[ she takes a decent swig off the bottle and leans over, propping herself with a hand down on the grass. it puts her slightly more closer and after a second she bumps Shaw's knee gently with her own. ]
[ laura watches shaw, brow pinching after she's done talking. ]
Doesn't it help that you have people here -- a wife? I mean I hear you. It's reached peak level of predictable in that you can always expect something to happen every few weeks.
[ she slowly combs through the grass, shrugging lightly. ]
[The unspoken sentiment is heard and understood, and she bumps Laura with her shoulder again. Affection may not come naturally or easily to her, but she's still capable of making an effort, if a little awkwardly sometimes.]
[ judging by her face, she's not sure either. laura hasn't decided yet how these Feelings make her feel. ]
I know.
[ a beat. ]
Sweeney finally expressed how he feels about me. Like in the 'I could've scored with another chick and didn't because all I could think about was you' way.
[Right. The husband she'd married for all the wrong reasons. Shaw exhales, considers the whiskey bottle, and takes another pull from it.]
I'm the last person who should be giving anybody advice on their love life, but, uh-- you guys have been dancing around each other for at least a year, right? More seriously since last spring, from what you told me then. It's not like you're jumping into it on a whim."
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It wasn't really like that, even if you went. You didn't have to talk about diddly if you didn't want to.
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[ since it sounds like she experienced it. ]
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[Shaw lifts a shoulder in a shrug, the back of her shirt scraping against the ground and rustling the grass.]
I'm cool with that.
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[ she takes a decent swig off the bottle and leans over, propping herself with a hand down on the grass. it puts her slightly more closer and after a second she bumps Shaw's knee gently with her own. ]
You okay?
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I've been worse. Just not really looking forward to heading back off into space.
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Doesn't it help that you have people here -- a wife? I mean I hear you. It's reached peak level of predictable in that you can always expect something to happen every few weeks.
[ she slowly combs through the grass, shrugging lightly. ]
What's really holding you here, besides Root?
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[Her eyes land on Laura's restless hand, and she gives her a little nudge.]
And hey, just because almost everything about the Barge screams wrong to my brain doesn't mean I'm not glad I met you assholes.
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The feelings mutual, you know.
[ then comes an amused snort ]
So much so that there might be a small part of me that regrets not sleeping with you more than the one time.
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Laura Moon.
[Shaw says very seriously, sitting up on her elbows.]
We're sitting here, we're drinking whiskey together. You gotta tell me if I was your first. First woman, I mean.
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[ she brings the bottle up and nods assuringly. ]
I'm not going to forget that night.
[ or shaw, for that matter. ]
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Back at you. But, uh-- are you okay?
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[ she knows what question follows that so she takes another full swig and swallows it back. ]
But yeah, I'm Feeling something.
[ she pauses before settling her gaze back on shaw again. ]
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[ Shaw says lightly - she likes her self-deprecating jokes more than one might think. ]
You can talk about it, if you want.
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I know.
[ a beat. ]
Sweeney finally expressed how he feels about me. Like in the 'I could've scored with another chick and didn't because all I could think about was you' way.
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Is that... good?
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I don't know.
I don't want things to go the same way they did with Shadow.
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I'm the last person who should be giving anybody advice on their love life, but, uh-- you guys have been dancing around each other for at least a year, right? More seriously since last spring, from what you told me then. It's not like you're jumping into it on a whim."
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What we were doing in the spring wasn't exactly anything exclusive. But he did say he'd give up sex with other people for me.
I'm not stupid, right? That sort of sounds like taking the next step?
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