Oh, Ben.

Have I said lately how much I love him?

I'm just sort of poking the thing randomly now, waiting for more feedback. I realized today that when he wakes up from this scene, he'd have visible bruises around his wrists, biceps, chest, and waist (as he is shirtless when he wakes up--yeah, I know. Shut up), and a burn mark across his throat as well. So, I added those in. And I'm reading through the scene and get to this:

Pamela stepped out into the sun. "Are you gonna go all grr and try to eat us? Because I gotta say, Ben, that what I saw in that room was all kinds o' disturbin', and I ain't sure I want my daughter dating, not to put too fine a point on it, a bloodsuckin' fiend from beyond the grave. Let alone living with one."

"Been watching Buffy reruns again?" Now Ben just looked tired. "It's not like that, okay? I ate that dude because he was one of the bad guys and he hit Janni. And, if I can put my own fine point on things, they took three pints of my blood before they decided that using me as a live dialysis machine for a vampire would be an excellent idea, so I was strung out and damned hungry when I woke up from being dead. The nanotech can't heal me without food." He leaned against the wall and crossed his arms. "Also, I'm not on the verge of a panic attack for the first time in, like, ever, and I'd like to stop and smell the roses before you break out the stakes and garlic. If that's all right."

GAWD, I love it when his sarcasm circuits are firing on all cylinders. ♥♥♥

Oh, Ben.

Have I said lately how much I love him?

I'm just sort of poking the thing randomly now, waiting for more feedback. I realized today that when he wakes up from this scene, he'd have visible bruises around his wrists, biceps, chest, and waist (as he is shirtless when he wakes up--yeah, I know. Shut up), and a burn mark across his throat as well. So, I added those in. And I'm reading through the scene and get to this:

Pamela stepped out into the sun. "Are you gonna go all grr and try to eat us? Because I gotta say, Ben, that what I saw in that room was all kinds o' disturbin', and I ain't sure I want my daughter dating, not to put too fine a point on it, a bloodsuckin' fiend from beyond the grave. Let alone living with one."

"Been watching Buffy reruns again?" Now Ben just looked tired. "It's not like that, okay? I ate that dude because he was one of the bad guys and he hit Janni. And, if I can put my own fine point on things, they took three pints of my blood before they decided that using me as a live dialysis machine for a vampire would be an excellent idea, so I was strung out and damned hungry when I woke up from being dead. The nanotech can't heal me without food." He leaned against the wall and crossed his arms. "Also, I'm not on the verge of a panic attack for the first time in, like, ever, and I'd like to stop and smell the roses before you break out the stakes and garlic. If that's all right."

GAWD, I love it when his sarcasm circuits are firing on all cylinders. ♥♥♥