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Construction Site: Tuesday, 6/12, all day

The usual tools and safety equipment are laid out, including ~~Conner's~~ pink hardhat, and a shiny new one that's... not really any less flaming than the pink one.

There's also a new safety poster up. Because at least Xander's learned to print out pdfs, even if he can't manage to save the flash videos.

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[OOC: Poster is full of graphic cartoon injury and is a slight tweak of a real work-safety poster from youngworker.ca. (ETA: which as

connernotconnor points out, has a flash-animated severed hand as a loading indicator. And only gets worse from there.) Oh Canada. OCD is up and post is open!]

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Phoebe sighed, looking out to where Cole was before pulling Anders closer to her.

"He does sometimes do that fake gruffness thing or change the subject." She worried her bottom lip. "Still thinking we should talk to the Levine cousins?"

Anders relaxed against her, considering, and nodded. "Yeah. I think . . . yeah. Sorry this bugs me as much as it does."

"Don't apologize for this, Anders. It bugs me, too."

Anders shrugged. "It's different with you. You guys have been together forever. He's still getting used to me, so it's not a fair comparison. But it still bugs me and I can't help it."

"Hi, remember me? I'm the girl that when he couldn't handle his feelings for me, he set me up to catch him in bed with another girl." She ran a hand through his hair. "I understand and believe me, I don't blame you for being bugged. There are times that he's just... well..." She bit her lip. "He does care, Anders, he does. He is every bit as determined to keep you safe as he is me."

"I know. I'd just like to hear it sometime," he said softly.

Phoebe bit her lip. "Sort of like how sometimes I'd like for him to look at me the way he does you... or just grab me like he does you?"

Anders looked at her, and his face turned pale for a moment. "I never realized . . . I didn't think that bothered you, Phoebe."

Phoebe looked sad. "I didn't realize how much it did. He loves me and he has no problems telling me that... but..." She sighed. "Sometimes... I'd like to feel first hand what I pick up from you guys after you've been together. I get the gentleness and the expressions of love... and you get the teasing and the hot action against walls and such." She gave him a faint smile. "It'd be nice if we could both feel each side of it. I just... I didn't want to say anything because all of this has been hurting you as it is. I didn't want you to know part of why I've been sad lately. It didn't seem fair."

"I guess we didn't have all the snags worked out of this relationship yet after all," Anders said, wrapping an arm around her. "And . . . it'd be nice for you to get a chance at that, too. I get this feeling he's . . . afraid to be a certain way with you that he isn't with me, and the other way around too."

She leaned against him. "I wish we could get him to see that it's okay to be both ways with you and I, Anders. I'm not going to break if he looks at me or touches me like that... and you're not going to suddenly decide you want nothing to do with him if he admits his feelings."

"Well . . . since I seem to have ended up with two little siblings for the price of one," Anders said, kissing her on the cheek, "we should go talk to one or both of them later today, huh?"

Phoebe nodded. "The sooner the better."

"Hell," Anders said wryly, "if I'd realized, I might've grabbed you and made out with you up against a wall or something by now."

~~*ignores Post-It note*~~

"Well now you do," she said quietly. "And hopefully he will know soon, too."

~~Post-It note? What Post-It note?~~

"Hopefully." Anders rested his chin against her shoulder. "Want to see you happy again."

~~Exaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaactly.~~

She reached a hand up to hold him.

"I want you both to be happy, you know."

"I want us all to be happy," Anders answered. "Maybe this'll do the trick."

"I hope so."

"Guess I was wrong about us being together not hurting anyone," Anders said under his breath. "Never, ever meant for any of this to hurt you."

"Don't. Don't you even think like that, Anders. You guys haven't hurt me. Not at all, alright?"

"If you're sure . . ."

"Positive." Her voice was firm.

Anders wrapped his arms around her and just held her tight.

Phoebe hugged him back just as tight.

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