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Sadde and Bell in Worm
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Sadde feels... strange. They poke that feeling this way and that, trying to make sense of it, and tentatively conclude their crush on Chelsea, with whom they hang out somewhat frequently, is the cause of it. And the fact that she's bi and Bella isn't. And she's so nice and pretty and cute and she gets them, and sure, Bella gets them, too, but it's—different somehow, even if they can't quite put a finger on what the difference is. It just is.

They don't have fights. There isn't conflict, per se, in the relationship. Just a sort of... unease. A loss of synchronicity. They're sure as soon as Chelsea goes (must she? She could stay...) everything will come back to normal, even as they fall further and further in love with her.

Unrelatedly, one day Lorica's patrolling and gets a report about a building near her where no one's answering any doors.

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"So your girlfriend's a hero too, that must be hard."

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"Yeah. She's, uh, I'm dating Lorica. That's, also a secret, the PHO forums are already insane with speculation but it's better for our image if it doesn't get out."

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"Her image is so serious all the time."

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"She's really introverted, and it—actually kinda suits her. She doesn't even unmask to anyone that's not, well, me. She's a very private person."

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He sighs. "I've been—feeling a bit. Weird. About us." Pause. "She and I, I mean."

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"I don't know what it is. She's—I mean, I like her, I'm—pretty sure I love her. She's ridiculously smart and driven and kind..." But also closed off, not really emotionally available, somewhat cold- That's not really true, though, is it? She is in fact usually emotionally available, but... "I'm not even sure what's wrong. I just don't feel like I can confide in her, there's something, I can't—I don't know what it is."

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"Sometimes it just doesn't work," suggests Chelsea.

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"But it feels so—sad. That it just wouldn't work like this. It should work."

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Snuggle. Sigh. "Yeah. This—helped. It was a good idea. I don't know why I didn't do this before."

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"Well, I guess you could have thought I'd go and do something awful."

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"No! No, of course not. I—I think it was more about me. It was kind of a habit, and like, it's a secret for a very good reason... that just doesn't apply very much here."

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"Habits can be hard to break." Pet pet.

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He leans into the petting. Gosh, this is so comfortable.

"Yeah. Um. I'm sorry."

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"I forgive you."

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Gosh, Chelsea is so good.

"Sometimes I feel like swearing off the Protectorate altogether."

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"You must graduate soon, mustn't you? Or do you mean you don't want to wait that long?"

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"Yeah, in April, but I was planning to actually become a hero with them. I'm no longer sure I want to, anymore."

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"You can still do a lot without the formal 'hero' title."

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"Yeah. ...I used to be an independent hero for a bit. Before I joined up."

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"Was that better?" Of course it was.

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"...yeah, it kinda was. I used to think being with the Protectorate was a net positive, but it doesn't feel that way anymore."

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"They can't force you to stay, can they?" But what if they tried?

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