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Roxanne Ritchi ([personal profile] pluckyreporter) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2011-12-31 10:07 pm

Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win

WHO: Roxanne and well-wishers (plus one really angry alien)
WHERE: The Ritchi House
WHEN: December 30th, Friday Morning - January 6th, Friday.
WARNINGS: Should be none.
SUMMARY: Roxanne's busted up. Come visit.
FORMAT: Looooooooooog (Just leave a note on what day you're visiting in the subject line!)


Roxanne sure as hell wasn't going anywhere after her encounter with Hal. So she was all cozied up at home, with some really good post-surgery painkillers, a brain bot to warm her feet, and a whole week of not leaving the house for pretty much any reason at all. But she'd take visitors. Maybe. If you weren't Hal.
notpredictable: (Genuine smile // You're alright)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-04 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"A. That -- that was...well. It was...really something, very nice -- I wasn't expecting, you didn't have to--"

He babbles a few more incoherencies. Roxanne tends to scramble his brain.
Edited 2012-01-04 02:39 (UTC)
notpredictable: (Oh God I'm good // Banter)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-04 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
"A...a win. Yes - though I'm fairly certain the victory is a bit swayed in your favor."

He's the one fumbling here, after all.

"It...is?"
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[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-06 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I like this tradition," he tells her enthusiastically, squeezing her hand. "Do you get only one?"

Because he could get used to this.
notpredictable: (Didn't do it! // What?!)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-08 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Carefully, hesitantly, he untangles his hand from hers and slides it around her instead. She wants him here, she hasn't shooed him out -- so this is...a safe gesture, right?

He's really not sure. He doesn't know what he's doing anymore. It's all complicated. He only knows that he very much wants to see her smile.

"Oh, good. So I--"

He clears his throat.

"In theory -- since there are not, as you say, any rules against it -- in theory, I could...steal another?"
notpredictable: (Getting a plan // RIGHTED WRONGS)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-09 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
He's horribly awkward but he's trying to be smooth and confident -- and he carefully strokes her hair, running gloved fingertips through short strands.

"That will likely give me the conclusion I'm looking for. Further experimentation is, as you say, required."

So he swallows and leans in to carefully brush his lips to hers - hesitantly, to make sure that he's not going to get violently shoved away.
notpredictable: (Cheesy Smile // She draws it out...)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-09 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
He wouldn’t much appreciate being told he was sweet – outwardly, anyway. There’d likely be grand gesticulations and exaggerated protests that he was anything but, but inwardly…inwardly he might be just a little bit pleased.
 
As it is, he’s already incredibly pleased – he’s not getting anything dumped on him, he’s not getting pushed away, and his affections are getting returned instead of rejected.
 
Maybe all of this isn’t so bad, after all.
 
He slides a hand to cup the back of her head, gently brushing his thumb over her cheek, and he pulls back, breath dissolving silently against her lips.
 
Wow.
notpredictable: (Shock and awe! // Wait what?)

[personal profile] notpredictable 2012-01-10 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
For the first time in all of his adult life, he feels genuinely happy. Sure, being with her as Bernard had brought positive feelings of what he had thought was happiness, but there was something truly remarkable about being around her as himself and having her accept him and his appearance.

He oozes joy as she dots kisses along his jaw and he squirms in delight next to her, his pleasure obvious on his face.

"Roxanne, it would take twenty Metro Man's to get me out of this abode tonight. And even then, I make no guarantees. I'm afraid you're stuck with me, for the time being."