delincuente: (✂︎ she's the salt of the earth)
ᴀʟᴇx ʀᴜssᴏ ([personal profile] delincuente) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-09-12 01:19 am

GET UR PAISLEY ON

Who: CREW ASSEMBLE
Broadcast: N/A
Action: SS Young and Dumb Paisley
When: Anytime in September

[Hey what's up, it's a ship mingle! Make your own top levels, and tag all month on board this lovely piece of actual crap!]
stefanged: (concentrating)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-12 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[At some point, Stefan's gotta leave the medbay. Or so most people would assume - except, ever since his big personal drama with Elena (and then again with Alex by accident), he's holed himself up in the medbay with mugs of green tea and old diaries for company.

Sometimes he checks up on the supply of painkillers and other meds; other times, he's running the equipment and using himself as a guinea pig since he (thinks he) heals the fastest out of the crew.

He does leave the medbay sometimes, though - mostly to cook, since they don't exactly have a cooking augment amongst them. Stefan's kinda wishing he had more proper lessons from someone like Eugene (or hell, even Jason before the guy left), but at least the food's edible.]
stefanged: (oh really now?)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-13 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
[He heard her walk in long before the throat clearing, but he humors her entrance with a nod. Glancing up from his work, he gestures towards the protein - tonight, he's got a "teriyaki beef" meat as well as a "mixed vegetable" soft solid. As long as everyone else thinks he's human, he might as well keep up the illusion.]

Trying to make them edible, at least.

[Stefan sets the stove heat to 'low', grabbing a mug and pouring himself some green tea.] You have any special requests for tonight?
stefanged: (that's rough buddy)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-13 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Not even special flavored glue? [Even he can't find the strength to tease her like normal, and judging by the sudden frown that sets on his face - it bugs him too.

He quickly gulps down some of his tea.]
But seriously - you actually need this stuff. If fake teriyaki beef isn't your style, what would work better?
stefanged: (tell me about it)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-13 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Tired?

[He's not fluent in Alex-ese, but he's sure gonna try. Stefan pauses for a second, gauging if anyone else's nearby. He can't hear anyone else approaching, so he lets out a breath and looks her in the eye.] Look, about the other day... I should've been honest about my faith. I haven't talked to you a lot about it, but there's... you know I'm Muslim, and keeping that faith's pretty important to me.

But some things're harder to follow than others. I should've guessed that by now.
stefanged: (that is a fair point)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-13 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
You didn't misjudge. [He shakes his head.] Religion's something I think about almost constantly, because I chose to be a Muslim. I wasn't fully born into it. [Has he told her this? He's not sure, but he's going for it now.]

So you getting all "handsy" and stuff? I should've cut you off, but I didn't. [Because, he's slowly coming to realize, he might've wanted it too.] And that was on me.

Plus, uh... [He sighs. Heavily.] I can't afford to see where it goes, unless you're into "marriage or bust."
stefanged: (solemn)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-13 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shit, he'd said something wrong, hadn't he? Stefan furrows his brow, wishing he could disappear behind his mug of tea - because words are hard, and complicated, and this is complicated.

It's not supposed to be, he knows. It's not, but then stuff like this happens.]
It's... most people I know don't think that far. Because of who I am, and because of what I practice? It has to be on my mind. I've gotta think, "can I spend eternity with her?" from the get-go. "Does she think the same about kids? What kind of lifestyle's she gonna lead?" I don't know exactly what I feel about you - but I can't. I can't throw away what we have.

[He takes another sip of his tea.] I like you a lot, Alex. Really.

I... until I can get that straight, and work stuff out with Elena, it's gonna be hard to sift through.
stefanged: (tell me about it)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-13 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
True. [He's thought about that some, but in the context of "do they send us HOME?" No one's heard from them, and the mothership isn't exactly an itty-bitty one.] Which makes what we have even more special and too stupid to lose.

Elena, though... Elena's a really good friend of mine from back home. Mystic Falls home, not Jersey-home. We've been through a lot together, and uh, we dated each other in high school.

[Quickly:] We're not dating now. We haven't been for a while. But I'm not sure where we stand, and since she's on the Fleet... it'll take a while to figure that out.
stefanged: (that is a fair point)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-14 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He nearly spills his mug - nearly, because vampiric reflexes allow a guy to act like he's only jostling it a little. Stefan hadn't expected her to lose someone like that.

No wonder this is hitting her just as hard.]
That's exactly how it is for me.

I was uh, under the impression I'd never see her again, and then I arrive on the Fleet and she's there, and it's like a whole bunch of memories come rushing to the surface. [He mimics the rushing with his free hand, and this time, it is not a poor imitation.] I think it's been about... two years for me? But for her, it was maybe less than three months.

[He was also an idiot, but another story for another time.] Plus she doesn't know I'm Muslim, or well, we haven't broached it, and I wanna have that discussion before... anything happens, I guess.
stefanged: (looking at her)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-14 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[It's that obvious, huh?

Had anyone else asked, Stefan would've sputtered and split his tea all over the place, because he couldn't still love her like that. He loved a memory, not the real deal. Except... it's Alex, and she deserves the truth, so he sets his tea down.]
Yeah, I think I do.

[He takes a deep breath.]

But like I said, she's not Muslim. As understanding as she is, I don't know if she's willing to deal with that. [Or if she even likes him in return.]
stefanged: (sure about that?)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-14 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe.

[There's more to it than the religion issue - namely, whether she'd like him even if he doesn't have all of Salvatore's memories, or if she'd even want to remain his friend, or... the scenarios become too numerous to mention.

Sitting down on the chair next to her, he manages a thin smile.]
Thanks. You know, you're a pretty decent one yourself.
stefanged: (slow smile)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-14 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Especially if you wanna make out with all the wrong people.

[He leans in and flicks her nose - while a smarter guy might've bristled from the intimacy, because that was the issue earlier, he's explained himself well enough that he allows this one gesture.] I can't promise I won't barge in and interrupt you at the worst possible moment, either.
stefanged: ([phone] not saying it out loud)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-14 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, I've been in the medbay for the past two days. For all I know, we could've almost hit an asteroid. [He's only partially joking.]

But uh... we good for now?
stefanged: (rephrase that for me?)

[personal profile] stefanged 2015-09-16 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, uh-- first mate? Me?

[He reaches for his tea, tempted to gulp it down as if it were the strongest booze available. Because for him, tea IS his one vice.] You're sure you want me, and not some other chump?

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