Oh man, I liked this so much more than I had expected to. Which is kind of a bad compliment, so let me add that I liked this a lot. Their banter (it's so in character)! Nate and Elena's relationship (they're so in love)! The fact that both Nate and Elena really care about Sully!
Also, of course Nate proposes in the middle of disaster. (In my head, it was totally unplanned, or at least, Nate hadn't been intending on proposing right then but then it slipped out because he's high on adrenaline and love. I may have spent too much time thinking about this.)
“Guess I’ll be spending the rest of my life competing with his other spouse.”
Eee, I love this part and what Nate says directly afterwards. Not only is it adorable and absolutely true, but you get that tugging on the ring thing, which I like to think she does a fair amount. And I can hear her so this so well.
Sully pulls a dismayed expression. “Oh, God, I told you that story?”
“Three times,” Nate puts in from the bed.
I really love how familiar all of this is, just -- they're all so comfortable with each other.
It's fantastic that this whole sleeping-with-Sully thing is also a thing that seems to bring Nate and Elena together, too, as sort of co-conspirators and planning it out, but also just supporting each other.
Sully chuckles. “I’d love to, sweetheart, but I can’t help thinking that’s not as good an offer as it sounds.”
“Oh,” Nate says, “you’d be surprised.”
The best banter! THE BEST.
“Pretty sure it’s too early, Sully.”
XD Nate!
“If it does, though, I’ll change your names. You can be Helena and Plate. Nobody will suspect a thing.”
I laughed embarrassingly hard at this.
Sully jerks away. “Hey, whoa, what are you doing?”
There’s a tiny, confused pause.
“Sully,” Nate says, “do you know what the ‘three’ in ‘threesome’ means?”
I really loved this bit, even though in my personal head canon Nate is pretty straight and, uh, has never ever thought about Sully that way. But I really loved this bit because it makes a lot of sense to me that Nate would be very open and wanting to make sure everyone shares and enjoys the experience. And if he was going to do a threesome with Elena and Sully, then it was going to be a threesome and not just they-both-have-sex-with-her type of thing. And of course Sully would be hesitant and weird.
Er, what I'm trying to say in a very convoluted way is that this is great and in character!
“You are definitely not getting into the spirit of this,” Nate mutters, but he wanders over anyway, into Elena’s field of vision. Sully braces his left hand on Elena’s chest like he thinks it’s some kind of bizarre sexuality anchor
This whole thing is adorable and amazing. And then Sully enjoyed it fdsfas
Is he just joking around, or is there actual concern there? She can’t tell. “I won’t if you won’t.”
I love so much that this is her response. Elenaaaaaa <3
Elena bursts out laughing. “Dangerous question, Nate. I don’t know if you really want to hear the answer.”
I take back all the other times I've said something was the best, because this was the best. Of course Sully is better in bed than Nate, he's had more experience, ahaha. And I love so much that Elena doesn't lie about it.
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Also, of course Nate proposes in the middle of disaster. (In my head, it was totally unplanned, or at least, Nate hadn't been intending on proposing right then but then it slipped out because he's high on adrenaline and love. I may have spent too much time thinking about this.)
“Guess I’ll be spending the rest of my life competing with his other spouse.”
Eee, I love this part and what Nate says directly afterwards. Not only is it adorable and absolutely true, but you get that tugging on the ring thing, which I like to think she does a fair amount. And I can hear her so this so well.
Sully pulls a dismayed expression. “Oh, God, I told you that story?”
“Three times,” Nate puts in from the bed.
I really love how familiar all of this is, just -- they're all so comfortable with each other.
It's fantastic that this whole sleeping-with-Sully thing is also a thing that seems to bring Nate and Elena together, too, as sort of co-conspirators and planning it out, but also just supporting each other.
Sully chuckles. “I’d love to, sweetheart, but I can’t help thinking that’s not as good an offer as it sounds.”
“Oh,” Nate says, “you’d be surprised.”
The best banter! THE BEST.
“Pretty sure it’s too early, Sully.”
XD Nate!
“If it does, though, I’ll change your names. You can be Helena and Plate. Nobody will suspect a thing.”
I laughed embarrassingly hard at this.
Sully jerks away. “Hey, whoa, what are you doing?”
There’s a tiny, confused pause.
“Sully,” Nate says, “do you know what the ‘three’ in ‘threesome’ means?”
I really loved this bit, even though in my personal head canon Nate is pretty straight and, uh, has never ever thought about Sully that way. But I really loved this bit because it makes a lot of sense to me that Nate would be very open and wanting to make sure everyone shares and enjoys the experience. And if he was going to do a threesome with Elena and Sully, then it was going to be a threesome and not just they-both-have-sex-with-her type of thing. And of course Sully would be hesitant and weird.
Er, what I'm trying to say in a very convoluted way is that this is great and in character!
“You are definitely not getting into the spirit of this,” Nate mutters, but he wanders over anyway, into Elena’s field of vision. Sully braces his left hand on Elena’s chest like he thinks it’s some kind of bizarre sexuality anchor
This whole thing is adorable and amazing. And then Sully enjoyed it fdsfas
Is he just joking around, or is there actual concern there? She can’t tell. “I won’t if you won’t.”
I love so much that this is her response. Elenaaaaaa <3
Elena bursts out laughing. “Dangerous question, Nate. I don’t know if you really want to hear the answer.”
I take back all the other times I've said something was the best, because this was the best. Of course Sully is better in bed than Nate, he's had more experience, ahaha. And I love so much that Elena doesn't lie about it.