We Lost Our Doctor and All We Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

[namisan]

Who: Bloodsport crew and visitors!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Bloodsport
When: It's a mingle!

[New crew!  Old crew!   Something something dark side of the force.  (Sue me, your captain's tired.)]

Comments

[imfine1111one]

You have a BOYFRIEND? Aaaah--!

Wait, HOLD IT!

[Apollo's on his feet, and practically slams his door open. He then reaches down, eagerly tugging Clay inside.

The room's scarcely furnished, understandable since he hasn't been here that long. Clay's older, tattered jacketed is neatly folded on a corner of the bed, along with some papers. Apollo's already started taking notes on things.

BUT WHO CARES ABOUT THAT.

Apollo closes the door behind them, and looks to Clay with big, serious, inquisitive eyes. With the trainwreck of cases and mysteries, Athena settling into the firm, and Clay being so busy, he hasn't had a chance to gossip and talk about trivial stuff like this in ages. Sure, he and Prosecutor Gavin would hang on the rare occassion, but it was strictly business more often than not. But now, he has a chance to talk! Like a normal person! ABOUT CLAY'S LOVE LIFE OF ALL THINGS! This is true nostalgia, he feels like he's back in high school.

Grinning wide, Apollo backs off, arms crossed, eager for information.]

Okay, start from the top. I have to know how the Captain landed a new first mate!

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[geonomy]

[You know, at first, Clay was getting a little worried at that long pause. His smile starts to falter a bit as he realizes: the last time he had a boyfriend - or any relationship, really, it went south quickly and badly. Apollo even had to step in to end it. It took a while for Clay to recover from it, and he never had an interest in romance after that. Now here he is again, although this one's going infinitely better. How would Apollo take it...?]

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[geonomy]

[... VERY WELL, APPARENTLY.

Clay can only let out a yelp of surprise as he's practically yanked into Apollo's room, door shutting behind them to give them some privacy. Before addressing Apollo, Clay looks around at the room - barely furnished, of course, Clay was expecting that. And he's taking notes already - ha, that's his best friend all right. But there's his jacket there... he'd seen Apollo wear it when he first saw him arrive on the Marsiva. And Clay himself is wearing it too, the gift he'd gotten from the Giving Tree back on the hand-holding planet, though it looks much newer and in better shape.

... Though honestly, he's kind of just still recovering that reaction there. Wow.]

3/3

[geonomy]

[And when he finally does take in Apollo, grinning like that with wide, curious eyes, arms crossed as usual... it makes Clay laugh, the loud and earnest laugh he usually does, hands finding their way to his hips. This right here, this was just like old times! Before their lives became a whirlwind of court cases and astronaut training, when they'd stay up all night and talk about everything and nothing at all and never grew tired of it. And god, has he ever missed it.]

Technically, he's not my first mate! All the ships can have a captain and a first mate, and he's on a different ship, so he can't be mine.

[But the nature of his smile indicates that he's just teasing there. Time to get more serious.]

Would you object if I told you I met him on a blind date?

[imfine1111one]

[Apollo snickers, feeling as if they were both back home, in one or the others apartment chatting up a storm. Even if they're in the void of space, as long as conversations like this can happen. . .you know, he's pretty fine with it. Even with Clay being a smartass.]

Very funny, you know what I meant!

[He brings a hand to his chin, feigning a thoughtful look. A blind date? Now that's adventurous, especially given Clay's past relationship hiccups. He shakes his head.]

. . .It's not that I'd object, but more that I'd yell why would you go on a blind date?! Obviously it worked out for the best, but what even prompted it?

[geonomy]

[Clay snickers at that; yeah, he was surprised at himself at the time too, given his past relationships, but Apollo's right, it did work out for the better. He holds the brim of his visor as he glances up, then sways a bit, as if thinking back on that moment.]

Well, you see, I met him before, but only through the comm device. Like how I talked to you when you first showed up! I was talking to his best friend one day, Ino, and she told me he thought he was undateable. [He looks at Apollo then, gesturing with his hand a bit.] I mean, isn't that a really sad way to think? So I decided to prove him wrong and go on a date with him! ... That the best friend set up.

[And his hands go back to his hips while he gives a big smile.] We connected like the Earth and the moon, and we haven't stopped dating since!

[imfine1111one]

..............so you went on a date basically to try and give him some confidence? That is the most you thing I've heard in a long while.

[Of course that's what would get Clay on a blind date, of course. It's so ridiculous it's endearing. Apollo shakes his head with feigned exasperation.]

But it all worked out in the end. Just what is he like to make you bust out the sappy space similes?