MCA0: Friday Night

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After visiting Cam in the clinic, Xander had made his way home for some dinner. Except when he got there, he'd flopped onto the couch and flipped the tv on just to relax for a second, and.... well, he'd get up any minute now. Really.

[OOC: For the B-word-person.]

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

It's a somewhat-grumpy-looking Bridge who lets himself in to the apartment, duffel bag slung over his shoulder. "Hey," he says, doing a couch flop of his own.

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"Hey." Xander looks up from the tv and blinks at Bridge's expression. "You're unsmiley. What's up?"

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"Got an email this afternoon," he says, making a face. "Cruger wants us back for a training thing."

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Xander frowns. Not that he had specific plans for the rest of the weekend, but there are still ice cream experiments to be performed, dammit. "How soon?"

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"Tonight," Bridge replies.

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"Tonight?" That wasn't a whine.

...Yes, it was.

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"My sentiments exactly," Bridge says with a sigh.

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"What's up with no warning? It's not like you can have Emergency... Practice."

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"Except for how we really *should* get used to having to drop whatever we're doing if there's a monster attack," Bridge says. "Or maybe it was just really bad planning on the Commander's part." Yeah, it was probably that second thing.

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"Like you don't do that in Fandom?" Xander says with a snort. "But okay yeah, point."

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"Well, we can't go to the moon in Fandom," Bridge points out.

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"You're going to the moon?"

Why this is a big deal when Bridge has been to, y'know, other planets before, Xander has no idea, but it is.

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"Yes?" Bridge says.

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"Sorry. Not gonna get over the 'oooh, space' thing anytime soon. Apparently." Xander gives a small, tired grin.

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"I'd take you with me if I could," Bridge says sincerely. "It'd certainly be more fun. I mean, the moon is nothing but rocks, horses, and more rocks." Inwardly, he resolves to find a way, someday, to take Xander on a trip that isn't in a *simulated* shuttle. "Well, and also Rita's castle but that's a restricted area," he adds as an afterthought.

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"Oh, well if there's just horses and castles..." Xander waves a hand. "I mean everybody's moon has those."

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"Everybody's moon *should*," Bridge grumbles a little.

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"My moon is substandard," Xander says woefully.

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Well, there's really only one response to that. Which is why Bridge slips his hand between Xander and the couch and gives a squeeze. "I don't know," he muses. "I'd give it six out of five stars, personally."

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Xander cr-- okay, perhaps cracks up is not the best choice of verbs here. Xander laughs a lot. "That's only a moon if I'm not wearing pants."

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"Or if I have X-Ray vision," Bridge points out. Not that he does.

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Xander looks up with interest. "Do you have X-Ray vision?" Hey, it's Fandom. He could have X-Ray vision today.

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"No," Bridge says. "But, uh..." he trails off, blushing.

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"But uh?"

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"Imightbekindofmentallyundressingyourightnow?" he admits. Why this causes him to blush when he actually *has* seen Xander naked is, well... it's Bridge.

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Xander waggles an eyebrow. Well, both, really, but one's mostly hidden by the patch so he looks more eyebrowdextrous than he is. "Reeeeally."

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Bridge nods. "We've, uh. There's time. If you wanted to not be wearing pants. Or anything?"

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"I can't think of a time when I would more like to be not wearing pants."

To read makes his speaking English good.

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Bridge's uncertain expression transforms into a grin. And then there is pouncing.