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Sometimes the best way out of a bad situation is to entirely replace your personality and memories with those of a complete stranger
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"Are you planning to work there indefinitely?"

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"God, no," he replies immediately. "...I mean I don't have any specific end dates but—I can't see myself doing this in five years. It's good work but it's exhausting."

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"Huh, any idea what'd be next for you? Or maybe you're just making enough to retire early."

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"I'm making enough to retire early," he agrees, trying to keep the self-consciousness out of his voice. He was raised middle class in the United States and that means that Making A Lot Of Money Is Wrong is an ingrained belief that he needs to overcome and he shall do that by making it Not A Big Deal. "But I'll probably still work on other stuff afterwards, more hobby projects maybe, dunno."

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"Oooh, hobby projects like what?"

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"Well there's this public library I've been contributing to..."

Does she want to hear him go on one of his rants about programming? Because that's how she gets him to go on one of his rants about programming.

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Adorable. Will he continue to rant about programming if she hooks one of her feet around one of his ankles.

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Nope, that'll cause a stammery CTD and instant blushing.

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"...so," she says, leaving her foot right where it is, "the library's total lack of security mindset having been vanquished...?"

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"—r-right, um," aah but okay he can get back to the ranting even though he is lightly melting. Or not-so-lightly melting. He's some degree of melting.

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Whenever he has a full head of steam going again she's going to slide her foot slightly up his calf.

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