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[ Her heart skips a beat at this message, if only because of what happened and the way it felt. And there's also a twinge of sadness that comes with the reality that it wasn't real, that their easy, playful and long-lasting friendship wasn't real.]

I feel like I should be saying sorry but...

[ It wasn't her fault or his. ]

I'm not.

[ Why should they be sorry? It was a good time, even if they were wrapped up in some kind of alternate reality. ]

You're not actually married, are you?
It's fine if you are, I'm just trying to figure out what wasn't just a part of that whole... thing.

No. I'm not married to Pietro or anyone else. All of it was... fake, I guess.
But it felt real, didn't it? It felt like I'd known you for years.

Yeah, it did. Some things were the same, but a lot of it was new.

All of those memories weren't real, but what happened was. That wasn't made up.

No, what we did together was definitely real.
And it was really nice.

[ it was nice to feel like she had someone looking out for her again, someone who made her comfortable and could just make her laugh. a friend. ]

I'd like to do it again.
You know, whenever you're in mood and you're not busy.

[ They can't just make a friendship out of thin air, but the fact that it did feel right and real is enough to convince him that they could actually have that. ]

[ She flushes at that, feeling a wave of satisfaction in knowing that she's not alone in feeling that way.]

I'd like that too, actually.
And I can always use a break from work, it's kind of all I do now.

I can absolutely come rescue you from work.

I've also been thinking about going back to dance a night or two a week at your place actually, if you think I'd make the cut. Clary's definitely been enjoying it.

Then consider me a damsel and all of that, very rescueable.

You're absolutely welcome to come dance at the club. You could even dance together, if you wanted. I'm pretty sure you'd get some big tips if you did.

I will.
Do I need to schedule my rescue for later? Or did you mean right now?

I bet she would like that too, I'll have to ask her about it.

Whenever you're free if I'm being honest.

Let me know. Our roster isn't very full and I've been dancing to fill in the extra spaces.

I happen to be free right now.

I'll take a few of those off your hands.
If it turns out to be a good fit maybe more than a few, we'll see how it goes.

I'm at the club or I can meet you somewhere if you want.

Whatever works best for you, I'm open to it. I want my dancers to have fun with it too.

The club works for me, I'm guessing you've got an office or a private lounge?

I appreciate that.
I'm sure you can get me all set up. But later.

[ They've got other plans for today. ]

I use one of the private lounges as my office. One of the bouncers can show you where it is.

[ yes, later. ]

I'm on my way.

Are we going to talk first or is that going to be a later thing too?
Don't get me wrong, I do want to get to know you better now that we don't have all those false memories complicating things.

... I just also really want to do dirty things to you.

[ He doesn't think she'll mind him saying so. ]

[ she lets out an astonished breath at what she reads in his message. but it's the good kind of astonished, the kind that's quickly followed by warmth and anticipation.

she drags her teeth over her bottom lip trying to suppress her delighted/scandalized smile as she's walking back to the room she uses as her office.]

Talking can wait.

[ It's pretty shameless, yeah, but Poe's never been particularly shy about these things and it wouldn't have been hard to amicably pass it off as flirting if it was too much. He just had a feeling that she might feel the same way. ]

Later it is.

I'm open to suggestions, by the way.
Or we can just wing it, I'm good at that too.

[ To be honest, she likes how shameless he is because she struggles with being that way sometimes. But she's also curious: ]

Do you have any suggestions?

Of course I do.
Should I tell you about them or let you wait and find out when I get there?

[ she's breathless right now. ]
Give me a hint.

You got a desk in that office of yours?

I do have a desk, a big one.

Good.

Maybe you should clear off some space so you can sit on it?

Should I be sitting on it when you get here?

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