we'll fight 'til it's over

[hejhej]

Date & Time: July 1 - 14; various times!
Location: All throughout Exsilium
Characters: Lisbeth Salander and EVERYONE ELSE
Summary: Lisbeth tries to take her mind off all the things that have been happening at home lately. Catch her eating out on the town, at work, or anywhere else!
Warnings: Language most definitely.

[Lisbeth's been running on autopilot recently. Wake up, maybe take a shower, go to work only to come home again and browse through the network. People would hate such a routine, but not Lisbeth. She prefers the monotony. Sure, she gets bored so she might go to a bar or a club. However, even her daily routine can be interrupted by people running into her.

She just might find you irritating.]

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[lazyinlove]

[Frankly, he's been trying not to irritate her. For one thing, she's Jesse's girl and Jesse is the reason he has a place to sleep. For another thing, she glares. He's mostly been trying not to make any sudden movements around her at all. Until today, when she happens to be in the kitchen as he stumbles out for breakfast around noon.

Breakfast ends up being leftover cookies and some kind of brown liquor in some incredibly shitty coffee, which he's fine with, actually. He even manages not to spill anything on his way over to the table, where he cautiously takes a seat across from her, eyeing her curiously but silently.

He nervously plays with the cookies on the table top, not sure he's even interested in eating them. He doesn't look up when he finally addresses her, only about a month after moving in.]

It's...Lisbeth, right?

[hejhej]

[Lisbeth hasn't spoken a word to Stan since he's moved in. It's her normal schtick with new people, especially young people. They were now at four people living in one unit and she was starting to feel claustrophobic. Lisbeth lived alone in Sweden with a visit here or there from Mimmi. She wasn't used to this many people in her space.

She's been thinking this entire time that she's the only one in the apartment so she's surprised to see Stan stumbling out of his room. Which also means that she scrambles to place her beanie back over her head, more of her naturally red hair showing each day. Lisbeth took an early day at work to enjoy the silence in their apartment.

But that isn't on the schedule it seems. Lisbeth puts down her cup of coffee when he speaks.]

Yes.

[lazyinlove]

[He sees the hair, but doesn't see anything wrong with it. One of his favorite girls is a redhead, after all. But there's no reason to draw attention to it at the moment.

He doesn't look up at that reply, though. It's not exactly encouraging. The cookies get shoved aside in favor of the coffee, which he chugs way too quickly. But it's cold anyway, probably been sitting around for hours. And it has a nice warm kick with the booze in it. Close enough.]

Uh. Stan. I...

[He's not sure what he was planning to say there. Live here? She's probably noticed. It doesn't matter anyway. His voice cracks, the way it sometimes does in the morning when it's still extra deep from sleep, and the rest of the sentence sticks in his throat.]

[hejhej]

Living here for a month, American, stoner, and lives in the room right down the hall from us. I hope we haven't disturbed you.

[She says this while still looking down at the open math book in her lap. Lisbeth marks something in the book with a pencil before turning the page.]

[lazyinlove]

Hey...

[Well. She's not wrong exactly, but still. And jeez, did she really just say that? Because, yeah, alright. He can hear the...disturbances. That's what the headphones around his neck are for actually. But he wasn't expecting her to bring it up.

This time he tries to pour a glass of juice because that probably has some kind of vitamins in it at least, but the liquor is still sitting out and Lisbeth is still there and he can't get his tongue untied, so he dumps it in on top of the juice and this time, sits on the stove instead.]

I mean, no. Not...really.

[hejhej]

[There might be a little smirk from her when he answers her.]

That was more courtesy than actually wondering if we do. [Lisbeth closes the book and finally looks up at Stan again. She gets up from the table and heads over to the fridge. Lisbeth opens it to see what might be inside. Did they have any leftovers from dinner last night?

She takes out a plastic container that might contain something edible.]

[lazyinlove]

[He curls up a little when she walks past, trying to somehow take up less space. He's a twig of a boy, but tall and gangly, so it doesn't work very well.]

At least you don't hate each other.

[hejhej]

[Don't think she didn't notice your actions, Stanley.]

You're right. We could be fighting constantly.

[No, that thing is not edible. She dumps it into the sink and stalks over to him.]

Do I make you nervous?

[lazyinlove]

[Okay. Not as planned. He flinches at first, but tries to take it back anyway.]

No.

[hejhej]

You're a shit liar.

[lazyinlove]

Yeah, I know.

[Sigh.]

Think they do take away here?

[hejhej]

Probably.

[There's a pause. Normal human interaction?]

Do you want to get some?

[lazyinlove]

Cookies are starting to make me want to yack.

[That's teenage boy for yes, please.]

[hejhej]

Then grab an umbrella.

[we're leaving.]

[lazyinlove]

There's umbrellas?

[Huh. That information would've been useful to know before now. He's just gotten used to being damp on days when he decides to go out.]