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Tweak says, "Grow old with me...?"

Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat) (kitty_has_claws) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-03-09 07:37:00

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kitty pryde (aoa), nathan harris, spencer reid

Day 366 [ Action / Closed ]
[They are nestled into the booth they normally favored when they spent a lot of time sharing meals. The food has already been served and she's pulling another eggroll onto her plate and smiling at her dinner partner. Originally, this meal was a cute suggestion left on a belated birthday gift that signaled things were getting better between them. Now, after their kiss at yesterday's dance it feels like it might actually be a date.]

If I start talking about maps and charts you'll get so distracted you won't even notice me stealing extra eggrolls, right? Something something, percentages, something something, statistics.

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	thisiscalm 2016-03-09 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, you got me figured out. [ He laughs in a way that feels so natural he has to wonder if the last couple of months were nothing but a fever dream. It feels like they've slipped back into a better place almost as swiftly as they slipped out of it and maybe he should be worried that it won't last, but honestly? He doesn't have it in him to worry. ] (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-09 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	I guess you didn't need to teach any more criminology courses after all. The student surpasses the teacher! [Okay, probably nothing that impressive, but the teasing is fun and familiar and had been all too lacking for too long.] Quantum theory. Sci-fi. Tikki Masala. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 08:18 am UTC (link)
	[ Jesus Kitty, stop before he gets an erection. ] You're ridiculous. And you can have as many eggrolls as you want. It's your birthday dinner. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-10 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. Well, I had not thought of that very simple angle. [Smiling at him. There's a lot of fondness in this smile. It's almost embarrassing. She tips her head back down.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	[ So cute. And since everything is going so freakishly well, let's do something potentially ill-advised but necessary. ] So, uhm... not to ruin the mood or anything, but I think we should... talk. About this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-10 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	I have a feeling you don't mean the egg rolls. [But she's okay. She can talk. It will probably be a good thing as long as it doesn't become a bad thing.] The kiss? The thing we're doing now that seems a lot like a date? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, that thing. Just so we're on the same page? [ He shifts his weight a little. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-10 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	The same page is a good place to be. You go first. [She's brave but running into fires is more her kind of thing.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	[ And throwing him into them is in her wheelhouse too, apparently. ] Well, uhm... [ Okay, he can do this. ] So... this? I really like this, what we're doing now. It feels... right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-10 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	[Does this smile make you feel better about it, Reid?] Yeah? I'm glad. Me too. Seconded. I want... [Okay, maybe not ready for what she wants.] I don't want to do anything that you're not ready for doing. But I really like being with you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	[ Oh yeah. That smile makes it more than worth it. He nods. ] I don't really know where that line is right now, but... I want to give it a shot. Slowly? One day at a time? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-10 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	That works. And if it's too much too fast, you can let me know? ...Gently. [Communication is great, but also there's some break up PTSD in here. She's working on it. Just don't use the words, "I can't do this." But you are definitely the pace car in this relationship, Reid.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	I will. [ Or he'll try, really hard. ] It's like we're back at the beginning... but with less drama, I hope. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-10 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah... [Okay, now she feels guilty about the thing she hasn't told him.] About the drama... I mean, I don't think it is drama, but it's maybe something you should know now. You know Chekov, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 10:56 pm UTC (link)
	[ Uh-oh. ] Yeah, of course I know him. We're friends. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-10 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	[Good, hold that thought.] So, he and I got caught on mistletoe day. [Which obviously isn't the end of the story because that's a no-fault zone.] And I'm...pretty sure he's interested in me. [Okay, she's entirely sure.] He knows I want to be with you though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	[ Mistletoe day wouldn't even have been a cause for concern when they were together. Total freebie. ] Oh. [ Uh-oh. ] And uh... do you..? [ Like him back? At all? ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2016-03-10 11:10 pm UTC (link)

Do I? Want to be with you? Yes. Very much. [Too much to hope that's what he's asking when she already said as much a couple of times at this dinner?] That's all that matters, right?

[She doesn't want to think about whether or not she could have feelings for Pavel. She cares about him a lot. She liked kissing him. But she's here on a date with Reid. They have another chance and she doesn't want to lose that.]

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	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know. Is it that simple? [ They should probably work that out, right? Instead of pretending like it'll be fine and then someone burns down a bar. ] ....Do you like him? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-10 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	Of course I like him. He's been my closest friend through...you know. [Temporarily losing her previous best friend.] But I never thought about him any other way. I'm just worried about him now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thisiscalm
2016-03-11 12:14 am UTC (link)

[ He nods — okay. Okay, fair enough. While he does want to have the cards on the table he doesn't feel the need to dig into it too deeply just now. However... ]

Listen... I know I can be - difficult sometimes. [ Jealous. ] But I don't want you to feel like you can't talk to people, okay? Even when it's like... like this.

[ Tyki was a special case and that might've bled out into other people too. ]

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kitty_has_claws
2016-03-11 12:24 am UTC (link)

[She stretches a hand out across the table wanting to rest hers on his.] Does that mean I should have danced with Jack instead of turning him down last night? [Not that dancing is talking. But, yeah, Jack might have some bad feelings toward you now. Sorry. Not her intention. She didn't turn Chekov down though. She really had no intention to stop talking to him, but she's glad to hear Reid say this because anything else would have been an impossible situation.]

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thisiscalm
2016-03-11 08:30 am UTC (link)

[ She can rest her hand on his. He'll even turn it over to take hers. ] You turned him down? Ouch. [ Though it feels kind of good to hear that Jack doesn't always get a yes. Petty jealousy that has more to do with Jack being who he is than Kitty dancing with another man. ]

You can dance with him. It's not something I enjoy but that's my problem to solve. Besides, he's got Ianto. It's not like there's anything actually going on... right?

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kitty_has_claws
2016-03-11 01:03 pm UTC (link)

[She likes this hand thing. It gets a soft smile that fades a bit as she meets his eyes.]

I told you what happened the day they made us think we were related or attached to different people, right? If I'm really honest there are still some complicated feelings there, but just as honest? When I got my full memories back you were my first thought. Not because I was afraid you would be jealous. [Hell, at that point in their relationship or lack there of she might have hoped for it. Just any sign of interest from him.] Just because you were the one I was missing being with. [When she went back to being alone.]

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thisiscalm
2016-03-11 05:03 pm UTC (link)

[ Oh Kitty... he gives her hand a little squeeze and this is such a weird conversation to have because he knows that he can be irrationally jealous sometimes but even more so this place throws them into unexpected situations at the drop of a hat. They wouldn't have gotten together as quickly as they did if it weren't for unexpected situations. ]

This place is... weird, and hard and it messes with our heads. I think we need to... we need to remember that. I've done things here I don't think I ever would've thought to do back home, both good and bad and- and maybe I don't have a right to say this but I'm not so sure getting bogged down in the past is the way to go.

What I'm saying is... it's okay. I want to try and be less... stressed. About everything. We're here and we're alive and that's really the only important thing.