[ Geoffrey watched Ray freeze, looking down at his hand, but it was...well, it was all kinds of mixed signals. He couldn't work out for sure what Ray was thinking. First he held still and let himself be touched, and then he was drawing away, putting a little distance between them. Geoffrey let him go, his hand coming back to his own mouth to rub his palm briskly against it.
Still, the most that meant was that Ray didn't like the idea of getting touchy feely when he was more preoccupied with the state of his friend's mental health, right? That wasn't so unexpected or unreasonable of him. That Geoffrey felt just fine apart from the block on his memory probably wasn't such a good thing. His invulnerability and excess energy was likely a symptom rather than a remedy. ]
I'll take your word for it, Ray. [ His hand came back down, patting his knee firmly. ] In the meantime as flattered as I am that you're in such a hurry to get me into bed, I have to tell you that I'm still not remotely tired.
But that's okay. Let me just grab a cup of coffee and we'll get to know each other better.
[ He came up out of his seat, and just in case Ray thought the weird was already insurmountable, Geoffrey was about to prove otherwise. He circled the counter, fetching down a new cup and starting to make coffee as he spoke--
In Canada we have this game, and I realize it's quite unlikely that you have it over here, but well, we can't help our surfeit of civilization compared to your own. [ Drunk Fraser was bitchy, who knew? He turned, forgot what he was turning for and froze hands raised in the air to either side of his head, before spinning abruptly, nodding, digging through the drawers. ] Spoon, spoon, spoon--Smarties? Do you mind? [ He counted a half dozen of them into his coffee, and dropped the rest back into the drawer. ] So in any case, the game is called "At the very least I have never" and usually speaking it would be played with brandy - or tequila, depending on the standards of the company you were keeping at the time. Well, in fact, I haven't played it in years, but there's no time like the present.
So for instance [ He said, finally bearing coffee and heading back toward the couch. ] You'd say "At the very least I have never made out with any actors", and I, obviously, would drink. Let's see how much about myself I can remember. At the very least I have never slept with any American women.
[ He sat beside Ray, raising his coffee slightly. ]
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Still, the most that meant was that Ray didn't like the idea of getting touchy feely when he was more preoccupied with the state of his friend's mental health, right? That wasn't so unexpected or unreasonable of him. That Geoffrey felt just fine apart from the block on his memory probably wasn't such a good thing. His invulnerability and excess energy was likely a symptom rather than a remedy. ]
I'll take your word for it, Ray. [ His hand came back down, patting his knee firmly. ] In the meantime as flattered as I am that you're in such a hurry to get me into bed, I have to tell you that I'm still not remotely tired.
But that's okay. Let me just grab a cup of coffee and we'll get to know each other better.
[ He came up out of his seat, and just in case Ray thought the weird was already insurmountable, Geoffrey was about to prove otherwise. He circled the counter, fetching down a new cup and starting to make coffee as he spoke--
In Canada we have this game, and I realize it's quite unlikely that you have it over here, but well, we can't help our surfeit of civilization compared to your own. [ Drunk Fraser was bitchy, who knew? He turned, forgot what he was turning for and froze hands raised in the air to either side of his head, before spinning abruptly, nodding, digging through the drawers. ] Spoon, spoon, spoon--Smarties? Do you mind? [ He counted a half dozen of them into his coffee, and dropped the rest back into the drawer. ] So in any case, the game is called "At the very least I have never" and usually speaking it would be played with brandy - or tequila, depending on the standards of the company you were keeping at the time. Well, in fact, I haven't played it in years, but there's no time like the present.
So for instance [ He said, finally bearing coffee and heading back toward the couch. ] You'd say "At the very least I have never made out with any actors", and I, obviously, would drink. Let's see how much about myself I can remember. At the very least I have never slept with any American women.
[ He sat beside Ray, raising his coffee slightly. ]