EXETERRPG: (2 - 0500) FO Ailynn Bracken/Gabrielle Knight and Ryan Christopher

[Mark Howard]

NRPG: Be careful of mission headers, timestamps have all changed.

 Mission: Lights, Camera….Action?

Day: 2

Stardate: 2446.01.02/2025.07.01

(Toronto, Canada - Knight/Christopher apartment- FO Cmdr Ailynn
Bracken/Gabrielle Knight and Ryan Christopher -0500)

Ailynn slowly drifted awake, always an early riser. Ryan’s arm wrapped
around her, his hand resting delicately on her chest. Smiling and sighing
happily, she turned, and regarded her lover still slumbering happily away.
Carefully she slipped out of the bed, and moved toward the bathroom, to
perform her morning routine, enjoying a warm, luxuriant shower.

Glad of the foresight she’d had to set out for the morning when she’d
undressed, an old emergency team habit, she dressed, and with a happy hum
and a gentle, worry and care free dance around the kitchen, she prepared
breakfast, glad to see that the fridge was reasonably well stocked.
Happily, she laid down rashers of lightly smoked canadian back bacon on the
pan. She’d just call it bacon, but that was an old argument, albeit a
playful one.

Ryan yawned as he lumbered into the room, he had thrown on some gym shorts
to walk into the kitchen. He was groggy and half asleep. “Since when are
you an early riser?” he asked as he poured himself a glass of water. “Come
back to bed, I miss you already.” He said with a smile.

Ailynn smiled playfully. “Awake. Busy. Work. Makeup. Hungry. Cooked.” her
face lit up in delight as she plated up the eggs benedict for both of them.
“No hollandaise, so I used mayo. Coffee is on the way...if I don’t just
throw the mother...I got it.” she smiled and kissed him. “I’m….happy.”

“Well good thing I set the coffee maker timer last night. But I thought I’d
be the only one up.” He said with a smile. “Need to hit the gym to maintain
this chiseled physique.”

“You look fine. It’s what’s in your heart that’s important.” She poured two
coffees, her own strong, and dark. “Table outside. I know we can’t always
do this.” She sighed, happily once more, though her deeper mind was
shouting at her.

“What do you mean? You just agreed to do this with me for the rest of our
lives.”

She sighed as she picked up the plates and carried them out. “I meant a
gentle leisurely breakfast every morning, we won't always have time. Would
you like a croissant?”

“Sorry. Sun isn’t out yet, so brain still….slow. I didn’t mean to sound
ungrateful my dear. And yes I’d love one. Thank you.”

 Ailynn motioned to the deck, and placed the plates on the table at the
corner. “Be right back.” moving back into the kitchen area, she pulled out
a croissant out from the pack and after plating it carried it out on a
small tray with their coffees

“Thanks babe.”

Smiling, Ailynn took a bite of her breakfast and sipped at the strong, rich
coffee. “Mmm.” smiling gently Ailynn basked in the rising sun, the warmth
on her arms matching the warmth in her soul “thoughts?”

“You tell me. You were...ummm...pretty uh...well you know, in rare form
last night.”

“A lady never reveals…”Ailynn said playfully,. A happy smile on her face.
“You make me happy, nothing more to be said” she smiled as she sipped her
coffee once more.

“Well I’m glad, since you agreed to marry me.” He said with a smile. “You
gonna wear your ring to the studio?”

Ailynn shook her head. “I’d like to, and know that I am not ashamed and
I’ll put it on….what was it…? Twitter right now. I don’t want to damage or
lose this when I have to take it off...and on...and off…”

Ryan nodded. “Funny, I figured you’d where to make people jealous.” He
paused. “Please don’t take this the wrong way sweetie. But you seem
different.”

“Good different or bad different.” Ailynn hedged, buying time in her mind.

“Different, you carry yourself different, you mannerisms, the way you walk,
move….its different.”

“Settling. Growing up maybe. Realising that the...numbers in my bank don’t
make me richer?”

“Maybe, but, its, look Gabs, I know you better than anyone in the world,
but you just….its like….maybe its just you getting in character, but the
way you’ve been talking, moving, ummm...loving….it’s like you’re trying to
play Ailynn at home and the studio.”

Ailynn felt the dig to her heart, even though it was delivered to
Gabrielle’s.

“I made love to you wrongly?”

He cut her off. “Oh heavens no! Last night was perfect. What I mean is….you
just...maybe the pressure of the show is getting to you, and you feel like
you need to be perfect, ya know. But just know at home, you can be free.
You can take the pressure off, or I can help you carry it. We’re a team,
now more than ever. It’s ok to leave work and work, and just be plain old
Gabby, normal unfamous Gabby, when you’re with me.”

