It's possible. Or given the fluidity of time, maybe this hasn't happened yet. Maybe we'll be stuck here longer than we can guess at.
[As long as the man in the picture isn't wearing a ring, she's probably in the clear. She hates this, lying to him; but the truth is too complicated to get in to, and as of late too unpleasant to break.]
[He's willing to give that some consideration, even if there's some betraying note in her voice that he should pick up on. The man in the picture is wearing a ring, but that detail is too small and only barely visible.]
It would mean at some point in our future we like to cuddle on your couch.
[Somewhere along the line keeping her distance has become more of a game than a defense; which makes success less imperative. She doesn't feel any safer, overall, but it seems much less unhealthy.]
I've decided to be more flexible when it comes to time.
[He hasn't done that in a while, the Tuesday reminders, though there isn't one where he hasn't thought about it. It was time to take a break when he did, and there are still a few things, conflicting and messy, that mean he's holding back too. He's just never been very good at that. There's a soft groan down the phone line. Bambi. Somehow he'd forgotten.]
That must be why I look like such a miserable bastard, in the picture. Do you want me to bring these over for you?
You can if you like. I don't know what else to do with them.
[It's not that she misses his weekly nagging; but it was kind of nice, in an odd way. If nothing else it was reassuring to know she hadn't pushed too far.]
[Though he'll stay for it if she asks him while he's there. But of course he'll give her the pictures -- slightly odd to hand over that one of the two of them with lips locked, but he doesn't want anything to do with the picture of House, and that one odd picture-- he'd just rather she had it.]
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[As long as the man in the picture isn't wearing a ring, she's probably in the clear. She hates this, lying to him; but the truth is too complicated to get in to, and as of late too unpleasant to break.]
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It would mean at some point in our future we like to cuddle on your couch.
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[The haughty tone is an obvious jest, and an attempt to distract him from further questioning.]
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You know, I wouldn't mind doing that now.
[A boy has to try.]
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[Somewhere along the line keeping her distance has become more of a game than a defense; which makes success less imperative. She doesn't feel any safer, overall, but it seems much less unhealthy.]
You could come watch Bambi, if you like.
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[He hasn't done that in a while, the Tuesday reminders, though there isn't one where he hasn't thought about it. It was time to take a break when he did, and there are still a few things, conflicting and messy, that mean he's holding back too. He's just never been very good at that. There's a soft groan down the phone line. Bambi. Somehow he'd forgotten.]
That must be why I look like such a miserable bastard, in the picture. Do you want me to bring these over for you?
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[It's not that she misses his weekly nagging; but it was kind of nice, in an odd way. If nothing else it was reassuring to know she hadn't pushed too far.]
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[Though he'll stay for it if she asks him while he's there. But of course he'll give her the pictures -- slightly odd to hand over that one of the two of them with lips locked, but he doesn't want anything to do with the picture of House, and that one odd picture-- he'd just rather she had it.]
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[Something more to set aside as impossible but undeniably real. It might be nice to have some company, though.]
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