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[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy and Hannibal spent a fair amount of time working on Sunshine yesterday, and she is currently resting in one of the beds.

She could probably do with some gentle company.

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Re: Sunshine awake

[sunbaked_baker]

Rae clutches the book out of his reach, grinning. "Nuh-uh, sorry! It's out of your hands now. Bar feels I should read it, so I'll have to do it."

Tragic, yes.

Terribly amused, Sunshine holds the book up and begins the read the blurb on the back of the book in a very dramatic tone of voice, complete with loving emphasis on words of particular drama (or salaciousness), and commentary. The baker may be injured, but that doesn't mean she has to have developed any shame.

"'When not busy serving customers' it's missing a comma there, 'the girls at the coffee shop have a pastime that they find particularly... stimulating; watching and flirting with the firefighters at the station across the street. Alyssa has had her eye on one particular hottie, Evan London, but to her frustration nothing beyond friendship seems to develop between them - until the night her apartment building goes up in flames!' So friendship blossoms into professional obligation? I think that's a step in the wrong direction, Alyssa. 'Upon rescuing her from certain death, he offers her a place to stay until she gets back on her feet.' Thaaat's not contrived at all, nope. 'Despite the tragedy' - another comma missing there - "Alyssa sees this as an opportunity to secure her hunky firefighter once and for all!'"

To Sunshine's credit, she makes it all the way through without dissolving into laughter. But just barely. There's a reason this isn't a genre she reads much of.

Re: Sunshine awake

[gavin62truck]

There is more more wincing and cringing as she reads the synopsis, because it just sounds so, so painfully bad. So bad, it's actually hilarious. She might need to be on morphine to get through it (and all its editing errors).

"Jeez, how something like this ever got published, I'll never know. Like, it's probably full of inaccuracies about firefighting and sexual puns about his hose and engine and tools and whatever. Also? Not to spoil it or anything, but I bet the girl set her own apartment on fire just so the guy could come rescue her, 'cause that's way too much of a coincidence. If she got arrested for arson at the end, then maybe it's a story worth reading!"

Re: Sunshine awake

[sunbaked_baker]

"Well, she's already shown she's willing to use a genuine tragedy as a means to an end. In all likelihood, this'll be a standard 'Boo hoo, woe is me, thank you so much for taking me in in my time of vulnerability, is there any way I can repay you' story. Oh please." Rae says, flipping through the first pages. "An arson plot might - just might - actually be enough to save it."

"...If the author could conquer their fear of commas." Who edited this?

Re: Sunshine awake

[gavin62truck]

He waves a hand. "Mmmnaaah, I think we're giving the author too much credit. And I also should've gotten you a red pen to correct all the punctuation mistakes as you go along."

Self-consciously determining a safe spot on Sunshine that isn't bandaged or remotely injured, Tommy reaches over and gives her an encouraging pat on the knee.

"Well, I think I've provided you with enough entertainment for now. I should get going. Hopefully next time I see you, you'll be up and around, yeah?"

Re: Sunshine awake

[sunbaked_baker]

"I really hope so," she says, emphatically. "Don't really like being stuck in bed all day with little to do but sit."

Too much time to think, she doesn't say. Rae is pretty sure Tommy would understand.

Re: Sunshine awake

[gavin62truck]

"Yeah, try not to go stir crazy in here. I know I would. Sitting still is something I ain't very good at, but if worse comes to worst, you could always try to make a break for it when the coast is clear. I won't tell."

He gives her a wink and a crooked smile.

"I'll see ya, sweetie."

With one last pat to her knee, he leaves her to enjoy the romance novel.