[ oh, thank god. raleigh's not quite sure what he would've done if she said no. other than the obvious answer of leave her alone because he's not a creepy stalker. nope, no way was that going to happen.
but at the same time, that's yancy's kid over there. he's not sure he'd be able to live with himself knowing that she was around and he couldn't know her. couldn't be there for her if she ever wanted a cool uncle. couldn't help her out or make sure she was okay. ( not that he doubts that she's okay. kids aren't that happy and outgoing if they've got a shitty home life. ) that's his brother's kid and he feels responsible for her a little bit, even if he's only just met her.
( maybe he really does have gigantic family issues. )
he grins at naomi and laughs quietly. ] Well, I don't know about terrible. Maybe just mildly awful. [ he looks back at yancy, and something occurs to him. ] Hey, have you guys eaten yet? You could join us. You know, if that's not going to cause an uproar.
[ And just like that, just with a grin and a quiet laugh, the tension dissipates like it was nothing to begin with. ]
An uproar? [ She nods towards Yancy and Mako and how the two are getting along. ] I think we've kind of gone past that. She'd probably just give me this puppy dog look and whine 'mom, please, fifteen more minutes' which really means 'as long as I can push it.'
[ She glaces back to him, bites her lower lip unconsciously. ] If you're absolutely sure we're not intruding... I think she'd love the chance to sit with you both. [ She gestures towards the general direction of the counter, because they haven't, actually, eaten, that is. Because running over to meet heroes clearly trumps food. ] If you don't mind watching her, I can go get our food. [ There's an unspoken so you can talk to her there. She's already agreed to give this opportunity a chance, why wait? ]
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but at the same time, that's yancy's kid over there. he's not sure he'd be able to live with himself knowing that she was around and he couldn't know her. couldn't be there for her if she ever wanted a cool uncle. couldn't help her out or make sure she was okay. ( not that he doubts that she's okay. kids aren't that happy and outgoing if they've got a shitty home life. ) that's his brother's kid and he feels responsible for her a little bit, even if he's only just met her.
( maybe he really does have gigantic family issues. )
he grins at naomi and laughs quietly. ] Well, I don't know about terrible. Maybe just mildly awful. [ he looks back at yancy, and something occurs to him. ] Hey, have you guys eaten yet? You could join us. You know, if that's not going to cause an uproar.
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An uproar? [ She nods towards Yancy and Mako and how the two are getting along. ] I think we've kind of gone past that. She'd probably just give me this puppy dog look and whine 'mom, please, fifteen more minutes' which really means 'as long as I can push it.'
[ She glaces back to him, bites her lower lip unconsciously. ] If you're absolutely sure we're not intruding... I think she'd love the chance to sit with you both. [ She gestures towards the general direction of the counter, because they haven't, actually, eaten, that is. Because running over to meet heroes clearly trumps food. ] If you don't mind watching her, I can go get our food. [ There's an unspoken so you can talk to her there. She's already agreed to give this opportunity a chance, why wait? ]