'Cause If My Eyes Don't Deceive Me [Active/Closed]

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Characters: J and Spin
Content: Anyone remember the last time J went and got on Spin's nerves? Yeah, neither does he. He's gonna go fix that.
Location: BPH, Spin's room
Time: Afternoon
Warnings: Guy talk written by a couple of girls, but nonetheless.

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If anyone was familiar with the feeling of putting in plenty of effort and not seeming to get any result, it had been Spin. It seemed he'd gone into that notion of depression once every couple months since he'd gotten into this city, and the most recent one had been his deepest yet.

That being said, perhaps Spin was an odd choice for J looking for that exact sort of pick-me-up, as Spin was just as often in need of one. Luckily, however, the rookie had recently begun his climb out of his latest hole of depression, so J had picked fairly decent timing.

Spin actually hadn't been in at the moment J knocked, but rather was just on his way back from a trip for some (Tringham-provided) rations. As he exited the stairway to his floor, laden with food, the younger Agent blinked at the unexpected figure before his door and made his way over.

"You know, I'm surprised you even bothered knocking," Spin commented from behind. "Afraid you'll catch me doing something private?"

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Huh. No answer. J listened hard and caught the familiar tune...coming from behind him. Oh. Least Rookie sounded like he was doing alright.

He turned to face the younger Agent, customary smirk already in place. "You kiddin'? I'm startin' to think you gettin' any would be a sign of the apocalypse. Plus," the smirk widened, "if you were up to anything, I'd've heard it." Because the Music carried everything, whether they liked it or not.

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Spin smirked a little. This sometimes seemed like a favorite topic of J's, when nothing else to talk about seemed to arise. Spin had been thinking more along the lines of getting dressed or in the bathroom, but of course J's mind was in different places.

"Mmhmm. I'm glad you've fine-tuned your Musical senses to pick out such details. That's important in this time of crisis." The rookie stepped past his superior and opened the door for the two of them.

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Okay, that wasn't surprising. Still, you couldn't blame J, or at least he didn't believe you could - after all, there was more than one way to help a brother out, and he was just covering his bases. Kid needed to loosen up some, and J was convinced there were easier ways to do that than talking it out or bottling it up.

He rolled his eyes and followed the younger Agent into the room (invitation be damned). "And there's the hasty subject change, right on time. Surprising, no. Disappointing...a little, but no more'n usual." All said with a grin, right before J went for a whiplash subject change of his own. "So, what've you been up to?"

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Spin bore the taunting with a calm grin while J went through the motions. Usually, it would be more likely for him to get defensive or uppity, but Spin was still riding on the high of having an attractive, sweet, wonderful girl agree to go out with him. Having that made a delightful little shield against J's currently-uninformed teasings.

Though, Spin did raise a slight eyebrow when J went off with a subject change of his own. He didn't mind, but J had never been one to drop that subject easy. "You know, this and that. Catching up with some friends that I haven't seen in too long, the like." Some of said friends weren't in good condition, but that was what he was there for. "Doing what I can, as ever. And you?"

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Okay, that was surprising. Normally Rookie went responded to that particular jibe with the maximum amount of flustering possible. The abrupt subject change was meant to make it worse - a bait and switch of sorts, one that Rookie wasn't reacting to at all. And he was grinning...something had changed, and J intended to find out what.

But first he had to deal with the subject change he himself had set up. "'Bout the same," he replied easily. "Probably gonna track down a few people I haven't seen in a while." Raiel came to mind, but J wasn't sure he was ready to face him just yet. Maybe Billy.

"Now." He raised an eyebrow, changing things up yet again (namely because curiousity was getting the better of him). "What aren't you tellin' me?"

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Ahh. Feel that? That was the sweet, sweet notion of having something that J didn't. Spin didn't get that notion very often, and man was he enjoying it.

Fact of the matter, Spin had been doing a lot of things that he didn't think was proper to share anyway. His relationship with Missy was just one of the things he'd been keeping private between him and another. He had been catching up with friends, yes, but unfortunately a lot of said friends were going through some less-than-pleasant moments.

