HeyThereDelilah (heytheredelilah) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-12-17 16:14:00

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Second Date
Aleks has been hard at work with a lot of the preparation, wanting everything to be perfect. He knows Lena wants to help - so he's made sure to stock up on things for a salad (with garlic croutons), and asked her to bring the wine or whatever she'd like.

On the main menu is pizza. Specifically, he's worked on cooking crushed garlic into the homemade crust, and building a garlic and oil sauce - for the garlic, chicken, garlic, bacon and garlic pizza. As the time of arrival approaches, he's working on the dough, with everything else laid out neatly for when its ready.

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	Re: Terribly late I know! heytheredelilah 2013-01-24 07:08 am UTC (link)
	"No? Well, in this case, I think the success or failure decision is largely up to you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-01-27 06:43 am UTC (link)
	Lena chuckled slightly. "True, but it doesn't seem like you're doing badly does it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-01-27 07:23 am UTC (link)
	"It may help a little that I discovered your secret weakness to garlic." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-01-27 07:27 am UTC (link)
	"Really quite diabolical of you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-01-27 07:30 am UTC (link)
	"No, no. I use such discoveries only for the best of causes. You're the mad scientist here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-01-27 07:37 am UTC (link)
	"Good, no stealing my shtick," she says and jokingly wags the grater at him. "Is this an attempt to get me over to the less diabolical side?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-01-27 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Hardly. I'm hoping to encourage your diabolical side." he replies back, with the same easy grin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-01-27 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	"I feel like a wonderful influence now," Lena winks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-01-28 05:07 am UTC (link)
	"You'll certainly find no arguments here on that. Very influential. Inspiring all sorts of terrible ideas." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-01-28 06:54 am UTC (link)
	"I'm managing to corrupt the great Aleks? Well well, I must be careful to use my influence only for personal gain." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-01-28 07:16 am UTC (link)
	"Compliments may just get you everywhere. As for your personal gain, I certainly hope you do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-01-29 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"Noted and filing away for future reference." She puts a hand over heart and says with utmost seriousness. "I solemnly swear to never use my influence over you for anything but my own personal gain, whims, and enjoyment." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-01-29 03:29 am UTC (link)
	"Dare I ask what you'd use your influence to enjoy right about now?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-01-29 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Clearly you do since you just asked," she teased. "Well I'm already using my influence to impose my taste for garlic upon your cooking and to get a homemade meal out of it. I've also got fascinating company captive. Not a bad start if I do say so myself." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-01-29 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Terribly sneaky of you. You're welcome to show up for more homemade meals, just have to let me know when. I know how the cafeteria food gets." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

bio_nerd
2013-02-01 06:53 am UTC (link)

"Careful, I might take you up on that," she smirks. "Ugh, the cafeteria food is either inedible or easily becomes repetitive. Also, half their 'hot meal of the day' is actually just mediocre salad. Between that and the coffee I swear that's their poor attempt at incorporating 'healthy living' into our lives. If any of us cared about that we wouldn't be working for SHIELD."

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	heytheredelilah 2013-02-01 07:59 am UTC (link)
	"Some of the cooking is, of course, a defense mechanism. And as for the coffee, I have my own collection for a reason. And not to suggest too much, of course, you're welcome to join me for a homemade breakfast and gourmet coffee before work too. Doesn't always have to be dinner." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-02-01 08:09 am UTC (link)
	Lena can't help but laugh lightly at that. "That sounds lovely and, not to suggest too much either, good luck getting me out of bed in the mornings. Actually, take from that what you will if you'd like." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-02-01 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	Laughing and intimating is good. Very good. "I look forward to the opportunity. Or, you know, I can make garlic eggs on English muffins with pepper bacon and bring you breakfast in bed. Save that getting up thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

bio_nerd
2013-02-01 04:48 pm UTC (link)

"Oh dear, you're going to tempt me to wake up at a decent hour..." She shook her head and chuckled. "Bacon does go a long way for accomplishing that though. I think it's been years since I've had breakfast with the exception of the rare late brunch here and there...You're the diabolical one here I think." It actually didn't mean she was never needed bright and early, just that she skipped breakfast in favour of lunch or dinner and a bit more sleep since she got little as it was.

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heytheredelilah
2013-02-01 05:00 pm UTC (link)

"I don't know what you're talking about. Decent hour, bah. When I don't have to work, I'm all for... well, letting you sleep in, anyway." She knows, from the fact he has to sleep in the rad chamber fairly often, he rarely sleeps more than four hours at a stretch. "Breakfast on your schedule - let you sleep til you're ready, bring you gourmet coffee and a book while I cook... ok, so maybe I'm a little diabolical. But to the end of at least talking about having you stay over, I'm ok with a little evil."

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	bio_nerd 2013-02-15 08:33 am UTC (link)
	She's not that different. Five or six hours is a rare maximum for sleep for her, and usually reserved for whatever days counted as 'weekends'. "A little diabolical? That's downright evil overlord levels nearly sir. Being the resident mad scientist here...I'm okay with all of that," she grinned. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-02-15 02:52 pm UTC (link)
	He gets a little more serious for a moment, still a bit of a smile, but... "There's breakfast making supplies in the fridge. Just let me know when you want to stay the night, and I'll keep it stocked. Ok?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

bio_nerd
2013-02-18 06:46 am UTC (link)

She's still smiling but it's only slightly awkward. It's not him or what he's saying just that she's always been uncomfortable with things that edge onto talking about relationship territory. It just wasn't something she did well, the talking part, and she was still unsure if him being so straightforward at times was a good or bad thing. She liked to think good, because one of them had to be better at this sort of thing.

"Deal?" She shrugs with a slight smile. "I mean...given my sleeping habits and hours at the lab, I tend to need to be convinced out."

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heytheredelilah
2013-02-18 06:50 am UTC (link)

He does his best to keep an even keel about all this, to try not to seem like he's pressuring, but... well, eventually, its good for these things to come up.

"I'm happy to do the convincing. I just want to make sure you're comfortable with things. And don't worry, whatever happens, we'll get you back to the lab. We already know each other's sleeping habits. But... good deal, yeah."