Please don't create chaos in my apartment. I've already done that too much.
[ redecorating or putting baskerville in sweaters is fine though. that much he doesn't care about.
he smiles faintly at the 'huntress' nickname, shaking his head. ]
I know what it says on paper. I'm interested in what it is in practice, though, because I'm not... the owning type.
[ he tried to explain this to anderson: he's nothing, owns nothing. they're asking something of him that's the antithesis of what he is. but anderson doesn't get it. won't ever get it, he thinks.
rip seems to get it though, and without prompting. he nods, sliding over so that he can slump into the couch and nuzzle his face into the crook of her neck. selfish, maybe, but definitely affectionate. ]
That's what I tried to explain. That we exist as a partnership. Give and take, instead of me just taking. I don't think he's able to understand that, though. He certainly didn't try.
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[ redecorating or putting baskerville in sweaters is fine though. that much he doesn't care about.
he smiles faintly at the 'huntress' nickname, shaking his head. ]
I know what it says on paper. I'm interested in what it is in practice, though, because I'm not... the owning type.
[ he tried to explain this to anderson: he's nothing, owns nothing. they're asking something of him that's the antithesis of what he is. but anderson doesn't get it. won't ever get it, he thinks.
rip seems to get it though, and without prompting. he nods, sliding over so that he can slump into the couch and nuzzle his face into the crook of her neck. selfish, maybe, but definitely affectionate. ]
That's what I tried to explain. That we exist as a partnership. Give and take, instead of me just taking. I don't think he's able to understand that, though. He certainly didn't try.