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Tweak says, "She blinded me with SCIENCE!"

matt holt (encrypting) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2018-04-08 20:09:00

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!network post, asami sato, furiosa, lance, matt holt, pidge gunderson, princess allura, takashi shirogane / shiro, tony stark / iron man (904913)

TEAM VOLTRON + FRIENDS

So [...] my friends at the military are dead. And my lab is gone, like it never existed.

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encrypting
2018-04-10 07:38 am UTC (link)

No, I really do. I've seen Pidge get competitive, trust me, you won't scare me off.

It might be, yeah. But at least it would be a clue, another piece of the puzzle. All the theorizing I'm doing right now - about the timeline, about our place in it, about monsters with big teeth - is making me feel a little crazy. It'd be nice to have some solid facts to latch onto.

[...] Yes. Why?

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ohgoodirony
2018-04-10 07:47 am UTC (link)

Aw come on, you can't use Pidge against me. Not when I told Rhodey there's no way he could out intimidate her.

Welcome to the story of my dimension traveling life. And sadly monsters with big teeth have too many possibilities. Also when we went back in time, a bunch of big bads followed us there. Some with long lifespans. So, too many possibilities...

Trying to narrow down the probability of there being two Matt Holts with the same birthday who also happen to have a file in my employee database...

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encrypting
2018-04-10 07:58 am UTC (link)

Ha. You told him that? I mean, it's true. She's terrifying. And I mean that very lovingly.

[...] Well, Matt Holt is not a rare name. But the number of Matt Holts in Tumbleweed with that birthday is probably... one.

So I guess that explains what I was doing in this timeline. ~~Which I guess also means we~~ But I probably [...] shouldn't keep doing that? Since [...] you know. Generally it's not recommended to make out with your boss. And it would be even more awkward if we stopped doing that that for me to work for you.

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ohgoodirony
2018-04-10 08:07 am UTC (link)

He was trying to do that best friend/bro thing about scoping out the new boyfriend thing. I was just doing my duty as best bro to warn him he was so out of his league in that whole situation.

[....] Matt... You know that girlfirend I mentioned? Also worked for my company. Before and after starting the dating thing. So, I know how to separate work and that sort of play. So I can work with both if it doesn't bother you. If it does, I get it, so whatever you're comfortable with.

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encrypting
2018-04-10 08:19 am UTC (link)

[...] Okay. Firstly, that's really adorable. Both that he wanted to intimidate me and that you warned him he probably couldn't, which is [...] accurate.

Secondly [...] I've never been in this situation before. I'm trying to think it through. I'm definitely not going to decide anything right now. But [...] I guess my main concern is, you know, if she shows up, or if we get into a fight, or if we break up for a reason that isn't your girlfriend/fiance showing up and there's bad feelings, or if she shows up and doesn't like having me around even as just your friend... there's just a lot of ways for this to go badly. Also if it made your other employees feel weird? I'm fairly certain I can prove I didn't just get the job by sleeping with you, but on the other hand, if I get a cool project and they're jealous, that could feed into it. Even if you try really hard to hand out projects equally. There are a lot of reasons why workplaces usually have rules about this.

And why relationships usually work better for people with separate jobs. Although we do work really well together and have a lot of fun so I'm less worried about that part.

And I really like you, and I'd like to still be your friend even if we break up, if that's possible for you and for your girlfriend, and I'd also be willing to work for you in that situation, but I just don't want to accidentally ruin all of that. [...] If that makes sense.

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ohgoodirony
2018-04-11 07:25 pm UTC (link)

Ok, so, I have no shame, but I need a moment because I just realized that was all still to all your friends and family. So this is what embarrassment feels like.

First off, all valid worries. Even if I'm having a hard time picturing you and bad feelings. But I get it. I can't say things always went smoothly with Pepper, so I understand how that sort of awkward thing can happen.

I don't think the other employees would be a problem, but then there's bias going on there too. Most of these guys I worked with in other universes, even if they don't remember, so they've got some pull with me there even if it's not intentional. The projects should be easy to manage. Most of it is more collaborative and I can keep a close eye on the personal project fundings to make sure they stay equal does it doesn't look like you're getting special treatment.

Which I guess is me saying that I'm willing to work on whatever happens. At least I still want you as a friend and, ok, let's be real, if you weren't working at the company but we were still seeing each other, you'd likely be unofficially consulting anyways. I don't think you'll mess things up whichever way it goes.

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encrypting
2018-04-11 07:44 pm UTC (link)

Ha. Yes. Yes, it was.

I also don't think bad feelings are really very likely. But also, workplaces can add stress, I think, and [...] yeah. So I have to acknowledge that it's a possibility.

And it's true I'd probably be there and consulting anyway, because I like working with you. [...] Let me think about it some more? I also need to figure out what, if any, part I want to have in the ongoing research for the military. I know they don't have any funding for me to do that right now and I'd have to start some things over, not completely from scratch, and I want to see what kind of organization it's really going to be, since [...] apparently the military organization I worked for back home wasn't as great as I thought it was. So I'm a little more wary.

But it sounds like at least maybe something part-time at your company could potentially work. And [...] we'll figure out work boundaries, if that happens.

Also, ~~now that I'm done overthinking everything~~ ~~hopefully~~ [...] boyfriend? That's a word you're comfortable using?

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