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Communications Officer Doug Eiffel ([personal profile] littletonoidea) wrote2022-03-02 01:29 am
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"This is the audio log of Communications Officer Doug Eiffel of the-- previously of the U.S.S Hephaestus, leave a message and I'll see if I can bear to drag myself away from whatever utterly engaging task I must be doing to not notice my comms--"

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[personal profile] reformedsinner 2023-04-14 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[His ears aren't quite as good with his limiters on, but he does hear the lever moving. Carefully, he pushed the door open, and steps in, already looking for Eiffel even as he pulls the heavy door shut behind him.

He looks serious - a little worried, even - but not angry, and as he meets Eiffel's gaze he breaks into a small, wry smile.]

Ah - hello. Did Jedao manage to find you again?

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[personal profile] reformedsinner 2023-04-14 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh. Good," Gonou says, pausing as he blinks: that is good, even if the reek of cigarettes in this room makes him suspect Eiffel isn't fully adjusted to it.

"Why are you so nervous?" he adds, with a hint of humor.
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[personal profile] reformedsinner 2023-04-14 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's one of the reasons I wanted to talk to you."

He considers Eiffel for a moment, considers the room, and sits down on the nearest available seat, crossing his legs and folding his hands on his knee.

"... first, because I don't want you to be nervous about my reaction. I like you, I trust Jedao, and he and I have talked about it."
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no worries! I'm very slow rn

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2023-04-27 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I think it's more 'friend with benefits,' really," Gonou is unable to resist saying, one hand on his chin in mock-serious thought.

He lets his hand fall back to his knee a moment later, though, his voice falling into a quieter, more sincere register.

"--what do you want, Eiffel?"

Because that, in the end, is the question. Gonou's still a little annoyed over the mixed signals he's giving Jedao, but he doesn't think they're deliberate. They do seem to reflect a certain degree of Eiffel's own confusion.
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Re: no worries! I'm very slow rn

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2023-04-27 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah-- that's the problem, I think," Gonou murmurs. "You see, Jedao worries about being tolerated. I have to convince him that I'm not saying something is all right simply because I don't want to hurt him with a no. Although," he adds editorially, "that's his own fault for being so thoughtful that he's never seen me get stubborn.

"But he's going to keep being hurt if he wants intimacy and all you want is not to hurt us. Please try again. Oh - this time you're not allowed to say 'don't want.'"
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[personal profile] reformedsinner 2023-04-27 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
Gonou gives him a quick little flicker of a smile, uncrossing his legs so he can gently lean one against Eiffel's.

"He is a very good kisser," he agrees with a spark of mischief. "But... Eiffel, you are a good friend. Unless you're spectacularly terrible in bed, what more do you think he's expecting from you, that would make you bad for him this way?

"Have you asked him what he wants?"
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[personal profile] reformedsinner 2023-04-27 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"You should," Gonou observes. "Because I don't think he wants you to change the way you treat him, except by adding sex.

"And maybe getting him flowers. He likes flowers."

He leans back against the couch cushions, watching Eiffel with sharp interest.

"But when you panic and run away from him over what he sees as just asking if it's okay to add sex, it does make it look as if you don't want him but you're too chickenshit to say no." He delivers the uncharacteristic profanity in the exact same pleasant, level tone as the rest of the sentence: he's not angry with Eiffel, exactly. But it had hurt Jedao, and he sees no reason not to be clear and direct about that.

"So you should ask him what he wants, in words, and tell him if there's anything he wants that you don't want. In words."
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[personal profile] reformedsinner 2023-04-27 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know how well Jedao will understand that," Gonou admits. "I don't think his world has any sexual taboos that aren't about consent. But, ah... yes, my home is the same, that way.

"But I decided a long time ago that it wasn't worth it to deny myself happiness to be accepted by strangers." His voice is soft; his gaze drifts down to his hands and stays there, distant as he gazes into the past. "Not being accepted can bring difficulties of its own, of course. But hiding everything -- also does not make you safe."
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[personal profile] reformedsinner 2023-05-06 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe a little," Gonou agrees gently, glancing up at Eiffel with a quick smile. "But also-- I don't think you need to worry that Jedao will be hurt. He can almost beat me in a fight with my limiters off."

And it might have been more than almost if he hadn't been trying not to go for the kill -- but there's no need to bring down the mood like that. Instead, still gentle, he adds, "You're much more likely to hurt him by trying to keep him at a distance than by getting too close."