MISFIRED TEXTS. shinra spying edition.

[besithia]

[ disgruntled ex-shinra employees are fairly eager to bite the hand that feeds them. verstael finds he isn't having much trouble recruiting them to his cause. as the files on experimentation in nibelheim were a few years outdated outdated, he'd like the most recent discoveries. Which means he's got his new friends to do some hacking.

Which means things are about to go haywire.

You'll your text messages are MISFIRING now. Nothing is going where it should. That nude for your partner? Now it's going to a stranger. That message talking about that coworker you don't like? Hope you're willing to stand by it, guess who has it now. ]

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[redlines]

Fair? I knew him. Know him.

_{[It's still weird saying it, because... he'd been gone for awhile and had gotten used to referring him in the past tense. He's doing his best, though.]}

Don't worry about it, alright? I|
Heavens, there's no easy way to put it, but I'm not offended by it or anything.

[unbridled_strength]

[Of course they know each other.

It's not that.

I just don't want you to think less of me.

[redlines]

Why would I think that?

[unbridled_strength]

I don't know. Because it's what I was taught good girls don't do?

[redlines]

_{[Oh, he'd make a comment about that but Roche knows it's not appropriate right now. Still, it's tempting.]}

That still doesn't tell me why I'd think less of you.

[unbridled_strength]

You're either playing with me, or you're just that good of a guy.

For the record, it didn't feel like you're playing.

[redlines]

There's nothing "good" about me, Tifa. Decent? I'll take that, but not good. I've done things much worse than send someone a few pictures of myself, so if I were to think differently of you that? I'd have to think less of myself.

I'm not ashamed of any of it though. ...Except for one or two things I did when I was sixteen, but it was worth it at the time.

[unbridled_strength]

Good and decent are close friends, you know.

Thanks. I mean it.

[redlines]

I still like decent.

But

_{[Should he? Fuck it. It's his turn to send a picture, but it's nothing as racy. Just a shot of a v-neck pulled down as far as it can go without tearing, showing off the goods and the big ol' scar that starts from the hollow of his throat all the way down.]}

We're even. And I could tell Zack that you're waiting for him, if you like?

[unbridled_strength]

[Holy shit.

She's appreciating his physique on a purely professional level. As a martial artist. Yeah. That's it. She's totally not, at all, thinking about how those muscles would feel under her tongue.

Nope.]

No, that's okay. I'll try him again myself. Make sure I'm typing the right numbers this time.






You look really good. Just so you know.

[/)_(\]

[redlines]

The wonders of modern technology.


For the record if you're ever interested, all you need to do is ask. And just between us? I'm a little jealous of him 😉

[unbridled_strength]

[She shouldn't be surprised. He was flirting back, before the conversation train wrecked. And he did send her a sexy picture back, after it all. (He might not think it was sexy. But she does. It's distracting, honestly. She should probably delete it. She's not going to.)]

I don't know what to say. That's really flattering, Roche.

[redlines]

It's the truth.

_{[He's not afraid to say she's attractive! He's not shy about that sort of thing. Nope, no shame here whatsoever.]}