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Characters: Scott McCall & Allison Argent
Date: same day as Allison's arrival.
Location: Allison's suite, Fire Sector
Situation: awkward exes having awkward conversations.
Warnings/Rating: none for now.

Scott was fairly certain this was going to be the most awkward conversation ever, but he really wanted to get it over with. The last thing Scott wanted was for Allison to find out from someone else. He didn't want to hide it from her, but he didn't want to flaunt his new relationship in front of her either. But he felt like she had a right to know because he told her he'd wait for...

And then Isaac had happened. He almost felt... bad. But why? She'd broken up with him. Maybe she would have never taken him back. Maybe he would have wasted years waiting for her when he could have been happy with someone else. Someone like Isaac. He didn't want to hurt her, but he didn't want to assume she'd be hurt by his news either.

Standing outside Allison's suite, Scott couldn't remember the last time he'd been this nervous...

Wait, yes he could. He was probably this nervous before he told Isaac how he felt about him. Now Scott had to tell his ex-girlfriend that he was dating him. And without the internet, Scott had no way of Googling how to have this conversation, no help whatsoever. Not even Stiles could help him, whose only advice was "have a threesome". No, Scott had to figure this out on his own.

He knocked on Allison's door, holding a tin of leftover turtle-shaped cookies he and Isaac made the other day.

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Allison doesn't really know what to expect. Everything about this situation is strange -- knowing everyone is from different points of time from her is a hard adjustment -- on top of everything else. But the fact that Scott wants to talk to her right away --

Well whatever it is, it must be important.

Which is why when she hears the knock on her door she makes her way over to it, opening it right away.

She flashes a small smile, stepping aside to let him in.

"Hey."

While Scott waits for Allison to open the door, he debates whether he's doing the right thing, telling her straight away. Maybe he should wait for her to settle in first? Still, he's paranoid she'll find out from someone else when he'd rather tell her himself. Or, maybe Isaac will be offended or take it the wrong way if he puts off telling Allison. He's already told Isaac he's doing it...

Well, it's too late to chicken out now. She's already answered the door. He gives her a smile in return.

"Hey." With her stepping aside, he figures it's okay to come in, and he'd rather talk to her inside than out on her doorstep. He thinks about greeting her with a hug but they haven't done that in a while.

"Um... I brought you cookies." He hands over the tin. "They're shaped like turtles. Isaac and I made them. Welcome to the turtle?"

No, they haven't done that in a while, and even though she had hugged Stiles earlier -- it feels slightly more awkward with Scott somehow so if he doesn't initiate it, then neither is she.

Instead she takes the tin from him, smiling a little. "He mentioned you two were baking together -- I didn't realize either one of you knew how."

She's teasing, of course. She opens up the tin to get a look at them. Cookies should probably not look so adorable, and yet they do.

"Thanks, I think."

He'll want to hug her goodbye... that's if she wants to hug him later.

He smiles when he hears Allison mention Isaac has already told her about them baking. "We didn't know how. Isaac wanted baking practice because he got a job at a bakery that's also a weird FBI lab." He shoots Allison a look that says 'don't ask' because he doesn't really understand it himself. "We asked for a recipe on the network and tried it out. They turned out surprisingly well."

Kind of like how his relationship with Isaac has turned out, also surprisingly well.

Obviously they've gotten more creative with their cookies, hence why they're turtle-shaped.

"Can we, uh, sit down?"

"A bakery that's also an FBI lab." She repeats it to see if that makes it make more sense somehow.

Nope. Still weird.

She closes the tin back up, nodding a little. "Of course." She leads him over to the couch, sitting down.

"What's up?"

She figures it has to be important if he wants to talk about it right away.

There's a moment of hesitation from Scott. He's thinking about how close he should sit next to Allison until he realizes he's being ridiculous and overthinking this, finally sitting next to her at the normal distance you would with a friend on the couch. Because that's what they are, aren't they? Friends. They used to be more than that, but now they're not and they didn't break up on bad terms, they're friendly with each other and there's no anger between them (at least Scott thinks there isn't), so that must mean they're friends.

"So, um..." He'd tried rehearsing what he was going to say to Allison back at his suite but now his mind is blank. Great.

"Isaac and I... we've gotten closer since he moved in with me back home. And we've gotten even closer here." He's working up to the 'he's my boyfriend' part, but for now it sounds like he's just talking about how good his friendship with Isaac has gotten.

