1.05: Changes (Rated R)

I'm not gonna lie, kissing Joaquin caught me, like, totally off-guard.

But it felt...right.

I don't know if there's a Watcher out there, but if there is, I sent them I silent "thank you" for sending Joaquin my way.

But the garden was calling, so we went to go handle it.

Joaquin was a huge help - two people definitely made the job, like, so much easier.

I gave him a quick reward before we parted ways to go look for more harvestables nearby.

I beat him back to the house, so I made a quick fruit salad for dinner. Damn, I really needed a stove soon - with two people, it'd be helpful to have one, I guess. Even though I can't cook for shit. But Joaquin doesn't need to know that.

But the salad was way easy. And it smelled good. Score one for Brittany.

Joaquin came back shortly after.

"Find anything interesting?" he asked me.

"Nah, just some more bluebells and pears. Nothing new. But we can sell those I found for a profit, I guess."

"I found a couple of crystals and a frog, but my real treasure was waiting for me when I came in."

"Watcher, you are a sappy bastard."

"But I'm all yours." Joaquin gave me a mischievous grin. 

He started to tickle me. I knew he was up to something!

"Stoooop." But I was laughing too hard. "OhmyWatcher, Joaquin. I mean it." Still laughing. Whoops.

He stopped and pulled me closer. Make-out time. Not a bad tradeoff.

I don't remember ending up in the bedroom, but I do remember him coming up for air.

"I have something we could do even better." he whispered, his accent thick.

And better it was indeed.

*** 

Author's note: Joaquin, I'm so sorry for putting a shot of you in tighty whities online. 

Something I didn't include - the fireworks at the end of the WooHoo. Ending with a bang, I suppose.

...okay, I'll stop. This is about as far as I got in gameplay (the only difference was ending the pose in the last shot and letting them go to sleep - they earned it, as far as I'm concerned). This is also the first time I've used poses - Couple Poses #15 by Rinvalee and I'm Sorry Pose Pack by Misfit Sims. I don't like using poses often, as I prefer my Sims tell the story and I merely caption it, but an idea popped in my head for a picture where the appropriate animation wasn't provided by EA. So the last four pictures were the end result of a good three-hour Tumblr prowl and my MacBook throwing a fit and almost overheating during the trial run in a different save. Fun times.