["Because you're a fixer. If there's a problem, you need to solve it. You're not good at sitting in the discomfort. Sometimes it's very handy. And makes you very good at your job."
She has probably called him multiple times because something's gone wrong somewhere and she has no idea how to fix it.
"And sometimes you need to learn how to sit on your hands and let it breathe because it's not your problem to fix."]
She flashes him a grin, before finishing her drink.
"Ben will figure it out. Takes one to know one and I know that if my dad had actually got his shit together and wanted to be a parent, I would do the requisite sulking but eventually I would cave."]
( He gets home, feels restless and ends up messaging her anyway. It's easier to do something mindless with someone he likes. He sleeps soundly that night, after. )
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She has probably called him multiple times because something's gone wrong somewhere and she has no idea how to fix it.
"And sometimes you need to learn how to sit on your hands and let it breathe because it's not your problem to fix."]
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Fuck. I thought I had a lid on it.
( Is Ben why Marla and him didn't go through with it? Or, is he the reason and Ben was a symptom. )
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It's just a thing that he needs to keep an eye on because if he keeps trying to railroad over Ben's feelings it could become a bad thing.
"But speaking as someone who's known you for a very long time, keeping a lid on things isn't really your strong suit."]
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( Hardy. And all that. )
I'm a bulldozing ass.
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She flashes him a grin, before finishing her drink.
"Ben will figure it out. Takes one to know one and I know that if my dad had actually got his shit together and wanted to be a parent, I would do the requisite sulking but eventually I would cave."]
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( For anything. Anyone, too. )
I bought myself no days off this week getting here...
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Keep him out of meddling in Ben's business long enough for Ben to get his shit together.]
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( A beat. )
...What time are you off tonight?
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"About an hour?"]
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Cancel my one more. My eyes are bigger than my liver. Text me tomorrow.
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Alas, it could have been fun. Maybe another time.]
🎀
( But he pays for the bottle all the same. )
Keep the rest for you.
( He gets home, feels restless and ends up messaging her anyway. It's easier to do something mindless with someone he likes. He sleeps soundly that night, after. )