Oh, Logan

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He's in the bar, looking far too pleased with himself. He ought to be wearing a button reading: "I'm a genius! Ask me how!" but alas, he is not.

One reason is the upcoming date with Hannah. A masterstroke of manipulation, dating the daughter of the fake witness against him. Plus, she is supercute.

The other? Logan has a hip flask. Full of whiskey. And he shares. Usually.

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He nods faintly.

"Just... wondering..."

Uh-huh.

[obligatoryass]

Logan nods. "Kay. I'll let you know if I do have a conversation, then. Anything I should ask specifically?"

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Pause.

"No. It's not that important."

[obligatoryass]

Logan nods. "OK."

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He pauses, and rubs his forehead.

"This is the... being hard to read..."

[obligatoryass]

Logan looks baffled. "Uh, yeah?" he offers. "But you know, in this case, it's cool."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

He thinks about it.

"I... don't really know what I'm afraid of, just saying it."

It's not like he knows Logan's prone to make some RomulusandRemus-TeenWolf crack.

[obligatoryass]

Logan? Make a stupid Teen Wolf crack that would go right over Behrooz's dear, oblivious head? Never.

"Saying things is the hardest part," Logan says. "And it's not like I can really help. I don't think."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

"Probably not if you... come from a world anything like mine."

[obligatoryass]

Logan shrugs, smiles. "So why worry? It's not one of the top ten things to stress over. Now, if you never tell me, I might perish of curiosity, but I'll keep you posted on that."

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"Right. But I guess you're risking dying of shock if it really is that weird."

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"It's really a toss-up, isn't it?" Logan says. "I'll leave it to your conscience to decide."

And of course he's laughing. Behrooz made a joke! This is a good sign.

[kayip.livejournal.com]

Behrooz can make a joke.

... ok, so it never happened in canon, but no one jokes on 24 and... he had to get a girlfriend somehow.

But Behrooz is sort of smiling, and maintains it when he says, "There were animals that started following me in the woods."

Beat. "Well, only one kind."

[obligatoryass]

Logan's eyes widen, but his smile doesn't fade.

"Right. One kind of animal. Cute and cuddly, or fierce and wanting a snack?"

[kayip.livejournal.com]

Heh.

He shakes his head. "They didn't attack me."

Pause. "... they were wolves."

[obligatoryass]

Logan's smile does dip a bit, then. "Oh?" is all he says.

[kayip.livejournal.com]

Behrooz looks away rather abruptly and self-consciously now.

He does after a moment, a little dully, "Well, you're not dead."

[obligatoryass]

"No," Logan agrees. "Last I checked, I was still among the living. Is that in doubt? Or are you pondering going wolfy and ripping my throat out?"

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[obligatoryass]

Logan sobers. "No, it wasn't. Sorry."

Pause.

"But why the comment about the dead thing? You're...not...are you?"

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"No. I was glad you didn't die of shock."

He still, in some vague way, attempting to be light-hearted about it.

[obligatoryass]

Bravado? Check. Fake light-heartedness? Logan's specialty!

He claps a hand to his heart dramatically. "It all seems to be in working order," he muses. "Of course, if I'm haunting Neptune, I'm totally blaming you."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

He still doesn't entirely raise his eyes, but looks less uncomfortable.

Shrugging slightly, "I'll keep it in mind."

[obligatoryass]

"I wonder if you get to pick who you haunt," Logan says. "I'd want to haunt you, if it's your fault. Or maybe my dad. Or my sister. Or Veronica."

Pause. Thoughts of haunting Veronica in the shower are too powerful to dismiss immediately.

"Yeah, definitely Veronica."

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Beat. He finally looks up again.

Dryly, "You put a lot of thought into this."