Room 222 | Saturday Night

[pursuedthestars]

Jim was flat on his back, staring up at the ceiling. It was as exciting as it sounded. He figured he should stay in this weekend since he was still healing up from his adventures last weekend. His face was still bruised but it looked much better than it had. He didn't look like a stupid raccoon anymore.

His torso and neck were still marked with fading yellow bruises but he could deal. He'd had worse. Despite all that, he still wasn't going to be moving much. It was a night for quiet contemplation and introspection.

...

Goddamn, Jim was bored.

[Open door/post, sure]

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[whenshewasnice]

"Well, you shouldn't be trying your luck with my secretary anyway," she replied. "It'd just get you both in trouble with me."

[pursuedthestars]

"Mmm." He smiled again. "How much trouble?"

[whenshewasnice]

"A lot."

That was vague.

[pursuedthestars]

"Would it be fun trouble?" Jim asked curiously.

[whenshewasnice]

"Maybe."

Now she was just being coy for fun. And because she'd had a long day of being serious and professional with people.

[pursuedthestars]

"Would you spank me?" Well, he could give her some fun tonight.

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie huffed out her quiet little amused sound. "Maybe. That's punishment, isn't it?"

[pursuedthestars]

"Pretty good punishment even," Jim said, nodding. "Hello, Natalie. It's good to talk to you. How goes it?"

[whenshewasnice]

"It is pretty good punishment when done right." And moving on... "Hello, Jim. It goes the usual. Busy."

[pursuedthestars]

"I'm not busy at all," he said, making a face. "I am so goddamn bored."

[whenshewasnice]

"That's what you get for staying a high school student." Even one on an island that tended to provide its own entertainment. "I never have that problem anymore."

[pursuedthestars]

"Would you rather I have gone back home, never to hear from me again?" Jim asked her.

[whenshewasnice]

"No. I didn't go back home."

So clearly that was not the only option.

[pursuedthestars]

"Yeah, but I eventually want to go back to my time," Jim told her, shrugging. "I miss the future sometimes."

[whenshewasnice]

"The future is pretty okay." Well, she lived there now. And she was homesick for the past sometimes, when she had the time. So she knew how it worked. "Selfishly I'd probably prefer it if you stayed bored in Fandom for a while still."

[pursuedthestars]

"Fortunately for you, I don't think I'm going anywhere for at least a few months," Jim told her. "So, I think you're going to get your wish."

[whenshewasnice]

"Good," she replied lightly, maybe even more so than she actually felt about things, "because finding replacement deals is just way too much work for my busy schedule."

[pursuedthestars]

"You could just go without," he pointed out. "Become celibate."

[whenshewasnice]

"I think that was the plan at one point," Natalie replied, looking up at the ceiling. "Or at least the expectation."

[pursuedthestars]

"Something change your mind?" he asked quietly.

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie sighed. That was quiet too. "Maybe I got a little stuck on you." That wasn't how she'd always put it, though. "Also I don't think I do too well in those kinds of situations."

It wasn't really even the sex that she'd miss, but the physical affection and intimacy.

[pursuedthestars]

"You got more than stuck on me," he teased, smiling. "And you'd miss sex? Whaddya know, so would I!"

He'd probably miss the sex more than the physical affection and intimacy but they were a little different.

[whenshewasnice]

Yeah, he didn't live his life borderline obsessed with romance and unattainable ideals.

"I'd miss trusting someone."

[pursuedthestars]

"You can still trust people you're not sleeping with," Jim pointed out. "I can, at least."

[whenshewasnice]

"And I trust people like that," Natalie pointed out in return. "But it's a different kind of trust."