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26 October 2008 @ 09:21 pm

Communication is key?

It had taken them some time to get Bart's hand on the mend. It hadn't taken nearly as much time to get back up to Jenny's room and to privacy. They had been quiet the entire time and the quietness seemed to persist as she closed the door behind her. She smiled weakly at Bart as she walked over to the bed and pulled off her boots.

"Um. Sex? Or talking?"

Tags: bart allen, milliways, oom

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 27th, 2008 01:43 am (UTC)

And he has no idea how to start.

(This is hard, okay? Massively so.)

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 27th, 2008 01:46 am (UTC)

It's okay. Jenny crosses her legs on the bed and looks at him for a moment more. She can do this. She can stay patient and be communicative. Really!

"Maybe. Um. Maybe we can start with what I missed?"

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 27th, 2008 02:05 am (UTC)

"....Okay."

Beat.

Beat.

"I ran into someone from my future."

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 27th, 2008 02:13 am (UTC)

"Here?"

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 27th, 2008 02:18 am (UTC)

"Yeah. He was..."

...Massively drugged out.

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 27th, 2008 02:36 am (UTC)

"Was what, Bart?"

Jenny will give him all the cues he needs to get through this. And all the hugs and cuddling too, if he ventures closer to the bed.

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 27th, 2008 08:44 pm (UTC)

"...On something. Hard."

Trailing off again, temporarily. There's more, but talking isn't easy.

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 27th, 2008 10:40 pm (UTC)

Jenny shakes her head. It's probably some sort of Earth slang, but it's not any she recognises.

"I don't understand."

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 12:30 am (UTC)

"Drugs?"

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 12:33 am (UTC)

"Oh."

That she understands. But what she doesn't get is why it's bothering him so much.

"So?"

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 12:59 am (UTC)

"I just... from the way Clark and Chloe act, I thought things were better by then. AC's a jerk and all, but-"

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 01:23 am (UTC)

"But?"

Cues. Lots and lots of cues.

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 01:30 am (UTC)

"-I don't know. I'm hanging around with a jerk and a junkie with EMP arrows or something. What kind of a future is that?"

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 01:47 am (UTC)

Jenny nods slowly, actually taking the time to consider her words before she speaks them. It pains her to ask this next question, but she does anyhow:

"Have you asked Clark about it?"

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 01:51 am (UTC)

"No."

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 01:57 am (UTC)

Quietly, "Maybe you should?"

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 01:58 am (UTC)

Shrug.

Which means: maybe.

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 07:13 pm (UTC)

"I, um."

This sort of hurts to say. Stupid Clark Kent.

"I think I'd talk to him before worrying too much? I think... I think Clark's too dull to trust people like that."

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 07:20 pm (UTC)

"He's friends with me," Bart points out.

Helpful, isn't he.

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 07:23 pm (UTC)

She wrinkles her nose and finally stands from the bed. That makes it easier to cross her arms over her chest and give Bart the look he so very much deserves.

"What?"

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 07:30 pm (UTC)

"What?"

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 07:33 pm (UTC)

"Don't you ever say that again, Bart Allen!"

Those weren't tears stinging her eyes, were they? Why didn't he have any idea just how brilliant an individual he was?

"You're the best person I know."

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 07:40 pm (UTC)

"No," he says, carefully, "I'm not."

He has no illusions about that. Part-time hero work aside, he's still just a thief and something of a bastard and if it weren't for certain superpowers, he'd be your dime-a-dozen streetkid.

Edited 2008-10-28 07:47 pm (UTC)

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bitunlikely.livejournal.com on October 28th, 2008 07:48 pm (UTC)

Her head tilts a little and her hands move to her hips.

"Why not?"

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blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com on October 29th, 2008 12:19 am (UTC)

Shrug.

It's a 'you haven't noticed?' sort of shrug.