all_powerfull (all_powerfull) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-03-04 19:38:00

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Happy Birthday, Princess!
When Cait gets home from work, Ty is all dressed to go out, not in his lab as usual.

<i>Happy Birthday, love. What do you think of going out for pizza to celebrate?</i> comes the telepathic question as she's heading up the walk. No huge deal, nothing fancy - but its always seemed to work fine for most of their occasions.

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	young_swimmer 2012-03-14 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	Cait nodded. "Both are good choices," Cait said. "I'm sure both of them would be willing to help." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	all_powerfull 2012-03-15 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, kind of what I was thinking. Its kind of a tricky one, since STAR usually doesn't struggle that much for funding, but this is going to be one of those long processes, with about a thousand miniature projects on the way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-03-16 01:53 am UTC (link)
	"No matter what you do, I know you'll succeed with flying colors." She smiled and gave him a kiss. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	all_powerfull 2012-03-21 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	He returns the kiss with a small smile. "Not so much the grant writing, but the overall project is just my kind of thing. Lots of time, lots of math, end result being something helpful, but no time limits, no real expectations of a huge breakthrough any time soon, since so much of this is firmly in the realm of theory.... so no pressure." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-03-22 12:10 am UTC (link)
	"No pressure is really good," she said. Ty and pressure didn't mix well. Bad things happened when Ty was under pressure and Cait did everything she could to keep him relaxed. "I'm really glad you have this and can do it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	all_powerfull 2012-03-22 12:16 am UTC (link)
	"I'm pretty sure I can. The whole space warp thing is fascinating. And if the grant goes well, and they like the initial equations, its possible a paid research position may open up next year some time. No guarantees, might still be project by project... but its a possibility." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-03-22 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"I know you can," Cait said confidently. "We'll take one step at a time. Just like everything else." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	all_powerfull 2012-03-22 02:27 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, just day dreaming a little, I suppose. I like the apartment, but it'd be nice if I could help a bit more so things weren't so tight." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-03-22 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"They aren't that tight," Cait assured him. "We can pay the rent, eat and we have a little spending money. We're nowhere where we used to be." One of the pluses of being on Arthur's relative good side was that her parents gave her a living allowance each month. It helped with the expenses. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	all_powerfull 2012-03-22 03:37 am UTC (link)
	"And my mother has her house. I know... and I appreciate it. I'd just rather be sure I can really contribute." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-03-22 03:57 am UTC (link)
	"I know, but there's no pressure right now." She squeezed his hand. "We're in a good situation right now and things are good. When you get there, you get there. Besides, you do contribute. You're always there for me and that helps more than all the money in the world." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	all_powerfull 2012-03-28 01:58 am UTC (link)
	"To you." he agrees with a small sigh. "I just don't like feeling indebted to your parents, and like you're doing most of the work. I want to be able to pull my own weight some." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-03-28 02:22 am UTC (link)
	"I know," Cait said and squeezed his hand. "It will take time. You've made a lot of progress so far and eventually you'll get there. I promise you." She brought his hand up and kissed his knuckles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	all_powerfull 2012-03-28 02:23 am UTC (link)
	That, at least, gets a smile. "I know, just doesn't feel like much sometimes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-03-28 02:39 am UTC (link)
	"You've come a long way since the time I met you on the streets of Metropolis. You have less control problems now and we go out in public quite a bit. You even manage to go to Atlantis with me." Okay so there were the occasional slips, but Cait could live with them. For the most part. She still hated Captain Stingaree with a passion. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	all_powerfull 2012-03-28 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Hating Captain Stingaree is mutual. He's more afraid, really, of Black Hand - worse implications in all there. But Stingaree holds a special place of hatred. Which may be why he's come up twice. "Ok, I guess that's true. Small steps." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-03-28 03:03 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, small strokes." Which was the Atlantean equivalent of small steps. "But for now, pizza. I'm famished." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	all_powerfull 2012-03-28 03:05 am UTC (link)
	"That we can definitely agree on." He may not technically need to eat, but it was always kind of comforting to keep up the habit. Helped him feel more normal. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-03-28 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Off they would go for pizza to celebrate Cait's birthday. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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