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On mun's amusement about a Plurk conversation

Look mun. I know you thought it was a bloody fantastic idea, but there's no way it's happening. Ever. In fact, I can't think of any god dammed game where I would ever let myself get knocked up. Not even if he came back from the dead and begged me on his hands and knees.

[Long pause.]

... Mayfield? You wouldn't dare. There's no way I'm being a happy home maker from the 50's. Right then, you just go and ask Al. I'll bet you get a no.

[Mumbled.]

Least those kids wouldn't be coming out of my bloody womb. And there's liquor.

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Who has to come back and beg what, exactly?

[There's a long pause as Jenny just stares at him. When she finally speaks her voice actually cracks.]

John?

[He smiles, just so slightly]

Not the reaction I was expecting, I must admit.

You look beautiful, Jenny. Long hair suits you.

[She wants to hug him. Good god she wants to hug him.]

I thought you were dead.

[That's all it takes before her body is moving on it's own to wrap her arms around him tightly.]

I thought I'd ...

[And now she's crying. At least they're happy tears.]

It's alright, Jenny.

[He returns the hug with one arm, the other hand entwining with her hair and stroking it softly.]

I'm back, and I'm not going anywhere.

[She let's out a soft, shaky laugh.]

I should have expected you'd come back. No one stays dead in that Universe but me.

[She doesn't really want to pull her face from his shoulder. She knows she looks like hell from crying and really, the only bloke she's ever wanted to look nice for his standing with his arms around her. So she tilts her head to the side a bit, letting her hair mask her face slightly.]

I think she's actually decided to put me in Mayfield.

[Because clearly a space torture station wasn't enough, her Mun wanted to torture her with Steapford wives as well. It was a subtle request for him to join her.]

[He doesn't force her to show him his face, but he does reach to pull her hair away from her face so slightly. It's... weird seeing Jenny cry. There were few things that got the strong woman to this point, and to be one of them still came kind of as a shock to him.]

I want to go with you. So I can... [He makes a slight face] explain everything to you. I will do my best to... to convince my mundane.

[Jenny composes herself as best she can after seeing a ghost in the flesh. Her feelings for him were strong, but she was good at composing herself even in the face of amazing odds.

After a few moments she pushed her hair back out of her face and looked at him. Her eyes still glittered with unshed tears.]

I know what you were trying to do back then John. I agreed with it.

[She looked away, frowning.]

But we can't force people to change. They have to want it for the change to work.

The world has to change, it has to. It's going to end destroying itself if it doesn't. You of all people know that, Jenny.

But I don't want to spoil our meeting on politics. It makes no sense to argue about such things in this place, anyway.

[She offers him a bit of a wry smirk, fairly certain she understands his meaning.]

We are a bit like pawns, aren't we? At the whim of a bloody mad king who uses us as they want.

[Saying it aloud it really was comparable to being employed by Bendix.]

And 'as they want' apparently implies... kids, in this case?

Apparently. It was something that was said on your mun's plurk.

She thought the mental image of us having a baby was 'adorable'.

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I do admit I would rather enjoy having a kid to follow my steps. And I cannot think of a woman I'd rather... share my life with...

[Yes, let's put it like that]

But I never imagined you would be alright with it.

I never really thought about it.

[Hell, she didn't even know if it were possible for her to have kids. She frowns.]

Hell, I don't even know if I'd be a decent mom. I'm not exactly a model woman.

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I bet you also think you'd be rubbish at being a wife. While I disagree.

That would entirely depend on who my husband was. I'd be crap if you expected me to be a Stepford wife, but being me, as your wife ... Now that I could do.

[After a pause, he grins.]

...I am aware times have changed but last time I checked the man was supposed to propose to the woman, Jenny.

[It takes Jenny a few moments before her jaw drops and she's pretty sure she's stopped breathing.]

I ...

[Recover, recover, recover! Finally, she breaths out.]

