catchall for emma

[leaberator]

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[foodbin]

I didn't realize you were a nickname kind of guy.

[leaberator]

Only sometimes.

[foodbin]

Sometimes...?

[leaberator]

We can move past this and I'll never use it again?

[foodbin]

[She shakes her head, smiling softly.]

No, I don't... mind it, I was just curious.

[leaberator]

I just thought... I dunno. It felt right?

[foodbin]

...It's sweet.

[...]

Look, Lea, um...

[leaberator]

... Yeah?

[foodbin]

...What are we doing here? You and I.

[leaberator]

[ ... ]

Talking?

[ he knows that's not the question but. ]

[foodbin]

...Not quite what I meant.

[leaberator]

... I dunno what you want me to say.

[foodbin]

I want you to say whatever you want to say. I'm not trying to pressure you one way or another, I just want to know where we are.

[leaberator]

... I've been thinking about it, but... I don't feel like I'm any closer to an answer.

[foodbin]

About how you feel or what you want to do, or both?

[leaberator]

... Both? [ no, ugh. ] Look, I'm pretty sure I-- like you. [ even just saying that is making him turn tomato. ]

[foodbin]

...Right.

[A moment, and then:]

We don't have to figure anything out right now, I just... I want to be an adult about this, and I didn't want to do anything that makes you uncomfortable because I didn't know where we stood. You know?

[leaberator]

[ ... ]

You say that stuff, and I'm not even sure what it entails, exactly. [ it's wry, though. little bit o' self-mocking for the ego. ]

[foodbin]

Just... What happened today during the trial, or what happened on Tuesday - if you don't want anything like that to happen again, I don't want to push.

[leaberator]

I'm not... opposed to it.

[foodbin]

[She can't help but laugh, a little nervous.]

If you're just neutral about it, I can stop.

[leaberator]

[ SAYING THAT STUFF IS SO EMBARRASSING, EMMA, PLEASE ]

... No, I like it.

[foodbin]

...Okay.

[this is disgusting]

I like it, too.

[leaberator]

... I'd hope so, if you're the one doing it.

[ like. he has to joke. to make it less embarrassing. he is, clearly, still embarrassed anyway. ]

[foodbin]

You caught me. I'm doing it because I hate it.