Lex Grey (so_far_up) wrote in nevermore_logs, @ 2023-04-12 23:33:00 |
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WHO: Lex Grey and Nathan Black
WHEN: Sometime last summer
WHERE: NYC
WHAT: What to do, what to do
WARNINGS: none
“I could get a job.”
“You’re not getting a job.”
“Why not??”
Lexi looks at Nate, who looks out across the water. This isn’t the first time they’ve had this conversation, but it is the first time Lex has really meant it.
"Because you're not-"
"Not what? Human?"
"Not authorized. It's not my choice."
"So talk to them for me! Tell them I can handle it! Fuck, I'll take a job at Baskin fucking Robbins if I have to, I just want to do something that isn't sitting around and shit!"
He gives her a frown. "Mind your language." She pulls a wide grimace, poking out her tongue.
"Fuck fuck shitty fucking cocksucker motherfucker cunt."
Nate lets out a long breath through his nose, his mouth tight. Lex knows he is mentally counting to ten to control his response to her, and she tries another tack before he has a chance to put his foot down.
"Please Nate? You're my agent, you're supposed to advocate for me. Pleeeease? I'm so booooored." She clasps her hands together and holds them up to her chin, making her eyes big and round and pouting at him. Nate glances sideways at her. He's seen this look before too, when she'd wheedled at him to help her leave the base, and he rolls his eyes and shakes his head, but he's smiling a little.
"Alright! Alright. Fine. I'll talk to them."
Lex jumps up and does a little victory dance in a circle. Finally, a way to engage with the human race! A chance to talk to the people she's spent so long watching and learning about.
The answer takes a week to come, and when it does, Nate comes by to Lex's apartment to deliver the news. He is inscrutable, and Lex tries to puzzle the reply out of his emotions, but he is very good on remaining stoic after years together.
"Well??" Lex leans forward on the sofa, intense with expectation. Nate stays standing so she doesn't lean right into his personal space. For a creature from space, she's never been good at giving people space.
He holds up a hand and she relaxes a little, eyes on him, like an eager dog being told to sit. "They said no," he says bluntly, and Lex's face falls, her eyes welling with tears. But before she can begin to wail, he adds quickly, "BUT- they said we can enroll you at college. You can go and study people as much as you like in a place where you aren't responsible for anyone but yourself."
Lex holds her breath, and when he finishes, she clasps her hands together, eyes now shining with joy. College!!! She's seen so many films, and she is so eager to verify the truth of the culture there. Nate is smiling at her happiness, and she leaps up and hugs him tight.
"Thank you," she says with great feeling, and a moment later she is bounding over the sofa to find her computer and start researching options.