So the answer was a simple and perfectly evasive one. "Plenty of things, man. Confidential, you know?" Spin shrugged.

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Oh, so they were playing it like that. Well, if anyone could pry that information out of Rookie, it was J (or so he believed).

"'Plenty of things, but you don't get to know about 'em?'" J paraphrased with a laugh. "Really? C'mon, Rookie, no way is it that simple. Spill."

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"Sounds about right," Spin replied. "I know you're nosy and all, but really?" He shook his head. "And I feel so special, you paying me special attention. But if you want something, you can give up or try a little harder, man." He smirked.

"Let's turn it around. You have to've been up to something, why don't you try sharing every now and then, huh? I thought you liked being the center of attention."

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"'If you want something, you can give up or try harder?'" J quoted, laughing hard. "That's comin' from you? Although," he admitted with a smirk that matched the younger Agent's, "guess it doesn't apply if you don't admit you want somethin'."

That sounded like a challenge, and J wasn't one to back down. "Who, me?" Like that was a surprise. "Well all right then." He stuck his hands in his pockets, casual. "Lessee...did a bit of patrol, made sure people 'round here stay on a pretty even keel, hooked up with Starr...Y'know." As though nothing were out of the ordinary, even though one of those things was definitely not like the others. "That good enough for you?"

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Spin had to blink at that one a little bit. "Wait, you... that last one." The rookie stared another second, then rubbed his forehead. It wasn't so much that he was surprised. He would have been a bit surprised, under normal circumstances, really; though he'd suspected some mutual attraction between the two of them, Spin had always assumed that the two were far too stubborn to actually sit down and do anything about it.

But under these particular circumstances, a slightly different thought was running through his head. As he mulled it over, he let out the low grumble, "Jeez, I don't feel as special now."

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Yeah, evidently that was good enough. J couldn't help but smirk a bit at the reaction - it wasn't exactly what he'd been expecting, but it was good enough.

It didn't take him long to find out why that reaction wasn't what he expected - that low grumble was still audible, after all, and J had long since learned to listen beyond his own self-satisfaction. "As special?" he repeated with a slow smile. That comment coupled with his lack of reaction earlier...J was starting to put two and two together and was liking just how four looked. "Don't tell me. You and Missy..." he trailed off with an expectant grin.

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Oh jeez. Oh jeez he said it out loud, didn't he. Come on, Spin, pay a little attention, he couldn't keep enjoying the rare moment of private knowledge if he blurted it out.

With a groan, though, Spin realized that even if he could have bluffed that out (unlikely), his face right now must have confirmed it. He pressed his palm against his forehead. "You could... say that." He took a moment to regain his thoughts, before allowing himself a grin. "Something along those lines."

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He was laughing even before Rookie said anything. The look on his face had been more than enough to confirm J's suspicions - Rookie and Missy had definitely paired up for this dance. Hearing Rookie try to skip around the admission was just icing on the cake.

So of course J pressed it. "Somethin' along those lines?" he grinned. "Rookie, it's a yes or no question." Nevermind that he already knew the answer.

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Spin made a face. "You really need me to go into detail about it? Yes, all right? We kinda, sorta..." He trailed off and grinned, glancing off and blushing a bit. "...totally hooked up." He was still reeling.

He paused, then shook away the dopey expression. "W-we were hoping to keep it to ourselves for a bit. Guess you couldn't have any of that, huh." The rookie gave J an expectant look. "Gotta go one-upping people, don't you. When did your little escapade happen?"

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Okay that grin was never gonna leave his face. Rookie actually hooking up was awesome, but Rookie awkwarding his way through the admission of hooking up was priceless. J made his way over to the younger Agent and slapped him on the back. "Good on ya, man."

And then Rookie kept on. "'Course not," J replied, that grin turned just a bit cocky. He hadn't asked Rookie about any whens, but if the kid wanted to know... "Night after she got bitten," he answered calmly. Not too long ago, but not a short thing either. "How 'bout you?"