whispers "Lia Haddock/Alex Reagan for the ship meme"
falls asleep on the couchAlex’s sleep schedule eventually gets better after her wilderness retreat, but every so often insomnia hits and Lia finds her slacked out on the couch with her book on the floor when she gets up to get a glass of water at 3 a.m. After the first couple times they agree it’s easier to just get her a blanket and bookmark instead of trying to get her to bed.
makes friends with the neighborsOh god these two would be the nosiest people in the whole building. Alex is slightly more up front about it — I see Lia as one of those people who got into journalism partly because she needs the excuse to talk to people — but pretty much any time one of them comes home they’ve got gossip about who the tall hot guy in number 204 is dating now, or which of Mrs. Lebovitz’s grandkids has lost a tooth.
is the adventurous eaterHm, maybe Lia. After months of diner food during her Limetown days, I could see Lia being up for any and all restaurants that serve something more interesting than patty melts and fried chicken.
hogs the covers at nightAlex. It comes with the restless sleeper territory. And the blanket cocoon muffles the occasional bit of demonic sleep-chanting...
forgets to do the dishesAlex again. For reasons I can’t fully explain Lia strikes me as someone who’s big on keeping her house in order, maybe to the point of cleaning for stress relief. Alex is convinced everything is dishwasher safe, meanwhile — aka, the Nicodemus Silver method.
tries to surprise their partner more oftenLia’s the quieter, more reserved one, so she puts more thought into actual demonstrations. Also, Alex is weirdly easy to surprise for someone who literally hunts ghosts all the time? Sending your girlfriend a pizza while she’s in the field and complaining to you via text about being too hungry/lazy to go out and get food should probably not lead to that many exclamation points, even if your small town Yelp-research game is on point. Although Lia will admit she’s a little proud of herself for thinking to ask the pizza shop to put the pepperoni on in the shape of a pentagram.
leaves dirty laundry on the floorMore Alex than Lia, but either way sometimes you’ve had a long day of conspiracy hunting and the last think you want to do is find a place to put your bra before falling face down into bed.
stays up til 2 AM readingBoth, but Alex slightly more often (see the sleep thing). Lia makes her agree no Master and Margarita after dark, though.
sings in the showerAlex sometimes sings her own podcast theme into the removable shower head. Fight me.
takes the selfiesLia, who roadtrips in a more extended way and gets the value of some home comforts it doesn’t take any effort to pack.
plans date nightThis one’s probably mutual. With two very intense schedules, finding time together is such a big deal that there is some pretty epic-level planning, even if there’s always a good chance a night will turn into hatewatching CNN and fucking on the couch.
