Apparently, that's what was missing from my social circle. Sometimes you never realize what's lacking until you find it. Though admit it, a lot of the chatter you hear on Speaker's Bridge by the university is just pompous windbagging, isn't it?
[He is feeling like he can let some walls down with her by now, where it's not all business and cold hard surfaces. He does have a sense of humor he doesn't mind showing around people he's coming to trust like her. It doesn't hurt that she's fully willing and capable of teasing back.]
I'm sure you'd make a great lemonade. Never trust someone who can't handle tartness.
[Done eating for the moment he leans back against her sofa cushions, drink in hand. It feels supremely odd to not have a pile of work in front of him that he's doing while talking. It's been a very, very long time since he spent a night not working, even if some of his thoughts are still on it.]
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Date: 2023-10-01 09:34 pm (UTC)[He is feeling like he can let some walls down with her by now, where it's not all business and cold hard surfaces. He does have a sense of humor he doesn't mind showing around people he's coming to trust like her. It doesn't hurt that she's fully willing and capable of teasing back.]
I'm sure you'd make a great lemonade. Never trust someone who can't handle tartness.
[Done eating for the moment he leans back against her sofa cushions, drink in hand. It feels supremely odd to not have a pile of work in front of him that he's doing while talking. It's been a very, very long time since he spent a night not working, even if some of his thoughts are still on it.]