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[girlcorrupted]

[ She wants to believe him, she really does. But Jack's words about social contracts, about knowing better...all the things he'd said they just confirming her worries from earlier in the evening. ]

It's fine. Perhaps it would have been easier on everyone if I had stayed home for this one.


[ Still placating, even as those more paranoid thoughts aboit danger and abandonment begin to gain traction again. ]

[hairday]

Just say you're upset with me.

[ Why else would she be slapping him with that hypothetical? ]

I'm the one who did something stupid.

[girlcorrupted]

I'm not upset with you, it's more that I am being realistic. Don't worry about it, okay?

[ And the latter is what she's truly upset about. That she'd fooled herself into thinking she could have "normal." That she could leave her past behind. That Jack had been wrong about people. ]

[hairday]

[ Little hard not to worry when he's not even sure what that's supposed to mean. Realistic how? ]

Then I guess I'm just gonna have to be upset with me for you. I just wanted you to have a nice evening, and it kind of sounds like we both agree that it could've gone a lot better.

[girlcorrupted]

Angel sighs at the screen. She's so tired.

Steve, it's late.

[hairday]

[ He will acknowledge that. ]

You're right. Don't let me keep you up.
But I AM gonna make it up to you for this later.

[girlcorrupted]

Goodnight Steve.


[ Regardless of whether Steve gives Angel space after this or not, she'll make herself scarce then go offline completely from the 14th till the end of the month as she deals with the Valentines poison. ]

[hairday]

I mean it.

Sleep tight, Angel.

[ Steve is... very hard to deter when he has his mind set on something. If anything, her sparing replies do the opposite of that. There's so much he could be saying about the night of the party that he isn't, and it only makes him wonder if there are things she's carefully omitting as she taps on her own keys.

He manages to wait a day before showing up at Solsikke, which was always the plan; words on a screen are so cold, he can't settle for just writing out his thoughts. He also hasn't come alone. In his hand, there's a stuffed toy that looks like a rabbit. It's stupid, but bringing a gift makes him personally feel like less of a dipshit. And flowers were out of the question.

He knocks.

If no one answers, he'll try again another day. If she never shows, he'll leave the doll with one of her roommates, or on the doorstep, failing that. ]