"If I said yes I'd basically be admitting that I couldn't find you anything, and that'd be pretty damn pathetic."
He closed the door and bent down to carefully undo his shoelaces with one hand, the other bracing the sleeping little creature he'd been carrying. It took longer than it should have because he also had to keep fending Wolf off, ending up with a face govered in slobbery dog kisses.
"Though I'll admit that I came embarrassingly close."
Finding a gift for Ripley had been hard.
He toed his shoes off and went to join Ripley while he opened his jacket to lift out the little black kitten he'd been carrying.
"But I found this little girl here in the shelter, all alone now because her siblings have been adopted. She was the only one left, and she always made me think of you because she's constantly napping. She's got the prettiest blue eyes when she opens them though."
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Date: 2012-12-28 04:47 am (UTC)He closed the door and bent down to carefully undo his shoelaces with one hand, the other bracing the sleeping little creature he'd been carrying. It took longer than it should have because he also had to keep fending Wolf off, ending up with a face govered in slobbery dog kisses.
"Though I'll admit that I came embarrassingly close."
Finding a gift for Ripley had been hard.
He toed his shoes off and went to join Ripley while he opened his jacket to lift out the little black kitten he'd been carrying.
"But I found this little girl here in the shelter, all alone now because her siblings have been adopted. She was the only one left, and she always made me think of you because she's constantly napping. She's got the prettiest blue eyes when she opens them though."