"Yeah." Okay. That's the plan. They have a plan. Maybe it's not a great plan, but it's something. It's better than Howard and Gene bumping into each other completely unexpectedly, that's for sure.
"Are you going to be okay?" Tony asks, a little hesitantly.
Wow, that's the loudest 'no' Tony's ever heard from somebody saying 'yes.'
"I'll come find you after I've got my dad set up. We can grab some dessert from the fridge and go up to our room and... talk this out. Figure out what we're gonna do."
He makes very sure to say 'our room' - he doesn't want Gene getting it into his head to grab all his stuff and move out while Tony's out with Howard. He doesn't want Gene to leave. Not permanently. Worst case scenario, he has to crash somewhere else for a while until Tony can find the courage to break it to his dad that they're together.
"...yeah. Yeah, okay," Gene says, and while the words are the same as before the reduced tension is audible. "Should I find myself having to do some urgent errands in the meantime, until you give me the all-clear? I can go shopping, we need a few things anyway."
He knows how much this has to be freaking Gene out, but he still can't quite keep the excitement out of his voice when he says, "Thanks. I'll... Yeah. It'll be fun." Despite the drama that it will inevitable cause, he can't help but be happy that his dad's here.
"See you soon, okay?" And then, in a lower voice, with another glance over his shoulder, he adds, "Love you."
Gene's paranoia is ratcheting up - now that his father is here, Tony won't need him anymore - but at the endearment he smiles a little, and says softly, "Yeah. Love you, too."
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wrathfulkhan) wrote2013-08-24 08:32 pm
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"Are you going to be okay?" Tony asks, a little hesitantly.
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"Yeah. I'm fine."
Liar.
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"I'll come find you after I've got my dad set up. We can grab some dessert from the fridge and go up to our room and... talk this out. Figure out what we're gonna do."
He makes very sure to say 'our room' - he doesn't want Gene getting it into his head to grab all his stuff and move out while Tony's out with Howard. He doesn't want Gene to leave. Not permanently. Worst case scenario, he has to crash somewhere else for a while until Tony can find the courage to break it to his dad that they're together.
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Like, you know, if he needs to send Gene an emergency 'DAD HEADED TO HOTEL, DIVERSION FAILURE' alert.
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Gene takes a deep breath. "Have...fun, I guess."
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"See you soon, okay?" And then, in a lower voice, with another glance over his shoulder, he adds, "Love you."
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