For redfalcon

[yellowlion]

[swallows, unaccountably nervous even though it's just Yuusuke]

Hello?

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[yellowlion]

[curses]

[leans on your shoulder for a moment]

Yeah. It'll be good.

I can help you apply for a new job!

[redfalcon]

Now I really fel old. It's been forever since I wrote a CV.

[yellowlion]

[...will kiss you to stop you saying you're old if I have to; you're worrying me]

They haven't changed too much.

[redfalcon]

[...]

You can take my photo for it! [MANLY POSE]

[yellowlion]

[laughs] Maybe when you've had eight hours sleep and you're in a suit?

[redfalcon]

[grumble mumble] Okay, okay.

[yellowlion]

Not that you don't look good as you are.



[and you do; you might be over 40 but that's not elderly, and scruffily muscled suits you]

[redfalcon]

[SMIRK SMIRK] I'll look better with a few free days to spend in the gym.

[Oh yes it does.]

[yellowlion]

[I know I have no right to ask this, but...]

...can we spend some time together away from the gym, too?


[ooc: DYING. YOU ARE EVIL.]

[redfalcon]

Yeah, why not? [drops the pose and sits down normally]

[yellowlion]

[teasingly reaches out to squeeze your bicep]

[redfalcon]

[smile increasingly growing here]

[yellowlion]

[makes impressed approving noises]

[redfalcon]

[so full of it here]

[yellowlion]

[grinning, much nicer to see you like this]

So. What kind of work do you *want* to do? Really?

[redfalcon]

I d'no. I'm not unhappy where I am, it just ... feels like I never got as far as you or Megumi.

[yellowlion]

[leans forward, hands dangling loosely between knees]

[gentle, interested] So what defines success for you, then?

[redfalcon]

[shift, fidget]

I don't know? It's like Megumi was always the brilliant one and you and me weren't so great, but then you caught up with her and I'm still ...

[dawning on him how bad this sounds] ... Yeah. Sorry.

[yellowlion]

[eyebrows go up, nose wrinkles]

...I see.

Aw, c'mon, though, Yuusuke. It's not like I suddenly got *smart*. I just kept working at it. I'm never going to be a scientist like some of the people we know. I teach the basics to mostly first years, and I do a couple things on the side.

You could do that, too. Neither of us has to try to be as smart as Megumi.

[redfalcon]

We're okay here, aren't we? We're all alive. We're safe. That's more important than anything else.

[shoulders sagging juuust a little] Sorry. I think about stuff too much sometimes.

[yellowlion]

[crap, I really should've come home weeks ago]

That is important, yeah. But it's okay to think about what you're doing and want to improve it, too.

...

[wondering if this might be it]

We're not in a crisis situation any more, Yuusuke. You don't have to think day to day. You can take a long term view.

[redfalcon]

[not least because you need sleep, food, a shower ...]

My God, all this time and I'm still thinking like a Liveman. [runs hand awkwardly through hair]

[yellowlion]

[noooo, my own needs are a far distant second! I'm still an emo self-sacrificing Liveman dammit!]

[sigh] I do it too, if it helps. Threw myself at the Zangyack today, oh, and after a pram, without a thought.

[redfalcon]

[watch us sink into the mire of angst]

Sure, you're putting your own life in danger, but at least a baby is safe.

New enemy, no powers, but nothing else has changed.

[yellowlion]

[glub]

Yes, exactly!

...wait, what? That last part didn't sound so good.