86 - Voice

[gotgreenmagic]

[This was going to be Inmate filtered and then she realised she didn't care.]

I'll be in the gym most of today if anybody wants to fight. Spar. Whatever.

[She means fight.  Go unhealthy coping mechanisms!]

[Private to Prefect]

Drink?

[Private to Mozenrath]

Hey.

Comments

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Are you doing okay between sessions? I know I push, but you need to tell me if I'm pushing too hard.

[This in lieu of 'sorry I've been kind of detached and borderline-douchey for a week or so'.]

[Private]

[mightymorbid]

Shego, I'm fine. A little sore, but that's just part of conditioning.

...What about you?

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

[A few moments of radio silence, then:]

I ditched Tim. Last week.

[Private]

[mightymorbid]

[He's quiet a moment, then, possibly containing a reaction before a neutral response can be formed]

Why?

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

A lot of stuff.

...

I know that sounds like I'm trying to blow you off, it's just...it's like you step in a puddle, and it's not a big deal, and it gets a little bit deeper and that's not a big deal either, and then a few months later you realize you need to get out of the puddle before you actually drown.

It feels like there should be a metaphor that says that better.

[Shego may or may not be a few glasses of gin worse off by the time this conversation takes place.]

[Private]

[mightymorbid]

No, I understand. Has he been mistreating you?

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Wha - no. Nothing like that. It was just...the way he and I are totally dysfunctional didn't exactly complement each other. That's the simplified version.

[Private]

[mightymorbid]

I'll admit I never made a point to really know much about your relationship with him, but I had the impression you were happy.

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

I was. But whenever we had a fight, whenever anything happened - I didn't forgive and forget. I just forgot. That's how I stayed happy. And none of it seemed like a dealbreaker individually, but cumulatively....we're back to puddles.

[Private]

[mightymorbid]

I see.

[Gods, he sounds so uncomfortable.]

Better for you to have stepped away, then.

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

...

Thanks.

[Private]

[mightymorbid]

So same time tomorrow for my morning ass-kicking?

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh.

[Private]

[mightymorbid]

I'll be there.