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[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-14 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[He scoffs] Obviously.

But...I guess I want to know...

...Why did you let me in here? I mean...we have a bit of a history of...[Fireworks? No that implies something...well, she did kiss him last time...]

[And as much as he wants to make the joke, he doesn't want to be ejected from this haven this very moment.]


...Loud disagreements. You had no reason to let me in here...in fact, you could correctly think that this might be some ploy or...or trap. But...you let me in...

Sometimes you act like you know more about me than I know about myself...
forgeabettertomorrow: (Just Say Run Goes WIth Everything?)

[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-14 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
...Wait...hold on...

[He pivots her way as he attempts to process what she's saying.]

You're saying there's multiple versions of 'me' out there? Infinite Darin Altways?

[Did the universe just shudder?]

[Regardless, he plows forward.]


But...how do you know that the me you knew and I are the same? I mean...there's gotta be differences, right?
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[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-14 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay but...you said I was very dear to you.

...[How dear?] What happened to that version of me?
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[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-14 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
...Ah.

He uh...He didn't make it, did he...

[He rubs the back of his head awkwardly.]

I guess that explains some things, though. Like why I feel so comfortable around you.
forgeabettertomorrow: (Just Say Run Goes WIth Everything?)

[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-15 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
...Then why are you so sad?
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[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-15 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Do you think I care about burdens? In case you haven't noticed my strength, I think I can handle one or two burdens if it means seeing you happy.

[He offers a lopsided smile.]

Seriously...you should open up more. Loosen up.
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[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-15 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
......Snrk..

[Before either of them realizes, he busts out laughing. It's a hearty, pleasant laugh; almost relieved.]

...Ah man, Lady Ardenbury, you have no idea how much I needed that.

If I never change that means nothing's different about me now. It means I'm not messed up or anything...!

Besides...I guess that just means I don't know how to be anyone else but me. So...thanks for reminding me of that...
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[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-15 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
So...I guess I owe you two debts today. One for pulling me out of the rain so I can warm up and one for...well, helping me to remember that I'm me, no matter where I am.

[He looks her way, offering a smile, when he notices she's not looking at him. Something stirs inside of him and before he's realized it, he's craning his neck around to offer her an affectionate kiss on her cheek.]

And one more for making me realize that...maybe there's more to this world than working all the time. That I'm not always alone.
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[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-15 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not.

Having someone who knows me here? Knows the real me?

It's...comforting.
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[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-15 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
[He lets her little episode play out, even as his face grows somber. And finally, when she seems to have settled...]

You're right...I don't know you.

But...I'd very much like the opportunity to get to...

[There he goes again with that almost lethal level of earnestness in his voice and displayed all over his face.]
forgeabettertomorrow: (Just Say Run Goes WIth Everything?)

[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-15 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
No...I'm not sure I understand.

What's wrong?
forgeabettertomorrow: (Don't know how to quit)

[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2020-09-15 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
...That sounds like a really haughty and convoluted way of saying you're afraid I won't like who you are.

To which I counter with...if I were so dear to you once, and I'm roughly the same in every incarnation...

Then it stands to reason I'd like you just fine. More than fine, really.

[He leans back and rests his chin in his hand, watching her with a smug little smile.]

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