LOG: Crappy take out and some beer

[soldierinblack]

Who: Texas (native) and Florida (native)
What: Chillaxing and relaxing. Oh and Florida has some feelings and things to talk about.
Where: One of Florida's safe houses.
When: 5/22 evening
Warnings: Possible adult situations and talk? Will edit this if it becomes a thing.


More scarves. He's saving her a bit by making them for her and she's not sure if she needs to thank him or not for shoving Omega into approaching her to hang-out. If only her brother didn't need that shove in the first place.

She's picked up what passes for Chinese take-out on Adaptive and brings it with her to his safe house. She's packed herself an overnight bag and a few things to occupy her time since she has a feeling he'll be knitting at least part of the night. It sounds like he's being doing a whole helluva lot of that lately and she's not sure what 'frustration' has brought that on.

Her bike is parked in the garage next to his Isis and she enters into the house with only a short knock of warning.

Comments

[the_informant]

"You... wouldn't mind being identified as involved with me?" Florida asks in shock. He actually stares at her, eyes wide and mouth a bit agape.

There are a thousand arguments in his head as to why she shouldn't. She's young, and strong, and doesn't need the reputation of being involved with him. An assassin. A torturer. A man who has actually come on to York and offered to tie him to a bed.

[soldierinblack]

Why the hell is he looking at her like that? Is it really that farfetched of an idea?

"No point in putting a label on this if I didn't want to be," she answers with a sigh. "Why? You don't want the Informant associated with the Soldier?"

[the_informant]

"It's... it's not that," Florida insists quickly. "It's figuring you wouldn't want it known you're dallying with me. Spending time with me. Just... me."

He shakes his head. "I skin people, Tex. That isn't what people think invokes romance."

[soldierinblack]

"I'm well aware of what you do. I might not skin people, but I do a whole lot of damage simple because I'm paid and enjoy it." She shakes her head. Her work doesn't involve torturing or gathering information not on the scale he does, but she's an efficient killer. It's not romantic either by many people's definition of the word.

"If I'm going to date someone, at least a mercenary knows the ins-and-outs of the trade."

[the_informant]

"You get that the team will talk, right?" Florida asks quietly. "That doesn't bother you?"

He's a bit more worried what will happen if it gets on the streets. If it gets to Control. Lou has him protected, but Tex?

[soldierinblack]

She snorts. "Should it? If they want to gossip about what we're doing then they're a bunch of idiots that need to find a better use for their time."

[the_informant]

God she's just... She's amazing. Florida laughs and shakes his head.

"Do you know that you're not only one of the most beautiful women I've ever met, but the most carefree? Well, not carefree, that isn't quite the right way to explain it..."

[soldierinblack]

She moves the rice around with her fork as she shrugs. "I wouldn't have gotten where I am if I let what other people talked about stop me. Why do you care so much about what they might say?"

[the_informant]

"Control," Florida answers. "If they want to find a new way to go after me, you become a target. And by extension... your family."

He stops eating and shakes his head. "That's a problem, right?"

[soldierinblack]

"Just the family part. I can take care of myself. I've been good about changing helmets and vehicles before going to visit them. The Soldier doesn't have any family to speak of, so they don't have a reason to go looking for them."

Unless Maine said something to Louisiana about it. Surely he wouldn't go spreading her link to his boyfriend around. Right?

[the_informant]

"Alright then," Florida sighs. "If... Can I tell her?"

Not about Tex's family of course. But... Lou is what family he has in her own unique way.

[soldierinblack]

"Yeah, you can tell her. I trust she's not going to want to get Control involved any further than they have to be." Hopefully. Tex hasn't seen too much of this Louisiana to make a real judgment on her.

[the_informant]

"She won't. She's... at odds with them at the moment for what they did to me."

Florida reaches up to touch his shoulder. The scar there is so fresh...

[soldierinblack]

She nods. That helps to know.

"Good. Might want to ask her to keep it from her friends in case they have other intentions of what to do with that kind of information."

[the_informant]

"Given the fact that I almost killed one of them recently for commenting that I don't know how to catch..."

How that much had gotten back to Control he'll never know. It worries him that they really do know about his problem with small spaces.

"Anyway, it won't happen. I know it wouldn't."

[soldierinblack]

She'd say something if she weren't fully aware of what Control did to him not that long ago. A bunch of assholes. They're lucky she hasn't gotten her hands on any of them and she wonders why Louisiana is sticking it out there if she's so against what they did to Florida.

"Then tell her what you want about me. Just leave the family out for now. The being an orphan born in a hellfire tornado is the more well-known one."

[the_informant]

"I really did love the hellfire bit," Florida laughs. "It came to me in a dream and I just KNEW I had to spread it."

There is nothing more fun, nothing than making up origin stories for his teammates.

[soldierinblack]

"Asshole," she teases and flicks his foot that's resting on her lap still. "I had a feeling that was you. What's the latest and greatest in the merc rumor mill?"

[the_informant]

"Maine is a robot," Florida laughs happily. "Or emotionally so. He is incapable of human feeling. And Thief has a long lost love who died and he seeks revenge for. You know, to protect your family."

[soldierinblack]

She shakes her head and smirks. "I should ask York how that's going for him and if Maine has any metal limbs he's hiding from us. Have they heard any of those rumors?"

[the_informant]

"I honestly don't know," Florida smiles. "I like hearing them talk about the weirdness of the rumors. Sometimes I lie about making them just to see their reaction."

[soldierinblack]

"How many do you have floating around about me?" she asks. Somehow, she's managed to finish her food and she sets the empty container off to the side so she can rest her hands on his leg.

[the_informant]

"Last time I checked, nearly sixty-two."

He's got a pretty good count on how things work out.

[soldierinblack]

Well, damn. She knows she hasn't heard that many rumors about herself.

"Are they all as good as the hellfire one?"

[the_informant]

"Some are better," Florida grins. "You got bored of your last job because people got too afraid of you, so you came here where the herds were less wary."

He likes comparing her to a predator.