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Roy Kent (everyeffinwhere) wrote in dunwichgame,
@ 2023-09-26 13:50:00

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!log/thread/narrative, ∙ plot: 008 i let you in, ◌ inactive: natasha romanoff, ◌ inactive: roy kent

Roy & Natasha

Monday Evening | Natasha's place

Roy delivers food to Natasha's place and makes an unexpected discovery.

⚠ Ted Lasso S3 Spoilers, TBD.

It had been a crazy, hectic weekend with people apparently going fucking mental and burning shit down. Roy wasn't sure what was going on, but he couldn't really fault anyone. Dunwich was enough to drive one mad. He was just glad he didn't have to deal with it.

Natasha, on the other hand, did. And Roy, knowing she had a tendency to work late and sometimes forget to eat, had texted to see if she'd eaten and where she was before showing up at her place with food. Dunwich was infuriating in how it was hard to feel useful when there were people with superhuman abilities or who had fucking magic at their disposal. But at least he could deliver food.

Stepping into Natasha's apartment he was actually rather cheerful. Until he saw a shirt draped over the back of a chair. "Where the fuck did you get that?" Roy asked. He'd only seen that shirt once before, but he immediately recognized it. Red, orange, and yellow tie dye, the colors chosen by his niece because they spelled out his name. He absentmindedly held out the food for Natasha to take as his attention became solely focused on the shirt.

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blackwidowed
2023-09-28 02:57 am UTC (link)

It had been A Day. A few days actually. People were being possessed, it seemed, or were doing the bidding of ghosts. No one seemed to think that was a bigger deal than it was. She was glad she wasn't being haunted, but that made it more frustrating to not know what they were dealing with. Who was going to do something ridiculous next?

Natasha had gotten a package at MIST, she'd opened it when there wasn't a name on the packing slip, and found the tie dyed shirt. When she'd gotten home, she'd tossed it over the back of the chair, intended to ask on the network who it might belong to, but she guessed she didn't have to now. She reached her hand out for the food, frowning as she did so.

"Came to the center, no name on the package." She puckered her features. "You recognize it then?"

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everyeffinwhere
2023-09-28 03:45 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, I recognize it," Roy said, lifting up the shirt and studying it. "Phoebe makes it for me. In the future. She chose the colors cause they spell out my name and then gave it to me on Uncle's day and I had to stop myself from asking 'What the fuck is this?'"

Yeah, that was definitely his size. "Jamie and I saw it in that fucking tunnel," he said, explaining how he knew it was from the future. "How the fuck..."

If he knew the shirt was just a random occurrence, that everything was fine back home, he might have been pleased to see it. But the not knowing? That left him feeling deeply unsettled.

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blackwidowed
2023-09-28 03:56 am UTC (link)

Red, orange, yellow. That was cute. It never would have occurred to Natasha that was the reason she picked those colors. It also never would have occurred to Natasha that Roy would ever wear something like this. It wasn't bad, but it didn't seem very Roy-like. Except the part where Phoebe made it, and she bet he growled at everyone if they made a comment about it. She set the food on the table.

"The weirdest things show up. My car? That's about 5 cars ago for me. Yelena got Fanny. I'd like to get something useful. Like a photostatic veil or some updates to my Widow's Bite." Though she guessed she could ask Tony about the Bite.

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	everyeffinwhere 2023-09-28 04:02 am UTC (link)
	"Fanny's the dog?" Roy said, it suddenly occurring to him that he'd talked to Yelena while they'd kept watch on Natasha. "I may have agreed to take one of her puppies." He studied the shirt and then turned back to Natasha. "So this is probably Dunwich being fucking random and I don't have to worry about shit happening back home?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blackwidowed
2023-09-28 04:19 am UTC (link)

She couldn't definitely say that it was just Dunwich being random, that there was nothing to worry about happening back, but she had a pretty good idea. People came from all over their timelines, and if Natasha remembered corrected, Keeley was from his future. She would have told him if anything terrible had happened. She'd have been kind about it, but she didn't seem like the type to lie.

"The puppies are cute, but I think I'm more of a cat person myself. Secondly, ask Keeley if something happened. She'd know, wouldn't she?"

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everyeffinwhere
2023-09-28 04:29 am UTC (link)

“Oi! You're fucking brilliant, Natasha. Keeley is from the future and Uncle's day happened before she arrived. so yes, everything is fine and now I have the shirt that Phoebe made me."

