[ Hard to forget the feeling of being ~~deeply in love~~ with someone he'd met less than six months ago. Is it possible for other people? Sure, but definitely not for him. ]
I don't remember consuming any mushrooms the night before.
[ He will be literal about this, sorry. ]
Probably something the Augur did, based on past experience. But it's still uncomfortable and I'm sorry you were involved.
oh well guess that's why they call it a working theory
[ or her just trying to be jokey and non-serious to keep the mood light so she doesn't have to wade into anything sensitive. but apparently she doesn't get to be spared the awkwardness. ]
no it's okay
[ and then a little while later: ]
it's weird to feel like you've had a breakup when you never ACTUALLY dated, you know?
I do. It's not exactly something I'm used to feeling.
[ Both the sense of loss without any real relationship built behind it, and just the sense of loss itself. He's not exactly a relationships guy, after all. ]
[ Not that he's judging or anything; far from it. Whatever her unspoken reasons for not wanting to commit are, he's more than happy to accept them at face value. (And if nothing else, having to prepare for and take out a horde of demon baddies doesn't exactly sound conducive to finding and maintaining a relationship.)
There's a bit of a lull between his first reply and his next, as he contemplates how to answer. ]
Same to you. Though no offense, I'd rather not do it again.
more like i've got people i care about but no historically not great at relationshipping
[ which hasn't always had everything to do with being the earp heir. some of it's just her. and it feels like an extra kick in the pants that even this, whatever it was they had, keeps hitting her as an extension of her own failings, even though deep down, logically, she knows it's not her fault. ]
don't worry i'm not looking to tie you down or anything no judgment if that's what you're into though
[ That reply comes quickly enough at least, accompanied by an unseen grimace on the other end. Would he want to be tied down one day, in some alternate universe many years from now? Maybe, but the fact that the matter is that the him of right here and right now has too many other things to worry about. ]
I don't really have time for that kind of thing right now.
[ Ironic, considering that all they have here is time. ]
My line of work isn't very conducive to serious relationships anyway.
[ she reads the message back and hey, she gets it, more than gets it, but at the same time she almost has to laugh because that definitely wasn't what she was referring to this time around. ]
well i actually meant like literal tying with ropes or something
actually handcuffs notched to the bedposts can be kind of fun just got to make sure you don't lose the key
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I don't remember consuming any mushrooms the night before.
[ He will be literal about this, sorry. ]
Probably something the Augur did, based on past experience.
But it's still uncomfortable and I'm sorry you were involved.
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guess that's why they call it a working theory
[ or her just trying to be jokey and non-serious to keep the mood light so she doesn't have to wade into anything sensitive. but apparently she doesn't get to be spared the awkwardness. ]
no it's okay
[ and then a little while later: ]
it's weird to feel like you've had a breakup when you never ACTUALLY dated, you know?
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[ Both the sense of loss without any real relationship built behind it, and just the sense of loss itself. He's not exactly a relationships guy, after all. ]
How are you feeling now?
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it would kind of have to involve me ever having been in a committed relationship at all first
which
makes this feel doubly weird
[ she's never seen herself as a marriage girl, for sure, and yet she has a stark memory of a ring on her finger, of calling him her husband. ]
this is going to sound weird but
if i had to be fake married to anyone here
i'm not mad it was you
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[ Not that he's judging or anything; far from it. Whatever her unspoken reasons for not wanting to commit are, he's more than happy to accept them at face value. (And if nothing else, having to prepare for and take out a horde of demon baddies doesn't exactly sound conducive to finding and maintaining a relationship.)
There's a bit of a lull between his first reply and his next, as he contemplates how to answer. ]
Same to you.
Though no offense, I'd rather not do it again.
[ It's him, not her, etc. ]
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i've got people i care about
but no
historically not great at relationshipping
[ which hasn't always had everything to do with being the earp heir. some of it's just her. and it feels like an extra kick in the pants that even this, whatever it was they had, keeps hitting her as an extension of her own failings, even though deep down, logically, she knows it's not her fault. ]
don't worry
i'm not looking to tie you down or anything
no judgment if that's what you're into though
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[ That reply comes quickly enough at least, accompanied by an unseen grimace on the other end. Would he want to be tied down one day, in some alternate universe many years from now? Maybe, but the fact that the matter is that the him of right here and right now has too many other things to worry about. ]
I don't really have time for that kind of thing right now.
[ Ironic, considering that all they have here is time. ]
My line of work isn't very conducive to serious relationships anyway.
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well i actually meant like
literal tying
with ropes or something
actually handcuffs notched to the bedposts can be kind of fun
just got to make sure you don't lose the key
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Oh. Well in that case— ]
I don't mind being [ literally ] tied up, if it's with the right people.
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well
good to know
i mean i suck at knot tying
but still
somebody's usually got a square for it
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[ She's got this, he believes in her. With that said..... ]
If you need someone to practice on, I don't mind volunteering.
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just offering out of the goodness of your heart and all?
and hey what's a little bondage between friends am i right
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[ And weirdly enough, she does feel like a friend now after so long. ]