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[drama_maureen]

The thing about Maureen was that she really liked being someone's everything. As far as she was concerned, the world was a better place when it revolved around her, and it was a good enough start to just be the center of one person's life. It had been that way with Joanne once upon a time, and with Mark, and with a half dozen other boyfriends

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[iparkedmycar]

Cooper's kind of soaked to the skin. He walks into the room scrubbing his hands through his damp hair. He pauses, staring because Cooper Harris is many thigs but he's also eighteen and that hot chick is half-naked. You can't really blame him.

"Uh...hi."

[drama_maureen]

Maureen straightened up, holding some clothes in her hands. "Hi," she said cheerfully. "Need something dry?"

[iparkedmycar]

"Yeah," says Cooper, looking down at himself. His t-shirt's pretty stuck to him. He'd been down to the beach and back just to see how far it is and because staying in doors was kind of starting to send him stir-crazy.

"Walking down to the ebach today probably wasn't my smartest idea ever."

[drama_maureen]

Maureen's eyes dropped over him, though it was hard to tell if she was checking him out or just judging his size. Then she bent over the box again, rooted around for a second, and then pulled out a pair of men's board shorts and a tshirt. "Try these," she said, tossing them to him, and then started unfastening her own shorts so she could put on something dry. Considering that anyone who had been to Catscratch had seen her mostly naked by now, she wasn't exactly modest.

[iparkedmycar]

One thing about Cooper Harris: he's got very little shame and he doesn't embarrass easily. He catches the clothes and he knows that he really ought to look away as he drops them again, so he can tug the sodden shirt over his head.

...Somehow, he doesn't get around to it.

[drama_maureen]

Maureen doesn't pay him much attention as she wiggles her shorts down over her legs, revealing a pink polka-dotted thong. Then she pulled up the dry pair of cut-offs she'd found in the box and pulled a white tank top over her head.

"There, much better," she said, shaking her hair back behind her back. "I'm Maureen, by the way."

[iparkedmycar]

With his damp t-shirt in his hand and his shorts sagging down around his hips, Cooper looks up and clear shis throat, and then he smiles at her and nods.

"Hey, Maureen by-the-way. I'm Cooper. Harris."

[drama_maureen]

Oh, wasn't he just adorable.

Maureen smiled back at him, and then stepped closer to pluck the wet shirt from his hands, adding it to her own damp clothing. "Why don't I just put all of this in a dryer, Cooper Harris," she said.

[iparkedmycar]

He grins. He can't help it. She's American again, but she's also really hot and previously half-naked. He can make allowances.

"Yeah," he says, starting to sort out the clean t-shirt in his hands. "Thankyou."

[drama_maureen]

"Sure thing," she said, and took the bundle of clothes over to the row of dryers, shoving them into one. "So," she said, leaning to turn it on. "You new around here?"

[iparkedmycar]

"Pretty brand new," he admits, tugging the shirt over his head and coming out tousled and blinking. He tilts his head, damp hair sliding against his cheek. "Sort of still figuring everything out."

[drama_maureen]

Maureen turned and leaned back against the dryer. And a little smile tugged at her lips upon remembering having sex on one of the dryers in here, with Jack.

And come to think of it, it was remember sex with Jack now that she was with Patrick.

"Well I've been here for a long time," she said. "So if you've got any questions, just ask."

[iparkedmycar]

He's not sure if he even wants to know what puts a look like that on her face; he's just going to sit back and enjoy it. He scrubs both hands back through his hair and ruffles it.

"I'm mostly just trying to get my fuckin' head around it," he admits. "It's sort of a headtrip."

[drama_maureen]

"That's for sure," Maureen agreed. "So you're living here in the compound then?" She hopped up on top of the dryer, crossing her legs. "Getting a little crowded.

[iparkedmycar]

"Yeah, so far," says Cooper, crossing his arms across his chest, head tilted on one side and studying her. "I'm not sure I'm a hut kind of guy, you know?"

[drama_maureen]

"After a while you'll just be itching for the personal space," Maureen said. "Trust me."