“I know, and I appreciate that.” Ailynn was sinking, she knew that, and
Ryan, Ryelle, was her anchor.

“As for last night, babe, there was nothing wrong about that, and if you
want to bring Ailynn back into bed, well, I don’t mind.” He said with a
wink.

Her heart sank, it was on her left, but she felt it her body over, he
wasn’t making love to her, he was...to Gabrielle.

“I know. I just had a moment.” she pulled her emotional dams right back up,
her body reverting to traumas past. “Eat up, going cold.” she smiled

He smiled a warm loving smile. “Oh, I forgot to tell you about the fun
phone call I had yesterday.” he said eating. “Gail called. She and I are
doing a Hallmark channel movie together. She’s playing my sister, who tells
me to follow my heart or something. Filming locally so shouldn’t be too
time consuming. Work is work. Anyways, she said that Tristan said the
craziest thing yesterday.”

~Gail...Ash? Does she remember? Ash is the sensible one I can….~ but she
knew that she couldn’t. She was still alone. “Oh? What did she say?”

“Apparently he swore to her that he was actually Trip Williams from the
Exeter. I guess you’re not the only one going method.”

Ailynn sighed, other feelings hanging over her once more like a raincloud.
Smiling gently she ate more of her breakfast. “I’m not going method I
promise, just getting into it I suppose. I’m okay, like I said to you, just
been waking up not feeling quite me.”

“Then who do you feel like?” He asked with a smile. “I mean yesterday you
kept asking questions about how Ailynn felt. You gonna be the next one to
say, ‘oh I’m Actually Ailynn.” He said with a laugh.

Ailynn smiled, looking out over the lake as she sipped her coffee. Laughing
gently, she shook her head. “Sorry to disappoint.” Turning to look at him
she shrugged. “Maybe she has been getting in my head a bit of late. I’m
keyed up is all, nothing to worry about. I walk differently?”


"Yeah" he said as he stood up. "So you're walking like how you walk as
Ailynn on screen." Ryan than loosened his body smiled and mimicked Ailynn’s
walk

“Okay...so I see that, it’s purposeful, places to go…” Ailynn said

"Then you're normal walk is like this." Ryan then mimicked Gabby's walk.

“Wait...my hips actually move like that? That’s much more sensual.”

"So there you go. And yeah I'm a good actor."

“I’m kind of blown away to be honest. I don’t see the back of myself walk…”
Ailynn made a mental note to look at youtube later and try and figure out
this walking thing.

“How was breakfast?” Ailynn sat back, and sipped her coffee again.

"Hit the spot."

“I need to leave at about half six.” She remembered the message that she’d
seen the day before.

"Do you need a lift or are you taking own car?"

“I’ll drive in, its the first day of shooting, so there’s bound to be
someone hanging around at the gates who wants pictures.” She said, trying
to force herself into how she thought Gabbie may react.

"All the more reason to take my car. It's lame and not exciting.,"

“You’re probably right. You good to drop me off on your way?” Ailynn asked,
finishing her coffee.

"Yup." He said smiling.


She reached out and held his hand, smiling gently, then stood up, and sat
on his knees, leaning on Ryan’s head. “You okay?” she asked gently.

"Peachy keen Avril Lavigne."

“I could sit here all day, but need to move, you still headed to the gym?”

"Yeah, but I can drop you off first "

“I’m going to grab another coffee and read through the scripts again.
Haven’t seen today's shooting schedule.”

"On your desk. I highlighted it for you."

“Thank you honey. I missed that. You want another?” She raised her cup. “Or
some juice?”

"How bout some sugar?"

Ailynn smiled, and put the cup down on the table. Then turned back around,
moving one leg so she was sat astride him on his knees, her arms over his
shoulders. Then leaning forward kissed him deeply.

He smiled. "Well breakfast is over,  I've gotten some sugar. Guess I need
to get dressed for the gym."

Ailynn nodded, and stood up, picking up the plates and cups. She then
kissed him again, and then turned, walking away, making sure that her legs
moved the way that Ryan had imitated, and how Ailynn now remembered see
Gabrielle walk in the fashion show video she’d seen yesterday. As she
reached the door, she turned and winked gently.

"Love you Ailynn." He said with a playful smile. "Be out in a bit."

Ailynn’s heart soared, and she felt herself slide more and more into the
security of the moment. “Love you babe.” She replied gently.

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