Stark's: Thursday

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It was a much tanner Lindsay who reported to work today. Stark's laundry was dropped unceremoniously at the entrance to the lab before she returned to her desk and started going through her paperwork.

Honestly? There was a part of her that hoped Tony sent her to another sunny warm place for the weekend.

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Yeah, the "have sex with my not-boyfriend and I'll ... send you someplace warm!" punishment plan maybe wasn't as well thought out as it could have been on Tony's part.

Anyhow. Said not-boyfriend swung by Stark's today before going to the school to find Veronica. Nooooo particular reason, really.

"Hey, Lindsay. How's it going?"

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Lindsay looked up at Tyler with a trace of apprehension. "Goooood," she said looking around to see if Tony was here. Or watching somehow. "Though I've been told to keep my distance from you."

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Jarvis was there. Tyler figured that meant Tony was always watching.

"So do I need to go bug Loki about an apartment?" Tyler obediently stood a few feet from her desk. "Because ... kind of hard, living with someone and keeping your distance."

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"Depends. If I keep getting free vacations? I say keep your room. Besides I think we've been doing a fine job avoiding each other. Why? Has Tony said anything?"

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"You were out of town," Tyler pointed out. "And no. We weren't exactly talking that much this weekend."

Much too much information, Tyler.

"Where'd he send you?"

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"Malibu. To pick up his laundry," She said with a smirk. "And then specifically told me it was to keep us apart."

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Tyler's shoulders shook with his laughter. "Tony doesn't really do subtle, does he?"

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"No. He doesn't," she said rolling her eyes. "Is it bad that I'm holding out on a trip to Jamaica this week?"

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"Hey, if you want to loan me a thong or something to leave lying around next time he comes over, I wouldn't complain," Tyler suggested generously. "Trick would be getting him to send me to Jamaica too. I haven't had a vacation since Vegas and the bees."

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"Yeah, Probably not a good idea," Lindsay said looking a tad uncomfortable with the joke. "You probably shouldn't even be here right now."

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"You're really afraid of him," Tyler observed, something like compassion flickering through his eyes. "There are other jobs, Lindsay."

He knew Tony too well to be afraid of him. And, anyhow, he'd slept with Steve. Tyler was ding his best to avoid dealing with that little bit of trivia.

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"I'm not afraid of him," she snapped. "I like my job and I l- care a lot about Ronon. I don't want to jeopardize any of that by Tony getting snippy and somehow letting something slip."

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"You're in love," Tyler said, rolling his eyes. "I fucked that up."

Though she had pounced on him. He'd kissed her and backed off. She pounced. Women were evil.

"I would talk to him, but you know if I do that he'll go out of his way to bug Dex about it."

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She sighed. "You weren't the only one who fucked up," she said glumly. "But, yeah. Probably best just to let it go."

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If Tyler were somebody else, he would have apologized. Or made another joke about Jamaica.

He was himself. He folded his hands in front of him so he could look at them and not at her.

"Probably best for me to be going too," he said. "I'll call Tony later."

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"I'll... see you around. At a distance," she said making a lame joke.

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"Yeah, I'll be the guy walking around the house with five or six layers on," Tyler said. "See ya, Lindsay."