I mean, it had your name on the back. Is it not you?
[He pulls the picture out of his pocket all of the sudden, holding it up and trying to compare it to her. It's hard considering she still has on clothes.]
[He gives it one last look before considering and handing it over to her.] You can have it. To destroy it. Or keep. Whatever. [He doesn't actually want to keep something like that if it's making her uncomfortable. Even if it's a very very nice picture. Very nice.]
Clearly some kind of city nonsense... [Wade plays with the condensation on his beer glass.] And here I was hoping I had an actual secret admirer.
( because that's what she's taking from this. but she does at least sound a little more amused, recovering slightly from where this conversation had started )
You're at the top of my list if you are still available because you're... resilient.
[ He knows he can't avoid it but he is putting it off until after the first of the month. Just in case there's a terrible problem around quota. He'd rather it land soley on him. ]
[He's touched because this is about the first time he can think of that he's been at the top of any X-man's list for anything. Granted, it's not necessarily for the best reason. But he's not that picky.]
That's me. Resilient. Too fucked up to be much more fucked up!
Don't make me feel more guilty. If I'm going to get someone hurt - and I am - I'd like it to be someone who will get up again, this time. I am aware that makes me an asshole.
You can and should live here and I generally don't care what you do -- but if you fuck up my living space I will literally nail you to a wall. With nails. Fair?
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