Room 527, Tuesday morning

[solo_sword]

Jaina woke to a few thoughts in her head even in those first few seconds when you rightfully shouldn't be able to think of anything:

1. She had to get up and make her usual checkup calls back home and see what she'd been sent overnight.
2. She had class to go to.
3. She had enough time that she could spend a little while longer snuggled up to her boyfriend, all warm and comfortable.

Focusing on the third option for now, she slung her arm over him, pulling herself closer just because she could.

[Open door, open post! No, not really. For the bf who I totes modded, mwaahahaha.]

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[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"That and you'd be better off without me screwing things up but I think we visited that once and I'm so sick of all our problems being about me, don't you ever do anything wrong?"

[solo_sword]

"I'm kind of a bitch," she answered. Hey.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but that's part of your hotness," he said dismissively.

[solo_sword]

"And I'm self-entitled, pessimistic, no fun to deal with, and probably should have pushed you away when everything went to hell but I was selfish and wanted keep you around even when I thought I'd hurt you eventually." Jaina hated today.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"And yet, all of your faults just make you that much more attractive because I like going after things that others would consider dangerous or bad for my well-being." John would be avoiding a lot after this.

[solo_sword]

She was doing a lot of frowning today. If tomorrow she ended up with a new line between her eyebrows, this conversation was why. "Do you think I'm bad for your well-being?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"No!" He shook his head emphatically. "But your lifestyle makes you a risk because anytime you go home I know there's a chance you won't come back."

[solo_sword]

"But you go back with me..." she said, not entirely getting it.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

He shrugged, "I don't know! No one ever said my idiot brain had to make any damned sense, did they? This would be so much easier if I could sew my big mouth shut here."

[solo_sword]

"You're not an idiot. And I hate today. A lot."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"It sucks," he agreed. "I'm sorry I had to bother you with all that, the last thing you need on your plate is this mess of stuff that was never important enough to talk about before."

[solo_sword]

"No, if it bothers us, it's important," Jaina said. "Maybe it's better that it all came out. Even if the method stinks. Stupid Fandom."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"It doesn't change anything," he said, determined to repress as much as he could.

[solo_sword]

"It doesn't," she agreed, though it did make her feel better to hear him say that and know he had to mean it. "We're just aware now. And I continue to be amazed that we kind of argue and come out of it okay all the time."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

It had to mean something that his cheeky smirk was back. "It's the make up sex. Too good to pass up." Both true and teasing.

[solo_sword]

Jaina matched his smirk with a little lopsided smile of her own. "Just wait till we start picking arguments to get to that part. How has that never occurred to me?" And back to facepalming, though she almost had to laugh at herself there.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John chuckled, "It just did and now I'm not gonna be able to tell the serious fights from the ones you pick am I?"

[solo_sword]

"Yes. I'll clearly be having fun with the not-serious ones. Listen to me give away my own strategy."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Just so you're obvious about the fun part I'll be okay," he warned.

[solo_sword]

"I'll do my best, and hope that real issues don't come out, because you never know with us. Maybe I could avoid that by just taking my shirt off should it happen." Thoughts weren't even really making it to Jaina's head before being said anymore. It was leading to a lot of 'do I really think that?'

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"You should always take off your shirt," he agreed without hesitation.

[solo_sword]

"You think I should take off my shirt now? Even after all that? Not that I object." Of course she was wearing a shirt, she could not have had this whole talk while topless. La.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Yes," he agreed wholeheartedly from his spot leaning against the wall. "I...am not wearing a top or I'd take mine off in a show of support."

[solo_sword]

"I really like you shirtless," Jaina admitted, and after a moment moved away enough to pull off her shirt. "There."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"You can't expect me to converse when you aren't wearing a shirt," he admitted distractedly. What? He was enjoying the view, okay?