although it feels so weird to be doing these memes while on hiatus, I'll be coming back soon enough

so HAVE AT ER help me get back into the swing

6 for both!

oh these are good ones

6) Do they want marriage? Kids?

Evan is very ?? ????? about both of these things right now. Marriage he's pretty much like, sure, why not? His parents never married so he doesn't see it as a prerequisite to a long-term relationship

but he's not especially adverse to the idea.

Kids... he's like, twenty, don't ask him these questions

he fully expects to shack up with some sensible nerdy girl and not even address the question of offspring until he's good and thirty

particularly because there's a reasonable chance that he'll outlive any kids he has with a human, which is an issue he's aggressively not addressing at this age.

6) Are they physically affectionate with friends? What are the limits?

this one is fun because it used to be a hard no! Back before he joined ALASTAIR he was steeped in the sort of nerd masculine culture that means he p much never touched his friends ever

but since he joined up he's had a couple of close friends amongst the other recruits who have been very physically affectionate with him, and it's changed his perspective a lot

He's still iffy on significant skin-to-skin contact and anything where everyone's not fully dressed, but he's grown to sort of enjoy leaning on people, arms around shoulders, etc

he still won't really... initiate, but he's content enough to be subject to

hes so cute.......

he's not cute he's a respectable and intelligent young man!!

(he's totally cute)

noogies him

evan's the cutest...

1 and 9, both for evan!

yassssssss

=n= noogie away but if you start thinking of breaking out the swirlies he's going full shit-flipping mode

okay!! 1) Are they - or have they ever been - in love?

Yes. He had a girlfriend in high school that he pretty much adored, although it was a weird teenage romance in that neither of them knew what they were doing so they more or less hung out like friends do

except plus kissing and sex

She left him in college because he ended up focusing hard on his studies and sort of failing to be a good boyfriend... which, lesson learned, really

although in this case 'lesson learned' being 'you probably get good grades or a girlfriend, pick one'

Is he currently in love? Well, he's got a hell of a crush... but that for later

9) Have they ever experienced unrequited love?

Lucky for him, no! I'm not counting childhood crushes, though when he was like twelve he had a pretty ferocious one on a werewolf girl his parents babysat for the local pack during full moons.

Do you mind if I sneak in here to spitball about our firetruck or kaitan & boyce ships?

COME ON IN

I still have two Evans to answer but line em up lady!

1) Do they have a best friend? Who is it?

Yes! He had a small group of what he would consider best friends in high school, of which his HS girlfriend was a part, but drifted away when he moved off to college

but he unexpectedly got along like a house on fire with his college roommate, John, and he's pretty close with him

John (who may or may not be based off of a canon John, if you can play Spot The John) is a goofball, a prankster, and messy, three things Evan never thought he'd get along with

but he's also a solidly good dude

9) What role do they take in their circle of friends?

he doesn't... really... have a circle of friends as such, just lots of individual connections

Kaitan, R11 and 12, F10

so he's probably that satellite person who shows up to parties and gatherings and just talks to one or two people before disappearing again.

oooooh!

=u= yay

Kaitan!!

11) Who do/would they turn to for relationship advice?

Tuanada. Always, without fail, Tuanada. And I suppose occasionally Laren, the brother who raised her from about age thirteen, because he and his partner seem to do alright and they've been together forever.

But Tua is her rock, Tua is her endless font of good advice

and in absence of Tua she probably would just try and muddle through things herself. :<

ala Nukebus stuff, which means when she does it by herself she usually... messes up pretty bad....

12) Describe their ideal relationship in three words.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

=u=

wild'n'free

take that however you like

pfft!

10) A friend asks for help with something that goes against your character's principles. Do they do it?

...it depends on the friend, the principle and her mood at the time 9__9

I suppose the upshot is that her principles include an extreme kind of loyalty to people who are past a certain point of trust for her, so...

honestly people who are really close to her could convince her to do some shady shit if they made an impassioned argument for it

her moral compass is strong but often confused

It's one of those that spins madly about on its axis

Tuanada's a head-full of iron shavings she hews to

EXACTLY

he's so steady she can rely on his moral compass being aligned while hers is wildly going BUT DO WHAT THE HOT PERSON SAYS MAYBE

(bc she probably thinks all her friends are hot to some degree)

(gdi kaitan)

SHE'S THE WORST OK

I still have the itch to bring her into futuro

I think she'd do well

Settle her into the app queue damnit! You'll still want to in February!

