Storytellers.







Prompts: Tenderly, Condom
Characters: Ophelia Nigmos, Ripp Grunt
Word count: 100
Pic count: 2

Note: Condom follows directly after Tenderly, as I have arranged them here.






Tenderly




As they waited for the cab to arrive, he reached for her hand, and she allowed him to hold it. The oddness hadn't quite worn off yet, and her heart still leapt a little whenever he touched her like that, with obvious tenderness.

She looked over at him, and he turned his head to meet her eyes. He smiled, but neither of them said anything. Words weren’t necessary. She could see that he was happy for her, and happy to be able to stand there, holding her hand.




Ophelia smiled. After several minutes, she spoke.

"That look really suits you."




Condom




Ripp loved compliments.

Sure, most people did, but him especially. It likely stemmed from all those years where he heard Tank getting praised while he was only criticized. He loved to get attention in any form at all, but never more than when it came from Ophelia. He all but lived for her approval.




They were easing into something more than just friends, and those small things were significant. Holding her hands was thrilling enough, for now. The rest could come later.

Still, he kept a condom in his pocket, just in case. You could never be too ready, right?







 

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I have to temper Ripp's sentimentality with his preoccupation with sex. That line became even more Ripp-like after I went back and elaborated on it:

"Still, he kept a condom in his pocket, just in case, waiting for that moment when he could finally become her lover. You could never be too ready, right? He could, and would, do it anytime, and in any place. She just had to say the word. If she told him she wanted to fuck him right there in the street, in front of Florence Delarosa's flower shop, he'd just smile and start taking off his clothes."

The last part amuses me, because I could so see him doing that, for real. :P

That's nice to hear you say. ^_^ I find it hard to imagine them much differently than that, though I have seen many other interesting and convincing versions of them. It's nice to see what others can bring to the them too (and as long as they're halfways sympathetic to the characters, I can enjoy all sorts of different characterizations). That's what's fun about it.

[simfulacts.livejournal.com]

I will admit for a looooong time I saw Johnny as gay.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one. *snicker* That's never really made sense to me, since he starts the game with a girlfriend. I think it's the alien thing, or the fruity haircut (or the plucked brows? *snort*). I'm as guilty of that as anyone, really, since I have definitely enjoyed my share of Johnny/Tank and Johnny/Ripp stories over the years. I can buy Johnny going either way, really, but he does have a girlfriend, and I've always disliked when people just ignore that.

To tell you the truth, I actually wrote a humourous "letter to the simmers" from Johnny Smith on this exact subject, but I'm not sure if I'll actually have the balls to post it. :P

[simfulacts.livejournal.com]

Post it! Post it! It's the internet, someone will read it. :P

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm sure someone would read it, but I'm not sure I should make such an incisive analysis of my fellow simmers (and myself too). I meant it in jest, but I would be afraid that someone could possibly take offense. But meh... maybe not. I wasn't blatantly criticizing the possibility of Johnny man-love. It was more about pointing out how unfair it is to devalue poor Ophelia in the whole thing.