falsify: (I was with your girlfriend last night)
Eames. ([personal profile] falsify) wrote in [community profile] ruffians2017-10-04 02:19 am

sometimes moving isn't terrible

[Making room for most of Arthur's stuff is easier than Eames anticipated. He actually has a lot of space in his home that's not being used for much except storing one or two things, and it's easy enough to use the space more economically. He even floats the idea of converting the shed into an office for him, but it's a big undertaking, they can talk about it some other time.]

[By the time evening comes around, he thinks they've pretty much done it. There's probably some rearranging to be done, but it seems like an 'as and when' kind of thing. In the meantime, Eames comes to find Arthur with a bundle of his towels in his hands — obviously distracted on his way to pack them in the bathroom — and smiles tiredly when he sees him.]


How's it going?
specifiercity: (arthur019)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Okay.

[He lets the silence settle for a moment, still rubbing his hand back and forth on Eames' arm.]

So how long has it been since you lived with someone?
specifiercity: (arthur107)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Hm.

[hm indeed.]

That's not as long as I thought it would be.
specifiercity: (arthur052)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Was she a girlfriend?

[It sounds like such a juvenile word but Arthur doesn't know what else to use.]
specifiercity: (arthur107)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Arthur gives him an empathetic hum as he rests his free hand on Eames' knee to comfort him.]

I'll try not to leave any scars.
specifiercity: (arthur089)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Arthur sighs as he thinks about it.]

I guess Mal and Dom are really the only people I've lived alone with. Before them it was the army, and before that I was a teenager living with my parents.

[Jesus he's in his 30's and this is the first time he's living with a proper significant other.]
specifiercity: (arthur107)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
It was never boring, but... I don't know, sometimes you want boring.

[He sighs as he remembers.]

We didn't stay anywhere very long and I usually had access to a room of my own anyway.
specifiercity: (arthur097)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
No.

[The answer's quick but not hasty.]

But at least I know where I stand with you. Most of the time.
specifiercity: (arthur056)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Well we can't read each other's minds.

[This is just part of being human right. Or part of being... human-ish, in Eames' case. Sometimes you're just unsure of what someone else is thinking and sometimes that makes you unsure of yourself.]
specifiercity: (arthur052)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Arthur makes an amused sound.]

I hope not.

[He sighs again.]

I didn't mean it like that, I just meant that when you're in that situation, when you're like an addition to an already happy couple, you feel like you're just waiting for them to get tired of you.
specifiercity: (arthur054)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[This is getting dangerously close to real feelings territory, but Arthur indulges Eames and tilts his head to make it less awkward.]

I wouldn't have agreed to move in if I did.
specifiercity: (arthur111)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Arthur grins.]

Hey, at least you don't have to buy extra tea for my apartment anymore.
specifiercity: (arthur111)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Arthur laughs dryly.]

I'll get naked as much as you want.
specifiercity: (arthur046)

[personal profile] specifiercity 2017-10-05 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
You don't think it'd lose some of the magic if I never wore clothes at all?

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