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[onceaviking]

He knows there is someone in the room before he is properly awake.

Luckily for Jay, it does register that he knows the intruder before he does anything more than land on him and grab his arms.
Snarling.

From supine position to practically in Jay's lap in a blink of an eye.

He relaxes forcibly and let's go of Jay's arms.
He's cold and his eyes are more red rimmed than usual.

He closes them.
"You shouldn't do that," he says.

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[runningred]

Jay drops his hands, stepping back as he feels Eric tense up. "No, I haven't. And have no reason to. It's none of her business who I associate with. She's a friend and I like her but the issues of her world are hers. Just as my choices are mine." He's very firm on that.

[onceaviking]

Eric turns and looks at him.

Then he turns the water off. "Wise choice," he says."You'd never hear the end of it."

He looks at Jay, head tilted a little.
"Do you ...?" One eyebrow lifted.

[runningred]

"From either of you by the sound of it." Jay grabs a towel, tossing another at Eric.

Jay cocks an eyebrow back at him. "Do I...what? Do I shag Rae, is that what you're asking me? And if I was, would it be any of your damn business either?" He stands with his hands on his hips, his expression challenging.

[onceaviking]

Eric grabs the towel and starts drying off.

"Not at all. I am merely curious. I bet she's tight."
Eric, the King of inappropriate thoughts. About everyone.

"And you didn't answer."

[runningred]

"She's in a committed relationship. I may be a fuck-up in some respects but I'm not that kind of guy." Jay's offended that someone would think he is. He heads into the other room in search of his clothes.

[onceaviking]

Eric shrugs, following him."how was I supposed to know that? All I have been told is that she can rip my heart out with her bare hands and that she sincerely hopes that I will do something that will give her an excuse. We didn't get around to discussing marital status."

He dries his hair.
"And if she wants give her boyfriend horns, wouldn't that be her choice?"
As in, why would a committed relationship be a problem?
There are many thing Eric doesn't quite get.

[runningred]

Jay shrugs, changing the subject because despite being comfortable killing people, messing up a happy relationship is against his personal code.

"I brought you the plans and stuff for your security system." He nods to the box on the bench as he pulls his jeans on.

[onceaviking]

Eric drops the towel and walks over to the bench to take a look.

Still naked.

He goes through the contents very meticulously, reading through the lists and studying the diagrams in depth.

Apart from the messy bed and the clothes and towel on the floor, his room is neat. Almost bare.
The small ship is standing on desk, next to a shut off laptop.

Once he has read through the overhead sheet, he looks back at Jay. "You're short changing yourself," he says. "Add another 15% to your labour costs and it's a deal."

[runningred]

Jay tries not to be smug about the little boat being one of the only decorations in Eric's room. Other than Eric himself.

He can't help but laugh a little. "No wonder you let Pam run the bar. You're an awful business man." He leans over and looks at the paperwork. "Yeah, alright. Deal. I can have the rest of the parts manufactured by the end of the week so let me know when you're ready for me to come and install it."

[onceaviking]

"I am actually quite a good businessman, Jay ," Eric replies. "But I don't like being indebted. It's - a Viking thing."

And now he owes Sunshine.


He seems to think it over. "Some time next weekend might be good. I could have a room booked for you."

He retracts his fangs.
"Pam will be pissy, but you can just ignore her. I'll make sure she stays in line."

[runningred]

"Well, you don't have to worry about that with me."

"Yeah, that would be good. It'll take a couple of days to get everything in and sorted." He considers for a moment. "And if you could hire me a pick up for a couple of day too, that'd be good. I could do it myself by it'd take me a day to fake ID that's pass a deep DMV check."

"I'll try and keep out of Pam's way while I'm working."

[onceaviking]

"I can certainly arrange that," Eric says. "And don't worry about Pam. She does as she is told. I don't have to force it."

He could, if he needed to, of course.

[runningred]

"Even if she'd happily rip my throat out." Jay laughs softly, "I'll get onto finishing the parts."

"It's good to see you looking better." He pulls on his shirt. "I'll leave you to rest. You look like you could do with some more rest."

[onceaviking]

"You are probably right," Eric says. And then he brushes his lips across Jay's cheekbone.
"Thank you. "

[runningred]

Jay cups Eric's cheek, smiling into passing kiss. "Take care of yourself, okay?"

He heads out, leaving Eric be to recover.