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[darcyschumacher]

 Ford was being a bastard again. He'd dragged her out all day and made her 'practice' her 'skills' which most had him being a jerk and her being pissed. Either way, he'd gotten in the way of her chores all day and she was exhausted since she mostly worked at night. As retaliation, she forced him to stop at a convenient store so she could at least

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[darcyschumacher]

She should have known he was coming up behind her. And when she was suddenly pressed harshly against the man behind her, the cold of the metal gun against her skin, she couldn't scream. She wanted to. She should have, but she was frozen, terrified, her heart pounding and her mind was overwhelmed. Blocking emotions was out of the question. Between the man with the gun, the fright of the cashier and then black nothingness, she was sure that this was the end of it

[darcyschumacher]

Darcy didn't like being touched, but Ford's hand covering hers made her chest clench tight. Her eyes opened and she looked at him. It was small comfort that he was there and he had stopped it from happening. With a deep breath, she was feeling like perhaps she wasn't completely losing her mind and thank God he was the only one around, because she couldn't focus on blocking anything. She wasn't sure when that would come back to her.

She took the opportunity to look him over. He was the most familiar thing that she'd found lately. Nothing but her job seemed normal anymore and somehow he was winding his way into her life and making his face part of the normalcy. She noted that he was kind of awkward, crouched in front of her. Lanky arms and redish hair; she gave a very short smile.

[killer_saver]

It wasn't much of a smile. But it was a smile. And it confused Ford a bit. Why was she smiling? But hopefully it was a good sign. She didn't seem so blank and withdrawn anymore.

"Care to let me in on the joke?" Because having her talk was probably a good idea.

[darcyschumacher]

She looked at him and smirked, knowing she'd just gotten caught smirking about him. She shook her head and then laughed lightly at herself. "I was admiring you..." she said softly. She was still a little shaken up, but she was still feeling safer here with him. "You are kind of awkward looking.." she teased, though mildly.

[killer_saver]

He let his hand drop from hers and casually rested his arm over his knee. Awkward? He'd never heard that one before? Awkward how?

"Maybe so," he said, keeping his voice easy. "I still look good, though." They'd never really done any lighthearted banter, had they?

[darcyschumacher]

She bit her lip as he replied, resting his arm on her knee. It was casual, as if she hadn't just been held at gunpoint during a robbery. "You look good for a guy with strawberry blonde hair as lanky as you," she replied.

Maybe it wasn't the time to do this, or maybe she should do more? She didn't know. Her only response she could give was dropping her hand down from her neck, and resting it lightly on his arm.

[killer_saver]

Maybe that's why he was being so casual. Because she's been held at gunpoint? Maybe he should get her to talk about it, but sucked at trying to be a a psychologist or counselor or what have you. So maybe, just maybe... Maybe he was trying to get her mind off it?

"I'm not sure if that was a backhanded insult or compliment."

[darcyschumacher]

Darcy smirked momentarily, "a little of both." At this point she realized that she'd mostly come down from her terrifying ordeal that tonight was and her heart rate was normal again. However, the thought of tonight made her take a deep breath.

She looked down at where he hand was on his arm and she moved it, figuring he didn't really need her touching him, "You can go, if you want. I know you probably don't want to stay here... I'll be fine," she lied.

[killer_saver]

He looked down, from her face to her hand that had just moved. His arm was stayed where it was.

He could go. And he should. Ah, there was that internal debate again. Should go, should go... But..?

"I don't really want to go." His voice was low, and he was surprised that he'd spoken at all. He'd just about formulated the thought in his head. Hadn't thought to say it. Was this one of those cases when his tongue was quicker than his brain? Seemed like it.

[darcyschumacher]

His response surprised her. She looked at him, heart pounding again but for another reason. She kept it to herself this time. Again, she looked to where his arm was draped across her leg. It was insignificant, really, not much of touch at all, but it was at the same time, which is what made it surprising.

"Ford..." she whispered, almost to herself, half to him. She had nothing else to say and wasn't sure what she intended by saying it to him.

[killer_saver]

He looked up at her again. It probably wasn't good that he'd said that. And he should probably come up with some sort of comment to take away the seriousness of it. But he couldn't come up with anything for the life of him. And he couldn't come up with anything to say to explain it either.

So what did he do? He just looked at her. Looked at her, and shrugged slowly. Wondered what it was she was about to say.

[darcyschumacher]

She looked at him, too. She didn't know what the right thing to say was. In fact, it wasn't even clear what was happening at the moment. She knew that she needed something different than just staring at each other like one of them was going to have an answer.

He shrugged, and she leaned forward, resting one hand on his arm, the other hand took his and she kept her eyes downwards as she spoke, "I loathe you." Darcy smirked and shook her head and looked up at him, much closer to him now that she was leaning forward. "I did, at least."

[killer_saver]

Those words actually hurt. He was surprised that they did. But he did have a heart. He did have emotions. He just liked to pretend that he didn't. And thankfully those last words of hers took away most of that pain.

He didn't lean back when she leaned forward. Something was obviously happening here. Again he felt that he probably should move away. Should leave. But he didn't want to.

He smirked right back at her, and maybe he moved forward just an inch. "Don't worry, I despised you as well." Despised. Past tense. He obviously didn't anymore.

[darcyschumacher]

She smiled this time, a true honest smile. She probably shouldn't have been smiling, not after tonight, but she did. What else was there? She was leaning towards him, surprised and absolutely, completely engulfed with him. She didn't know why.

"Sit with me..." it was more of a question than a demand, but she knew that if she asked outright, he'd have a choice to say no.

[killer_saver]

"What, you don't enjoy having me by your feet? Well, suit yourself. It'll be a long time before this happens again." He did stand and took a seat beside her. What was going to happen now was anyone's guess. Since he didn't know, he didn't really do anything. But yes, he's sit with her for a while.

[darcyschumacher]

She had to let go of his hand when he got up and she had no intention of taking it again. She didn't want to let go of his hand and his reply definitely made he chuckle to herself. He took a seat next to her and she waited a moment before she looked over at him.

"I was worried you wouldn't..." she paused and took a deep breath, "...I was worried you wouldn't know what was happening and..." she couldn't finish that sentence.