[Well. Of all the ways he could've responded to that, Jessie wasn't expecting this. She knew, of course, deep down. Just because it went unsaid never made it any less real. But there's a difference between knowing something and hearing it. Saying it out loud did something else to it, though. It solidified it, put a line under it in permanent marker. ]
O-oh.
[It's been ten years- and it's not like Buzz has ever been subtle about it. He's been obvious to the point of comedy most of the time. She's always prided herself on having a handle on it. Oh, but if hearing it out loud doesn't make her heart do a little flippity-flop. Perhaps it was that cynical, beat-up part of her that was just expecting to end up unloved and alone that meant this caught her out. Because out of everyone, she knows Buzz wouldn't abandon her - he's stalwart and true to the bitter end. She knows when he tells her that he loves her, he means it. ]
Lord, you're such a nerd.
[That's aimed at the infinity and beyond. Such a nerd. A nervous laugh bubbles out of her- if he ever wondered how to make her as flustered around him as he is around her 90% of the time, he's found it. Turns out all it takes is her being told she actually means something to someone. ]
But I- I do. Love you, I mean. Obviously. Because- that was clear already. With the thing. [Toy God please take her away now, these are too many emotions for her to handle at once and it's making her awkward. She groans, tipping her hat forward, kissing goodbye to her badass street cred.] So. Yup. That's- that's sure a thing.
no subject
O-oh.
[It's been ten years- and it's not like Buzz has ever been subtle about it. He's been obvious to the point of comedy most of the time. She's always prided herself on having a handle on it. Oh, but if hearing it out loud doesn't make her heart do a little flippity-flop. Perhaps it was that cynical, beat-up part of her that was just expecting to end up unloved and alone that meant this caught her out. Because out of everyone, she knows Buzz wouldn't abandon her - he's stalwart and true to the bitter end. She knows when he tells her that he loves her, he means it. ]
Lord, you're such a nerd.
[That's aimed at the infinity and beyond. Such a nerd. A nervous laugh bubbles out of her- if he ever wondered how to make her as flustered around him as he is around her 90% of the time, he's found it. Turns out all it takes is her being told she actually means something to someone. ]
But I- I do. Love you, I mean. Obviously. Because- that was clear already. With the thing. [Toy God please take her away now, these are too many emotions for her to handle at once and it's making her awkward. She groans, tipping her hat forward, kissing goodbye to her badass street cred.] So. Yup. That's- that's sure a thing.