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[dendarii]

WHO: Miles + people
WHERE: Various locations, mostly DC7
WHEN: May catch-all!
WHAT: Ditto.
WARNINGS: To be edited as necessary.

Comments

[dendarii]

Yes, Mother.

... Please tell me that one's not true too ...

[keep_nothing]

If it is or isn't true, that's after my time. She'd only just lost her husband, remember.

[dendarii]

Yes, well ... if she hadn't, would you have ...

[keep_nothing]

I can't answer that, Miles. It's not something I take lightly, you know, and there's any number of factors that go into any relationship, romantic or not.

Do I find her attractive? Of course I do, but that doesn't automatically lead to getting into bed together.

[dendarii]

-- I don't want to hear this. Why did I even ask...?

[keep_nothing]

You're the one that brought it up earlier with Allison.

[dendarii]

That's - not much better, admittedly.

[keep_nothing]

No?

... Do you really want to know about that, by the way? I mean really know?

[dendarii]

[ He sighs softly. ]

I do want to know. But - no details. Yes or no.

[keep_nothing]

[ Just as soft as his sigh, ]

Yes. Allison and I are seeing each other. Aral knows as well.

[dendarii]

[ Miles is silent for a long time, staring up at nothing. ]

How long?

[keep_nothing]

A couple months by now.

[dendarii]

... Ah. I really am dense.

[keep_nothing]

No, [ she says firmly. ] We kept it discreet. She didn't want anyone to know yet.

[dendarii]

Still. I ought to have noticed something.

[keep_nothing]

You do know the meaning of "discreet", I trust. I'm not sure Gregor knows or noticed anything yet.

[dendarii]

If he has, he hasn't mentioned it to me yet.

[keep_nothing]

We weren't hiding it specifically from you, love. Don't take it so personally. This was something Allison wanted to keep close to herself.

[dendarii]

I know, I know ...

[ He's starting to get sleepy now that all the adrenaline's wearing off. ]

[keep_nothing]

[ She recognizes the signs now, especially when he's drunk like this. ]

... C'mon, kiddo, time to get to bed.

[dendarii]

I'm in bed. Close enough.

[ He rolls further under it for emphasis. ]

[keep_nothing]

More like you're under it, which you're going to regret in the morning. Don't make me drag you out.

[dendarii]

Can't make me. You wanted to ground me anyway.

[keep_nothing]

[ ... She suddenly grins. ]

But will Gregor be able to find you under there?

[dendarii]

-- What?

[ He jolts up instantly - and bangs his head on the underside of the bed with a startled yelp. ]