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[knowthyexits]

Sarah is starting to think that she's going to do something very stupid soon.

She's supposed to be going to a music hall with Coulson and she's milling around an avenue filled with shops and peeking in the windows of clothing stores and wondering if she's supposed to be getting dressed up and if she does have to get dressed up, she needs to find something. Or? Or she could not show up.

That would be terrible though, and she's not perceiving any kind of threat that would make her bolt, so this is nerves talking and Coulson has made it clear that they're not going on any kind of date, so why the hell is she nervous, god damn it.

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[knowthyexits]

"In ways," Sarah agrees, even though it takes her a while to ground out the words. She likes Hank, even loves him as a friend, but he's so frustrating that he makes her wish she had more ammunition to spare. "More of the strange."

[motherfuckaa]

"That's when you're meant to say 'How do I think thee awesome? Let me count the ways'." That would have been a much more satisfying (for him) response than the infinitely enigmatic 'in ways' reply that Sarah had given.

But then some people did say that satisfaction was the death of desire, so on his toes Sarah should keep him.

"Although, personally, I don't think anyone could count that high. I don't even think a number exists for how awesome I am."

[knowthyexits]

"That's because it's a negative thing," Sarah informs him, aware that she pokes a little too much fun at him, but she can't help it. "You're ...okay," she finally decides. "That's what I'd say."

[motherfuckaa]

"I'll take it," Hank replied easily. If 'okay' was where you got to after a couple years of friendship, then it had to be pretty good by her standards.

"Might I suggest that you're a little more forthcoming with the compliments on your non-date? Y'know, if you want there to be a second non-date."

[knowthyexits]

"What, about you?" Sarah replies, curious. "I'm not going to be talking about you when I go out with Phil," she says, slightly oblivious to what Hank means.

[motherfuckaa]

"Yeah, about me," Hank drawled, giving Sarah a look like she was the one who had puffed a few too many spliffs earlier. "About him. Oh, you smell so nice," he continued, putting on a generically female voice, "you look soooo handsome. My, what big hands you have."

[knowthyexits]

"I will try to make sure I say one or two nice things about him over the course of the night," Sarah says, but she can't guarantee it. She can only do her best to try and if that falls apart, she's tried.