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Lizard House / OTA

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[ she pulls him in, and wraps her arms around his shoulders so she can draw him back into a gentle hug. ]

[He freezes, but then sinks into the hug, wrapping his arms around her waist in turn.]

Don’t leave.

... Do you really want me here, with the others?

[ relaxes against him, face buried into his shoulder, fighting off the rising nausea from his stupid fucking chloroform. ]

Ask if they're okay with it. And don't drug me again.

Stop being stupid, why would I bring you here with your entire wardrobe.

[Perhaps all of her clothes are in a pile somewhere… Maybe a scavenger hunt of them… sorry Val!! He doesn’t say yes to anything, but starts stroking her hair instead.]

[ goddamnit dude ]

... The issue is-- if they do not want me here... I cannot force them to tolerate my presence. It's a matter of my comfort as much as theirs.

Ask them, Dan Feng. Please.

You are a confusing creature. But I will do you this favor just once.

[He turns his head to drop a kiss in her hair.] If you worry this much your face will get stuck that way.

[ she makes a small noise, fingers curling in his hair. ]

... mm. Probably.

Do not fear. Nobody in this house can hate you as much as I do.

[ she goes very still.

And then pulls back to punch him in the stomach as hard as she can, face flushed with indignant embarrassment. ]

[That at least gets a choked noise from him - very good, Valencia - but then he laughs (expected) and tries to kiss her (also expected).]

[ n. Immediately covers his mouth. ]

-- You don't get to say that and then kiss me!

But why not? I'll let you kiss me too!

I'm not going to kiss someone who hates me.

[ her voice wobbles a little. ]

I do not hate you all the time. I'm sure it's the same for you.

I have not hated you in a long time, Dan Feng. You have frightened me, and made me angry, but that is not hate.

...

[He squints at her.]

Are you just saying this to make me feel better?

No? Is it not proof enough that I let you kiss me, and have me? If I hated you, I would not allow it.

Yuan'er hates me and he allows it?

I am not him. I am Valencia.

[Thinking emoji...]

Would you kill me ever again?

You can't die.

[ tiredly ]

Not unless I had no other choice.

Even if I put microplastics in your ship's ventilation again?

...

[ pushes away from him and wobbles to her feet, unsteady. ]

I'm going back to Clubs.

[He sort of lies down where he left her, like a very sad puddle, but the puddle is radioactive and vaguely sticky.]

You always leave me. Everyone does. [He presses his face into the deck.] Cruel!

Then treat me properly! You say you want me to stay and do everything you can to try to chase me off!

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