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Owen Corley ([personal profile] cypher_can_fly) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2020-04-13 03:54 pm
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The Roof, Monday Afternoon

Well, Owen had learned one very important lesson these past 48 hours: he was absolutely, positively, totally not ready to be a father.

Still, that wasn't any reason to be weird about it, right? Or at least... weirder... than... a certain treshold of weird. Yep. Yes.

"Picnic on the roof," he declared, gesturing broadly at the spread - picnic blanket, basket, food - he'd put down on the roof. He grinned sunnily at Anya and gave her a thumbs up. "Dig in!"

Oh, please have this work.

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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2020-04-13 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Nina was... more than a little apprehensive about this lunch. Not because of Owen. Or because of Anya.

Or even because of Solis and Aurora.

No, no, individually all of these factors were fine.

She was just... slightly... concerned... about all of them together.

"I've been summoned," she said cheerfully. "And I bring extra food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Nina felt that was fair since, like, she'd also brought two extra children.
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[personal profile] cypher_can_fly 2020-04-13 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"You just said my favorite thing in the entire world," Owen said, perking up. "What did you bring?!"
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2020-04-13 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"A lot," Nina said, since she knew Owen and she was hungry and, oh yeah, three kids and god knew if anyone else would show up. "But how do you feel about fried chicken and pasta salad???????????????????????"
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[personal profile] cypher_can_fly 2020-04-13 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Super good," Owen said, with his patented enthusiastic thumbs up. "Because right now our diet is like, 90 percent sandwiches." Beat. "Not that that's a bad thing."
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2020-04-13 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sandwiches are pretty good," she admitted, setting her basket down. "But, like, variety is also good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

She cast a glance at him.

"How are you????????????"
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[personal profile] cypher_can_fly 2020-04-13 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Definitely not ready to be a father," Owen said cheerfully, "But I'm full of food, so I'm willing to fake it!"
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2020-04-13 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just, like, one more day or something," she said, amused and relieved.

She wasn't ready to be a full-time mom either, even if these glimpses of the future made her happy.

"Then you can pretend this didn't happen................."
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[personal profile] cypher_can_fly 2020-04-13 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay, that... is maybe the other, like, extreme?" Owen said. "Not pretending it didn't happen, not climbing up on a roof to ask you to have my children. Just somewhere nicely in the middle, where all the food is."
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2020-04-13 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Nina threw her head back laughing.

"I mean, like, Solis and Rory's Dad is definitely going to pretend it didn't happy, Owen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't blame you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Well. She would. A bit. It was easier to not blame Noctis because they weren't, you know, dating.
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[personal profile] cypher_can_fly 2020-04-13 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess I just... don't really see the point? Of doing that?" Owen offered.
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2020-04-13 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
She considered that.

"I mean, like, it's a bit weird," she offered.
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[personal profile] cypher_can_fly 2020-04-13 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I mean, you're my girlfriend. Feels a bit weird pretending like there's no universe where we don't have kids running around, right?" Owen said. "... Like twenty years from now when I'm grown because I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing right now."
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2020-04-13 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Nina... Nina was not going to mention that she had no intentions of waiting until she was thirty-five to have children.

But, yes, she was more than willing to wait at least five.

"I guess," she said, not really wanting to go into how she'd kind of thought he wouldn't want to talk about it the same way he hadn't wanted to talk about the whole unable to fight thing. "If it makes you feel better, you're doing okay with Anya???????????????????"
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[personal profile] cypher_can_fly 2020-04-13 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, one of these topics hewed very closely to Owen's lack of self-worth and self-destructive urges to prove himself wrong, and the other was just... kinda weird?

"I'll... take anything that isn't 'causing direct psychological damage'?" he said. He shot her a wry smile. "How have you been holding, uh. Up?"
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2020-04-13 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know," Nina admitted, making sure the kids didn't hear her. "Mostly, I'm not thinking too hard about it????????????????????"
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[personal profile] cypher_can_fly 2020-04-13 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know, that sounds like a really good plan," Owen decided, lowering his own voice. "Let's stick with that. Yeah, I like it."
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