week 5, thursday w/ steph

[alchemenace]

[ well if steph is hanging out near the foyer on this thursday-before-the-other-pc, she'll find one varian climbing the bookshelf in an extremely precarious position, hand extended as he tries to grab what looks like a damaged piece of parchment hanging out innocently on top.

the bookshelf wobbles ominously. ]

Just ... a little more...

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[alchemenace]

[ ... just going to keep staring until she does >:c ]

[vigilantics]

Sorry.

[ she swallows, her gaze shifting away to look at the ground. ]

It just seemed like... it was all me.

[alchemenace]

No, you don't-- you don't have to apologize to me, I just...

[ ... he shrugs ]

Team reckless has to stick up for each other, right?

[vigilantics]

... right.

Sorry, it's just-- I've gotten a lot of blame over the years, or people saying things about me, and I normally fight against it because it's unfair. What you saw has just always been the thing I agreed with when they said that though.

[ it feels like her fault. ]

[alchemenace]

And ... I understand, but... it still seems unfair to me.

[ but again take no lesson from the kid with guilt issues ]

[vigilantics]

[ she rubs at her face. ]

I'll try to keep that in mind. Thank you.

[alchemenace]

... Okay.

[ this has been. a day. ]

... We're kind of a mess, aren't we?

[vigilantics]

We're a bit of a mess, yeah.

[ ... ]

But at least we're messes together.

[alchemenace]

... Yeah. I'm glad I met you, Stephie.

[vigilantics]

Me too.

[ she'll reach over to take his hand and give it a light squeeze. ]

[alchemenace]

[ he squeezes back and his crush on steph grew six sizes that day ]