[ it's no pants time ]

[powerisyours]

[ continued from here ]

Anything Shan Shan wants.

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[powerisyours]

[ nestling his chin into the crook of her neck ]

I don't know. I think I'm overrated.

[ridestherider]

I don't.

[powerisyours]

I also think you're the best thing since sliced bread, but you don't.

[ridestherider]

Because I'm not.

[powerisyours]

You are, and I wish you could see just how wonderful you are.

[ridestherider]

You have several years' worth of idiots working against you.

[powerisyours]

That just means I'll have to work with you for longer than they have.

[ridestherider]

And if it doesn't work?

[powerisyours]

Then I'll have to try harder.

[ridestherider]

How and why are you so optimistic?

[powerisyours]

With a life like mine, you have to be. How am I supposed to be someone people can look up to if I can't see the bright side?

[ridestherider]

I'll answer that when someone is actually ridiculous enough to look up to me.

[powerisyours]

Well, "look up to" might not've been the right phrasing. "Count on", maybe.

[ridestherider]

That too.

[powerisyours]

You know Alvis adores you, right?

[ridestherider]

No.

[powerisyours]

Sort of like a role model. You're basically everything she wants to be. Strong, confident, and proof that you don't have to be a boy to be tough. And the photography, and ... well, being tall and beautiful helps, too.

[ridestherider]

She could probably find someone a lot better than me.

[powerisyours]

Don't put yourself down like that.

[ridestherider]

It's true, though.

[powerisyours]

And you could probably find someone a lot better than me.

[ridestherider]

That is a lot less true.

[powerisyours]

I don't think it can work both ways.

[ridestherider]

Sure it can.

[powerisyours]

You say that when I say you're great, too.