In Deep
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| In Deep | |
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| Published | February 6, 2013 |
| Page count | 5 |
| Major characters | Lucy, Paulo |
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In Deep is a Bittersweet Club International-exclusive comic in which Lucy turns up a little early for movie plans and finds Paulo soaking in a bubble bath. There’s plenty of embarrassment to go around, at least at first.
Partial synopsis
Lucy arrives ahead of schedule for a movie outing with Paulo, so she lets herself in and goes looking for him, calling his name up the stairs. She wanders past an open door, stops, and glances inside. Paulo is sitting in a tub full of bubbles, and he has very much noticed her too.[1]
The two of them stare at each other for a good long while before Lucy finds her voice: “You BATHE?!” Paulo, red in the face, protests that the movie is still a whole hour away.[2]
Lucy shivers beside the full bathtub and looks away.[2] She has feared water since she nearly drowned in Troubled Waters.[3] Neither of them leaves, though, and if the look on Paulo’s face is anything to go by, he isn’t about to break his long habit of being the one who gets Lucy through things...
Trivia & observations
- The comic was published in February 2013. Lucy left the main cast three months later in Breaking Up, making this one of the last Paulo-and-Lucy stories published before her departure.
- This is not the strip’s first bathroom intrusion gag. Daisy once barged in on Mike in the bathroom during an early chapter.[4]
Related chapters
- Troubled Waters: Lucy’s fear of water starts here. She nearly drowns in the river while trying to save Mike,[3] and Paulo swims down and pulls her out by the hand.[5]
- Carry On: Soon after the accident, Lucy walks down to the river alone and tries to face the water. She only gets so far before giving up, telling herself “I can handle it. By avoiding it.”[6]
- Another Shoulder: Lucy also turns up at Paulo’s home in this chapter. She arrives at his door in crisis and begs him for help, and he spends the night helping her through it.[7][8]
References
- ↑ In Deep, page 1 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 In Deep, page 2 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 30: Troubled Waters, page 7
- ↑ Chapter 8: Helping Hands, page 6
- ↑ Chapter 30: Troubled Waters, page 8
- ↑ Chapter 31: Carry On, page 6
- ↑ Chapter 52: Another Shoulder, page 4
- ↑ Chapter 52: Another Shoulder, page 5