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Well, no one's ever put it quit like that.

I mean, you're way preferable to my actual mom, jussayin'...

Gee, thanks. That's what I want to hear.

Well, what would you prefer?

[ It occurs to him that Piper's put up with the arm around his shoulders for an awful long time. He doesn't particularly want to drop it now, but they're getting pretty close to his apartment, and if he waits until they're at the door, it'll be all weird. Considering the kissing. ]

Dunno.

[Something that doesn't bring up mommy issues, for one.]

But somehow I don't think "motherly schoolteacher" was a compliment.

What if I told you it kinda works on you?

[ Mother of god, did he just use his flirting voice? ]

I'd say I wasn't sure I wanted to know that about you.

[He went there.]

Wh— hey.

[Snort.]

Come on, you set yourself up for that.

Cold, Hartley, real cold...

I could've thought of something worse.

And I could've withered under your sass.

Then it's a good thing that I spared you.

You're too good to me.

Yeah, well, I'm a nice person like that.

The nicest.

[ But, regrettably for James, they're coming up on his building. Which means oh-so-smoothly removing his arm from around Piper's shoulders... ]

... well, this is me. Time to leave dents on my own couch, I guess?

Guess so. You gonna be alright?

What if I'm not? Would you come in and snuggle a while?

[Well, as nice as that sounds...]

What, you don't have a rubber chicken big enough to cuddle with?

No, but I have a Green Lantern body pillow.

I'm not sure if you're joking or not and that concerns me.

I swear on my own grave! I got it at this weird convention last year. Ran into the guy there, too, but he wouldn't sign it for me. What a jerk, am I right?

[Okay, he's actually not surprised.]

But have you cuddled with it?

A man gets lonely, Piper...

[He can't help but laugh at that.]

You are something else, James.

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