If we're trying to have a kid you'd better make an honest woman of me.

[Teasing make everything better, right?]

[He lets out a soft laugh]

I was not aware you were so traditional, Jenny.

[She shifts a little. God, John just doesn't let up, does he? Of course, that's one of the many reasons why she loves him.]

Then what do you suggest?

What I suggest is, I would not wait for kids if I did want to marry you. But in a job like ours marrying doesn't usually... work.

[Somebody doesn't know about a certain gay couple yet.]

If you want things to work you make 'um work. I can name at least one SPB couple off the top of my head.

Can you, now?

[Really John, why do you test her with these things?]

Apollo and Midnighter. Really John, it's no different then being with a firefighter or a police officer.

I'd have to live afraid of the one I love getting hurt. Which I already do- or have you forgotten all the times you were kidnapped simply because you were related in an emotional way to me?

You're worried about kidnappers? Honestly?

[She almost sounds insulted by that.]

I get into more trouble on my own then you've ever given me. Or have you forgotten that I was the one they sent to take care of you if you were a problem.

[Not that her loyalty to that plan had lasted very long after she'd realized the boy was a giant boy scout.]

I'm the bloody spirit of the Twentieth Century John. If you're not interested, I understand, but don't act like I'm some fragile flower.

[He... winces at the mention of 'taking care of you'. He did die once because Jenny knew how to deal with him, because she put the whole world before John.

Which, of course, John didn't blame her for- but dying hurts.]

I never said you were some fragile flower. I wouldn't even consider this if you were. I am merely worried about your safety- which is not a bad thing, I think.

[She reaches up to caress his cheek.]

It's not. I worry about you too you know. Always have.

[especially now that she knows he's alive. She'd been forced to kill him before. She didn't really know if she could ever go through that again.]

But if you're going to use kidnappers as an excuse to worry about me you had better think of a reason less insulting.

[To emphasize her point she poked him in the chest with her finger.]

How about the world's end?

[He reaches to pull her into a hug. It's hard not to touch her, not to pull her close now that he can. Coming back to a world without Jenny had been harder than he'd expected it to be.]

Because we've faced that more than once.

[She hugs him in return, holding him close and resting her head against his chest.]

That'll work. But we'll get through it you know. Just like we always do.

[She glances up at him, blue eyes curious.]

Have you met Jenny?

Jenny Q?

[He let a finger travel idly up and down her back] Just barely, I didn't really have time to stay with the team. Why?

[Oh, she liked that. She let her eyes close, arms tightening around him.]

I've heard great things about her, but I haven't met her.

[She wished she could. Jenny seemed fantastic.]

[He shrugged, not that she could see with her eyes closed]

She may be great. She's still not you.

[She could feel the shrug of his shoulders.]

Funny, Apollo fells the opposite of that where I am now. It's like living in the shadow of my successor.

[Jenny snuggled against him a bit more. Really, there was no one else in the world who got to see this side of Jenny. It was only reserved for John.]

It's nice to know I'm missed.

[He cupped her chin with two fingers, making her look up.]

You make your own shadow, no matter what Apollo might say. And of course you were missed, was there any doubt?

A little, but nothing I've let hinder me for too long.

[She let her hand rest on his, fingers curling around the side.]

Seeing you helped.

Seeing you helped as well. I wish it was a more permanent thing.

Hopefully it will be.
[She pushes up and kisses his neck.]

God, I could use you around right about now.

And I could use you. I could actually use being anywhere outside this... this headspace.

I was already a prisoner once, it is not an experience I want to repeat.

[She nuzzled into his neck.]

I'm sorry. There wasn't another viable choice. You were beyond reasoning with.

[She knew that he'd probably notice that his neck was starting to be damp.]

Is there anything I can do to help convince your Mun?

[He shakes his head]

She'd bring me as soon as she could. She just needs more free time, dear.

As impressive as I am I can't give muns more free time. I guess I'll have to wait till Summer then.

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