Sometimes shit happens at work and you have to adapt. You have to suck it up. Sometimes you get to interact with someone when shit happens and you talk about how it’s their fault, etc.
Sometimes the shit happens and it’s YOUR fault.
Some get upset and try to fix the issue, some ignore it entirely. Those like me become an internal fury ready to scorch the earth, not just because I made a mistake, but because the aftermath is always worse.
I’m not worried about a potential tongue-lashing. Fuck those cunts, I run this place and have to do what I have to do.
I’m more worried about the fucking inconvenience of having to hear about from my bosses, like I’m Peter Gibbons over here. I fucked up a morning, y’all are about to ruin the company, we are not the same.
Ah well. At least the crisis was cleaned up pretty quickly.
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But Adam was actually the only one who was attracted to Kurt, besides the NYADA students in Tested. Blaine fell in love with Kurt because he was weak and he could protect him (or something, I actually have no idea why Blaine suddenly loved Kurt back). Dave fell in love with Kurt because he was strong and out and proud, but he never was attracted to him (at least according to Max). Okay, Chandler might count, but we saw him about 1 minute and he gushed over Kurts clothes.
There are all kinds of ways to be attracted to someone. For some it’s merely physical. Others are blind to the physical and look for personality or chemistry. Dave might have fallen in love with Kurt because of his strength, but he was attracted to him physically first (evidence by that kiss). Blaine is a totally fucked up individual and I will agree that it never felt like he was with Kurt because he really liked Kurt or found him physically appealing (and that’s on Blaine). The fact that Kurt's options up until he left for New York were so limited shouldn't be taken as indication that gay men as a whole weren't going to find him attractive. In Lima, who did he have? Dave (who wanted him), Blaine, Sebastian and Chandler (who wanted him). So three our of 4 expressed some kind of interest (even though as I said, Blaine's reasons were completely fucked up).
Kurt doesn’t have the kind of conventional good looks that most people think of when they think of a handsome man, but he is very physically beautiful. His features are unusual, but very pleasing. He’s got a beautifully fit body. And he’s got a will that’s practically a force of nature. He’s not the chubby-cheeked kid that could be (as Emma put it) mistaken for a 12 year old milkmaid. He is very much a mature young man now. Is he going to be attractive to every man out there? Of course not. But there will be enough who will find Kurt attractive.
Summary: Robin exercises his thieving skills to steal an apple, and maybe something more, from Regina's garden.
Notes: A bit of complete fluff. I imagine this to come some time after S4a at least. The situations with Elsa and Marian having already been sorted out. Robin and Regina may or may not already be a couple, depends on how you want to read it.
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Regina placed the pillow, with its freshly laundered pillowcase, back on the bed. She turned to straighten the curtains and gazed out across her garden. She looked lovingly down at her prized apple tree. She was proud of it for having survived the unseasonal winter and crazy thaw that had followed and now bearing a bounty of near ripe fruit.
Beneath the tree, though, was a sight that angered her. Leaning against the trunk, sat a blue-eyed outlaw, long legs crossed out before him and munching on what must have been the first ripe apple. Regina muttered angrily and stormed out of the house towards him.
“What are you doing?!” Regina glared down at him, arms folded across her body.
Robin looked up at her and smirked, “Thieving.” He took another bite of apple. Her eyes, try as she might to tear them away, were fixated on his mouth. He slowly chewed and swallowed, licking the tiny amount of escaped juice from his lower lip and biting the lip in his teeth for a moment.
Regina wrinkled her nose and squinted her eyes in an attempt to maintain the disapproving attitude she’d stormed over with.
“Well, you’re not doing a very good job of it. I’ve caught you already.” She waved a hand down at him and quickly refolded it with the other, her silk top pulling across her body.
Robin leaned back, head meeting the trunk of the tree. “True. However, perhaps your apples, delicious as they are, are not what I’m after.” He got to his feet and threw the half eaten apple over his shoulder.
Regina took a couple of instinctive steps back as he stalked towards her, a covetous gleam in his eye. “Just what are you after then?”
Robin smirked, “Your heart.”
He reached out, grabbed her by the waist, and yanked her towards him. She tripped over her own feet and collided with his chest. Before she could wave her hands in escape Robin grabbed them and held them fast against himself with one larger hand, the other firm about her waist.
Regina let out a breath and pressed her lips together in what she hoped was a disapproving manner.
“And what would you do with my heart, thief?”
“Why keep it of course.” Robin grinned.
Rolling her eyes, Regina scoffed, “You don’t even know how to take a heart.”
“This is true.” Robin nodded, “But that hardly matters as I intend to have you mind it for me.” He nodded down in the direction of her heart. “So now that I’ve captured it, I’ll leave it there and come visit it whenever I like.”
“Ah, and what makes you think it’s yours already?” Regina raised an eyebrow and mumbled about presumptuous outlaws.
Robin laughed like it was the most obvious thing in the world. “Well, for one, I’m not dead yet.” He motioned to her precious apple tree. “And two-.” He bent his head and caught her lips with his. At first he just pressed his against hers, gently playing with them. Then as he bit her lower lip Regina let her mouth open a fraction with a sigh. Robin took the fleeting opportunity presented to him and invaded her mouth. His tongue sweeping along hers as though he could devour her. Regina heard hunger, happiness, and longing rolled into one small whimper escape her. Robin heard it too and smiled. He released her mouth and leaned back a little, eyes sparkling at her.
“See? Mine.”
“Yes.” Regina conceded with a contented, playful smile. “Yours.”
Robin laughed in triumph.
“Shut up, thief.” Regina dragged his mouth back to hers.
Robin muttered, “Yes, my queen.” He obediently kissed her till there was nothing in the world but his mouth moving against hers and his warmth spreading through her at a rate that made her head spin and stole the strength from her legs.
