019- (Voice)

[uberboned]

Okay. Chasing Dean's cat around his room? Not my idea of a good time. Just so you know. We'll call that my postmortem physical therapy and be done with it, okay?

Also, Hix! I can't believe you actually got me a shrunken head. I'm calling him Fredo. He adds character to my room.

[Private to Ruby]
I've got something for you tomorrow, but if you want a present early.... I can probably swing it.

[Private to Max]
So, uh.... Are you still pissed at me?

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[NINJA!SPAM]

[yousethimfree.livejournal.com]

Thank you. [And then he got a kiss for his efforts.]

[NINJA!SPAM]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[Gabe lingers just a bit, but doesn't quite deepen the kiss. It's far more chaste than he would've wanted it to be, but he was still thinking about Max. GDI.]

You're welcome.

[NINJA!SPAM]

[yousethimfree.livejournal.com]

You wanna come in, or do you have somewhere to be?

[NINJA!SPAM]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[The pause was long enough to be uncomfortable. It weighed on him heavily. A couple of moments passed where he considered tossing the cat inside and just jumping Ruby right there.

And yet he doesn't. It was extremely confusing.]

I can't. Don't know why I can't, but I... Can't.

[NINJA!SPAM]

[yousethimfree.livejournal.com]

[She took the cat from him carefully, keeping her eyes on him. It was a thoughtful one by the expression on her face, though more deciding what to say than what was going on with him.] Max?

[NINJA!SPAM]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[Gabriel's face took on the look of someone who might have swallowed a bug between Point A and Point B. He nodded.]

I don't even know, Rubes. She's got me... [He growled and made a very random gesture with his hands, grimacing somewhat. It wasn't the kind of gesture one makes when one is madly in love. It was the sort of gesture one makes when they're frustrated with the world. Gabriel was, unfortunately, both.]

[NINJA!SPAM]

[yousethimfree.livejournal.com]

[Ruby grinned a little despite herself and put Meg down, giving her a little push so she'd scamper of into her new surrounds. She then turned her attention back to her archangel BFF.]

I think you know how to finish that sentence, you're just...afraid to?

[NINJA!SPAM]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[He stopped mid... Invisible strangling session and glanced up at Ruby, looking more than a little sheepish for what might've been the first time in his life.]

That obvious, huh? By the way? It's scary. Really scary. And I'm not scared of much.

[He sighed and leaned over to kiss her on the cheek.] You're still, and stop me if I sound way too cheesy, the best friend I've probably ever had. [He laughed, despite himself.] Strike up the melancholy violins.

[NINJA!SPAM]

[yousethimfree.livejournal.com]

[She nodded, smiling what was probably the most genuine smile since she and Sam split.]

So are you. And trust me...I know how terrifying it is. Been there, done that. [The smile turned into a vaguely sad grin.] Still tryin' to get over it, actually...

[NINJA!SPAM]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

Well, Maxie's pissed at me and I can't even rebound properly, so there you go. [He raised a hand and sort of half-stroked her hair. He loved her, really he did. But not in that tearing-his-vessel's-heart-out-and-dancing-a-two-step on it way. Ruby was just safe in a weird way you wouldn't think a demon would be.]

Thanks, Rubes. I mean it. [He took a step back.] I still owe you another present tomorrow. One way or another.

[NINJA!SPAM]

[yousethimfree.livejournal.com]

I look forward to it. And if you ever get tired of ignoring the issue, any issue at all...you know where to find me.

[NINJA!SPAM]

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[He saluted her before winking.] I'll let myself in and everything.

[NINJA!SPAM]

[yousethimfree.livejournal.com]

[The smile to end all smiles. She may actually look like a girl right now.] I'll see you tomorrow.