probably with my name for it and a description based on what i've already interacted with. 'earth, 2015, magic didn't exist as far as i knew'. i guess you could start teaching a new type of history class that covers everyone else's homeworlds as well as yours...
[ He knew it, Ben.
But then Ben starts asking, and Will feels anxiety creeping up as soon as it starts, but...it's for a different reason than it might have been before Will tried talking this over with Eliot, just a few days prior. ]
that's what i was calling it in my head.
i actually just said 'taken' on mine. [ Will goes back and forth about what's fair expectations and what's unrealistic, but eventually he adds, ]
is it rude that i wasn't going to ask? i thought we were dating.
Look, I know I love making lists, but that is a whole lifetime's worth of research, and I don't know if I quite have the strength for that. ( he's tired just thinking about it. )
It isn't rude, no. I'm...surprised, pleasantly so, but not offended.
We are dating, but I wasn't going to say 'dating' on my profile, since that makes it sound as though I'm single. So I wasn't entirely decided on the wording, itself.
I'm fine with 'taken.' I think I finally thought of a phrase similar to that, but moreso in my own words.
[ Ben's not offended. Will took a risk and it wasn't rebuffed. His head drops into his palms for a second while he rubs at his eyes, sighing out exhausted relief. ]
i think i'm surprised that just went as well as it did.
no, i know i'm surprised
thanks. 'in a relationship' is fine, i just think it sounds...formal. i don't need people i don't know to know about what i'm doing, i just need them to know i'm not-- available. so. 'taken'. [ This is all slanted in a way Will's not entirely sure what to do with, so maybe he'll just...move this along. And not focus on the way it feels to imply that kind of connection between them. ]
i guess we are 'trying something out', though. that's what all dating is.
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[ He knew it, Ben.
But then Ben starts asking, and Will feels anxiety creeping up as soon as it starts, but...it's for a different reason than it might have been before Will tried talking this over with Eliot, just a few days prior. ]
that's what i was calling it in my head.
i actually just said 'taken' on mine. [ Will goes back and forth about what's fair expectations and what's unrealistic, but eventually he adds, ]
is it rude that i wasn't going to ask? i thought we were dating.
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It isn't rude, no. I'm...surprised, pleasantly so, but not offended.
We are dating, but I wasn't going to say 'dating' on my profile, since that makes it sound as though I'm single. So I wasn't entirely decided on the wording, itself.
I'm fine with 'taken.' I think I finally thought of a phrase similar to that, but moreso in my own words.
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i think i'm surprised that just went as well as it did.
no, i know i'm surprised
thanks. 'in a relationship' is fine, i just think it sounds...formal. i don't need people i don't know to know about what i'm doing, i just need them to know i'm not-- available. so. 'taken'. [ This is all slanted in a way Will's not entirely sure what to do with, so maybe he'll just...move this along. And not focus on the way it feels to imply that kind of connection between them. ]
i guess we are 'trying something out', though. that's what all dating is.