Ford finishes folding the blanket and holds it a moment as he thinks about that.
He's blushing. The energy here is both tired old man and middle schooler with a crush.
"There are a lot of things I like about him," Ford replies. "We make a good team. He has one of the most brilliant scientific minds I've ever encountered! He's very funny, when the punch lines aren't horrifying. But most of all...well, we have a lot of history," he goes on. "It's hard to explain what it feels like when someone you've known for that long doesn't have to be your enemy anymore. When they want to keep you around so much that they stop doing things that they know would drive you away. When they treat you like you can't be replaced."
He glances up and away, and in a more brisk and businesslike tone, adds, "Besides, triangles have always been my favorite shape."
In case, you know, there was any doubt that this was just intellectual attraction and Ford wasn't a mathfucking freak.
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Date: 2019-06-21 06:02 pm (UTC)He's blushing. The energy here is both tired old man and middle schooler with a crush.
"There are a lot of things I like about him," Ford replies. "We make a good team. He has one of the most brilliant scientific minds I've ever encountered! He's very funny, when the punch lines aren't horrifying. But most of all...well, we have a lot of history," he goes on. "It's hard to explain what it feels like when someone you've known for that long doesn't have to be your enemy anymore. When they want to keep you around so much that they stop doing things that they know would drive you away. When they treat you like you can't be replaced."
He glances up and away, and in a more brisk and businesslike tone, adds, "Besides, triangles have always been my favorite shape."
In case, you know, there was any doubt that this was just intellectual attraction and Ford wasn't a mathfucking freak.