Hanging with the boy

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

Juliet is, predictably, punctual when she arrives at the door. She stuck Carlton with most of the paperwork after she finished her shift, and has a handful of supplies in a plastic sack, which she's toting under her arm; mostly DVDs and magazines to restock his stash.

They've been planning on a little friends-night-in for awhile, and Jules is looking forward to it after the unfortunate dressing-down she had to give Lassiter earlier this morning. The man needs to cool his jets and relax just a little, in her humble opinion.

Knocking on the door, she listens for movement, unsure if she should just open it - a dangerous prospect with a cop in the house and several guns. So she stands, waiting patiently.

She's bearing pineapple-coconut cupcakes from that new bakery on the boardwalk. Beware, boy, beware.

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[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

He just shrugs.

"It should have ended differently."

He has Very Strong Feelings about this movie.

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

She takes his hand and says, as if it's the deepest thought ever stated in the history of the universe, "Shawn, no one in their right mind would stay with Blaine." Except for all of the girls she went to high-school with who had a girlboner for Andrew McCarthy.

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

"That's what I'm saying!"

It's a good thing she's holding his hand, or there would be wild gesturing.

"I give 'em two months."

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

"It probably went like every college relationship. He dumped her for a cheerleader." She's got some angry eyes going on here. And is squeezing Shawn's hand a little harder than she meant to.

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

Ouch.

"I'm sensing a little emotional baggage here."

He's equally convinced that whoever dumped her was an idiot.

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

"What? PERFECT Bobby Fields leaving me for Tawny the cheerleader is So. In My Past."

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

"Well, his loss is Santa Barbara's gain."

His and several other people's personal gain, to be specific.

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

Oh Shawn. Why are the good ones all married or in a weird worklike political situation that makes her uncomfortable?

"...And it might be someone else's kinda soon."

Oh yeah. This part.

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

He raises an eyebrow.

"Oh?"

Maybe they'll get to gossip after all. Does it count as gossip if you're talking about yourself?

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

Just the kind of gossip he might not want to hear.

"There's kind of...this guy...at work...but we're in a weird place and..." She shrugs. He and Gus have it worse, but it's STILL weird for her.

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

"It's not Ned the coffee guy, is it? I thought he was giving you weird looks."

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

She takes a deep breath and finally, decisively, says it. "No. It's Lassiter."

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

There's a brief interlude filled with noisy coughing as he nearly inhales a popcorn kernel.

"I... what? When?"

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

He gets a good, hard slap on the back. She won't let you choke to death, Shawn!

"I don't know. We've been spending a lot of time together, and since your accident it's just been...different. You know we were the first two people there at the scene of your accident?"

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

He nods. When he really thinks about it, things have been different between the two of them since the Yin case. Whatever his own feelings about Lassiter, it's hard not to admire that kind of dedication.

"And... you're taking things slow, right? Feeling things out."

He has some experience with that.

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

It certainly had been, though they both had tried to ignore it as hard as they could.

"It's barely started. There's just that weird little spark there even though we're not really that close. Kind of like when Mowgli meets Shanti in the Jungle Book."

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

"Just... be careful, okay?"

He knows Lassie would never knowingly do anything to hurt her - despite his other personal issues, the man is unfailingly loyal - but he hates the thought of potential strife within their weird little family group.

He's pouting a little now, and he's not even sure why.

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

"Shawn...he's not going to shoot me...." She pauses to consider the notion, and sort of pet the side of Shawn's head. "We don't even know if we're going out on a date. Or even sharing a toothbrush."

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

"I didn't mean that kind of careful."

The whole thing is... weird. Potentially good weird, but unavoidably weird any way you look at it.

He leans into her touch. He really is cat-like sometimes.

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

He's like a cat that doesn't bear his claws too often. The question makes her give him the 'whut' look, though.

"...Shawn, are you trying to talk to me about safe sex?"

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

"I just don't want you guys to get hurt."

He makes a face.

"... but thank you for making me think about Lassiter and sex in the same thought."

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

Awww Shawn. "No one's gonna get hurt," she promises. "I'm a big girl - I know how to take care of me." Even if she's kinda fragile, sometimes. There's just a hint of a teasing grin on her face. "He was married, Shawn. He had to have made love at least once"

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

"Gaaah quit it!"

He's trying to cover his ears, but that doesn't work too well with one arm still in a cast.

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

"UH UH! Say auntie!" She grew up with four brothers, Shawn, you REALLY think she's gonna stop now?

[psychyouout.livejournal.com]

"Never!"

He's totally laughing now, disturbing mental images aside.