He may have taken his shirt off right there to put the new one on, but they had food to eat still and Roy didn't want to get it dirty. "I'd never want her to show up here with as fucked up as this place is, but I miss that little brat." His mood had lightened considerably, and he set the shirt down carefully and then turned his attention back to the food.

"So. Even if you like cats better, if I disappear are you going to take care of the dog? Or should I recruit Keeley." Jamie was a last option.

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blackwidowed
2023-09-28 06:06 am UTC (link)

Sometimes all it took was a little reminder, but Natasha was grateful that she could give him that peace of mind at least. It wasn't much, given the state of Dunwich, but it was something.

"With my schedule? Probably better off talking to Keeley." She paused her thought, taking out the plates from the cabinet and putting them on the table. Silverware was next. "But if worse comes to worse, I'll help find someone to take care of the pup."

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everyeffinwhere
2023-09-29 01:54 am UTC (link)

"Thank you," Roy said with a nod. "Didn't think I'd be responsible for anything that would require looking after should I disappear, but here we are. Gonna train this dog to run with me."

Suddenly the uncertainty of Dunwich meant a bit more. Just like it had when he'd gotten together with Natasha in the first place. He didn't wait for Natasha to grab silverware, he knew where it was, so he helped set the table.

"Fair point about the schedule," he said. "Shit's been crazy again."

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blackwidowed
2023-10-04 04:14 am UTC (link)

"I never know what I'm going to be doing from day to day half the time with this place. Vecna this, Hedgemaze that. I'm waiting for an actual boogeyman to show up, hiding in people's closets." She was going to feel like a real asshole if a boogeyman hiding in closets did appear.

Natasha sat down. "What made you decide to get a dog?" She didn't have issues with pets, but she was never in one place long enough to even consider one. She didn't grow up having one — not even in a fake scenario — and disappearing undercover for long periods of time didn't lend itself for animal care. It would spend more time in a kennel than with her. Didn't feel fair to a pet.

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everyeffinwhere
2023-10-04 08:58 pm UTC (link)

"Fucking hope not," he said, almost absentmindedly.

"Honestly, I don't know. I was overtired, talking to your sister..."

Trying not to stare at the ceiling.

"... and it sounded like a good idea. Always wanted a dog as a kid. My family couldn't afford it and my host family was allergic. Couldn't have one as a player because we traveled too much. So I guess there's an upside to being stuck in this place."

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	blackwidowed 2023-10-05 03:13 am UTC (link)
	It was strange to think about Lucky, the father of the pups, disappearing with Bishop. It just seemed strange all around that people's things from their home worlds disappeared with them. The clothing and items they bought here went back to MIST to be distributed to new people. Seemed like the best use of them. "Got a name in mind yet?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	everyeffinwhere 2023-10-05 04:05 am UTC (link)
	"I got to name it something other than Dog?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blackwidowed 2023-10-05 04:17 am UTC (link)
	"Do you know how many people actually do that?" More than she cared to admit. Besides, it should have a cool name. "Who was your favorite footballer growing up?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	everyeffinwhere 2023-10-05 01:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Huh," Roy said, thinking about it over a few bites of food. "Henry," he said after a moment, but pronounced it On-ree, like Thierry. "Or if it's a girl pup, Marta. She wasn't really when I was growing up but who better?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blackwidowed 2023-10-07 05:31 am UTC (link)
	"Those are both good names." And they were a part of Roy's personality. Maybe she didn't want a pet of her own, but she did like it when people named them something that was close to their heart. Even if Yelena named her dog Fanny. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	everyeffinwhere 2023-10-08 03:15 am UTC (link)
	"Yes well, thank you," Roy said. He probably would have ended up naming the dog something rude after it peed on the floor, so this was a better plan. They finished dinner and it was already late, so Roy helped clean up and then looked at Natasha and asked easily, "Is this one of those nights where you want me to fuck off, or am I sleeping here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blackwidowed
2023-10-10 03:43 am UTC (link)

Natasha still wasn't ready. She enjoyed him staying over or her staying over, but there always seemed to be some sort of unspoken thing. That the clock was ticking. Or maybe that's just how it felt to Natasha. She'd experienced so many men over the years who had no patience, and didn't understand that it was difficult to be vulnerable when sex was treated as something you had to do.

"Don't you have to get up early in the morning?"

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	everyeffinwhere 2023-10-10 04:11 am UTC (link)
	"I can sneak out of here quietly. Well, quietly enough for someone who wasn't a trained spy to not hear and be woken up," he admitted, somewhat sheepishly. "You worried about me waking you up?" (Reply to this) (Parent)