[ pointing with the spoon. ] In my defense, Alison wasn't far off the mark. Right?
[ so! there. ] I don't think there's a "best" way. You just have to try stuff out before it works. I... actually haven't had the chance to hook anyone up before now. [ going to just get that out there quickly and then stuff a frozen chunk of cream into her mouth.
[which is a charitable way of putting it, but again. she's trying to be nice. which is also why she doesn't snicker at the inevitable brain freeze that's coming Jen's way if she keeps eating like that.]
I'd love to hear how you sold me to her, then. Especially if you've never done anything like this before.
I just. Told the truth! I only tried to pretty up that one part you gave me permission for, and, well. You know the rest.
[ Jen can't let on that Alison probably just did it to humor Jen. or even get her off her back. there's a reason they didn't last long and it wasn't just a distance thing. at least as far as she knows; it's not like she's actually discussed anything with Alison about it. (it's a trend.) ]
[she doesn't have to let it on, because Lina's not dumb and has pieced a lot of this together by now. or at least she's pieced together enough of it to satisfy the narrative she wants to tell.]
Well, I appreciate it. Like, for real. However you made me sound better must've been magic or something. [her idle search on the TV brings her to some of the most thinly-veiled horny bullshit she's ever seen, and she barks out a laugh.] Holy shit, this looks awful. Total mastur-bait.
[she separates the syllables to make it clearer that she's trying to make a pun, but that's the problem with homophones.]
[ she had some more to say about Alison calling Lina out as a nerd and still going for the date, to prove a point. but then Lina had to go and say that. two seconds after taking apart the pun, and Jen is full on laughing. she drops the spoon into the tub so she can cover her mouth and double over.
it wasn't even THAT funny but just. after everything else tonight, she clearly needed some emotional relief. ]
[you know what? yeah. Lina would take that. she didn't make people laugh very often, and she wasn't insecure enough to think that she was being humored. she broke down into laughter too, shortly after Jen started, and let her genuine peal of giggles keep going until whenever they both decided it would be over.]
[she'd said something about needing catharsis recently, but hadn't realized that... having fun with somebody was pretty good catharsis, too.]
[ it's the kind of moment that makes Jen think they could do alright, living together. even if the way the bond formed was... unorthodox. hey, if it works? why question it? ]
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[ so! there. ] I don't think there's a "best" way. You just have to try stuff out before it works. I... actually haven't had the chance to hook anyone up before now. [ going to just get that out there quickly and then stuff a frozen chunk of cream into her mouth.
oh GOD that's cold. puff puff puff. genius. ]
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[which is a charitable way of putting it, but again. she's trying to be nice. which is also why she doesn't snicker at the inevitable brain freeze that's coming Jen's way if she keeps eating like that.]
I'd love to hear how you sold me to her, then. Especially if you've never done anything like this before.
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[ Jen can't let on that Alison probably just did it to humor Jen. or even get her off her back. there's a reason they didn't last long and it wasn't just a distance thing. at least as far as she knows; it's not like she's actually discussed anything with Alison about it. (it's a trend.) ]
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Well, I appreciate it. Like, for real. However you made me sound better must've been magic or something. [her idle search on the TV brings her to some of the most thinly-veiled horny bullshit she's ever seen, and she barks out a laugh.] Holy shit, this looks awful. Total mastur-bait.
[she separates the syllables to make it clearer that she's trying to make a pun, but that's the problem with homophones.]
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it wasn't even THAT funny but just. after everything else tonight, she clearly needed some emotional relief. ]
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[she'd said something about needing catharsis recently, but hadn't realized that... having fun with somebody was pretty good catharsis, too.]
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