[Nadine pauses, unsure of where to start. But she's starting to realize this isn't casual conversation. She thinks some pieces are fitting into place. Castiel is an angel. And now he's living essentially a human life, surrounded by humans and the human-adjacent. A curiosity is natural, she can't imagine angels sit around thinking about all the various details of mortal social interaction.]
Sort of. It was that it was him being persistent. I'd probably have found it really annoying from someone else. And he was really earnest about it. I could tell it wasn't just about...a guy really wanting to get a chance with a pretty girl. He wanted to know me, he was interested in who I was and what I think.
[That alone had been enough, for her, to inspire a returned interest. Of a sort. In the beginning, she'd been sad and felt cheated and alone and he was there. And it had been casual. Before long, though...
There'd been nothing casual about it. Nadine has no false delusions of some traditional relationship trajectory - there's nothing traditional about their relationship - but she knows they're in it for the long haul. They've said as much, in their own way.]
Romance and all of that is a really complicated thing. What attracts one person might not attract another. The overtures that appeal to one person might not appeal to another. Plenty of women would just be uncomfortable with some guy they barely know showing up at their door to sing to them. The things I'm drawn to in Jaskier I'm drawn to because of who I am, and the culmination of all my own experiences and ideas. For me....he's perfect.
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[Nadine pauses, unsure of where to start. But she's starting to realize this isn't casual conversation. She thinks some pieces are fitting into place. Castiel is an angel. And now he's living essentially a human life, surrounded by humans and the human-adjacent. A curiosity is natural, she can't imagine angels sit around thinking about all the various details of mortal social interaction.]
Sort of. It was that it was him being persistent. I'd probably have found it really annoying from someone else. And he was really earnest about it. I could tell it wasn't just about...a guy really wanting to get a chance with a pretty girl. He wanted to know me, he was interested in who I was and what I think.
[That alone had been enough, for her, to inspire a returned interest. Of a sort. In the beginning, she'd been sad and felt cheated and alone and he was there. And it had been casual. Before long, though...
There'd been nothing casual about it. Nadine has no false delusions of some traditional relationship trajectory - there's nothing traditional about their relationship - but she knows they're in it for the long haul. They've said as much, in their own way.]
Romance and all of that is a really complicated thing. What attracts one person might not attract another. The overtures that appeal to one person might not appeal to another. Plenty of women would just be uncomfortable with some guy they barely know showing up at their door to sing to them. The things I'm drawn to in Jaskier I'm drawn to because of who I am, and the culmination of all my own experiences and ideas. For me....he's perfect.