he began, in full lecturing mode – well, he is at Cambridge, so why not? :)
She listened to this with growing bafflement.
"Are you planning on killing any tigers then?" she finally asked, and he frowned pensively.
"Not really. But you never know. – INTJ much, going back to your earlier point. :)
For a moment a shadow passed across his face, but she wasn't sure whether it was just the actual shadow of passing under a streetlight, or something deeper. When he spoke again - asking her how her day had been - there was no hint of hidden emotions, and she decided not to pursue it. – Poor Allie. She knows, now, on some level, and she’s not sure she wants to know...
"You... took him to a Planetarium?" Matt asked slowly, as Josh leaned forward, eyes narrowing. – !!!
I was hoping maybe you could explain why?"
A moment, then they both shook their heads.
"Sorry," Matt said apologetically, "He'll tell you in his own time." – It is so unfair.
"Nice to know that Mr Always Knows Best isn't coping as well as he said. Best thing his uncle ever did, sending him here - seems the cure is working, at least a little." – An entirely justified outburst after the standoff of chapter 8 (“Just... I’m tired of lying. And I really, really don’t want to lie to Jamie. Or Allison for that matter.” / Alex had that ‘I-really-get-what-you’re-saying-but-I’m-not-going-to-change-my-mind-because-I-know-best’ look on his face. Josh hated that look.) – Not sure though why Josh thinks the cure is working. Alex was upset at the planetarium, yes, but...?
Allison more than suspected that he got tips from Jack, but didn’t dare ask as she was 99% sure that the answer would be a nonplussed: ‘Well of course’. – Of course.
relationshipness – totally a word. :)
But then, Alex was Alex - and sooner or later things would probably have come to a head, no matter what. – !!!
he sometimes had a downright spooky ability to guess what went through her head – cue terrifying portentous drum roll and pet Allison very gently...
She’d fallen into the habit of Friday afternoon study sessions in Alex's flat, as Matt and Josh were usually elsewhere so it was quiet. Alex would more often than not join her at around 3 pm, making a pot of tea and getting out his own laptop, and they'd sit in companionable silence until they got hungry and decided it was time for some kind of dinner. – Because that’s just what undergraduates (or for that matter graduates who are completing doctoral theses in the same field) do...
Today Alex had arrived at 1 o'clock, having finished early at a boat builders (oddly enough he'd seemed to get more and more maudlin as the week went on - she half suspected he was coming down with something) – Fly away, fly away...
“I miss my lab,” he added, voice small and wistful, and the words at the tip of Allison’s tongue were forgotten. – !!!
He shrugged, the wistfulness of the smile turning bitter. – So far gone that not even Standard Digressionary Tactics come into play. Wow.
Locked up, shut away, with only pointless distractions to keep me occupied... – Oh dear, Alex, on a better day you really would have phrased that a bit differently...
He chose the punishment that would hurt the most - so goddamn twisted. – !!!
she tried to remember what had started it all and focus on that, because he was far too good at getting sidetracked. – Oh, Alex. She would have been so good for you if it hadn’t been for the lying and the extra pieces of the puzzle. Seeing through Standard Digressionary Tactics, no less...
“Heck if this punishment has taught me anything it’s to lie as much as possible - the truth only gets you in trouble.”
“I’m not sure I like what you’re implying,” she said slowly, and he studied her candidly, his smile suddenly back to its normal self.
“I’m a lying liar who lies?”
“That’s not funny,” she admonished, and the smile vanished. – Where is “lying liar who lies” from? I associate it with Eleven, but not sure why, aside from Rule One...
no subject
he began, in full lecturing mode
– well, he is at Cambridge, so why not? :)
She listened to this with growing bafflement.
"Are you planning on killing any tigers then?" she finally asked, and he frowned pensively.
"Not really. But you never know.
– INTJ much, going back to your earlier point. :)
For a moment a shadow passed across his face, but she wasn't sure whether it was just the actual shadow of passing under a streetlight, or something deeper. When he spoke again - asking her how her day had been - there was no hint of hidden emotions, and she decided not to pursue it.
– Poor Allie. She knows, now, on some level, and she’s not sure she wants to know...
"You... took him to a Planetarium?" Matt asked slowly, as Josh leaned forward, eyes narrowing.
– !!!
I was hoping maybe you could explain why?"
A moment, then they both shook their heads.
"Sorry," Matt said apologetically, "He'll tell you in his own time."
– It is so unfair.
"Nice to know that Mr Always Knows Best isn't coping as well as he said. Best thing his uncle ever did, sending him here - seems the cure is working, at least a little."
– An entirely justified outburst after the standoff of chapter 8 (“Just... I’m tired of lying. And I really, really don’t want to lie to Jamie. Or Allison for that matter.” / Alex had that ‘I-really-get-what-you’re-saying-but-I’m-not-going-to-change-my-mind-because-I-know-best’ look on his face. Josh hated that look.)
– Not sure though why Josh thinks the cure is working. Alex was upset at the planetarium, yes, but...?
Allison more than suspected that he got tips from Jack, but didn’t dare ask as she was 99% sure that the answer would be a nonplussed: ‘Well of course’.
– Of course.
relationshipness
– totally a word. :)
But then, Alex was Alex - and sooner or later things would probably have come to a head, no matter what.
– !!!
he sometimes had a downright spooky ability to guess what went through her head
– cue terrifying portentous drum roll and pet Allison very gently...
She’d fallen into the habit of Friday afternoon study sessions in Alex's flat, as Matt and Josh were usually elsewhere so it was quiet. Alex would more often than not join her at around 3 pm, making a pot of tea and getting out his own laptop, and they'd sit in companionable silence until they got hungry and decided it was time for some kind of dinner.
– Because that’s just what undergraduates (or for that matter graduates who are completing doctoral theses in the same field) do...
Today Alex had arrived at 1 o'clock, having finished early at a boat builders (oddly enough he'd seemed to get more and more maudlin as the week went on - she half suspected he was coming down with something)
– Fly away, fly away...
“I miss my lab,” he added, voice small and wistful, and the words at the tip of Allison’s tongue were forgotten.
– !!!
He shrugged, the wistfulness of the smile turning bitter.
– So far gone that not even Standard Digressionary Tactics come into play. Wow.
Locked up, shut away, with only pointless distractions to keep me occupied...
– Oh dear, Alex, on a better day you really would have phrased that a bit differently...
He chose the punishment that would hurt the most - so goddamn twisted.
– !!!
she tried to remember what had started it all and focus on that, because he was far too good at getting sidetracked.
– Oh, Alex. She would have been so good for you if it hadn’t been for the lying and the extra pieces of the puzzle. Seeing through Standard Digressionary Tactics, no less...
“Heck if this punishment has taught me anything it’s to lie as much as possible - the truth only gets you in trouble.”
“I’m not sure I like what you’re implying,” she said slowly, and he studied her candidly, his smile suddenly back to its normal self.
“I’m a lying liar who lies?”
“That’s not funny,” she admonished, and the smile vanished.
– Where is “lying liar who lies” from? I associate it with Eleven, but not sure why, aside from Rule One...