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Post by Adrian Veidt on Nov 18, 2017 14:40:32 GMT -5
"I've got a three month old at home," he reminded her, "a prosthetic right hand, and significantly less need to serve as the face of my own brand as of late. I don't have any reason to maintain any of that any longer."
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Post by Teja on Nov 18, 2017 14:41:48 GMT -5
"So you're leaving it all on his narrow shoulders, heaven help us."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Nov 18, 2017 14:45:01 GMT -5
"The aesthetics of it, certainly," he laughed. "He enjoys it in ways I never could."
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Post by Teja on Nov 18, 2017 14:46:03 GMT -5
"You have no idea," she muttered.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Nov 18, 2017 14:49:14 GMT -5
"Oh, that's not promising," Adrian laughed.
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Post by Teja on Nov 18, 2017 14:51:57 GMT -5
"He loves attention," she said, with a hint of a gripe. "He loves it. He loves it more than he loves me."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Nov 18, 2017 14:55:37 GMT -5
"I doubt that," he said, putting his good hand on her shoulder.
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Post by Teja on Nov 18, 2017 14:58:07 GMT -5
"You wouldn't if you saw him. It lights him up like nothing else does. It's.... well, I'm glad he's getting it this way, for doing good things."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Nov 18, 2017 15:03:41 GMT -5
"And for the record, I don't have breakdowns-"
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Post by Teja on Nov 18, 2017 15:04:38 GMT -5
"Apparently not. You just have wardrobe changes."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Nov 18, 2017 15:15:28 GMT -5
"There are plenty of older photos of me dressed like this," he protested. "I'm flattered that you worry so much, but you don't need to."
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Post by Teja on Nov 18, 2017 15:20:05 GMT -5
"I'm good at it now. It's second nature to me." She stood up and touched his hands to pop up on tiptoe and give him a short kiss.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Nov 18, 2017 15:26:56 GMT -5
It was easier from this position to lean down and kiss her back, leaning into it very gently.
"Not that I'm not flattered..."
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Post by Teja on Nov 18, 2017 15:28:33 GMT -5
She was newly married and going to be the queen of an ancient kingdom very soon; he had just had a grandchild and his daughter was the same age as her; and somehow or other it always happened this way, whenever they met each other. She took a step forward to get closer, though that meant standing between his legs, and kissed him again.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Nov 18, 2017 15:30:55 GMT -5
"Mmmm..."
He put his arms over her shoulders.
"Are you two busy on Christmas...?"
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