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[pall0r-mortis]

All things considered, he wasn't terribly disappointed at the time. Maybe James wasn't giving him much information overall but maybe he hadn't come there for information, maybe he had come there just because he had a point to prove. And that point seemed distant, he had proven it, and James said proven himself to be equally immobile.

The answer wasn't an answer, Sid wasn't sure if the answer mattered in the first place, he was just trying to figure out the outlook behind it. James had not seemed to be particularly optimistic, and that was either a byproduct of the situation or just his personality. Cynical Sid had already guessed, sarcastic; none of which were shocking or even unusual, but frustratingly there seem to be a much sharper something under that surface. James was clever.

He would have grumbled in annoyance if he wasn't more invested in keeping up with whatever circular game James was playing at the time well.

"No," Sid noted the faint change of expression that crossed James' face as they reached the intersections of the roads, "apparently we're on a hike, so I guess it counts as a date but also I should have just brought my car."

His brow furrowed at the nickname, turnabout was fair play after all, and Sid begrudgingly had to admit to himself that he actually liked that about James.

"What, I don't seem like marriage potential? I think I have an endless amount of potential there," he countered, this was actually a lie because it was hard to imagine anyone would want to be around him that consistently, "I do hate that white wedding thing though, so that's off the table; it's ugly. Not going to have an ugly wedding."

This of course was the oddity, he was discovering, about being around James; there was a challenge to it and there he was answering stupid questions because he liked a challenge and maybe James had already figured that out about him and how to use it. Or maybe James just really liked asking stupid questions.

"Kids? Why not; somebody has to be a problem after I'm gone, right? I have no point of reference on how to do that in a way that doesn't fuck a kid up but it can't be that hard." Sid reasoned. As unrealistic as the entire hypothetical situation was he had to be a better father than his own had been. Frankly a rabid animal had to be a better father than his so it wasn't a high standard.

"We are definitely going to have to have a discussion about names though," he continued because James had started this and James was not going to escape either, "because every time I hear about someone naming their kid something stupid like Arizona or Rainbow, or whatever the hell else, I want to punch them in the face." Sid rattled off, kicking at a rock in the street as they crossed.

"There's only so much compromise I can make there Princess," he concluded, tone so clearly mockingly saccharine with a hint of something that was more of a huff but clearly dangerously close to a laugh.

@captainjamesjoneshook

@pall0r-mortis

James had not expected this tactic from Sid.

You know, the one where you bring up something and obviously hit the nail on the head, and then thought better not and backed off by baiting and switching the topic.

He would have fully expected Sid to just attack the wound that James had provided full access to, having only needed the opening before it became a feeding frenzy. But he didn't. Instead he just moved on to– well, asking after James' injury wasn't exactly a safe topic, but it was no doubt safer than talking about his dead father.

As apparent as this already was given their previous encounters and conversation, James was coming to the very surface level conclusion that Sid was a weird person. He was blunt and yet he just talked around it circle after circle, almost like he derived some sort of satisfaction from the shape itself and by pulling someone else in the maddening loop with him. Like right now, having demanded a date out of James even though they both knew neither of them wanted to be doing this.

And yet, here he was! Entertaining him!

Ridiculous and strange. Very, very strange. Even for James Jones the II.

"No, I get it. You bring up death, I put down my death card and then you put down the wild card so you could change the color. Very clever, but I'll be the one shouting Uno here in a minute," he said. "But yeah, I dunno really. They keep saying I'm on my own time line. Which I know is them just being annoyingly kind because they do have their own time line they want to keep me on. It just depends on how well it heals and how willing I am to do all the exercises and whatever else they ask of me."

James gave a sigh. Then, "Anyway– enough about me. Let's cut to the chase! We're on a date, after all."

Once they'd reached the corner of the street he carefully maneuvered down the dropped kerb to the rode to cross, bringing them over to turn onto Ever After. Christ, James just had to have chosen a place all the way across town, hadn't he? Uuugggh.

"So, tell me, sunshine, what are your thoughts on marriage? Kids? You want any?"

[raapija]

Fernando giving a ride to Vale, Zhou and George ??? And.... is that Lance ?

[slugmilk69]

I’m reading six of crows for the first time and Kaz just casually ripped out a man’s eyeball???

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[goryhorroor]

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[makesomehistory]

If you go on, it won't be just friends anymore. Some kind of friendship can start from having sex. Sure. And you're gonna keep wanting me. But we're just friends no matter what.

[albinoegirl]

Real life chobit 💗

[autismwithoutpremium]

[whumpyinside]

Yo, Michael Sheen playing these two, literal opposite characters, will always have me shook.

Talent.

[frenchublog]

I kinda forgot to acknowledge that important fact, but there are +15k people following this silly blog !! Thank you !

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

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[iwillwringyourneck]

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