If nothing else, Allison likes to think they're still friends. Yes, they used to be more than that but they aren't now -- but that doesn't mean they stopped talking to one another or stopped caring about one another. There's no anger or bad feelings, so they must at least be friends.

She raises a brow at his words. There has to be more than just this to it because while it's great that they've become better friends...she's not quite sure why he seemed to think it was so urgent to come tell her that.

"I'm glad to hear it." And she means that. After getting closer to Isaac herself -- well she knows he can use people who care about him.

They may have stopped talking for four months over the summer but Scott definitely never stopped caring about her. He'd still do anything for her. He'd still die for her in a heartbeat to save her life.

"We started... developing feelings." He elaborates after a pause, "For each other." He watches Allison's face for a reaction.

There's a long moment of silent that stretches out minute after minute. Anything she had expected -- well it wasn't that. And it's not that she judges or anything -- if they're happy that's what is most important but it's still...unexpected. Something had been developing between her and Isaac back home -- or so she had thought and Scott was --

Her exboyfriend. She broke up with him. She doesn't have a right to be upset.

"Like...romantic feelings?"

She doesn't really need him to clarify, she thinks she already knows the answer but she needs to say something.

It is unexpected, even if Stiles has said something has been building between Scott and Isaac, Allison hasn't been around to witness that. He doesn't push Allison to talk, as uncomfortable as the silence is. He just waits until she's ready to ask any questions she might have...

Like whether it's romantic or not. It's a resounding yes, but Scott nods at her.

"I didn't want you to find out from someone else or by accident..." Especially with Allison living in the same sector as Isaac, she might have seen Scott coming out of Isaac's suite at some point, maybe even caught them kissing. Telling her himself seemed more... respectful.

"I appreciate you telling me."

Her words might come out a little shorter than she means them to -- but they're no less sincere. It's better to hear it from him than from somebody else. If the roles were reversed she would want to be the one who told him.

It's strange trying to make this all make sense for her but she knows in time, she'll manage. If they're happy together -- well that's most important. She'll find some way to deal.

"Allison... I'm sorry." Scott feels the need to say that because even though she broke up with him and didn't ask him to wait for her to take him back, he still told her that he would. And he meant it at the time. He wouldn't have said it if he didn't mean it. He never planned on feeling more than friendship for Isaac.

"We're still friends... right?" He looks at her hopefully. He doesn't want to lose her more than he already has. He still wants her in his life, to hang out with her and for it to not be weird. Or maybe he's approaching this too optimistically. It's hard for him to judge when he doesn't know how Allison feels about him right now.

"You don't have anything to apologize for." She broke up with him -- and she had always known there was a chance they might never get back together. There's no such thing as fate, no sure thing. She can't blame him for moving on.

Isaac's a good guy, she had been growing closer to him herself back home. And no matter what they were both her friends -- she's lost enough people as it is, she doesn't want to lose them too.

"Of course. Nothing's going to change that."

It might be a little awkward at first, but they've gotten through worse.

Scott looks really glad to hear her reply. And he knows she isn't lying because she has a tell (touching her eyebrow when she lies) and he'd be able to tell by her heartbeat if she was lying.

"Can we hug it out?" The last time they hugged feels like forever ago. They're long overdue for a hug and after what he's heard happens back home, she probably needs one.

Allison smiles a little at that request, bringing a hand up to tuck her hair behind her ear as she nods.

"Sure. Of course we can."

It has been a while since they've hugged -- and between everything that happened back home and then suddenly being here...she could use the hug.

Scooting closer to her on the couch, Scott leans in to wrap his arms around her, chin resting on her shoulder. He smiles at how nice it feels.

"You always did give good hugs." He wasn't meant to say that thought aloud.

Allison leans into the embrace as she wraps her own arms around him in return. She can't help but smile a little at that.

"You too."

Scott smiles at her response and after a long moment, finally pulls back.

"If you need anything, some company, someone to talk to or even some more cookies, message me or come find me at my suite in Wood sector. I work at a clinic in Earth sector too, you can find me there if I'm not in my suite." What he's trying to tell Allison is to not be a stranger.

"I'll be sure to hunt you down if I need anything."

Maybe not at first -- it might take her some time to fully adjust to all this -- but eventually, yes. She doesn't plan on cutting off contact or anything like that.

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