"Do you just call me that to annoy me?" he wonders. "And I don't know what I'm gonna do. Figure out how to help you get the hell out of here and live your goddamn life. What do you want me to do?"
"Precisely that, if you have to do anything," they suppose. "But if
you're going to work out what that is by ruling out what you won't
do....well, it's a strategy."
He spreads his arms out. "I'm not going to pretend I have all of the answers. Or any of the answers. All I'm sayin' is that I like your fucking sarcastic self and I want to help you because I want to help. Not because some damn guy on a god-trip told me to," he says, almost in a mutter.
"So just stick with me a while and I'll do my best, huh?"
He heaves a soft sigh as he walks, looking very put out. He accepts their weight with a hesitant step, but he does put an arm around them, just for half a second, before opening the door to return to the Barge.
"Is that your way of politely dismissing me, warden?" Trouble drawls,
making no indication that they're ready to be dismissed. "I could have a
drink myself."
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Date: 2021-04-05 04:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-05 05:04 pm (UTC)"Precisely that, if you have to do anything," they suppose. "But if you're going to work out what that is by ruling out what you won't do....well, it's a strategy."
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Date: 2021-04-05 05:07 pm (UTC)"So just stick with me a while and I'll do my best, huh?"
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Date: 2021-04-05 05:10 pm (UTC)Trouble's ears twitch upward and they look delighted.
"You like me?"
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Date: 2021-04-05 05:12 pm (UTC)"Yeah. Against my better judgement." He starts to turn to walk back to the door.
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Date: 2021-04-05 05:50 pm (UTC)"You're such a sweetheart!" Trouble singsongs, and is very much flexible enough to cling to Jake in a side-hug while matching his pace.
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Date: 2021-04-05 06:44 pm (UTC)"Get off me."
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Date: 2021-04-05 08:08 pm (UTC)"Oh? So harsh. What if I slipped into something more comfortable?"
And now it's Tess plastered up against him.
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Date: 2021-04-05 08:09 pm (UTC)He deliberately looks away.
That definitely wasn't an overreaction.
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Date: 2021-04-05 08:12 pm (UTC)Trouble is back, with an even wider grin than usual.
"Mostly the look on your face, darling."
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Date: 2021-04-05 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-05 09:37 pm (UTC)"Oh, that seems terribly narrow-minded," Trouble tuts. "I can think of plenty of circumstances when it would be useful!"
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Date: 2021-04-05 10:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-06 08:55 am (UTC)"Is that your way of politely dismissing me, warden?" Trouble drawls, making no indication that they're ready to be dismissed. "I could have a drink myself."
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Date: 2021-04-06 11:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-06 03:52 pm (UTC)"Absolutely, darling," Trouble tells him brightly. "Your drinks really don't seem to have much effect on me."
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Date: 2021-04-06 04:14 pm (UTC)He opens the door for them anyway. "What did you and the kid talk about anyway?"
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Date: 2021-04-06 05:38 pm (UTC)"Oh, you know. Our respective homes and histories. He's an interesting character, I'm glad you introduced us."
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Date: 2021-04-06 05:45 pm (UTC)He leads them to a table. "What do you want?"
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Date: 2021-04-06 06:16 pm (UTC)"Do you know how to make a Midori Sour, darling?"
It's green. Never let it be said they can't adhere to a theme.
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Date: 2021-04-06 06:17 pm (UTC)Because he has no idea what that is.
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Date: 2021-04-06 08:12 pm (UTC)"Nothing would please me more."
They get up and saunter behind the bar, grabbing a luridly green bottle of Midori so they can get started.
"What about you, darling, what's your poison?"
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Date: 2021-04-06 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-04-07 03:58 pm (UTC)"Of course," they sigh, and then go to pour him precisely that before starting to make their own drink. It ends up, well, green.
"A toast to a profitable partnership, darling?"
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Date: 2021-04-07 04:02 pm (UTC)"Sure. Yeah." He downs the glass quickly.
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