Not the Way It Should Be

[tastes_of_honey]

::There's a comfy couch out in the middle of the Nexus, and Schuldig's sitting there smoking on it. A mysterious couch in the middle of nowhere is so him he has to use it.::

::He's looking inward, not outward, and stubbing out his finished cigarettes in the big mouth of the goofy frog ashtray he has perched on one couch arm. If he's smoking, there are generally three possibilities:
1] He's with a smoker.
2] He's annoying a non-smoker.
3] He's stressed.

There's nobody sitting with him.::

Comments

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"..."

"Whose ass do I need to kick?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Nobody's. It's not even Brad being bad, just... he's jealous of you and Farf here and hates feeling that way. He feels like he's not "providing" well enough for me and hates feeling that way too. The seduction he put on for me this morning...! He had it all going on: the pushed up sleeves, undone collar, loosened tie, rumpled hair... mmm. Drool. He went all out in the doing too....

But when the most certain guy in the world starts feeling reluctantly uncertain and not enough, it feels weird for me, even just from the small stuff I can pick up from his multi-time-stamped mind. ::smoke::

He was amused by the thing with the tank, though (http://tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com/22209.html), and didn't mind me messing with the guy's head about it all.

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"Glad he's not pissed about the tank. Think he'll get over the rest of it?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

I dunno. He's still getting used to the idea that he can't really stop me from coming here, that I'm getting some family feeling here I need that he can't give me, and that having access to the Nexus already saved my life once. I think I'm gonna have to work on him.

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"Try pointing out that the Crawfords who showed up here weren't nearly as whatever as he is? You're more looking for the rest of your team, not a new him?"

"And if he does keep being weird, I can always hack his stocks." Nagi is perfectly willing to transfer his frustration with his Crawford to another one.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

I totally mentioned that and made sure he knew that none of the Crawfords liked the Nexus or wanted to stick around, so he wouldn't get any ideas about trying to set up in the Nexus. Brad likes life as it is and enjoys being a big fish in a big world. Being a smaller fish in a chaotic multiverse full of polyamorous smartasses would not suit him.

Heh. I'll always keep that in mind.

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

Nagi snickers slightly. "It's not like he'd have to deal with more than one of you, but still good that he's being kept willing to only manipulate the hell out of one world."