LIVE ANOTHER SOL.

                   ❛     if you’re not going to let me go grey in PEACEFUL denial, i might just need a hat.   ❜   (  he pulls their hand away, fingers catching at the wrist.   )  ❛             earth’s golden man, though.  i could get used to the sound of something like that.     ❜

            (   interrupted in his quest for caffeine,        what STARTS as a reactionary flinch WINDS UP a resurgence of searing pain in his side.   )     ❛    i wanted coffee and i didn’t want to wait for you to get me coffee.  where’s your sympathy, doctor ?  get yourself a better bedside manner.    ❜

            ❛      all good things ?  OR, maybe,         an exposé on my SECRET & detestable animosity towards chihuahuas ?       ❜

                    ❛   we can worry about that LATER,  -- when i can actually muster the will to get off this damn couch.   c’mon, sit. take a load off.   ❜    he broadly gestures to the space beside him and slaps the cushions for good measure.  (  laziness is a well earned luxury, after all. )

                       ❛     look, i’m “ HAPPY ” to answer whatever you throw at me, ... just IXNAY on the ALIENSYAY. everyone and their mother wants to talk extraterrestrials, but --- it’s not exactly like ET’s on speed dial.  I’M about the closest thing you’ll get to a martian.    ❜  

                            ❛      that sounds a lot like an UNJUSTIFIED accusation, beth. looks like you’ve forgotten the golden rule : check yourself before you wreck yourself.   ❜   (   it was his alarm.    ) 

                 ❛      i can’t openly confirm that theory without giving you LEVERAGE. so, instead i’ll just .. ---heavily imply that you should wear lab coats more often.       ❜ 

           ❛     why GOOD MORNING, johanssen   --- don’t you look extra sarcastic and judgmental today. what’s the SPECIAL occasion ?     ❜

                ❛     go fuck yourself, ford.      ❜ 

STARTER CALL !

              ❛     WAIT, fuck  ---  what were you guys grieving ? was this after               you thought i died ?  do i get to take     credit for being  an actual               fucking matchmaker ?                 ❜

         ❛    well okay, now you’re starting to sound like a MAD SCIENTIST               ----     & i’m a little scared that it’s sort of endearing.        ❜