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Post by Teja on Mar 20, 2018 21:12:13 GMT -5
"I'm not sure yet."
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Mar 20, 2018 21:15:09 GMT -5
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 20, 2018 21:15:09 GMT -5
“That’s fair,” Adrian conceded. He released her and helped her take her coat off. “I’m sorry, I think I’m functioning somewhat erratically with the New Year holiday approaching after all.”
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Post by Teja on Mar 20, 2018 21:23:41 GMT -5
"Yeah, letting Loki fuck you senseless is unusual from you."
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Mar 20, 2018 21:26:28 GMT -5
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 20, 2018 21:26:28 GMT -5
He gave her a very flat look midway to hanging her coat up.
“Teja.”
Adrian kept that look all the way back to his desk, where he leaned on the edge again and said, very seriously, “It’s not the first time it crossed my mind, but I suspect it was the first time it crossed his.”
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Post by Teja on Mar 20, 2018 21:28:56 GMT -5
"It was, yeah," she said, sitting on the edge of the desk, on the other side of him, picking up a little action figure of Adrian and looking down at its face. It wasn't much of a likeness to Adrian himself, which was probably the only reason he could stand to have it around.
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Mar 20, 2018 21:31:10 GMT -5
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 20, 2018 21:31:10 GMT -5
“I should probably apologize,” Adrian said a little ruefully. “I was likely too eager, and mortified him.”
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Post by Teja on Mar 20, 2018 21:32:00 GMT -5
"No, just the part where he thought he had feelings and then you called him sport. Or something."
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Mar 20, 2018 21:39:12 GMT -5
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 20, 2018 21:39:12 GMT -5
Adrian pinched the bridge of his nose, looking exhausted.
“Look, it’s- I did not wish to infringe on his boundaries. You know the boy, his sense of self is like tissue paper. The last thing he needs is a masochist figuratively old enough to be his father begging him off for a few bruises every few days.”
Admitting this seemed to take a lot out of him, which, by Adrian logic, meant sitting up again only a moment later with a small, downplayed sigh.
“That was more than you needed to hear, for that matter. I’m sorry.”
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Post by Teja on Mar 20, 2018 21:40:31 GMT -5
"No, I just don't have anything to add," she said uncomfortably. "I was a bit jealous when he told me - of the both of you. I think whatever you two want or don't want you should figure out yourselves, but I don't think you should talk to me about it."
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Mar 20, 2018 21:43:26 GMT -5
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 20, 2018 21:43:26 GMT -5
“Do you remember your wedding day? I said then that I was jealous of you both.”
He laughed, though it sounded a little weary.
“And the truth is, I don’t know how well I could sustain it without breaking him. Sooner or later, he’d notice that I prefer splitting the majority of my time between you and Dan, and we’d all be paying for that.”
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Post by Teja on Mar 20, 2018 21:44:36 GMT -5
She tried to conceal a smile. "Adrian, respectfully, he likes me a lot more than he'd ever like you."
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Mar 20, 2018 21:46:31 GMT -5
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 20, 2018 21:46:31 GMT -5
“Then at least we’re even,” he said, returning her smile and then kissing her forehead for good measure.
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Post by Teja on Mar 20, 2018 21:47:23 GMT -5
She didn't know what that meant and she was afraid to ask. She returned the kiss easily enough, though.
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Mar 20, 2018 21:51:28 GMT -5
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 20, 2018 21:51:28 GMT -5
Adrian put his arms around her again, a bit less cautiously this time, and brought her close to deepen the kiss.
“I don’t want to get too far ahead,” he said softly, “but it’s difficult not to.”
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Post by Teja on Mar 20, 2018 21:59:17 GMT -5
"It's all right," she murmured. "With you, it's all right..." She slid her hand up his chest to cup his cheek.
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