[ She makes a hum back, scoots a little closer so his head can rest in her lap if he wants to. ] I just sort of picked them up. I've always had good hands.
[ Initially, he won't take her up on that offer, but as she keeps kneading, he won't be able to help himself and he'll slowly tip back into it. ] I can believe that. You've always had good hands. Like some kind of Allstate paradigm.
[ A little snort of amusement out of her and she lifts one hand for a moment to ruffle his hair, smooth it back down again before she returns to massaging him. ] I can be Allstate. I can be their mascot.
[ He's not sure what to do with the ruffling since it's always been either her or someone from when he was like... seven, that did that. ] I'll make a call, see if they want to switch from Dennis, get you in as a spokesperson.
[ She tends to do it as one of those gestures she makes when she doesn't know how else to express how affectionate she feels towards him. ] Wouldn't that require spending time away, though? I didn't think this through, I don't know how I feel about that.
[ He doesn't have a problem with it, he likes it, he's just not ever sure what to do with it. ] Well you don't have to be, you can stay here and just be for me. I think I like that idea better anyway. I'm a selfish only child, I don't want to share my stuff.
[ That's okay, she'll probably do it enough over time that eventually he'll know what to do with it if simply by default. ] Normally I think I'd be obliged to say that's a bad thing, but I think in this instance I'm actually okay with such a mindset. Totally works for you.
[ That's both comfortable and horribly domestic. ] Thanks. I don't know how to change my mindset at this point anyway, it's a little settled. Not without a long vacation and nonelective surgery, anyway.
[ I feel like 'horribly domestic' should be their memoir title. ] That's okay, we'll be avoiding that in the future anyways so your mindset can just stay as is. Nice and good.
I'm fantastic at it. I'd demonstrate, but demonstrations tend to be intrusive and something I avoid doing to people I like. [ Not taking the bait, okay. ]
Please don't. [ Not that he thinks she would - she did after all just say that she wouldn't, and she never has - but he's backtracking and calming and still a little agitated. It's gonna be time to sit back up again in a little bit, but for right now he just reaches both arms back and around her, lacing his fingers at the small of her back. ] You are fantastic.
Never without your permission. [ Fairly seriously, because she means that and she wants him to know she does. Forcing any empathy on him without his consent is approximately the very last thing she would willingly do. But that gesture, what he says next brings a small smile to her face, and she looks down at him. ] Thanks. You too.
[ It's okay, he honestly doesn't think she ever will (unless like. he's lost and she needs to find him via empathy? thread!!!!!??????) ] Good role model. Are you really going to stay up?
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You're welcome. [ Soft and quiet, because she's not going to say no problem, it's not true and it makes it sound like she's dismissing things. So you're welcome is the truest, simplest answer there. ]
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is this thread wrapping up too?
it could well be, yeah, they're likely just going to stay awake together i think?
and not do anything in particular, yeah, that's what i think too
so long as he stops being an ass :|
shhh he's still coping
that's a terrible method of coping tony
were you expecting a good one????
admittedly not really
thank you
For a moment, he's really not sure what to do with that answer. It's the one he was expecting, and yet. He's not sure what to do with it. ] Thank you.
you are welcome. and okay yes i think that's about it for this one