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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"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?"

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Alex narrowed his eyes at the laughing and stubbed the cigarette out violently enough to scrape his knuckles against the roof's wall. Whatever.

"Of course I've fucking met you," he snapped. "I just didn't know someone could put a collar around you, yank your chain and have you turn tail and fucking run like that."

He knew nothing. Nothing at all.

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Rose opened her mouth to snap back then shut it again. They came first. Wasn't like he wasn't right.

"Does it matter?" she asked, tossing her head. "Why would you care anyway?"

Fine. If that was how it was going to be, whatever.

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"I don't but since you have graced us with your presence again, I'm taking my opportunity where I see it," he sniped, tone laced with sarcasm. "It's such an honor for me and all."

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"Yeah, I can see where it would be," she snarked back. "And you don't know anything about what would yank my chain or not, so go on and play with that opportunity there, Alex."

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"Obviously they didn't yank hard enough," he said, deciding just to go with it since she was giving him permission, even if she wasn't, really. "Didn't need that much, did they?"

Stop, Alex, stop.

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"Not really," Rose snapped, turning to look over the wall. "But hey, sorry to disappoint you and come back."

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"I wasn't expecting you back at all," he confessed tightly. "So, hey, got a surprise for the day. Lucky me, right? It happens so rarely."

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"Jesus, Alex, I don't know if you're pissed that I left or pissed that I came back or if you're just pissed and I'm here to bitch at," Rose snapped. "Make up for fucking mind."

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At this point, he didn't really know either. He just knew he was pissed, it had been at her and he just couldn't let it go.

"Or what?" he asked, throwing out the only retort he really had that wasn't admitting why he was pissed. "You'll make it up for me?"

Wouldn't be the first time that had happened to him.

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She glared at him. "Hell no, I don't get involved in people's minds. And you don't have a clue, do you."

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"Who said anything about getting involved in my mind?" he asked, staring. "Can you do that shit? Have you done that shit to me?"

The anger dropped for a minute, replaced with sudden fear that she'd seen things he'd been trying to keep hidden. It wasn't like Emma who'd told him up front so he could bury things.

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Rose stared at him. "...no. I can't do stuff like that," she said quietly. "Not to anyone here."

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"Don't fucking stare at me," he said, deflated for the moment and turning away to rub his head and hair like that would keep anyone out. "People don't often go to messing with someone's mind when you say something like I said."

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She shrugged, looking down at the ground. "Yeah, well. I'm not going to make you anyway."

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"Too bad, that'd almost be familiar," he muttered without really thinking and stared down at his feet.