(pacific rim)

[waterdown]

So just 'cause you couldn't get enough of us Becket boys doesn't mean you get to drag me out like this. Can't I get some peace and quiet without all that noise for once? Sheesh. You're just as bad as the kid.

[ a wry, wry grin. ]

But I can't say no to you. Hell, you won't let me say no to you.

What kind of guy would that make me, right?

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[idealistics]

A guy that says no?

[waterdown]

Definitely not the kind of guy I wanna be.

[idealistics]

Some people sometimes really need to hear a 'no' here and there, though.

It's not that bad a word.

[goingfishing]

[Always so hard to see Yancy. Still.]

Peace? Quiet? You? she must not know you very well.

[waterdown]

Sure.

But when you're dealing with my girl back here, it's a huge problem.

[waterdown]

Don't get me started. She wakes up at the crack of dawn fully expecting me to be just as energetic. [ heh. ] Reminds me of someone I know.

[goingfishing]

That's not being "energetic" that's just being normal. Come on man, military scheduling's not too bad.

[he grins] besides, sun rises.

[waterdown]

7 AM, kiddo. On a weekend. That's not being normal, that's just plain crazy.

[ shakes his head. ] And the sun's still up at noon. Now if you ask me, that's a more respectable hour to roll out of bed.

[goingfishing]

If you want to accomplish absolutely nothing.

[waterdown]

Bullshit. You've still got half the day.

[goingfishing]

...Twelve hours or six hours.

[really big brother. really.] Dad got up early. best time to fish.

[waterdown]

I remember that. Think I fell asleep on the way to the lake.

[goingfishing]

I remember that. He wouldn't let me push you into the water. [This was very upsetting.]

...I can't complain. You always did come back one hundred and ten percent.

[disobediance]

Peace and quiet, huh?

[ hi big brother, guess who's just sort of staring because she's new and you've been dead for five years (and four months) and she felt you being ripped out of the connpod and her head and now you're here talking about peace and quiet and grinning and she doesn't know whether to hit you or hug you. ]

[needmorecoffee]

A charming jackass. But you know that.

[raleighs]

I'm not that loud.

[waterdown]

Rare commodities, if you ask me.

[ come on, baby sis. you should know the answer to that more than anyone. (hint: it's not the latter.) ]

[waterdown]

Sure do. But if you're up for throwing a few more adjectives in there, I'd be happy to listen.

[waterdown]

Not that loud, says the guy who likes to pretend my bed is a bongo kit just waiting to be discovered.

[waterdown]

That's because he knew I'd drag you in with me.

[ is there an elephant in the room here? either way it's not yancy who's going to point it out. ]

And here's hoping you weren't expecting anything less.

[ex_compliances292]

I don't see why you'd want that.

[ you weren't supposed to leave her. you weren't supposed to die. ] Hell, Yance —

[raleighs]

It's the only thing that wakes you up, man, you sleep like the dead.

[needmorecoffee]

You're such a conceited jerk, but you've got a heart of gold so I'm not really complaining.

Let the kid have her fun. Can't blame her if she couldn't get enough of your stupid face.

[ :> ]

[waterdown]

[ it isn't hard, really, to pick up on things that goes unsaid, not when you've been in each other's heads for a good long while. yancy has words of apologies ready to go, but it never finds a way out. ]

You're taking me too seriously, kiddo. You know I'd rather have your racket any day.

[waterdown]

If you have too much of one thing, you grow bored of it pretty quickly. I can just tell she's trying to burn herself out, so might as well warn her while she's still ahead, right?

[ that earns a laugh from him. ]

I know. I'm a grade-A gentleman.

[waterdown]

You ever think maybe I just wanna get my solid eight hours? With no interruptions.

[raleighs]

I think there's a nursing home down the road. We can drop you off there and you can get all the sleep you want.

[ex_compliances292]

[ so long as he's here now. what escapes, in the end, is laughter rather than anything else. ]

You better, asshole. [ she's missed you, big bro. ]

[dorothied]

A guy who says no?

[waterdown]

Still not the kind of guy I wanna be.

[waterdown]

Are you offering to drive?

[waterdown]

[ aww baby sis. have a comforting pat on the shoulder; he's waiting for the green-signal before he hugs her. ]

'sides, no one else is that loud.

[raleighs]

You bet, bro. I'll even check you in.

[ex_compliances292]

[ just hug her already, asshole ]

Oh, come on! [ you should meet chuck hansen. ]

[waterdown]

Wish I could give you the brother of the year award, but I'm pretty sure the academy is going to give that honor to me.

[waterdown]

[ wow, demanding. here he comes: one yancy-shaped hug, stat. at least the hug can say things he'll never find the words for. ]

Good to see I didn't have to worry too much about you.

[ sorry is just one of them. ]

[raleighs]

Wow, Yance, that almost sounds like a real thing.

[ex_compliances292]

[ "didn't have to worry" is ironic given the time she's spent knowing that if she were to fall off the wall, it wouldn't be the worst thing, she'd just die and she knows what that feels like because yancy died —

right. let her just hug you back hard. ]

Like you ever had to worry about me.

[ you died. ]