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HERMANN GOTTLIEB | pacific rim
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a fox in any incarnation

[echopraxia]

( probably he'd have taken it better if it hadn't involved a beheading. not well, she imagines; she never thought he'd take it well. but better. it'd be easier if they'd just fight about it - although maybe that would be even worse, actually, considering her tendency to aim for the emotional weak spots with her words and the head or knees with crockery. )

I always do.

( one last little primp - most of her hair is down, two twists holding it back off her face, and a swipe of nude lipstick makes her presentable. apparently. she half-turns when she's done, resting a hand on the back of her stool behind her and leaning her weight on it-- )

Hansen promised Dris a playdate with Max, so I'm going to stop in later and check on his shoulder. Don't be startled.

( 'don't think I'm just showing up to check up on you', also, though she suspects hermann does know full well she wouldn't pretend to be doing anything else if that were the case. theirs has long been a relationship where she has informed him bluntly and at length of her intentions. )

t r u t h

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As though I would ever be.

[ it's delivered in enough good humor that, momentarily, hermann forgets the tension and all the things remaining unsaid regarding - well. things. decapitation. blood splatters on the wall. things like that. for a moment, he continues to stand quietly, eyes shifting toward the door, but he idly taps his cane against the bedroom floor for a moment before suggesting: ]

Perhaps, should you visit early enough, I could take my lunch with you?

[ see, he's not entirely avoiding her. just tiptoeing. walking on eggshells after what's occurred. hermann clears his throat and, head down, looks upward at her in expectation of her response. ]

im so late i love u

[echopraxia]

Oh, that's perfect. He can babysit.

( yeah she's just volunteering a wounded man to contend with a small child, whatever, herc would probably cop an attitude if someone suggested he (and whoever he inevitably ropes into helping him with baby and dog) couldn't handle it. they haven't had a lot of time to themselves, with the kaiju and the baby (proportionately similar situations), and vanessza is inclined to take it wherever she can get it.

particularly now. they need to spend some time together, she thinks; remember why they got married in the first place, why they work, why it wasn't the dealbreaker she'd been afraid it might be. )