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I'm reminding you because I'm— [ sorry? yes, profoundly, but what he actually says is, ] —y'know, tired of you worrying about me starting it up again.

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I haven't even brought that up lately.

[He says as if it isn't obvious from his behavior. But hey, he's slowly getting more comfortable with things...it's just that James always goes and pushes the boundaries of their relationship and makes him unsure all over again. But at least he's usually a little less unsure every time.]

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Please, give me some credit. You're not that subtle about thinking it.

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...Okay, yeah. You're right.

[The stubborn part of him says that James did this to himself and he has to deal with the fallout, but he also feels like saying that after months like this would be a bit unfair.]

Well...it's getting better, isn't it?

[Yeah, that's good and more neutral.]

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In that we occasionally manage to have conversations that don't turn into verbal fistfights? Yeah, I guess it's getting better.

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Oh, come on, it's not that bad.

[WHAT ABOUT THE SNUGGLING. DOES THAT MEAN NOTHING, JAMES.]

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Sometimes if I squint it's almost like you're being nice to me...

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Well, bad things would happen if I was too nice to you.

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Pffff, how would you know?

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It doesn't take long for someone to figure out that you're the kind of person that runs a mile when given an inch.

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And our little sleepover, that wasn't an inch?

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Honestly...I don't know what that was.

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Or maybe that was the mile.

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Yeah, maybe it was.

Especially since you're a pretty obnoxious sleeper.

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I'm obnoxious at everything, you know that. At least I wasn't arguing with you, right?

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No, just snoring and thrashing about.

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And you still didn't tell me to go home? Awwww.

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Yeah, so never say I don't care about you.

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[ OH, SHIT, that's almost an earnest enough display of actual feelings to make him go all weird. ]

Aaaand there's the inch.

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Yeah, well, I guess I slip up sometimes. Or get curious.

[What are you going to do with it, James?]

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What, wondering when the punchline's gonna come?

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Something like that, yeah.

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Well, y'know, good comedy's all in the timing.

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Right. I'll just wait and see, then, I guess.

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In the meantime, hey, wanna figure out something nice to do for the kid?