Dr. Wanda Langkowski (
soulthatwanders) wrote2013-01-07 03:56 pm
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[for Bruce]
It's only weird if you make it weird. Don't make it weird.
With that thought firmly in mind, Wanda took a deep breath and knocked on Bruce's door, jacket slung carefully over one arm. She'd put the task of returning it off for as long as she could because she'd secretly been hoping that it might disappear with the rest of Manhattan and she'd be off the hook, but it was apparently native. No such luck there.
Not that she wanted to avoid him forever, of course, but she really had no idea how it might go, and as far as she was concerned, New Year's had proved that her judgment was apparently weirdly impaired where he was concerned. Still, as long as she didn't make a big deal out of anything that had gone down (which was pretty much nothing, anyway), she was fairly sure it would be fine. Why wouldn't it?
"Anyone home?"
Not weird.
With that thought firmly in mind, Wanda took a deep breath and knocked on Bruce's door, jacket slung carefully over one arm. She'd put the task of returning it off for as long as she could because she'd secretly been hoping that it might disappear with the rest of Manhattan and she'd be off the hook, but it was apparently native. No such luck there.
Not that she wanted to avoid him forever, of course, but she really had no idea how it might go, and as far as she was concerned, New Year's had proved that her judgment was apparently weirdly impaired where he was concerned. Still, as long as she didn't make a big deal out of anything that had gone down (which was pretty much nothing, anyway), she was fairly sure it would be fine. Why wouldn't it?
"Anyone home?"
Not weird.
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"You said it yourself, it is a different life here. But - if I asked you why, would you tell me?"
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"You know, maybe it's better if I show you. Come for a walk with me?"
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"Just - give me a second," he replies, holding up a hand as if to wordlessly plea with her to stick around before he disappears through the sliding door into the bedroom to rummage around for a clean shirt, stripping off his sweaty one in the process.
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Right.
Downing half of her glass of water in one go since her mouth had gone incredibly dry somewhere along the line, she set it down and scrubbed her hands briefly over her face. This was fine. Completely fine.
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When he re-emerges, doing up the last buttons, he looks up at her, expectant and with a small twist of his mouth. "Ready when you are."
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"You're not taking me out into the jungle to kill me, are you?"
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"Just in case the thought has crossed your mind recently."
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"Something told me you were good at improvisation," he replies, offering a similar glance. "Call it a hypothesis potentially worthy of testing."
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"I can think of at least one or two unplanned events that weren't completely disastrous."
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There'd been a time where he thought it would be better if he didn't, but now he's finding he actually wants to know - for what purpose? Peace of mind? He's not exactly sure.
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Somehow this can't work. She's said as much, and soon he's going to see why, but he can't fight the gnawing sensation in the pit of his stomach, the feeling that he'll be making a mistake if he chooses the wrong way.
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"Does it ever look like I do?" he points out, though he's glancing around and momentarily distracted, which means he very nearly walks into her when he turns toward the front of the hut. "Sorry."
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"Oh, right. I guess there's really no avoiding it now, is there."
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"I'm guessing that's not the end of the story."
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"But obviously you're standing here right now, so - how did they figure it out?"
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