Damian Wayne (grownup_robin) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2013-02-21 02:10:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, damian wayne (robin), logan howlett (wolverine) |
WHO: Damian Wayne and Logan Howlett
WHAT: An awkward meeting in the condom section
WHEN: Backdated: Tuesday, February 19th. Early Evening
WHERE: CVS
RATING: PG probably
STATUS: Complete
Needing to pick up a few things before heading home, Damian took the bus to the closest CVS after leaving work. He still couldn’t believe how easy it had been to get a job and was extremely glad that he hadn’t had to stoop to the level of fast food, because now that he was dating Alyssa, the last thing he wanted was to come home smelling like gross fast food. He was also glad that now he was able to put the rest of the money that he’d gotten from Talia in an account and save it. That had really been the worst part about living in the hostel. He could handle having to sleep in a room full of strangers and even the fact that his ipod had been stolen, but living there had meant that he’d had to put a dent in his savings, but now he would use the money that he earned from working.
Entering the store, Damian grabbed a basket and headed towards the shampoo and soap aisle, grabbing a bottle of shampoo and bodywash before he began wandering around, trying to remember what else he needed to get. He had made a mental list when he’d left work, but of course he’d forgotten most of it by the time he reached the store. As he walked down an aisle, he stopped and took a step back before reaching the end. Of course he’d wind up walking by the condoms two days after he and Alyssa decided that they were dating. They’d already talked about how it might be awhile until Damian was ready, but that didn’t mean that he couldn’t be prepared, right? Then again, he had absolutely no idea what kind of to even get to try and be prepared.
Logan stepped into the store. He was in need of a few supplies that he owed Neena. He was, after all, eating her out of house and home. He walked through the pharmacy section, wondering if there was anything that could dull the pain in his wrists. They grew sore at the worst possible time. He nodded at a man looking at condoms and smirked. “Try that one, right there.” He pointed at a variety pack of condoms designed to make it feel extra nice for the woman.
Damian hadn’t actually expected anyone to talk to him while he was staring at condoms and when he heard the other man’s voice, he turned towards him, cheeks flushing slightly, “Oh, I wasn’t...I mean....” Whatever he was going to say next died on his tongue as he recognized him as the man who had responded to his post a few nights earlier. But not only was he just any guy, he was Logan. Logan, the guy that Alyssa had been in love with. The older guy she had lost her virginity to. Well, this was awkward.
“You were. It ain’t like it’s somethin’ to be ashamed of.” Logan shrugged a shoulder like it was no big deal. And it really wasn’t to him. There was something familiar about the boy, and it took him a moment to recognize the smell. He could smell Alyssa on him. “Huh.”
He narrowed his eyes slightly. “Yeah, you’re gonna get that pack and use it.”
Ever since Damian had found out exactly who Logan was, he’d been expecting some huge guy, but Damian was actually taller than him by at least a couple of inches; yet somehow the guy was still intimidating as hell. “We’re not...I don’t need them yet.” Even if Damian did buy the condoms, chances were, they’d just be sitting in a drawer for a while. It wasn’t that Damian didn’t want to have sex with Alyssa, but he just wasn’t ready yet and they hadn’t even been dating for forty eight hours yet.
“Yeah, I’m sure. Good luck with that.” He laughed gruffly. He knew Alyssa wanted to wait, but he also knew Alyssa. The girl was hornier than an alpha female in heat. But maybe they’d pull it off. “Better safe than sorry, bub. Lotta mistakes made ‘cause you forgot to have some on hand.”
“I can control my hormones.” Damian said, running a hand through his hair. He wanted to add, ”Unlike some people.”, but he kept his mouth shut. He might have been taller than Logan, but it was quite clear that Damian would lose in a fight and he didn’t want Logan to tell Alyssa that Damian had been a jerk towards him, but it was fairly clear by his tone that Damian was jealous.
We’ll see about that. Logan shrugged his shoulder, looking back at the wall o’condoms. He reached in and pulled out the pleasure pack. He tossed it into the air and caught it. “Better safe than sorry. Trust me on that one.”
Sighing, Damian grabbed a pack from the display instead of taking the pack that Logan had taken down, because that would have just been even more awkward, “Fine. Probably not going to be using them for awhile though.” He didn’t want to rush things with Alyssa. He knew some of what had gone on between her and Logan and he didn’t want their relationship to be like that.
“Smart kid.” Whatever...weird...relationship he’d had with Alyssa, Logan was protective, and loyal. He wanted to see her happy, and so far, at least, Damian didn’t seem like someone he wanted to punch. “Treat her right. Take her someplace special. She needs to be romanced and wooed.”
“Yeah, that’s kind of my plan. Thanks though.” Damian had been nothing but respectful of Alyssa ever since the first time she’d kissed him two weeks earlier in the livingroom and then again after Bellatrix had tried to assault her. Other teenage boys their age would have probably tried to take advantage of her when she was upset, but Damian knew that, that wasn’t what she’d needed. What she’d needed was someone to hold her and reassure her that everything was going to be alright. “I don’t plan on doing anything to hurt her.”
“She’s had enough of that,” Logan said, a little sadly. He wasn’t sure he’d change anything, he just wished he’d done better by her.
Damian nodded, “If I can help it, she won’t get hurt again.” It was one reason why he’d told Bran about Bellatrix and threatened to call the police if the older woman came near Alyssa again. He hated seeing her upset and would do whatever it took to keep her safe and happy in the future. Ever since his dream the other night where he’d been trained to fight by Assassins and he’d woken up to find the katana leaning against the wall, Damian had decided that he was going to ask her if she wouldn’t mind if he trained with her, so that he could learn to use the sword as well as how to defend himself and her, if anything bad should ever happen.
“You’ll do good by her, I can smell it.” Logan nodded, and turned to go. He couldn’t help but add, though, “Just watch out for Nancy. She’s fucking crazy.”
Damian didn’t know what Logan meant by that comment about being able to smell that he’d be good for Alyssa, but Damian didn’t question it and instead laughed at the comment about her mother, “Trust me. I know. I made that post about what she gave me for Valentine's Day, remember?” Not only that, but for whatever reason, she thought Damian was gay. Maybe that was one of the reasons she’d given him the girl on girl porn. She probably thought she was helping to make him like girls or something. He didn’t bring that up though.
“Yeah. She’s special. Nice lady though.” He started to head to the check out. “See you, bub.”
There were a couple things that Damian was tempted to ask Logan about Alyssa, or more precisely about when they were together, but that was bound to make things even more awkward than they already were and that was the last thing Damian needed, “Yeah. See you around.” Somehow Damian had a feeling that with Logan in Alyssa’s life, chances were they’d see one another again at some point.