We dove into the dark and stayed there

[isthisapidge]

Who| Pidge and Dipper
What| An important talk
Where| Dipper's room
When| Post-Silent Horizon
Warnings/Notes| Talk of trauma mixed with awkward teenage angst

It seemed like things were making progress. Pidge had a goal, and little by little she felt more able to achieve it. In other words, she was feeling better, if only by a slight margin.

But then Pidge realized that she hadn't seen Dipper all day. And they probably had some things to talk about. His words replayed in her mind:

"I used to think I was smart, but it was, like, 'I use big words I don't know the definitions of to sound smart' smart. You're genius smart. You're 'people will always think you're amazing for something' smart."

She was fixating, and she knew it. But she couldn't help but maybe think she had some kind of hand in him feeling that way. Not that she knew for sure. It went back to the whole "understanding people" thing she was never all that good at.

"And you're actually cool."

That too. She'd been called a lot of things, but "cool" wasn't typically one of them.

She suspects he's hiding out in his room, mostly because it's exactly what she would do. And has been doing. So she rings the buzzer outside his room.

"Dipper? Can I come in?"

Comments

[captainbuzzkill]

He's been feeling a little better, but it comes and goes, making it so he's been feeling thoroughly moody in true teen fashion. This teen angst thing really has him acutely aware of how much he's not 12 anymore, because he never used to get in moods like this -- and he's not sure it's 100% just the trauma.

A lot of it is just...feelings. He seems to have a lot more of them now.

Hearing that it's Pidge makes him feel conflicted. On the one hand, he really likes Pidge and wants to know if she's okay after everything. On the other hand, he's mortally embarrassed that it took him almost eating his crush to realize he has a crush.

Bless the future for voice-activated technology because it means he doesn't have to get up from where he's laying upside down on the couch to turn on the intercom to answer her.

"No!"