Closed: Valentine's Day; Eddie

[oohlalaorla]

Valentine's Day was unbearably awful when you were alone. Orla didn't want to be so silly about it; she was absolutely not one of those ridiculous women who needed a man in order to measure her self-worth. She was strong, confident, and a redhead. There were a lot of things going for her. Being single was fun, and she didn't have time for anything

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[oohlalaorla]

Sipping carefully at her glass, she raised her eyebrows over the rim. "I'm surprised because I'd been led to believe you'd vanished to be busy and important." So Orla paid attention when Kiki had Lily over and Lily rambled on about her Uncle Eddie - and seriously? How was that even fair?

"Is this anti-Valentine's Day thing a statement against the whole commercialized institution or are you less annoying than that?"

[eddiejoshua]

"Ah," Eddie nodded, "So, you've heard the complaints." It was hard to be so busy and in such high demand. Eddie licked at his lips slowly, "It's true, I am very important and very busy." To add emphasis, Eddie held up his beer, "Fortunately, I work with a bunch of married types who darted out early tonight so I was able to escape."

Eddie wasn't necessarily against Valentine's Day. He'd just come from cooking Maeve and Lily dinner and showering them with enough chocolate and stuffed animals to last at least half of Lily's young life. "No," he turned his head to look over the crowded floor of the bar, "I just know how crazy bars can get on these holidays and generally stay away from them and drink at home."

[oohlalaorla]

"Lily never misses an opportunity to tell everyone about you. And her complaints have been many and varied." Oh, the married types. Orla definitely worked with enough of those. Her entire friend group had also essentially just become that. It was very cute and precious when it wasn't also very annoying and obnoxious.

"The bars are the lowest of the low and the desperate tonight, I'll give you that," Orla admitted, turning to look out at the crowd. Her nose wrinkled when she caught sight of far more clinging couples than she had any business seeing at one time. She turned her head back toward him, red hair falling over her shoulder and she held up her glass. "But drinking at home alone seems sadder."

[eddiejoshua]

Eddie laughed, imaging Lily's complaints about him. The most recent had been that he turned down her offer to stay the night. One of the most difficult things Eddie had ever done was to say no to that little girl.

Orla's nose scrunch made Eddie smile ever so slightly. He knew just how she felt and that was comforting in a small way. "Who said anything about being alone?" Of course, most of the time he was at home and drinking he was alone, but sometimes he wasn't.

[oohlalaorla]

"Ah," Orla hummed. She nodded as she watched him, head tilted for a moment.

"So you're picking up randoms in places that aren't bars." That wasn't even remotely what she thought he was saying, but Orla had this way of saying anything the popped into her head but making it sound legitimate that had always gotten her by.

It was purely a confidence move, but it hadn't let her down yet.

"I doubt your level of skill there, Carmichael." He didn't actually need much skill to her her interested. She'd rambled about him and his stupid eyes and his dumb hair and his ridiculous arms enough over the years that all he had to do was snap his fingers problem.

But there was no theater in that.