drunk as a skunk

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Them rule things
1. Post with your name and fandom and preferences
2. You (or the responder or both) are drunk as a dunk
3. RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR
4. Stay cool, you crazy cats.


SCENARIOS
1. Dragged away from the bar
Dude, it's totally time to put that glass down ok. And because I am an awesome friend, I am going to do you the favor.

2. Strip poker
Yeah, well. There's been worse ideas hasn't there?

3. Gone streaking
So you're feeling groovy and hot because you are hot, duh. Time to let it all hand out, man.

4. Friendly Terrorism
What's a little eggs and toilet paper on your best friend's car hurt?

5. Bar fight
YOU KNOW WHAT, SCREW YOU BUDDY. I WANT ANOTHER ROUND.

6. Obligatory one night stand
Yeah, well. Shit happens.

7. Dancing in the streets
Like streaking except more ridiculous unless you're David Bowie and Mick Jagger.

8. Terrible Karaoke
You knew this was coming.

9. Chug off
ACTUALLY I AM NOT DRUNK ENOUGH SO BRING IT

10. WHO KNOWS
You're just drunk, man. Roll with it.

Comments

[sheriffing]

Just wondered what, Jefferson?

[hattergonnahat]

What made me, me, I guess.

[ He rubs the back of his neck, fingers playing over that scar. It's become like a fixation, like he's trying to recall through touch. ]

It's not such a weird question, is it? Do the things that happen to us make us, or were we always who we are?

[sheriffing]

The things we've been through matter. We change because of what we experience.

[He wasn't as bad as he thinks he was. And what he is now is missing way too much.]

[hattergonnahat]

Maybe.

[ The shot glass tips, circling around the scrubbed wood counter under his finger. He's toying with it now, tipping it to rest on one finger before swiveling it about, precise despite his inebriation. Tipsy, but not drunk. Not yet. ]

...I guess it doesn't matter. Since we're going to fix it eventually.

[sheriffing]

[Even drunk, she worries where this is going. He talks about it like he wants to hear that he's the same person now, when he isn't. Not to her.

They'd been through so many of the same things that she thought he understood her because of it. Now that connection is gone. He doesn't have any of the memories that hurt him, but everything else went with it. Ten years of his daughter's life.

She crosses her arms against the counter, resting her head for a moment. Just to think. She shouldn't start throwing around accusations. It's been a crappy day.

...Screw it, better to ruin a bad day than a good one.

You don't want to remember, do you?

[hattergonnahat]

That's the second time today you've said that.

[ An eyebrow lifts as he watches her slump against the counter, his fiddling with the shot glass paused. ]

[sheriffing]

I know, because you keep acting like all of this is fine.

[She watches a few strands of her hair fly back as she sighs, tilting her head to face him.]

[hattergonnahat]

Well, I could be freaking out and pitching a fit, but I'm not sure that'd get me any farther than this has.

I'm not fine. At all. None of this is fine. I want to remember the things that are important to me...God knows what I'm missing out on right now.

[sheriffing]

Says the guy who has decided he hopes he's a changed man because he thinks he was a shitty person before.

[Complicated. He was complicated. Haven't they used that word a million times today? Shouldn't it mean something by now?]

[hattergonnahat]

Well I hope I'm past kidnapping, drugging people, and helping out evil backstabbing queens, yes. Is that terrible of me?

[sheriffing]

You were desperate. You knew I was leaving town.

And you thought that when Regina found that out, she might not use the apple on me.

[hattergonnahat]

Hey.

[ He reaches over, into her space, a hand coming to rest on her arm. ]

I want this back. I want who I was back.

[sheriffing]

You were good.

[Her eyes fall on his hand, and she's tempted to reach for it. That's just too much, probably too soon. She doesn't actually know how weird this is for him, so she's going to continue to be cautious.]

Henry has this idea of what the good guys are supposed to be like. I'm pretty sure it goes along with the fairies idea of selfless, brave, and true. And that's an impossible life to live. You've made mistakes, but you've learned from them. Since the curse ended, you've been there for me every time I've needed you. And you should hear Grace talk, because that says it all.

[hattergonnahat]

I believe you.

[ His lower lip gets bitten as he tries for a wry smile, brow furrowing. ]

You wouldn't look so miserable if that person wasn't someone worth missing.

[sheriffing]

I'm not miserable.

[Maybe this version of Jefferson won't pick up on her bullshit as easily? Who the hell knows anymore.]

And I'm not your girlfriend, so don't start getting ideas.

[hattergonnahat]

It's complicated, right. You mentioned that part. My point stands.

[sheriffing]

I'm just making sure you understand.

[hattergonnahat]

Keep me from getting any ideas?

[sheriffing]

Keep you from expecting things from me.

[Which let's face it, he never did before. He knew better then, and now he just sees her missing him.]

[hattergonnahat]

Like what? I'm kind of relying on you here anyway...

[ He shrugs mildly, gesturing behind him to the door. ]

You, the doctor, and that little girl are all I have to go on, if I want any sort of answers. And the doctor kind of freaks me out, to be honest.

[sheriffing]

He wants to bring back the dead. Reanimating corpses makes him a hell of a lot crazier than the Mad Hatter.

[Maybe that was why Jefferson was usually the one defending him.

And if he's wondering if Emma really is drunk, the fact that she looks back at the door like there's something to see might remind him that yes, she has put away more than her share of drinks tonight.]

Grace - you need to get used to calling her by her name.

[hattergonnahat]

Grace.

[ He smiles a little at that, turning his attention back to the shot glass. ]

Wonder if she was born on a Tuesday. You know the rhyme I'm talking about, right?

[sheriffing]

Yeah, I know it.

[And so does he, but not the day his daughter was born on. She drags her teeth against her lower lip before finally deciding to straighten up.]

I shouldn't have had that last beer.

[hattergonnahat]

Probably not. Tomorrow morning's going to be a bitch.

[ Fitting, as he's going to go visit one. ]

You going to be alright?

[sheriffing]

I've already told you I'm fine, what else do you want from me?

[She's already planning on sending David down to the station before her. That's what parents are for, right?]