[...Perhaps it isn't only the circumstances of their frantic lives as psuedo-Time Masters keeping them always going.
Rip watches as Ray moves on from one game to the next, the smile and enthusiasm almost childlike. It's quite different from spending time with Leonard or Mick, which Rip has--actually done a fair bit of lately. Yet in it's own way the glee is refreshing, as is the thought of being around someone who might not necessarily see the worst case scenario first.
And then follow it up by figuring out every other worst case scenario possible.
Because Rip has also spent a fair bit of time on his own too.
He huffs out a small breath, and if Ray looks back at just the right moment, he could even catch the grin that so briefly crosses Rip's face. When the other man beckons Rip does indeed follow.]
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Rip watches as Ray moves on from one game to the next, the smile and enthusiasm almost childlike. It's quite different from spending time with Leonard or Mick, which Rip has--actually done a fair bit of lately. Yet in it's own way the glee is refreshing, as is the thought of being around someone who might not necessarily see the worst case scenario first.
And then follow it up by figuring out every other worst case scenario possible.
Because Rip has also spent a fair bit of time on his own too.
He huffs out a small breath, and if Ray looks back at just the right moment, he could even catch the grin that so briefly crosses Rip's face. When the other man beckons Rip does indeed follow.]
And just how do you suppose this one works?