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Rubén Vidal-Marín ([personal profile] neriticism) wrote in [personal profile] 7edacted 2021-09-01 04:03 pm (UTC)

Yeah that’s what this whole train’s starting to sound like.

[ Or especially in his case. No man is an island. It’d be nice if the whole universe would stop trying to remind him. As she gears herself up, he raises his eyebrows a little, as if he isn’t equally terrible at initiating friendly contact with anyone. ]

Yep, [ agreed quietly as she offers a hand, and he takes it curtly. Does it help at all that he wears gloves? Maybe? ] Just a really long, awkward handshake.

[ They’re both amazing at this. With some effort, he lets a little of the handshake stiffness in his arm ease up. However long it has to be before handshake ticks over into handhold... It’d be nice if they got some kind of ding! once they satisfied some objectives, wouldn’t it. ]

You are welcome to personally hold this over me as one of the dumbest things I’ve done to test a theory. [ Or, you know, fallen for. He doesn’t say that lightly. ]

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