Aya AU

[sliceitwithwind]

The bar brawl was magnificent. It spread from the original bar (Dilan isn't sure which one that was) to three or four others, going in and out of them into something not quite a riot but not exactly not. Dilan got involved in the second bar on the trip, but managed to hold his own until the cops got there.

And he very politely sat down with his hands behind his head waiting for them to get around to him. Someone with that much facial metal (eyebrow, lip, nose), that hair, and that size tends to ping the combatant radar of everyone. Ever.

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Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Hey" she grinned, glancing up at him, because, really, he had a gaze you could feel "We wouldn't make you shave your head. Just...point out why shorter hair would be very, very good for you." she had to defend the cops after all!

"And if you were a cop we wouldn't be out here skating, so I'm not complaining."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"You don't date cops?" Dilan asks curiously, "And still. If I were expecting fights, short hair would be smart."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Well, given your track record, you'd think you'd expect them by now." she teased. It wasn't the largest file she'd seen by a long shot but...

"And no. I have to be able to work with them. Any of them at any time. Dating in that atmosphere really screws things up." she admitted "And they give female cops hell over dating anyway, so best not to give them fodder." she chuckled.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"Meh. That'd take too much effort. I'm lazy." says the man with two doctorates, skating through Central Park with the grace of a dancer. "Oh, good, so I won't need you to rescue me from angry ex's bent on making my life hell for courting someone they aren't over. Sweet."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Right. Should have realized..." she chuckled softly about his comment on laziness.

"Angry exes...no." she agreed. People tended to get over her really quickly when she didn't match up to their ideal "Overly curious cops though? We'll see about that one. They can be worse."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"Curious I'm used to." Dilan says with a shrug, "Being what I am, and all."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"I hope you can keep that nonchalance in the face of a precinct..." She reached out to knock on a passing tree. Just in case. Best not to jinx it!

"It'll probably be something like a combination between exes and older brothers..."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"I'll do fine." Dilan promises, laughing softly, "I'm looking forward to it."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Dilan, I have to ask seriously, are you insane?" she asked laughingly. Really, tackling the boys when they were being...well, precinct boys wasn't her idea of fun. But it was an amusing picture.

Even more amusing was the dead end that the path they were on ended up being. A slight hill and then the creek flowing just beyond the patch of beaten earth...

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"You're not the first to ask. I like people, families are people, thus - I like families. It's good to know there are people who care." Dilan slows down to look at the creek for a while, smiling a little.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

She braked neatly beside him and slipped her hands in her pockets as she mulled that one over. "Well, put that way it's slightly less terrifying a prospect." she admitted.

"I still reserve the right to be embarrassment if necessary." though she wasn't very good at that "Or kick them." It probably wouldn't surprise Dilan that most of the precinct boys would corner him away from Aya.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"No problem." Dilan says, "Just don't kick me, I'm delicate."

He of the thicker skin and stronger bones, yes.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Hey, I'm good at not hitting the bystanders!" she claimed, reaching over to poke him "Innocent may be questionable if I'm reduced to kicking, but still..."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"I don't think anyone has called me innocent in a long, long time." Dilan muses, "At least not with a straight face."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Have you ever been proven guilty in a court of law?" she asked. Yes, with a straight face. Teasing took odd turns with her?

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

Dilan grins at her and says, "No."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Right then. You're innocent." it was absolute honesty! "Bold and devious by turns maybe, but innocent." then she was smiling again.

It was just...easy to smile around Dilan?

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

Dilan laughs, "I feel so young!"

He's glad of that. He likes it when people smile.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"What's the point of skating in the park if you can't feel young?" she laughed back. "Though if it stops working we could think of something else to add to the youthful feel?"

She had no idea what but hey, they could. Maybe find other skaters and play crack the whip?

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

Dilan laughs at her a little and says, "It made you relax and smile. That was the point."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Ah, additional good things are just a bonus?" she chuckled. It was touching in an utterly...soft...way. God, the boys would rag on her.

And she was not blushing. Or even thinking of blushing thank you. "Can't confirm the relaxed yet though. We have to make it back up the hill." she teased. The hill was slightly daunting.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"Pretty much." Dilan allows, "And we don't, actually. If we go back up to the first turn-off and hang a left we can take a low, slow rise instead of a sharp hill."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Hey, my hero." she laughed, glancing back the way they'd come. "That swings us back around towards the zoo doesn't it?" yes, she'd definitely take that route. Longer, winding, but less hill-like!

"Shall we?" she asked, offering her arm.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"So it does!" Dilan agrees, setting his hand on her arm delicately. What? She offered! He likes screwing with expectations. "Want to go see the zoo?"

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya grinned and laid her free hand across his fingers, then tucked the arms against her side warmly. What? It was how this things went! Figuring out how to skate and not bungle it all? That was fun. "Yes, I haven't been there since the redid the reptile house. Could be worth it."