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[captain_fucking_magic]

It's been a weird few days for Harry. But weird in a good way, which is sort of what makes it weird. He's not really used to so many good things happening at once like that. He and Harmony are going out on Saturday (which, ok, that's going to be awkward since he's down to like, his last $40), he's got a job that doesn't involve moving heavy boxes across some nasty warehouse, and no-one's tried to shoot at him in several weeks.

He's celebrating by taking over Perry's sofa with a book he found in the office. He's half-way through The Sign of Four and wondering why no-one ever told him that the Victorians were into more than just melodramatic romance. He might have actually read these earlier if someone had bothered to tell him that there was actually a decent plot to them.

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[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

"And he didn't give you any proper names," Perry looks into his mug, mulling it over. "So what you're saying is, I basically have to avoid all boat-trips."

Harry's not actually in trouble, Perry knows how batshit The Bar can be. To be honest, he's a little touched that Harry would worry about him enough to warn him.

[captain_fucking_magic]

"I--I don't know, ok? We sort of had a bunch of other things going on at the time, like, you know, him being me from the future."

OK, this is actually sort of upsetting him. At least it might be a lesson in note-taking.

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

Oh jeez. Perry's not sure he can cope if he actually starts crying, so he says hurriedly,

"Alright. Alright. That's fine. I'll bear it in mind, okay? No chance of anyone doing a Natalie Woods."

[captain_fucking_magic]

"I don't know. He didn't say," Harry says. "But I wouldn't say if it was something like that, so maybe. He just said to make sure you don't take the job. And, it's only within the next, like, year or something, because that's how far ahead of us he is, or whatever. I don't even know how that works."

If he actually took the time to think about it, he could probably work out quite a bit of what he wasn't told explicitly. After all, he was told all this by the one person he knows best on this planet.

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

"Fine, whatever, Chief, don't get your panties in a twist, okay?" Perry shrugs, not looking at Harry, like he's already so bored with whatever it is Harry was meebling on about. "I got it."

[captain_fucking_magic]

"OK. Good. I just, you know. I was supposed to tell you that."

He sneaks a cautious glance at Perry to see if he actually is taking this seriously. He can't actually tell, unfortunately.

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

You know what? As crazy as it sounds, Perry's actually taking it pretty fucking seriously.

"Did uh, did you meet me?"

That's a valid question, right?

[captain_fucking_magic]

Harry actually laughs a little bit. "No. Or anyone who looks like you. I look like Iron Man, apparently. Someone even showed me the movie. And Sherlock Holmes. I mean, I look like him. Didn't watch that movie, even though there is one, I think."

Is he getting off topic? Yeah, he's probably getting off topic.

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

"God, there's an Iron Man movie? And they picked someone who looked like you? Christ," Perry's laughing too, though not unkindly. "You're so short!" The less said about doubles he's met the better, probably.

[captain_fucking_magic]

"Hey, fuck off!" He swats at Perry, but only half-heartedly. "Yeah, there are even some Sherlock Holmeseses in the Bar. One's apparently, like, this major asshole, but the one who calls himself like, Stat or Strat or something's apparently pretty cool."

Oh. Has he said too much?

"At least, that's what that other guy said."

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

Now, Perry has never been the type to blush easily, but if he was... Perry decides he needs more coffee, he's almost drunk half a cup.

"I went to Paris and met Batwoman," he says, casually.

[captain_fucking_magic]

"Oh yeah?" asks Harry. And then he drums his fingers on the table.

"You are the most boring person to have this conversation with. I can't even ask how the sex was."

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

Perry slops coffee over his hand.

"Fuck, ow. What do you mean, sex?" He sticks his hand in his mouth.

[captain_fucking_magic]

OK, Harry is not as stupid as some people might like to believe. As evidenced by the look he's giving Perry right now. You know, the sort that says that he knows he's not being told something.

"You know, sex. Where two people who don't necessarily love one another get naked and go to bed together." He shrugs slightly. "If I met Batwoman, I'd have tried to sleep with her. But you know, you're gay. You're probably holding out for Batman."

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

"No, I was always more interested in Robin. Batman was always a bit butch for my tastes," Perry deadpans. "And she wouldn't have been interested. Batwoman probably likes more class."

He thinks he'd die if Harry managed to meet that poor girl and hit on her. Twice if it actually worked.

[captain_fucking_magic]

"Oh, you would be. Little boys in tights do it or you then, Per?"

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

Perry reaches across and hits him on the ear.

"Don't be a bitch, or I'll do it again. What happened to your English chick, anyway?"

[captain_fucking_magic]

"Ow! She has this really scary ex-boyfriend and this guy who sleeps on her couch," Harry says, rubbing his ear. "And besides, I think Harmony and me might be getting back together, or whatever it is. We're going out on Saturday."

He ignores how awkward that's gonna be, if she wins up paying for everything.

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

"Oh really," Perry keeps his face neutral. Harmony's nuts, he thinks maybe he should try competing with the guy on the couch, but whatever. "Where you gonna take her?"

[captain_fucking_magic]

"Uh... I don't know, actually," Harry says, as though this is a brand new realisation. "I don't really know the area, and she does, so I figure I'll let her pick the place, you know?"

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

"Oh yes, anything as long as it's not over forty bucks? I hear there's a great Denny's near Sunset Boulevard, you could try there," Perry sneers.

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[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

"I thought so. Augh, look, I know a place on the Sunset Strip, it's nice, quiet, all that bullshit. Hell, even I've been on a date there," he takes in Harry's appearance. "You can't go in that."

[captain_fucking_magic]

Harry looks down at his sweat pants. "Yeah, I figured I'd have to put on some jeans or something. You know, unless we're going to a slumber party."

[thereal-lapi.livejournal.com]

"Not those ones you stole off a bum. Do you have any jeans that don't have holes in them?"