same thing i always wanted. screw around a little, see what happens.
[ that's not, you know, completely it, but he doesn't really have an idea of what to do about everything in there that isn't just lust. they don't actually have to talk about that part, right? they can just ignore it. ]
yeah, got it, so here's where i'm confused it kind of sounds like she also wants to see what happens so which part is tripping you up? the part where it's couched in a date? because don't you guys already hang out and eat together sometimes and whatever the hell else?
[ it's a typing-and-stop-typing, start-again-and-stop kind of pause. ]
might be the label
[ maybe? this conversation is taking years off his life. ]
she wants it to be a date, doesn't want to sleep with friends, that's look, someone tells you they don't want something intense and it takes them that many words, they're probably lying to themselves
[ How many times has he heard that before? Over a decade of being exposed to his older brother's romantic overtures and sexcapades and Nate doesn't even need to think twice to know what it means. ]
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if there's one thing i know about this stuff it's that radio silence is bad news
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[ thanks, ian. ]
nathan i have read this thing a dozen times and i still don't know what she wants
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what do YOU want?
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[ that's not, you know, completely it, but he doesn't really have an idea of what to do about everything in there that isn't just lust. they don't actually have to talk about that part, right? they can just ignore it. ]
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it kind of sounds like she also wants to see what happens
so which part is tripping you up? the part where it's couched in a date? because don't you guys already hang out and eat together sometimes and whatever the hell else?
if the only difference is the label just say so
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might be the label
[ maybe? this conversation is taking years off his life. ]
she wants it to be a date, doesn't want to sleep with friends, that's
look, someone tells you they don't want something intense and it takes them that many words, they're probably lying to themselves
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sounds like you've already talked yourself into a corner
or into being a little bitch
[ Does he use this language often, if ever? No. Is it effective on people like this brother? Almost always.
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all right, all right.
don't wait up, little brother.
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wear protection
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things have not changed since we were in our twenties and i don't need you to regale me
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accusing me of being the kind of guy who'd kiss and tell? that hurts, nathan.
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hers, on the other hand...
[ okay, that wasn't even a good one. whatever. ]
i owe you one, cyrano. let me know next time you need a pickup line
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