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
2011-05-03 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)

	iron_hide 2011-05-08 05:00 am UTC (link)
	"You say I'm biased like it's a bad thing." Justin laughs. "But when I look at you, I see /Tina/. Don't let anyone else make you feel like less of a person because of who your mother or father or uncle or cousin is." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-08 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Tina tucked herself tightly to him and wrapped her arms around him. "I don't know if I'd still be here if there hadn't been the burrito snafu at Chipotle. I'd be lost without you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2011-05-09 02:23 am UTC (link)
	"I think you don't give yourself enough credit, Tina. You're one of the strongest women I know." Justin says. "I wish you would believe it, too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-09 09:56 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know how to believe it, Justin. Truth is I don't often think about myself. Other people and things have to come first. Like you." She smiles and squeezes him a bit. "Can't it be enough that you believe in me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iron_hide 2011-05-10 04:58 am UTC (link)
	"No, it can't, Tina. I can believe in you all I want, but if you don't believe in yourself first, then nothing I say or do will mean anything in the long run." Justin says, looking down upon her. "You really are a special woman, Tina. You need to know and understand that above all else." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whosperfectnow 2011-05-10 10:02 am UTC (link)
	Tina sighs. "Justin, being special has never gotten me anything but hurt. It's healing for me to just be...but I guess I can understand what you mean. It's going to be a long process for me. Before you..." Her voice trails off. "I love you, you know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)