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❝ bones ❞ — ᴅʀ. ʟᴇᴏɴᴀʀᴅ ʜ. ᴍᴄᴄᴏʏ, ʟᴄᴅʀ ([personal profile] sufferably) wrote2023-05-30 10:22 pm

( i've been working on a cocktail called grounds for divorce )




❝ IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, PRESS SOS. IF IT'S IMPORTANT, LEAVE A MESSAGE. IF IT'S ANYTHING ELSE, HANG UP. THAT MEANS YOU, JIM. ❞

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proudofwhatiam: (eeek)

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[personal profile] proudofwhatiam 2014-04-30 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[If he laughed, she might never forgive him.

Well--she'd forgive him eventually, but she'd be embarrassed beyond belief to realize that what seemed like a very real concern to her looked like a joke a century or two on.

And yet, his response is curiously deadpan enough that she's tempted to chuckle. Is that really all he's concerned about?]


I haven't the faintest idea. If he shows up...I don't know what's going to happen at all. Honestly, we hadn't done more than kiss-- [She cuts herself off, a bit embarrassed. Evy doesn't know a lot about these sorts of things, but don't tell your new beau about what you got up to with your old one seems like a fairly obvious rule.] Well, saved each others' lives, I suppose, but at this point, I've known you as long as I'd known him.

[If she keeps talking, she's only going to put her foot in it more. Wrap it up, Evelyn, you're sounding like a fool.] If he tries, I'll stop him.
proudofwhatiam: (carefully polite)

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[personal profile] proudofwhatiam 2014-04-30 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
All right. Er, good.

[There's palpable relief there. Things seem so much simpler where Leonard's from (or perhaps they're merely simpler in his mind); she could easily imagine other men backing off at her explanation, for any number of reasons, and he's taken it entirely in stride.

She knew she liked him.]


I doubt anyone could warn me off. You might not know it, but I can be a bit obstinate. [His reaction's cheered her enough that she can tease him back now.]
proudofwhatiam: (puzzleboxes)

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[personal profile] proudofwhatiam 2014-04-30 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
I convinced you to take a nap when you were having nothing of the sort. [She laughs.] Now imagine if we'd been arguing about something important.
proudofwhatiam: (how lovely)

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[personal profile] proudofwhatiam 2014-04-30 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, really? And who's been teaching those?
proudofwhatiam: (two hundred egyptian pounds)

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[personal profile] proudofwhatiam 2014-04-30 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
I'll have to take a few extra lessons myself, then--mustn't let you outpace me.

Oh--while I've got hold of you, I ought to mention that we might have to put dinner off a bit. [Must be circumspect, mustn't attract the gods' attention, but she doesn't want to disappear without telling him if he isn't planning on going on the upcoming expedition.] I've business out of the city in a day or two.
proudofwhatiam: (would subscribe to your newsletter)

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[personal profile] proudofwhatiam 2014-04-30 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
It would--I hadn't realized you'd heard about it.
proudofwhatiam: (that is a silly idea)

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[personal profile] proudofwhatiam 2014-04-30 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
I think so, too. [And surely it can't be worse than the last trip out to Ginnungagap.] It'd be nice to have you there--we might have need of a doctor.
proudofwhatiam: (by jove he's got it)

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[personal profile] proudofwhatiam 2014-04-30 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
They aren't proper medical doctors. I'd rather have someone who's taken the Hippocratic Oath.

[That makes her laugh.] And this one should be quite the adventure. Do come with.
proudofwhatiam: (i think you've found something)

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[personal profile] proudofwhatiam 2014-04-30 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
Good. I suppose I'll see you then.
proudofwhatiam: (how do you do)

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[personal profile] proudofwhatiam 2014-04-30 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
You, too.