[NYC] O Tenenbaum, O Tenenbaum...

[asinthecity]

Who: Tab & Luke
Where: Their apartment
When: Friday night
Follows: Nothing in particular

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[notskywalker]

Luke pushed into the landing near their apartment and shook out a drenched umbrella He had one arm laden with shopping bags and despite having lugged an umbrella half-way around Manhattan, the downpour that he just got caught in between his car and the apartment soaked him to the core. His footsteps were heavier from shopping stress, his hair in a total disarray, and his forehead was creased from sheer irritation. He hated shopping, especially Christmas shopping and now he wasn't pulling off the drowned rat look at all.

"Goddamnit, I hate Christmas! I hate wet! I hate cold!" he cried, first to himself, but then he spotted Tab at there apartment door and shrieked, trying to shove the bags behind his back. "What are you doing here?! You aren't supposed to be here!"

[asinthecity]

Tab gave the Christmas tree a kick and turned to face her boyfriend who looked incredibly soggy. "Did you just shriek? I never thought of you as a shrieker until now. Interesting." She turned back around, currently oblivious to the bags he was trying to hide. "I just need to get this fucker into the apartment and then we can dry you off and get you warm. I don't think the neighbours will appreciate our door being left open because I couldn't get the fucking tree inside. I'm starting to think I should have just gone with the Tinkerbell sized one."

She glanced at him as she shoulder her weight against the box and groaned loudly as it only moved an inch. "And also? I live here, smexy. I'm allowed to be here."

[notskywalker]

"I did not shriek!" Luke insisted, though his voice still did have a higher shocked tone to it. "No, no! You aren't supposed to be here for another," a glance at his watch, "forty three minutes!" He had rushed his arse off to get back here before her so he could hide the presents and his feet ached.

[asinthecity]

"Why can't I--" Tab's eyes went wide as she finally noticed the bags he was trying to hide. "Are they Christmas presents? Have you got mine?!" She leaned over as she tried to push the Christmas tree box with her arse. This method worked a little better and her feet managed to get the leverage she needed. "Hey, I can't help it if I went out for food and came back with a tree. If it helps I'll just dump this fucker inside and you can pretend I'm not here. Or wasn't here. I'll even lock myself in the bathroom."

[notskywalker]

Luke made a frustrated sound. "Yeah, that's what he thinks he's doing. That's probably what his intention is, but... but you saw him! He was blushing the colour of the Emergency sign! What if he falls for her?"

[asinthecity]

Tab moved to stand in front of him as she frowned a little. "Hey, you know me. I'm the first to argue against falling for someone--except you--but is it really that bad? Is his track record really that scary?" She glanced at the bath and held up a hand so she could shut the water off. Then she started to get her own clothes off. "Okay, so maybe it is bad. New mum and stuff. Surely he'd know not to push things... that it's better to be friends right now?"

[notskywalker]

"I don't think he'd make any moves on her. He gets too tongue-tied and flustered at the best of times, but what is she does on him? He always has better results if the girl moves first. But what if she does that just because she wants a distraction? Or is attracted to him because she subconsciously wants a dad for a kid? That happens, right? I've heard about that happening..." Luke fretted.

[asinthecity]

Tab pulled him up to his feet as she finished kicking out of her jeans and knickers and pushed the blanket to the bathroom floor. "Would she even do that? She wanted to zap his balls during the contractions. I don't think we're ever going to be able to answer any of this right now. We can't assume we know what they're up to. Maybe Andrew really is at work and you're getting yourself worked up about nothing." She took a step into the bath and nodded her head to indicate he should do the same.