Vincent Amorason (quitethecharmer) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-11-24 01:34:00

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Emergency Guy Talk
The day after the discussion with Shanna, Vincent needed to talk to someone. It wasn't as if he and Kristoff had had the typical brotherly relationship, and certainly not in the context of being Americans, but he couldn't think of anyone else to bring this particular situation to. Even if they'd pointedly tried to avoid talking about Vincent's sex life in the past.

They'd been scheduled for a science lesson anyway, so Vincent is expecting his brother to be available when he arrives at the lab. He's not quite distraught, but he's clearly uneasy.

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	discardedheir 2010-11-24 05:27 am UTC (link)
	And Kristoff automatically notices. "Vincent, what is wrong?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-24 05:29 am UTC (link)
	"Nothing's wrong that can be fixed, I just need to talk, and hopefully get some advice." He sits down at one of the work tables. "I suppose the place to start is to mention that Andrea's started dating again." A beat. "I'm still not ready to." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	discardedheir 2010-11-24 05:32 am UTC (link)
	Kristoff listens. "Well, logically, one of you would be ready before the other." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2010-11-24 05:38 am UTC (link)

Vincent can't help but give a momentarily flat look, before the calm sets back in. "Yes, well, hurt isn't always logical. I don't want to be around her for a while. Not because this is so overwhelmingly tragic that I can't stand being in the same room as her,--" he laces the tone carefully, aware of how he's dramatized situations before, "--but just because I know her well enough to expect that she'd sense my unease, and feel uncomfortable herself for it."

He runs a hand over his face as he collects his thoughts. "I almost decided to just stay in my room and sulk, but I think I'm a bit too old and too busy for that.

Then, yesterday, I was having dinner with a friend of mine as a housewarming event, and..." His eyes shift slightly to the side. "She offered to... well, she referred to it as a 'warmth exchange'." He gives half a pause, before continuing, before Kristoff can make any assumptions.

"I turned her down."

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	discardedheir 2010-11-24 05:44 am UTC (link)
	"That seems wise. You just said you are not ready." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2010-11-24 05:49 am UTC (link)

Vincent clears his throat and his gaze shifts again.

"I said I'm not ready to be dating; of that I'm sure. There is a significant difference."

He exhales. "I know this isn't exactly aligned with your own life experiences, but do you think it's disrespectful of myself or either of them if I was simply interested in something mutually enjoyable and affirming between friends? I already told Shanna about my residual feelings for Andrea, and my hesitance to simply accept her offer on the spot.

She was... remarkably understanding about the situation, and accepted it without a problem when I said I needed time to give her a formal answer."

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	discardedheir 2010-11-24 05:53 am UTC (link)
	Kristoff listens, and thinks. "You realize it is unlikely that, dating or not, Andrea will be involved in...such activities for quite some time? It is conceivable she could feel the same kind of hurt you are feeling at your apparent readiness to overcome things." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2010-11-24 06:26 am UTC (link)

"Yes, well, I wasn't planning on flaunting it. Just as Andrea only mentioned her dating to me as it came up in conversation." He sighs.

As he doesn't really think it's any of Kristoff's business, he doesn't point out his own opinions on what Andrea might or might not do, now that she's physically capable of such.

"In all honesty, I wouldn't mind having sex again, and if Shanna had offered before the unease of Andrea dating again had set in, and she had still respected that I wasn't looking for a relationship again yet, I probably would have said yes.

I'm just trying not to put my life on indefinite hold because of one failed relationship, however important it was to me."

He's not sure how much of an actual answer he's going to be able to get out of this conversation, but it does feel much better to get it out with someone, and Kristoff's discretion is beyond reproach.

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	discardedheir 2010-11-24 06:28 am UTC (link)
	"Well, if you plan to maintain as much good taste as possible, and are sure you are being clear and honest with this Shanna, then I suppose I can see the benefit in your pursuing this. I would hate to see either of you handle these situations the way I did the last time I broke up with Cassandra." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-24 06:30 am UTC (link)
	"Well, for one thing, I don't have as much of a palate for Latverian vintages." He gives his brother a lopsided smile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	discardedheir 2010-11-24 06:36 am UTC (link)
	"An inscrutable quality fo yours; I will have you know that was very good brandy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2010-11-24 06:55 am UTC (link)

"I'm aware. So I expect that if you ever partake of such again, it'll be to celebrate something."

He gets up from the table, walking over to Kristoff and patting him on the shoulder. "Thank you for the feedback. Thank you more for listening. And for the record, Shanna is very nice, and by my estimates, intelligent enough to be working somewhere on the order of Project Pegasus.

Now, I believe we were going to go over how you made the latest upgrades to your armor?" He smiles. Time for science.

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discardedheir
2010-11-24 06:59 am UTC (link)

Kristoff listens, and smiles. "...However badly it turned out, phral, Andrea was good for you."

"Yes. But I will need to preface discussion of the energy coils with some geometric topology proofs." There's a semi-apologetic look. Kristoff knows Vincent never liked the rigors of topologoical proofs. The Master actually never had either, but Kristoff loved them, and besides, one always had to constantly check the fundamental basis of one's data.

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	quitethecharmer 2010-11-24 07:14 am UTC (link)
	"I'm aware of that too." Vincent manages to state calmly. He nods grimly, letting out a practiced sigh, meant to indicate that it's only the fact that it's Kristoff that he's willing to go through this intensely boring aspect of the process. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	discardedheir 2010-11-24 07:23 am UTC (link)
	Kristoff knows that look well, but he won't spare Vincent an instant of the background before they get into the more hands-on engineering. It'll be a good time, on the whole. (FINIS.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	On a Related Topic quitethecharmer 2010-11-24 07:28 am UTC (link)
	Vincent texts Andrea a message. (Not her phone, actually sends it to Andrea.) //I thought it was proper to tell you myself, I invited Asleif, as a friend, to come to the Stark winter event with me.// And then another. //I hope your date went well.// He's glad there's no poker face to fail him when texting. (Reply to this)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-25 01:26 am UTC (link)
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