prompt: Laugh
Recently, Rose has had a secret goal in life. It's one that no one knows about, although she's pretty sure Dimitri suspects—after all, it's practically impossible for her to keep anything from the Russian, since he knows her better than anyone.
Every day, in a hundred little ways, she does her best to bait Christian, going out of her way to be even more irritating than usual. Not because she likes to pester him—although truth be told, she does normally enjoy it way more than she should—but rather, she's doing it in an attempt to take his mind off the situation with his Aunt Tasha.
It kills her to see her friend hurting, so she does her best to engage him in the verbal sparring they both excel at, hoping that against all odds she'll be able to make him laugh, easing the sorrow that haunts him, if only just for a little while. When she succeedsand he responds, his lips curling up in his trademark sarcastic smirk and his blue eyes lighting up with glee, it's worth every insult he throws her way in response to her taunting.
After all, what's a little mutual animosity between friends?