I Lose All Sense Of Reason [open post]

[summerdude]

Magnus is walking down the front steps of the Mansion, freshly-loaded bag of food in tow, ruminating on a few of his most recent and devastatingly embarrassing conversations, when he hears footsteps behind him.

Well. He did tell Galahad he'd ask everyone. Might as well start now. "Can you explain the birds and the bees -- I mean, sex -- to me?" he demands, even before he sees who it is.

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[sorrowandsorrow]

"Inescapable? You don't want to leave... ever?" Janet asks this with an incredibly healthy dose of incredulity.

[summerdude]

"I don't really think it matters what I want," matter-of-fact. "My sword is going to be instrumental in the end of the world, someday, and so if he's stuck here, I figure maybe the world doesn't end."

[sorrowandsorrow]

"Gee." Janet eyes him over the rim of her margarita glass. "That's a lot of pressure."

[summerdude]

Magnus shrugs. It's no more pressure than anything Frey has ever told him about his role in Ragnarok. "My girlfriend was here when we all got our visitors. She's an einherji, too, and like, really smart. We talked about it... she hated the idea, but thought it would probably work."

[sorrowandsorrow]

"Huh. I guess." It's pretty noble of him, not that she's going to say so in as many words. "I assume the girlfriend visit is what made you go insane about sex. You said committed relationship."

[summerdude]

"Six and a half years," Magnus says, because the alternative is I'm worried I'll never see her again, and that's not the kind of thing you say to someone who isn't your best friend. And then, lest there be any misunderstandings: "Sometimes he's my boyfriend."

[sorrowandsorrow]

His girlfriend is sometimes his -- oh, okay, got it. "Okay," Janet says. "One committed relationship, one boyfriend slash girlfriend, six and a half years. Hey, finish that before it melts."

[summerdude]

Magnus knows exactly what to do when a girl (well, woman, this time) with an air of authority tells him to do something: he obeys, taking a larger gulp this time. He gives her a little salute as he raises the glass.

[sorrowandsorrow]

Janet gives him a semi-mocking, semi-sincere salute in answer. She tips her glass toward him and takes a good long sip. It's so important to model good behavior for youths. Even when those youths aren't that much younger than you.