selfmedicatingmayor:

the-perfect-scientist :

Carlos laughed. “Well, I’ll be honest, seeing him date would probably
be too weird for me. He’s been single for such a long time.”

And they were right back to talking (flirting?) about Carlos, huh?

“And
well, you know, there’s a reason I’ve been single for a while too,” he
went on. “Intelligence might be attractive, yeah… until the workaholic
inventor misses too many dates. You know, like Robin Williams in Flubber. Though I haven’t missed my own wedding, thank God.”

“Heh, I s’pose I can see how that’d be an issue for some folks. You keep yourself pretty busy all the time then, huh? Never get out for a little fun? Or is it that ya just don’t have the right folks around you to drag ya away from your work for a little while? Either way, I can relate–– well, not with the inventor part, but bein’ a bit of a workaholic.”

“Yeah?” Carlos asked. “Yeah, uh… this, what we’re doing, is really out of the norm for me.” He chuckled again. “I… I”m not sure how you convinced me to do this with you. Usually, my work is ‘fun’ enough for me.”