we're slow dancing in a burning room

[absurdities]

slow dancing ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ a meme → COMMENT WITH YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME, FANDOM, AND PREFERENCE. → PICK A CHARACTER YOU WANT TO TAG AND GO FOR IT. → PLAY NICE; NO WANK, FLAMES, OR GENERAL HUMBUGGERY. ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ the deal FORMAL OR INFORMAL, WITH MUSIC OR WITHOUT, YOU COULD BE AT A GLAMOUROUS GALA WHILE A SINGER CROONS SOFTLY OR IN THE SILENCE OF YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM. WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU HAVE THE URGE TO DANCE. DID YOU ASK YOUR PARTNER OR DID THEY ASK YOU? HAVE YOU GOT TWO LEFT FEET OR IS THE VIENNESE WALTZ YOUR JAM? IT COULD BE AWKWARD, IT COULD BE ROMANTIC. EITHER WAY IT'S CUTE AS HELL.

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[ Rudy was an absolute expert at this. Not at dancing, no. They were both fumbling terribly with attempting any kind of step - two, four. It would have been equally terrible. The panic simmers partially because they give up and settle for swaying in rhythm to the music while hands rest at hips and shoulders. There was something to this after all.

What really showed Rudy's skill was his ability to distract them, to dissolve the awkwardness of a situation. Sure, it ended up making him the butt of a joke, but how fantastic of a joke. Q loved his stories. He attentively listened right from the start. He could listen to Rudy tell his stories for ages. But then his sides wouldn't be able to take that much pain from laughter.

The story ends. The punch line delivered. Q doesn't hold back his laugh. It's always quiet. He's so rarely laughed out loud. This one gets him so very close by the absolute surprise of a twist ending. He laughs enough to double over and rest his forehead on Rudy's shoulder. ]

I see you've always been a romantic.