Dinadan Palmer (sonoftheatom) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-11-13 02:28:00

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In Which Reality Does Occasionally Conspire Against Dinadan Palmer
((Set after "Child's Play"))

Dinadan heaves a sigh of relief, throwing his pencil down on his desktop and stretching his hands over his head. Usually, he would have put his homework off until Sunday, but between his recovery and the whole...thing with Granny Sunshine, he and Petra had agreed that it was time to check out that Bed & Breakfast and pastry class she'd mentioned back when he'd gotten back to Ivy Town. It had taken a bit of parental wrangling (on his part) and a bit of "oh geez, when can we do the pastry class and get the room", but they'd managed it. And then the last thing standing (well, lying really) in their way was Dinadan's homework load.

Which was now finished. Ha.

As he starts packing his homework away, he notices that Petra's name is marked as "online" on his instant messenger, and he clicks open a window to send her a quick message.

SonoftheAtom: hey, done with my homework, almost ready to bone

Augh, finger-fumble, he hates it when he accidentally hits--

Oh holy gods, how did he just make that typo?!

SonoftheAtom: come!

No no no, that doesn't make it any better!

SonoftheAtom: come over! Almost ready to come over!

Although now plans maybe delayed due to current overwhelming need to fling his traitorous keyboard across the room.

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sonoftheatom
2010-12-06 07:55 am UTC (link)

"I brought protective goggles, just in case," Dinadan says. It's hard to tell if he's joking or not. The only way to know for sure would be to check his bag, and that's back at the room.

He puts his binoculars down and turns to her when she asks the question, hearing the tonal shift from playful flirting to seriousness. He also tries not to immediately panic and wonder if he's done something wrong.

"I'm happy enough?" he says finally. "I mean, I could do without another round of you having to snog a guy who's trying to destroy the world in front of me, but I figure those circumstances aren't going to come up enough for that to be a problem." He fidgets nervously with his hands. "Er. Why?"

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gal_gardner
2010-12-06 01:06 pm UTC (link)

Petra holds her top to her chest with one arm and sits up as she reaches for his hands with the other. "Oh honey, don't get upset. I was just asking because, well..." She manages a sardonic smile.

"I'm the kind of girl I expect boys like you to get warned about by their moms. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going off on self-pity or anything, I love being me; but I just wanted to make sure you're okay with how things have been.

Apart from the Titan-snogging, as you pointed out."

She chooses her words carefully. "I like you Din. You're very nice to spend time with, you're smart, you're cute, and you treat me like royalty, which is also very nice." She grins.

"I guess what I'm saying... and please don't let the fact that I've got you more or less captive here skew your judgment, is that I'd be willing to try the monogamy thing.. if you were interested in being upgraded to actual boyfriend status." She smiles, with what would be shyness from almost anyone else.

"If we do that, I'm gonna need you to start puttin' out at some point in the near future though. Momma needs her sugar." She gives a real and hearty laugh at that, making certain already untied parts, not to mention parts of her, shift rather nicely.

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sonoftheatom
2010-12-10 07:59 am UTC (link)

Ooh boy. Dinadan takes a deep breath and thinks hard, really hard, about what he's about to say; because he's sure that this is going to be an Important Point in their relationship, whatever it ends up becoming.

"Okay, first of all, my mother didn't warn me about girls so much as ask if I was attracted to them before she started setting me up on political dates." And so Dad could start introducing the idea of in vitro fertilization to New Morlaidh, if need be. It occurs briefly to Dinadan that his family has really weird dinner conversations.

"Secondly, I really like you too. You're funny and attractive and you get me to do things I wouldn't normally do and I really like that.

"And you know, I wouldn't ask you to be monogamous for me, because I've been friends with Henry for years and I know that some people just aren't wired that way, but I do appreciate the offer." Aaaand there goes the blush again. Man is he ever lucky she thinks it's cute. "But I'd be willing to, er, discuss a time frame of, say, before the weekend is over on the putting out front." Assuming his face doesn't fall off from blushing, at least.

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gal_gardner
2010-12-10 08:53 am UTC (link)

Yeah, Petra's having pretty much the same opinion of Morlaidhian dinner conversations. She does privately muse that if Din reacted to all girls the way he reacted to her, it was a pretty poor judgment call on his mom's part to think he wasn't interested. Then again... it's easy to mistake flustered for repulsed for some people.

"See? Telling me that kind of stuff right there is part of why I like you." She smiles warmly.

"I know you'd never demand it of me, another part of why I like you, but I'd be willing to give it my best effort for at least a while, and talk openly about ground rules if I wanted to keep being your girlfriend but the monog thing wasn't working."

Petra blinks, sitting up a little bit and leaning towards him, surprised. "Oh really now? Well that's..." She grins. "That's a little faster than I was expecting anyway, sugar, so I wouldn't mind that at all." Her grin softens into a smile. "So... you're on board with being my 'official' boyfriend?" Her eyes practically sparkle.

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sonoftheatom
2010-12-20 08:41 pm UTC (link)

"Cultural thing," Dinadan says with a wry smile, not that his blushing fades or anything. "Even with all of the things that my dad has introduced to New Morlaidh, death happens fast in the jungle. Dithering around is just asking for a good thing to go from a potential to a regret, and that frame of mind isn't exactly inapplicable to life in the big world."

Besides, he had been shot with a poisoned arrow. That tends to clarify a few things, even if it takes awhile for them to trickle through the safety nets in his thinking process. He peeks up at her though his hair and grins. "Yeah, I'm on board. But not right here. Sex on a beach sounds romantic, but it's actually horrifyingly disgusting. And scratchy."

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	gal_gardner 2010-12-20 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	Well... that was somewhat sobering. "Oh hell no, I know that's a bad idea. Now come here, you. Even if you're not putting out yet, you earned yourself a little somethin somethin." She smiles and crooks a finger at him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-12-23 07:58 am UTC (link)
	"Just saying. I did research." Surreptitious research in the back corner of a college computer lab, with other windows open in the background in case someone got nosy, but research none the less. Dinadan puts his binoculars back in his bag so they don't also get scratched up, and approaches Petra's perch. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_gardner 2010-12-27 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	Petra tugs him in and gives him a slow and lingering kiss. "You're a real prize, Din, you know that?" She murmurs against his cheek when she finally breaks off the kiss. She then lays back on her chair again, rolling onto her stomach and putting her top aside entirely. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonoftheatom 2010-12-29 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	Dinadan kisses back, blushing happily. "So are you," he answers. He doesn't actually get up from the spot they kissed. He's pretty sure he's not blocking her sun... (Reply to this)(Parent)

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