Fluff is good!

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

[ Lys has foregone the bar tonight. It doesn't feel right to be down there flirting, and she really doesn't know what to do with herself otherwise.

So she scurried off to Owen's apartment, and is curled on the couch with her ipod and a book, just reading. At one point, she starts to drift off, but she wants to stay awake to see Owen when he's done with work.

It doesn't work, and eventually she falls asleep, book open across her chest. ]

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[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

[ ... yes. Yes you may. She might even climb into his lap, looping her arms around his neck. ]

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

[Well then. His arms will just go around her waist.]

Better?

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

[ She nods again, but this time she's smiling ]

Does this mean I don't have to start out on the couch tonight?

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

Is there something wrong with my couch?

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes there is.

You don't sleep there.

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

Oh, so that's how it's gonna be? Just like that?

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

I... um. [ god she really has no idea how to behave in this kind of situation ] I guess it's up to you.

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

... That was supposed to be a joke.

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

... Cut me some slack. You've seen my dating habits.

[ Lys, that wasn't "dating". ]

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

Baby, that wasn't dating. That was like... I dunno what that was.

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

That was... [ She frowns a little, curling herself a little closer to him ] I guess it wasn't.

... You're going to have to cut me a whole lot of slack.

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

[He gives her a little squeeze.]

Don't I always?

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

You do.

Thanks.

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

Aw, I do it 'cause I like you. That's all.

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

You're one of the precious few who do.

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

For now.

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

What's that supposed to mean?

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

I said I had brothers, yeah?

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

... You want me to meet your family?

[ s-so sudden Owen ]

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

You're probably gonna, whether I want you to or not.

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

... Oh.

[ Oh god. What if they don't like her? What if she does something wrong? ]

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

So... just pick on the big angry one and not the little scrawny one, and you'll fit right in.

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

Just what kind of family do you have here?

[nalo-ahi.livejournal.com]

The crazy kind.

[youotterknow.livejournal.com]

... Just so you know, I'm used to the stuffy, uptight kind.