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[werewolfing]

[he shakes his head and reaches out, pushes a piece of her hair behind her ear. peter knows when to give up. he's never going to understand steph's need for responsibility and control.]

Gonna give yourself grey hair and an ulcer.

[gonna give them to other people too.]

[controlledvariable]

I'm gonna quit one day.

[It's an admission, and it sounds like one, especially when Steph realizes what she's said and ducks her head like that might hide it.

She tries not to think about the future too much, vigilantes have short lifespans, and she's definitely never told anyone that she'll give it up.]

[werewolfing]

Yeah?

[it's a question, but not a skeptical one. he's surprised, because she's always talked about it kind of fatalistically before, as though this is what she is and she intends to be it until it catches up with her.]

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If it doesn't kill me first.

[Normally there might be a smile there, to make a joke of it, but now she just shrugs and tilts her head towards where he touched her hair, like she's belatedly leaning into it.]

But I don't think I can do this forever.

[She's not even sure if she actually could retire, or if she'd just feel too guilty, but she hopes she could.]

[werewolfing]

That's the thing, innit?

[he scratches under the right side of his chin.]

Nobody can do anything forever. Not that we get forever in the first place.

[controlledvariable]

Unless you're immortal, I guess.

[Steph...]

[werewolfing]

[he rolls his eyes and waves a hand at her because seriously, steph, seriously.]

You can argue that when you are one.

[controlledvariable]

I could ask Seras to turn me into a vampire.

[That is a terrible idea.]

[werewolfing]

No. Bad.

[controlledvariable]

I am already nocturnal, it wouldn't be too much of a lifestyle change.

[heartfelt moment over now she's just messing with him]

[werewolfing]

[he throws up his hands in mock exasperation]

Terrible.

[controlledvariable]

You don't think I'd make a sexy vampire?

[can u not]

[werewolfing]

You're already sexy, numbnuts.

[whelp.]

[controlledvariable]

If popular culture has taught me anything these last couple years, it's that vampires make people extra sexy.

[werewolfing]

Well...yes and no. Sort of depends on whether trading bloodlust for eternally perky tits seems fair to you.

[controlledvariable]

[At which she has to look down at said tits to consider that, and:]/small>

Seems pretty fair to me.

[werewolfing]

[he laughs]

Far be it from me, man.

[controlledvariable]

Maybe I should at least wait another couple years, I don't wanna spend the rest of eternity getting carded.

[#priorities]

[werewolfing]

Smart.

[ones peter can appreciate, for sure.]

[controlledvariable]

Occasionally I can make good decisions.

[werewolfing]

Still not sure we can file 'becoming a vampire' under 'good decisions'.

[controlledvariable]

Hey, as long as I can be the type of vampire that can still go out in the sun, I'm not seeing a downside.

[werewolfing]

...Eating people? Also, immortality sucks.

[controlledvariable]

Drinking blood isn't the same as eating people.

[Who does she look like, Hannibal Lector?]

And I don't think immortality would completely suck.

[werewolfing]

Your world mythology may vary.

[he shrugs.]

Maybe not for the first fifty, sixty years. Then it would, unless you turn everyone you give a shit about. Death's a part of life, you're supposed to do it.