Christina Frost (whosperfectnow) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-04-30 22:42:00

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inactive - chris frost, inactive - justin rhodes

Changes (Justin).
Something about the couch had been annoying Tina for a few weeks. It wasn't the couch itself, that was fine and very comfortable. Justin always seemed to enjoy sprawling out on it for movie nights. What it seemed to be was that Tina didn't like where it was in the living room so, with the day to herself, she spent some time rearranging things. Tina pushed furniture around, adjusted where things were placed, even bought a couple of new throw blankets to dress things up. When she was finished she was pleased with her work and sat down to wait for Justin to come over. He practically lived there; his opinion mattered a great deal to her.

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	whosperfectnow 2011-05-02 01:53 am UTC (link)
	"Oh. Oh." Tina took a deep breath and sat back on the couch a bit. "That's...a good distance from here. You'd have to move." To another time zone. To another state. To a place where she couldn't keep an eye on him, take care of him, be with him. "I see." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

iron_hide
2011-05-02 01:57 am UTC (link)

"I know that long-distance sucks, but I know other people who do it, too. We can make this work, if we really want to..." Justin says.

"...but I get it if you don't want to. So, if it's between you and the job, I'll ask Mr. Stark to find someone else and stay here." Justin says.

"Let me know what you're thinking, Tina. No matter how bad you think it is or if you think it'll hurt my feelings. It won't." he says.

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whosperfectnow
2011-05-02 10:11 am UTC (link)

"I don't know what I'm thinking," she said quietly, her eyes looking down for a moment. It was a lie of sorts. She did know one thing that she was thinking and it repeated in her mind: he's leaving me, he's leaving me, he's leaving me.

"You've been wanting this type of job since I've known you, Justin. You can't tell him no. If you do, you'll be miserable and you'll resent me. I can't make you pick between me and the job you really want."

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	iron_hide 2011-05-03 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"But you're important to me, and so is your input." Justin says. "I love you and I'm not willing to let go of us." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-03 02:21 am UTC (link)
	"Justin, I am not going to break up with you because you got a great job offer and have to move elsewhere to take it. I mean, it's not forever...right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2011-05-03 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"Well, no. I mean, I'm going to work and come see you, of course. I don't know how long I'll be out in Kansas City, unless it turns out to be a nice place." Justin says. "Will you come and visit as soon as I get settled? I'd like to take you out to dinner and show you around." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

whosperfectnow
2011-05-03 03:14 am UTC (link)

The 'unless it turns out to be a nice place' part bothered Tina, but she simply nodded along. What if it did turn out to be a nice place and he wanted to stay? She couldn't exactly leave New York, not with X-Force and she didn't see herself leaving X-Force for a long time.

Justin was leaving. He wasn't coming back.

"I will. I have to make sure the place is good enough for you," she smiled a bit. "And fuss."

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	iron_hide 2011-05-03 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"I...noticed you haven't said you want to sell your place here and move in with me. Is that not an option?" Justin asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

whosperfectnow
2011-05-03 01:03 pm UTC (link)

"I actually hadn't considered you might want me to come with you," she says honestly and her eyes light up a little bit. "All the grief you gave me about my wanting you to move in here it seemed logical to me that you'd want some man time out in the Midwest."

She moves a bit closer to him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"I wouldn't sell this place even if I could move. I got this place at a great price and could easily afford to maintain the residence even if I moved. But...I can't really move, Justin. Much as I want to go with you, I have things here. I have X-Force and it would be almost impossible for me to respond to a call from a time zone away. And then there's my mother's idea of me working with her. It's not that I don't want to go...I just don't think that I can."

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	iron_hide 2011-05-04 12:55 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking. You do have other responsibilities." Justin says quietly. "I just don't want to lose you, you know? You're part of my life and I can't imagine you not being with me." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-05 12:43 am UTC (link)
	"Hey," she says with her voice just barely above a whisper. Tina takes her hands and closes them around his, holding tightly. "You aren't going to lose me. We're not ending." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2011-05-05 12:54 am UTC (link)
	"Good." Justin says, leaning in to kiss her. It would be difficult to get used to not seeing her when he wanted or being able to come home to her. "What do you want to do right now?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-05 12:57 am UTC (link)
	Cry wasn't really a viable option, but it was what Tina wanted to do. She wanted to curl up--likely in the closet because it was dark and secure--and cry. But she couldn't and Justin kissing her did take some of the edge off of the pain. It was just enough. "Not let go of you for a long, long time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2011-05-05 01:13 am UTC (link)
	"How does dinner and an early bedtime sound? I've got two days before I have to give my decision. Spending them with you sounds like a great way to pass the time." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-05 01:20 am UTC (link)
	"Sounds like a good way to get to my idea of not letting go of you. Let's go with that." She snuggled to him a bit. "I don't want to think about having to let you go." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2011-05-05 01:23 am UTC (link)
	"Then don't. We'll have dinner and maybe some Ben and Jerry's while we watch a movie?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-05 01:44 am UTC (link)
	"You can have the ice cream. I'm not feeling it tonight. But dinner and the movie sounds great to me. It's pretty much my favorite way to spend an evening you know, dinner and a movie with you here on the couch." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2011-05-05 01:53 am UTC (link)
	"Okay, let's eat, honey." Justin says, holding her close. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-05 01:57 am UTC (link)
	"You do have to let me up to go get the food, you know." Tina teased him a bit before getting up. She grabs a couple of plates and the sandwiches, then comes back, settling onto the couch with him. "Promise me that you'll eat right and that you won't hide any bad news about your heart from me, okay?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2011-05-05 02:18 am UTC (link)
	"I promise I'll do both. Both of my siblings will be with me, and my dad, too. I'll be lucky if I get near a cheeseburger without being spotted." Justin grins. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-05 11:12 am UTC (link)
	"I will have to meet with your siblings and let them know to contact me if you even so much as look like you might have a cheeseburger, mister. I should probably talk with your dad, too. Provided he doesn't think I'm satan or something." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2011-05-07 02:29 am UTC (link)
	"He does not think you're Satan. Why would you even say that, Tina?" Justin asks, now a little worried. He's not the mind-reader here, but he knows Tina's moods. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-07 02:35 am UTC (link)
	"I just don't know too many parents that would be particularly thrilled with their son dating Emma Frost's daughter." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2011-05-07 02:51 am UTC (link)
	"That's a small part of who you are. You can't let that be the only thing that defines you, Tina." Justin says, kissing the top of her head. "You're the most awesome girl I know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-07 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	"You, handsome sir, are biased." She smiles up at him. "I know you're right on some level, but at the same time my mother has quite a reputation and as far as first impressions go, parents don't always think about the value of the person in front of them. They think of their roots." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)