Heron Lake Plateau And ain't it always the way

ah god damn it. well, not really. actually, tegan was surprised he'd made it this far... surprised it'd even happened. it kind of stung, just a bit, tegan realized, as she got so heated and suddenly defensive. he might've pressed her had she not calmed down a bit-- but she explained herself quickly (or, well, kinda did) and left tegan standing sort of dumbly across from her. 

"i get it," he said quietly, instead, not bothering to hold back the hurt in his voice-- which he regretted moments later. he kind of knew now that he might've harbored feelings for the sandy girl... and this sort of proved to him a second time it wasn't ever gonna work. that kinda hurt-- outside of the whole scenario that she had totally given him blue balls. that wasn't why he was upset... but maybe she wouldn't pick up on that.

 his gaze still fell upon her, trying to read her features, though she was hiding them so well tegan eventually gave up, looking away from her as well. damn it dude, don't be so awkward. "well, here," he began, looking back towards her again, "blame this lil incident on me-- we all know i'm just too good looking for everyones good. and forget about it, okay? i'll still be here whenever you need me." ha ha. he hoped she'd take him seriously, even with the dumbass joke. "my place is always open, seriously." and he meant it, offering niamh an amiable smile and a few waves of his tail.