Catch-All: Escha

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[applechemist]

What, right now?

[ When they're not in the middle of sex??? ]

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[ Now he's the one blushing. ]

I mean, not right now. The next time we need to? We might as well enjoy it, now that we know we both liked it.

... Is this getting weird?

[applechemist]

N-no!

[ Yes. ]

I just - didn't want to be unprofessional about it. [ But if he says it's okay, then she's fine with it! ]

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It's... pretty hard to be professional in this setting.

[applechemist]

It really is. It's a good thing we get along so well, or this could be a lot worse...

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It really could.

[What if they were stuck here with their boss instead? Every interaction would be so awkward.]

... This doesn't change anything between us. We're... just looking after each other.

[If he says it out loud, maybe it'll make it true.]

[applechemist]

Umm, right.

[ A slight hesitation from Escha.

Changes nothing between them... She doesn't disagree, but her baseline with Logy is in a different place. Some of the unspoken assumptions she's made about the Logy from her own time can't necessarily apply to a younger Logy, and that's feels weird - but she can't place why.

Feelings are hard and bad. Avoiding acknowledging them is better. ]

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[The two of them are on slightly different footings, and he only really remembers that now that his head isn't quite so cloudy.]

... It's a little different when you have a couple years on me. Maybe I shouldn't have said that.

[applechemist]

No, it's okay.

[ What Escha values is that they can talk to each other. The few times they aren't on the same wavelength, she doesn't want it to be hard to say so. ]

I just... [ But is there a way to say "I'd like it to change things?" Something like that oversteps the limits of that whole 'just talk to each other' rule. Just a step too far for her. ] I just hope that you're right.

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[Their relationship is... still good, isn't it? That future Logy is coming back, or he said he did.]

... Do you think anything is different?

[Besides, you know. That fact that a whole lot has changed on this boat in little time.]

[applechemist]

[ She mulls this over, attempting to give it due diligence while also resolutely not understanding her own feelings. It is the biggest waste of time. ]

... Well, it is hard to go back from this kind of intimacy... And we were already so close...

[ Yet she refuses to draw a conclusion. ]

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[Logy has made no attempt to really consider his own feelings. Most of the time he can just set them aside and say "I'll deal with this later" and never get around to later.

Except now, it's hard to set those aside.]

That's true. We're closer than we were before, but I don't think it's in a bad way.

[Just in a way that they wouldn't initiate on their own terms. Probably.]

[applechemist]

It's not bad at all...!

[ The only way things between her and Logy could be bad is if they actually had a fight, which... Will it ever happen? Could it ever? Probably not. ]

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[They've fought plenty of monsters together, but never each other. They've never had a reason to, and hopefully they never will.

A soft sigh of relief.]

Good. I'm glad we're on the same page with that.

I know this whole situation is like nothing we've ever had to deal with. As long as we're both okay, then it's fine... right?

[They don't have to examine their feelings too closely. They just have to be there for each other. At least that's the same thing they've had since they've known each other.]

[applechemist]

[ Phew! That was close! Almost had to figure out and then address Feelings! Thank God we averted that crisis. ]

Yeah! We should look on the bright side of things.

We have each other, and it feels really nice...!

[ The first time she's been able to even allude to sex without losing her mind, and it was to blurt out that. Great. ]

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[Maybe they never will figure out Feelings! Maybe they'll be free of figuring out Feelings forever!!

He offers her a smile, soft and at ease, even if he doesn't quite meet her gaze and there's a blush on his cheeks.]

... It does.

[He wouldn't mind if they did it more than just for survival or just because of some weird aphrodisiac in the air. Saying that seems like a step too far in a direction he's not sure he wants to broach.]

[applechemist]

I wouldn't even mind doing it without any requirements.

[ Even Escha would probably think twice about saying that, normally. But this week... Is Stupid Idiot Week. But to her, right now, it just seems like the logical conclusion! They both like it and they get along, so! You know! ]

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[I mean. If Escha is saying it? Then it must be fine right?

Trusting Escha's gotten him pretty far, so why wouldn't he keep doing that?]

I wouldn't either, honestly. I like you. [As a friend, as a coworker, as maybe even something more.

Any other week maybe he wouldn't say this so easily. Then again, it's not the heavier l-word.]

I like doing this with you.

[applechemist]

... Me too.

[ To which? Part???

Either way it's easy to say. She feels like they both already know! After all, they're great partners, so of course they like each other. And they just covered that they like doing this!

This is fine and normal! ]

... Next time lets be more careful about location, though.

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[There is absolutely nothing weird or strange about this conversation that they're having! This is just! Normal! Coworker! Stuff!]

We're pretty lucky there are beds here.

[Wait no. That's not it. It's something else...]

Somewhere more private?

[applechemist]

This was pretty private...

[ It was an empty theater, after all... ]

But still - one of our rooms would be better.

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We might run into one of our roommates there.

[ It hasn't happened yet (and it won't). ]

[applechemist]

Oh, that's a good point...

But at least it lowers the chances?

[ Only one or two people can get into a bedroom. Any number of people could get into the public areas. ]

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[ bad brain juice strikes again. ]

You're right... Next time let's make sure we're in one of our rooms.

[applechemist]

Yours is probably better, since you only have one roommate.

Plus, my room isn't very romantic.

[ What with the conspiracy board taking up a whole wall because she both Lives With and Is Herself a crazy person. Also she does not really think too deeply about choosing the word 'romantic' here. It's fine. Don't worry about it. Normal coworker stuff etc. ]