XD I guess I can always withdraw her if I need to

hnnn

S'true =3=

COME TO ME~

X3 yowls Laedo to the heavens

"THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME" clicks his heels together hard and fast

lololol

u need the shoes for that brah

Someone needs to tell him it's a legit way to get home

XDD ask for that for your next bonus bank

Once I accrue some of that, yeah!

7&10 romance for Evan

7) Have they ever been cheated on? If not, would they forgive someone who did?

He has not! And... he probably would

if they seemed contrite, if they seemed to honestly regret it, he probably would

and he is not great at reading people so someone could probably get away with false contrition and he'd swallow it, but as long as he loved them he'd take it at face value

he's pretty malleable, when it comes right down to it

but he would also be really hurt by it

10) Are they a flirt? Are they good at it?

HA HA AHHH HAH HAH

nope and no and nope

he is awful at flirting

he is awful at getting flirted at

he has tried it now and then and mostly he just is red the whole time

What a cutie

HE...gets that a lot

weeps

r2 for evan :|

:|

:|||||

(I feel like Mel is the one making that face in the distance forever)

XDD so many disapproving chins

cue Evan shameface!

2) What is their orientation?

ask him three months ago: straighty mcwhitebread

ask him now: ???? ?????? ??

mun secret behind-the-scenes-knowledge: more or less he has the potential to be sexually into anyone he's emotionally attracted to

he's a really flexible dude, he was just raised in like, utter heteronormativity and never really looked into it

and he is the sort where he's not... frequently sexually attracted to anyone, that tends to come after he's formed a connection with them

waves hands

there's a word for it but I dunno

hey if you wanna form a connection any time, evan~

>83 you say that like he isn't already like neck-deep in WHAT ARE THESE FEELS

what about a ~physical connection~

u////////////u

well, he is almost back with the team

almost time to start the countdown clock of When Will They Bone

lmao this morning I was actually like "man should I hiatus for december it might be very busy" and then I realised Dray might kill me

oh my god. XD

that would mean Mel and Evan would be like... literally not talking for probably as long as they'd known each other before that

ahhh way to kindle the romance

Pushes them together

lmao it would be so terrible

I hope that there's a buffet or something on Oska when they get back though

it would be hilarious if it reversed and Evan hit on Mel

=u= I'm sure there'll be some sort of like, christmas buffet??? I dunno

this mission ends the end of december probably right?

Omg what if mistletoe

XD oh god

kiss ambush

he'd have to explain the tradition

that would be too cute

it would be

explaining it and Mel is like WAIT DOES THIS MEAN YOU WANTED TO OR YOU JUST HAD TO BECAUSE OF A PLANT?

>__>; can't it be both?

oh no evan got smooth

he doesn't know what to do

lolol I love how thin Mel's line is between having a total cool handle on the situation and being like OH SHIT

I'M BEING ROMANCED

it don't take much

seriously he gets so thrown by it

PEOPLE DON'T FLIRT WITH HIM FIRST HE FLIRTS WITH THEM??

AND PEOPLE HE LIKES DON'T FLIRT WITH HIM

see this is what happens when you dump all your skill points into one stat!

you're a flirtation glass cannon, Mel

slkdfj that's pretty accurate

it's lucky he doesn't really attract that attention since he'd be so thrown by it

I think Fate and McCree did a little but it was subtle enough he either writes it off or assumes it's messing around

hah!

well one of them should break out the un-subtle flirting

give Mel a bit of practice before Evan gets back and whips out the sincerity

but then Evan will miss out on seeing Mel completely thrown for what to say

and blushing to the tips of his ears

>:] ye of little faith

I'd find a way

well good because the ear blushing is cute in my head

It's a lot of surface area to turn red! He's got Evan beat~