[Home's not so different, in terms of options. Chase could, and has, had his fair share. The difference is connection, something he's actively sought to avoid until recently, when some subconscious switch left him looking to fill a gap with someone he connected with. There and here, that's what makes her different. It's why it's taken him a year an a half to build anything that might compete with it, even for a while, and he's done that without intent. Maybe he could have his pick of a few of the women here. In terms of that, he's practically been a monk. It doesn't feel right to him that he's the one with the choice now.
Cameron isn't a fallback, she's just what he keeps coming back to in what fate seems to have set as a pattern. He doesn't expect it to be an easy win, if it happens again before that one guaranteed shot, but then it never has been and maybe the break in chasing her will let him catch his breath enough. That's if he can really make himself take one. If the curses let him, too. She's hard to look away from, even while his hand pulls back on the door.]
Tomorrow. Same shift.
[He nods, once, just an acknowledgement, bites down on all the other words he could say to make her take him back in and lets himself out.]
→ if you're offering me diamonds and rust i've already paid
Cameron isn't a fallback, she's just what he keeps coming back to in what fate seems to have set as a pattern. He doesn't expect it to be an easy win, if it happens again before that one guaranteed shot, but then it never has been and maybe the break in chasing her will let him catch his breath enough. That's if he can really make himself take one. If the curses let him, too. She's hard to look away from, even while his hand pulls back on the door.]
Tomorrow. Same shift.
[He nods, once, just an acknowledgement, bites down on all the other words he could say to make her take him back in and lets himself out.]