specifythepoint | (no subject)

(no subject)

You've reached (555) 555-7021. Please leave a message at the tone, or choose your option:

[1] Audio
[2] Video
[3] Text
[4] Zatanna Zatara

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[SCORE.]

I tried to teach you.

It's boring and I'm magic. I could just contact you telepathically if it was too complicated.

[She shifts to lean her head against his shoulder.] And Ted taught me, anyway. Sort of. So don't tease.

Okay, I won't tease.

[He seems to relax, unwind]

Some people don't like telepaths.

For the moment.

No, they don't. I don't look at anything, just use it as a very base level to contact someone, if they allow it. I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, so I'm very careful to take the other person into consideration these days. [She hates this subject. Even if those present who she has harmed have forgiven her, it still stings. How could anyone aware of it ever trust her?]

[He shrugs]

We've all done things we regret.

I'm tired of being haunted by them.

[He carefully pets her hair, just the softest touch. It's something an ex used to do to him, back when he could have girlfriends]

I know the feeling.

I'm sorry, Arthur. [She lets out an appreciative hum.] I'll listen, if you ever want me to. [It's an offer, not a push.] I won't judge you. Even if it seems like I am, I've never judged you.

I'll tell you, one day.

[He takes a beat]

It's not the person, it's the day, that's all.

You can tell me then. [She doesn't mean to stop him from saying more, just that... she doesn't want him to feel as if he must.]

You've almost been here for a year now, haven't you?

Over a year, but only just.

I'll have been here two years in June. It's a strange feeling. I often feel guilty for being so comfortable here.

I haven't stayed this still in a very long time.

I kind of enjoy it. I was always on tour back home. It was easier to avoid creating a real connection with someone that way. [She isn't asking why it's like that for him. She still knows and still doesn't completely approve.] Would you stay here, if you were given the choice?

[He looks at her, and pushes his nose into her hair]

I would stay with you, if I were given the choice.

[The person, not the place.]

[This is... unexpected. But she enjoys the closeness.]

You should come back with me. I could find a way. [She sounds like she really means it, almost like she'd be lost without him.] There's nothing this place could do to make me forget you.

There isn't anywhere I wouldn't follow, Zee.

You shouldn't say things like that.

Then I won't.

You don't have to please me all the time, Arthur.

[He shakes his head]

But I will tonight, okay?

Like I said, you shouldn't say things like that. [Zatanna: adult.]

Zee.

Arthur?

Some Like It Hot is in the DVD player.

(no subject)

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;

action;