"...So it wasn't until six months ago that I stopped calling my ex every time I got drunk," Becka shared, grinning wildly. It was their first
real date, and by the looks of it she was internally congratulating herself on managing one - even if that meant the rest of her brain had slipped out of her pocket and made her tell really horrible stories.
So Mitchell winced for her. "
Ooooh," he said, squinting his eyes shut theatratically.
"...Oh,
god," Becka exclaimed, clasping her hands over her mouth. "I... probably shouldn't have said that."
Mitchell chuckled, shaking his head. So far, the night had been excellent for finally getting his mind off things - and finally getting him back on track. "Oh, no, no," he said, "It's sweet. It's... tenacious." He held up his hands placatingly. The grin wasn't departing his face any time soon.
Becka just snorted. "Sweet?" she said, "Me with vomit in my hair, going Da
viiid," she said, making sure to pitch that last part right. She looked absolutely adorable-- edible, even. A shake tore its way through Mitchell's hand as that thought wired itself straight into his senses -
thunk, thunk - and he snagged his beer to mask it.
"Oh, I meant to ask you," she continued, "How's the quitting smoking going?" So she
had caught it after all.
Oh well.
Thunkthunk."Not great," he said, casually, setting his beer glass back down. His shoulder managed all of a quarter of a shrug, and his smile dimmed. "But I'm thinking--"
Thunk thunk,
thunkthunk, "--once a smoker, always a smoker." His shoulder came back down. "Where's the point in fighting it?"
thunkthunk thunkthunk thunkthunk thunkthunk thunkthunk.
She took a sip of her own drink. "So," she hazarded, switching up her smile a few notches, "Would you like to come back to my place? My roommate's out to see her parents, so..." She fidgeted with her fingers.
thunkthunk thunkthunk thunkthunk thunkthunk thunkthunk thunkthunk thunkth--.
"...Um, is that a friend of yours?"
( Enter an unexpected guest. )[[ NFB, NFI, ooc-okay! Taken and slightly tweaked from Being Human episode 1x01. mmm, vampires. concurrent with/shortly after this ]]