[Nate winces a little when she says she doesn't get it, but that's not fair to her. What's to get? Well, a lot of things, from her perspective.]
No. [He sits up straight, looking a little disturbed at the idea. Even with all that's happened recently, Flynn's grenade is one of his very least favorite memories from an adventure.] No, no grenade. You're fine. Everyone's fine.
[Except for him, but he'd been alive, and that was enough. The injuries would heal. And then he'd been space kidnapped and they were healed. But she didn't ask about that, and she's still giving him the most gobsmacked look, so...
Fuck it. He'll stick to being direct.]
It's because I love you. I never stopped. And it's because you are way too forgiving and have terrible taste in romantic partners, not that I'm complaining.
Turns out that a lot can happen in a week to get someone to yank their head out of their ass.
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No. [He sits up straight, looking a little disturbed at the idea. Even with all that's happened recently, Flynn's grenade is one of his very least favorite memories from an adventure.] No, no grenade. You're fine. Everyone's fine.
[Except for him, but he'd been alive, and that was enough. The injuries would heal. And then he'd been space kidnapped and they were healed. But she didn't ask about that, and she's still giving him the most gobsmacked look, so...
Fuck it. He'll stick to being direct.]
It's because I love you. I never stopped. And it's because you are way too forgiving and have terrible taste in romantic partners, not that I'm complaining.
Turns out that a lot can happen in a week to get someone to yank their head out of their ass.