The Other Man [aeryn]

[Ethan Rom]

Right, so what do we know?

One.. Ethan ran it over in his head. There's been a plane crash.. Flight from Sydney to LA.

Two, there are survivors.

Three, one of them is pregnant.

All in all, he concluded, a fairly successful day's work. They would be very pleased, no doubt. In fact, he was on his way back right now to share the good news.

[aeryn //]

Aeryn was again, just wandering around when she saw a man that she had never seen before. Right after she had thought that she mentally kicked herself. Of course she had never seen him before! She was stuck on an island with no one around and possibly no chance of getting off anytime soon. Those were her thoughts as she walked just a little ways closer to him, not saying anything at all. She seemed to have lost her voice during this whole experience.

[Ethan Rom]

Ethan had to remind himself of the role he was playing to stop himself from freezing as she approached, or dropping into a fighting stance. Remember, you're a survivor.. happy to see people

And so he smiled at the newcomer, taking in her features and checking them against people he'd met, or seen so far.. No, he was pretty sure he didn't recognise her from the beach. He offered a tentative "Hey..", waiting to see how she'd respond.

[aeryn //]

Aeryn opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. Yes she could speak, but she wouldn't. Maybe it was caused by trama or something like that. She really didn't know, but she wasn't speaking. The female gave a slight half hearted smile and took another few steps towards him, wondering if she should trust him or not.

[Ethan Rom]

Heh.. no words. Evidently still traumatised, or just shy.. either way, excellent. Just the sort of person he could work with. And probably, given that she hadn't started talking to people yet, not someone who'd been to the beach.

"You don't have to be scared.." He smiled back at her. "What's your name?"

[aeryn //]

Aeryn shook her head, and looked up at him she didn't want to talk at all. But after a few moments lyrics were finally heard from her kissers.

"Aeryn."

She said, not really sure if she should have given him her real name at first or not but oh well.

[Ethan Rom]

"Aeryn.." He played with it in his mind for a while, making sure it became linked with her, taking in every detail so he could be sure of recognising her in the future. "That's.. pretty" He smiled. It was.. very pretty, especially so because it seemed sort of.. exotic. Well, exotic to a guy who lived where people were all called things which sounded similar, like Ethan, or Nathan..

"I'm Ethan.." Ethan extended a hand for her to shake, trying hard to seem normal and approachable so as not to scare her off.. she seemed a litte.. nervy.

[aeryn //]

Aeryn nodded her head so that Ethan would know that she understood. She reached out her hand to his and shook it before taking a step back, she looked around, not seeing much of anything she glanced back at Ethan. Not knowing what to do next.

[Ethan Rom]

Wow.. she was a scared little thing. Little being the operative word.. she wasn't a child in the sense that they would be interested in, but still she could barely be termed an adult, and there was something so.. vulnerable about her.

He needed to calm her down, make her feel at home if she was going to be of any use to him. "So.." Ethan cleared his throat, taking a seat on a log so he didn't seem too overpowering. "Where are you from, Aeryn? When you're not on the island?"

[aeryn //]

Home. The word hit her like a train. She hadn't thought about her home for a while. Her father that never paid attention to her. He probably didn't even know she was missing, and if he did she wasn't even sure if he would care. But he mom would, that was shy she was on the stupid train in the first place.

"North Carolina."

She said quickly, before returning to her thoughts, but she did sit down next to him, on the log.