Room 238 [Tuesday Morning]

[whitedeathpod]

John is not ready to wake up yet. Nope, not at all. So, he fakes sleep and cuddles against Aeryn for warmth because, dude, it's cold outisde. Thank goodness they'd made it to the bed last night.

Since he's not awake, nope not at all, he takes a mental checklist of yesterday's events:

- Angel got a dog. Angel then turned into a puddle of goo

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[notstakedyet]

"Hey, Aeryn," Angel said after John and Aeryn had had their snuggle time, "you're a girl."

He said that last part as though it explained absolutely everything he'd been thinking, and no further words needed be spoken.

[can_be_more]

"Um. Good of you to notice," she says and we're totally going to pretend there's already clothing for all this bit because zomg.

[notstakedyet]

"You understand girl things," Angel continued, again as though this was obvious. Clothed, check. Totally not picturing anybody naked. Especially John.

[can_be_more]

Aeryn should probably be glad this is the first time she's had a conversation that started out like this. "Most of them. I'm sure there are some planetary differences... What are we talking about here?" Just remember what happened the last time there was kissage.

[notstakedyet]

"Well, okay," Angel held a hand out as though gesturing towards a concept. Sean saw this, thought Angel was trying to pet him, and immediately attacked the hand with licks. "Um - right. Kay. See, thing is I might, maybe, possibly, sort of, kind of, vaguely... dating somebody. Maybe."

[can_be_more]

She blinks, trying to decipher all of that, and giving up. "All right, I didn't get any of that. You're going to have to repeat it in a sentence my microbes can translate."

[notstakedyet]

Angel covered his face with his free hand. He really hated the talking thing. Or having to be verbal as a concept.

But atonement was a bitch so...

"I was thinking about dating somebody."

[can_be_more]

She's really not sure where this is going. "Okay... Congratulations?"

[notstakedyet]

"Might be premature," Angel said. He picked Sean up and rubbed his belly. "I - uh - need some help. With her. And the whole concept."

[can_be_more]

"From me?" she asks, because she hadn't been expecting that. "What kind of help?"

[notstakedyet]

"Could you maybe talk to her?" Angel asked. "'cause me and dating... can be a bad thing. A really bad thing." He grimaced. "Just ask Buffy. But Parker and Rory and John are all saying it might be a good thing. And I thought maybe somebody could ask her if she agreed?"

[can_be_more]

"You want me to find out if she wants to date you?" Aeryn says, hoping she interpreted all that correctly. "I can talk to her."

[notstakedyet]

"Oh," Angel looked as though he hadn't expected to get that answer. And, having gotten it, that he wasn't sure what to do with it. "Oh. Good. Okay. Thanks."

[can_be_more]

"Dating's not hard," Aeryn assures him. "If I can manage it, I think anyone can."

[notstakedyet]

Angel looked dubious, but nodded anyway. "Okay. Thanks. Just - let her know there's no pressure or anything, you know? I get how even the idea of being around me can be scary."

[can_be_more]

Aeryn looks over at Angel, with his puppy, and deadpans, "Yeah. Definitely scary."

((Am going AFK for a while.))