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"It had better be an emergency."
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[synanthrope]

I thought you would comment on my newfound sense of moral compunction.

[Actually she just doesn't want to. It's almost never worth her time to sleep with guys like Stiles]

Well it was never my intention to breed loyalty, although I enjoy your friendship.

[It's a comment that could mean a lot of different things, but as is usual when she speaks to Chase, she doesn't mean it in a way that is upsetting.]

[intheblanks]

Restricting the shortlist of who you'll sleep with to the less delicate? [He has to grin at that even as some small bunch of stomach muscles clench.] Oh, yeah. Very noble.

[He leans in, resting his arms on the raised bridges of her knees.]

If it helps, I never intended to be loyal. Not everything requires calculation to achieve.

[synanthrope]

There are a lot more restrictions than that.

[And then she frowns a little]

They seem to be increasing.

[intheblanks]

[There are a few well known words of wisdom on this subject. Out of sight, out of mind. Ignorance is bliss. They're all nearly entirely inaccurate, but Chase still doesn't know exactly how far he should let this thread of conversation go.

He counts off a couple of fingers on his left hand, and keeps his tone from slipping into seriousness.]

Werewolves. The young and ill-equipped...

[synanthrope]

They're probably idiots.

[She shrugs and sets her tools aside.]

Most wolves are. There's more than one. Two, I think.

[intheblanks]

[All right, he'll go with the subject change.]

Both from Stiles' world?

[synanthrope]

I suspect so. They smell similar. Like they're related.

[They're not, but one can't be bitten where Saya is from]

You weren't asking if I would sleep with them, were you?

[intheblanks]

[He shrugs a shoulder]

If the city likes its cliques enough to pick up a group of doctors from the same hospital, sucking in a - whatever the collective noun for a group of werewolves is wouldn't surprise me.

And no, I was listing the restrictions I know about.

[synanthrope]

Oh.

Do you want to know them all?

Anyone from your world. Anyone named for a color. Women who don't know how to dress. Anyone who smells like a narcotic. Men who try too hard, or attempt to make me do something I'm not interested in. People who are wet. Anyone who tries to touch me first.

And after that it's a case by case scenario.

[intheblanks]

[It's a... sweet enough (from her) sentiment that Chase doesn't even consider pointing out that she's had just about everyone here from his world already (and the last candidate is - well, she isn't a candidate). He just curls his fingertips gently under her knees leaning in a little.]

Hm. I think I've hit at least three of those, at one point or another.

[synanthrope]

I thought you knew, Chase.

You're different. You don't count.

[intheblanks]

[Different, complicated. He knows and at the same time doesn't quite comprehend.]

If I know that, I don't know what to do about it.

[synanthrope]

You don't have to do anything about it.

[She tilts her head. This is her issue, not his. She's acting on him, not the other way around]

[intheblanks]

[She's his issue, and a boat he's trying desperately not to upset. He knows the damage that can be done by wanting more.

So he nods and doesn't meet her eyes. He looks at the jeep, instead.]

Anything left I can give you a hand with?

[A hand being holding her wrench while she executes perfection, but still.]

[synanthrope]

I was about finished, for the night.

Have you ever fixed a car?

[intheblanks]

I kept something like this running long enough to strand a few of us in the bush one Winter break. Fixed would be an exaggeration.

[synanthrope]

I suppose everyone starts somewhere.

[She leans over and presses a kiss against his hair]

[intheblanks]

[He laughs, looking up and catching her loosely around the waist before she can lean back.]

I pay a mechanic whenever what I'm driving is more expensive than the scrap value of its parts.

[synanthrope]

The same way I pay a doctor?

[She's caught, balancing very precariously, but leaning into him slightly, too.]

[intheblanks]

[This might almost be an attempt to unbalance her in his direction.]

Depends which doctor.

[synanthrope]

So you mean I shouldn't pay you for a breast exam?

[She did go there, Chase.]

[intheblanks]

It means I'll never bill you for medical care. Only my sexual services.

[synanthrope]

[She looks at him for a moment, and it's clear that she's parsing that sentence in her head]

That's a joke.

[intheblanks]

Mhm. [And this, Saya, is a kiss.] I haven't had to explain one in a while.

[synanthrope]

[She kisses him back, her fingers going to his hair. She finds his hair endlessly fascinating]

I'm starting to develop an awareness for your sense of humor.