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legionworld2017-07-12 12:30 am
prettycoolguy) wrote in legionworld2017-07-12 12:30 am
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Please Not Now [CLOSED]
Who| The Chief and Wash
What| The most awkward conversation anyone's ever had
Where| Wash's place
When| A while after Wash's near-death experience
Warnings/Notes| An unacceptable number of feelings
John-117 has a problem, a problem a person like him was never meant to face and thus a problem he is completely unequipped to deal with. Spartan-IIs are not built for emotionally charged interactions, and this would be sort of hilarious if it weren't so real and disorienting and very much detrimental.
At the very least, he knows what the problem is. It's just not one he's had since he was a boy, and then only the once. Nothing about John's life in those days applies to the one he's living right now, though, so identifying this snag still hasn't given him any answers.
The problem is Wash. Specifically, how he feels about Wash, and the unacceptable emotional things he finds himself wanting from Wash. Call it what it is, it's an infatuation. A crush. John isn't a child anymore, though, and there is nothing cute about this. He's distracted, and while so far he has managed not to take any action on this impossible and stupid impulse, it's been worrying him more and more. The kicker was Wash's recent near death by sniper round on Rimbor, and just how deeply he'd felt that.
It's a danger to himself and (more distressingly) others. There is no questioning that. It must be dealt with, and soon. Ignoring the problem has not made it go away or diminished its seriousness. He's been emotionally compromised, is aware of it now, and needs to get away from Wash for a while so he can kill this.
…But doing so without explanation will hurt Wash's feelings.
That's why he's here now, knocking at Wash's door, out of his armor because he doesn't even want to have to come close to involving Cortana in this. John has to confront it the only way he knows how: Directly. He's not sure what's going to happen, just that one way or another he's going to put this in the ground and bury it.
Sometimes, things just have to get worse before they can get better.
What| The most awkward conversation anyone's ever had
Where| Wash's place
When| A while after Wash's near-death experience
Warnings/Notes| An unacceptable number of feelings
John-117 has a problem, a problem a person like him was never meant to face and thus a problem he is completely unequipped to deal with. Spartan-IIs are not built for emotionally charged interactions, and this would be sort of hilarious if it weren't so real and disorienting and very much detrimental.
At the very least, he knows what the problem is. It's just not one he's had since he was a boy, and then only the once. Nothing about John's life in those days applies to the one he's living right now, though, so identifying this snag still hasn't given him any answers.
The problem is Wash. Specifically, how he feels about Wash, and the unacceptable emotional things he finds himself wanting from Wash. Call it what it is, it's an infatuation. A crush. John isn't a child anymore, though, and there is nothing cute about this. He's distracted, and while so far he has managed not to take any action on this impossible and stupid impulse, it's been worrying him more and more. The kicker was Wash's recent near death by sniper round on Rimbor, and just how deeply he'd felt that.
It's a danger to himself and (more distressingly) others. There is no questioning that. It must be dealt with, and soon. Ignoring the problem has not made it go away or diminished its seriousness. He's been emotionally compromised, is aware of it now, and needs to get away from Wash for a while so he can kill this.
…But doing so without explanation will hurt Wash's feelings.
That's why he's here now, knocking at Wash's door, out of his armor because he doesn't even want to have to come close to involving Cortana in this. John has to confront it the only way he knows how: Directly. He's not sure what's going to happen, just that one way or another he's going to put this in the ground and bury it.
Sometimes, things just have to get worse before they can get better.