roof | early evening | thursday | august 27

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Alex was finding himself more attracted to the roof than the deck lately, which was a change from earlier in the summer. He couldn't really pinpoint why save for the fact that he liked smoking on the roof. Today was no different. He'd lit up as soon as he'd pushed onto the roof and was halfway done before he'd even sat down on the ledge.

Things felt slow lately, like they were moving in slow motion and it was making him itchy. He really didn't want to think of it as bad omens considering he still was trying to not think about that other Fandom but those thoughts crept in more likely than not.

He shook his head at himself and made his mind go blank. Easier to deal with.

[i'm bored and it's about to storm like hell. so, natch, this is open!]

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Rose had spent enough time in her room, and the idea of falling asleep again sounded boring as hell. Lissa would probably have gone to find Dimitri and make sure he was settled in okay, but Rose so wasn't Lissa, and she was still kinda pissed at him.

So she wandered up to the roof, half-expecting to see Alex there and giving him a smile when she saw him. "Did you move out and live up here now?"

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Alex was almost glad he wasn't facing her because he couldn't stop the expression of mild surprise at actually hearing her voice again and having it not be on his voicemail.

"You see a tent?" he asked, not turning just yet. "Or anything of mine up here?"

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"It's not like I've searched the roof," Rose said dryly. "You could have it behind the tomatoes for all I know."

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"Then, go look and satisfy your curiosity," he said, turning his head some so he could see her out of the corner of his eye, at least. "Sleuth it out."

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"Girl detective, that's me," Rose rolled her eyes. She avoided the garden and wandered up to the edge of the roof by him.

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Well, that meant he wasn't having to twist and turn to try and subtly see her. Better for his neck.

"When'd you get back?" he asked idly. "Or this just a visit or something?"

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And now Rose was studying the wall, tracing one of the cracks with her finger. "Earlier today. And it's a visit until May so - yeah."

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"How pleasant," he said, glancing at her again before shaking his head. "Enjoy your visit. Make sure to see the sights before you run away again."

Alex was feeling...irrationally angry about a few things, confused about other things and he just decided to cover that all up with jerkitude.

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Rose stared at him, caught off guard enough not to have a snappy comeback for once. "What the fuck did I do to you?"

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"That's a pretty egocentric way to think of things, isn't it?" he asked, shaking his head. "Not always about you, Rose. Get with the game."

A lot of jerkitude.

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"You're the one accusing me about running away," Rose snipped. "So yeah, kinda sounds like it."

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"Isn't that what you did?" he asked, feigning confusion just for the sake of pissing her off. It was a thing. Emotions got covered by jackassery.

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Rose vaguely knew that too, but she was already pissed and on edge, and so not about to be rational on this.

"Yeah, Alex," Rose snapped. "I was so afraid of a week without classes that I fled to Montana.

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Huh, he usually only saw that sort of reaction when he poked her about etiquette. He was getting better at this, obviously.

"Hope the weather was nice," he snapped back, taking a long drag off his cigarette. "But you're back now. Pity visit?"

He just needed to...stop.

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Rose totally agreed with that assessment.

"Well, I figured no one could go on without me here," she snarked. "How could I stay away?" She tossed her hair back out of her face then pulled it back over her shoulder quickly. "So yeah, you must've missed me a lot to be all pissed off now."

Nothing like being a bitch back.

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"Hey, you sounded very content to fucking stay away," Alex said, swinging his legs over the ledge and standing up but not leaving. If she was going to be a bitch, he was going to give it back to her. "I'm just surprised you didn't, that's all. I'll let Griff know."

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"How the fuck was I supposed to sound?" Rose asked. She shrugged. "Tell whoever you want. I don't care."

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"Is that right?" he asked, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Good, neither I do. Why should I tell anyone, right? It's only a visit. I never did care."

Liiiiiiiiies.

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"Thanks for being clear about it," Rose said, rolling her eyes. "God, I'm sorry I bothered you by leaving a message in the first place. Obviously I shouldn't've."

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"No, maybe you should have left it for fucking Griff if you wanted to know about fucking Griff," he snapped quickly. "I'm not his fucking messenger."

There was an issue buried somewhere in there. If you looked hard enough.

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"What the fuck are you talking about?" Rose asked almost as confused as she was pissed off now. "I left you a fucking message because it was you I'd fucking miss."

And there was more there than she'd meant to say.

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Alex was momentarily taken aback and silenced by that statement. "No one fucking misses me," he finally said because he still believed that to be true. "And it was hard to get that from your message since it was a few platitudes before you wanted me to call you to chat about my fucking roommate."

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Rose opened her mouth then shut it again. That was probably what'd she'd done, yeah.

"Yeah, maybe that's why you got a message of platitudes," Rose snapped. "What's the point of telling you something you won't believe anyway?"

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"Maybe you fucking want something from me," he said, digging his own hole deeper due to the fact that he just refused to acknowledge people's feelings for him. "Pretty words will get you what you want, right?"

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Rose started laughing. "Have you met me? What the hell?"