Character Fiction 1 – Your character’s first date

I Should Tell You I’m Disaster / I Forget How To Begin It / Let’s Just Make This Part Go Faster / I Have Yet — To Be In It
“I Should Tell You” – Rent

A sense of something important and a quiet voice was all she had left of the memory. “It must have been good,” she thought, “or the ritual wouldn’t have worked.” Genie wondered what she’d had that was good enough to sate that…thing.The world flared green as Chappy’s hands glowed brighter and bright. The hand at her back never left. Opening her eyes, Jeanette felt good. Better than good. She felt amazing. Was this how radiation felt all the time or just when you were already full of it?

Genie surprised herself and the entire posse by laughing. Her skin was pale, her expression was tired and she looked weak enough to fall backwards, but she laughed loud and hearty, bordering on worrying.

Chappy seemed unsure with the results, but she told them all she felt fine and that if it wasn’t meant to be, she’d keep going, same as before. Walking off from the group to try and absorb it all, she leaned back against a wall and found Hector right behind her. “He’s been close for the whole night,” she thought. He’d been watching out for her, checking in on her, and standing close. he was…being affectionate.

Could it be…?

Genie tried to piece it all together with the past. He’d bought her the reflecting dish back in Junkyard. He’d vouched for her to Ike specifically and the rest of the team in general. He’d started offering her a beer after a hard day and asking into her projects. He’d held her hand for a moment before the ritual. Maybe, with life being short and dirty, that was “Dating Post Apocalypse”.

Still, he was standing there trying to think of how to say something. She wanted to ask him about all these undercurrents as well, but she was as lost as he was. The Private Specialist had never dated after college, and those had all been brief. She had to stop the awkward silence.

“You know…you shot me with a vacuum. I’ve seen better first impressions.” His face darkened a bit as his reply came without any nervousness. “It’s not a vacuum.”

Genie smiled and shrugged. “I know.” Both of them chuckled, ice broken…

The sharp whistle from Carrie brought heads around as she spotted the Junker and engineer, kissing in the corner of the blasted room.

Trusting Desire – Starting To Learn / Walking Through Fire Without A Burn / Clinging – A Shoulder, A Leap Begins /Stinging And Older, Asleep On Pins / So Here We Go
“I Should Tell You” – Rent