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

Aren't I always coming on to you?

[She's not, really.]

I could be demanding. Precise. And very thorough.

[intheblanks]

Demanding's a much better word. [He brings their joined hands to rest in his lap.] Implies high expectations.

[synanthrope]

I expect a great deal out of you, all the time.

[She considers something for a moment]

There really is no hotel here that's better than my room in the Warehouse, is there?

[intheblanks]

[Considering her room in the Warehouse is also all the rooms in the warehouse, usually, no. But he's interested in why she's considering it.]

Depends how much mess you plan to make. Have I missed a special occasion?

[synanthrope]

I don't make messes.

[Well, she doesn't make anything she considers a mess, anyway.]

No. It's hard to plan a vacation when there isn't anywhere to vacation. Time alone. Without work.

We're both very attached to our work, aren't we?

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[Having tracked sand, seawater and goodness knows what else through her room at varying points, he just raises an eyebrow.]

You mean you don't get messy. [But he's twisted round to face her properly now, one knee tugged up onto the seat of the bench. They look like an ordinary couple, if anyone cares to notice - and that's something.] I took vacations back home. [Less than he used to.] Usually surf or ski.

[synanthrope]

Or that.

[She turns slightly, tipping her head his way. People will notice them because they're beautiful, together, because this isn't glacial anymore, from her side. Ordinary isn't exactly a description they might use.]

Well I didn't. My sister might make me take time off, for the holidays. No snow for skiing. Why go surfing?

[She means, as a vacation together.]

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[Why go surfing. He lifts his eyebrows.]

I like surfing. And when the water's flat, there's something to be said for both of you being half naked and wet. [Truth be told, save for a couple of times with Cameron (one being the honeymoon) he went on vacation for the sports and his company was, largely, incidental. But the naked and wet part was rarely a bad thing.] I know, it's not your bag. I do still have that place by the beach.

[He stretches out his legs, crossing them at the ankle.]

I like hotels, too.

[synanthrope]

But I'm rarely ever wet.

[She shrugs. If he wants to go surfing, she'll accompany him.]

I don't think I could have sex there.

[intheblanks]

[And that's why he wouldn't ask her to go surfing. Plus, he can walk to the beach from the warehouse. And he does, often enough.]

No, my place, not your brother's. The house up the way a bit.

[synanthrope]

Would you like to? Spend a few days alone? Without work?

[intheblanks]

[He watches her, his eyes dark with only the streetlights to catch in them.]

Maybe if we've focused on each other for a while, you'll be able to focus on something else.

[synanthrope]

That isn't why I'm asking.

Although the logic is sound.

[intheblanks]

Thank you. [and he honestly wouldn't mind if it was the case - as she's said, he work is important to her.] Then why now?

[synanthrope]

Because I want to.

[She is always very decided in her needs. She doesn't make up excuses.]

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[And he doesn't often argue with her decisions.]

...Pick a hotel you reckon might run a close second. I'll get it booked.

[synanthrope]

My hero.

[She says, in a manner that most people (who are not Chase) would only read as vaguely pleased.]