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controlledvariable) wrote2014-10-18 03:43 pm
controlledvariable) wrote2014-10-18 03:43 pm
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There's a word for that, you know. It's called being stubborn.
[Now why would she know that.]
[Now why would she know that.]
I do say. You should write it down somewhere just in case you forget.
[haha
ha
fuck Haven]
[haha
ha
fuck Haven]
Run that one by me again.
[SUDDENLY SO MANY THINGS MAKE SENSE.]
[SUDDENLY SO MANY THINGS MAKE SENSE.]
So I'm coming over, then? 'Cause now you've got me curious.
[It's mostly just a joke, easy enough for him to brush off or turn down, but she really is curious.]
[It's mostly just a joke, easy enough for him to brush off or turn down, but she really is curious.]
[This time her small breath of a laugh is warmer, and there's the sound of movement as she hops to her feet.]
The spiral thing creeps me the fuck out, but at least it makes it easy to get around.
The spiral thing creeps me the fuck out, but at least it makes it easy to get around.
A couple of minutes, I'm on the roof of- [there's a thud as her boots hit the roof] - seven now.
See you soon.
[She hangs up without another word, and just as promised she's there a few minutes later, climbing in through the living room window because Steve didn't say she had to let herself in through the door.]
Sup.
[She hangs up without another word, and just as promised she's there a few minutes later, climbing in through the living room window because Steve didn't say she had to let herself in through the door.]
Sup.
You could've used the door.
[He knows she knows he knows. He's not mad about it, or even moderately annoyed. He's just. Trying to find an equilibrium with her, because it never hurts to have more friends and he's years out of practice at it.]
Hope you like soup.
[He knows she knows he knows. He's not mad about it, or even moderately annoyed. He's just. Trying to find an equilibrium with her, because it never hurts to have more friends and he's years out of practice at it.]
Hope you like soup.
I don't like doors.
[Which is a light joke, but there's some truth in it too. People expect you to come in through the door, so the window is usually safer; it's less often watched and a planned trap would likely be by the door.
Trying to go in through the front door is what got her trapped in a dark tiny room for hours.]
But I do like soup. You sure you guys have enough to spare?
[Which is a light joke, but there's some truth in it too. People expect you to come in through the door, so the window is usually safer; it's less often watched and a planned trap would likely be by the door.
Trying to go in through the front door is what got her trapped in a dark tiny room for hours.]
But I do like soup. You sure you guys have enough to spare?
[There's more to it than what she says, but he lets it lie. Stephanie is tough and stubborn, like some people she could name, and he doesn't know her well enough to push. Instead, he sets a bowl down on the kitchen table for her and dumps some of it into her. It's vegetarian, since meat is hard to find, but it's got the contents of a can or two of decent vegetables in a thick broth.]
We've got enough.
[When you're stubborn and used to starving, a little can go a long way.]
We've got enough.
[When you're stubborn and used to starving, a little can go a long way.]
[There's something in the way she accepts the food, too, almost a little desperate, though she forces herself to eat slowly and carefully.]
How's the soup kitchen coming along?
How's the soup kitchen coming along?
[He leans against the counter and watches her eat. He recognizes all the symptoms, all those old wounds and after a moment he looks away. There's light coming in from the window, and although he can see the damned billboard past the glass, he focuses on the sun.]
It's coming. It'll be slow going, but we aren't in the market for miracles.
It's coming. It'll be slow going, but we aren't in the market for miracles.
[She's decide her favourite thing about Steve is that he seems to have managed to strike the balance between hope and realism. It's something that she struggles with, and she almost wants to ask how he manages it, but she doubts he could give a simple answer.]
If we can get out to the East that should help, there should be more food there than there is here.
If we can get out to the East that should help, there should be more food there than there is here.
I've heard the East is radioactive.
[He runs his tongue over his teeth and tips his head to one side.]
It didn't really bother me to be there for a few hours or to eat food from there, but unless a Geiger counter falls out of the sky I'm not sure we can judge how dangerous it is for someone who doesn't have an enhanced immune system.
[He runs his tongue over his teeth and tips his head to one side.]
It didn't really bother me to be there for a few hours or to eat food from there, but unless a Geiger counter falls out of the sky I'm not sure we can judge how dangerous it is for someone who doesn't have an enhanced immune system.
That's why we test it.
[She says the answer to the problem like it's obvious, because of course she was planning to test the potentially radioactive food.]
[She says the answer to the problem like it's obvious, because of course she was planning to test the potentially radioactive food.]
I know how radiation works. [There's something almost a little defensive in her tone.] And since you two aren't baseline, there's no point in you testing it.
[Well, there is for other super soldiers, which there aren't all that many of.]
[Well, there is for other super soldiers, which there aren't all that many of.]
[He shakes his head, lifting one hand in a gesture of apology.]
I didn't mean to imply otherwise, I'm sorry. Just thinking outloud. I won't try and dissuade you if you're determined, but be careful.
[That's coming from a place of genuine concern. He respects her enough to trust her judgement, but. He's a worrier.]
I didn't mean to imply otherwise, I'm sorry. Just thinking outloud. I won't try and dissuade you if you're determined, but be careful.
[That's coming from a place of genuine concern. He respects her enough to trust her judgement, but. He's a worrier.]
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