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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-05-06 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"You can simply accept a compliment." Gloria tells him. "Attractive doesn't mean weak."

She's heard this before where men try to act all tough when they are told they look nice. It didn't bother her but she was also going to remind him that it wasn't a bad thing. He needed to let his guard down a little and Gloria could only imagine what put those walls up to start with.

"For being a lesbian, too. Attraction to people of the same sex as you are is considered a disease still where I live." She tells the punk. It was an awful thing that existed in a lot of places unfortunately.

"It's better to check before it swells." Gloria knows he's going to resist but she's firm, if compassionate about making sure he's not injured in a way that needs more attention.
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-05-09 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
"I prefer women." She admits openly and then shakes her head. "It's also different when you're a woman. We have less sexual freedom than men in many ways that aren't always obvious but Judith and I are still friends. You might meet her sometime when we're in America for the tour."

Judith would probably get along well with Viktor and his crew. She had even more sass than Gloria. She turned her attention down to the man's ankle.

"You have some swelling." She pressed gently on the ankle to test the inflammation and pain response. "We should ice it and you should keep it propped up for a few days. It will keep it from getting stiff or painful."

She knew he needed to be on stage so whatever would aid the injury healing would be beneficial. "If you have any issues, let me know and I can wrap it for you and cushion it for the stage."
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-05-09 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do." Gloria sighed heavily and looked up at the punk. "I worried back home that if I got involved with a man he would make me stop my career. A lot of men do that to their wives when they get married. Weird is the first man I've been around that encourages me in my work instead of telling me to go back to being a nurse like the other women."

That was an honest answer from her, and one of the reasons that she agreed to date the bassist. He was sweet but also open about letting her choose her way. That was important, more important than his looks or even money in her opinion.

"Just ice it and prop it up at hip level or higher when you can. That will keep the swelling down." She got up to get some ice from the small fridge in the room to put in the cloth bag she had in her things so they could ice his ankle now. "If you don't rest it I'll have to call the Norwegian in to carry you for me."

She had noticed them looking at each other and though she wouldn't pry a friendly jest about it might get the punk talking or at least laughing while she took care of the ankle. "Why don't you pour us some drinks while I get ready to take care of your ankle?"
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-05-09 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's why I was with a woman for so long." She wasn't going to be told what to do an Judith was the same. They fell in love for so many reasons and they always would love each other even if it was more familial these days than romantic. "You're all descent people, even if some of you have an attitude like a bull in a ring."

She smiled at the punk as she began relaxing around him. The more they talked the more she could see how he was, who he was outside of the badass he pushed in public.

"Why not? Are you afraid I'm a better drinker and will make you look like a pussy?" She turned his own words back on Viktor as she brought the ice over. She took the glass and downed half before setting it on the bedside table to kneel down by Viktor's foot.

"In America, we have people called Greasers. They remind me a lot of you and I've spent most of my socializing with them. They don't like social norms either, ride motorcycles, all the leather, and have obnoxiously bad attitudes toward others." The last part has humor to it while she holds the ice on his ankle.
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-05-09 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think most of you have." She meant the bands. Almost all of them seemed sexually open to many types of people. It was a good group to be around because it felt freeing.

She patted Viktor's leg playfully while getting into her med kit. "The idea that a man and a woman can't be friends without someone trying to have sex is one of the stereotypes I've learned to hate. We should be able to talk and share a drink as friends. If Weird or anyone else says anything that is their lack of trust in who we are and nothing about what we are doing."

That was more honesty as she got out a needle. "I'm going to give you an injection to help prevent swelling. I can give you another one if you have problems before a performance."

She sympathized with the punk and his plight. "I'm sure you'll find someone when it's right. I waited so long that people thought I was going to be a spinster."

Her natural tendencies were to encourage the people around her and she smiles while drawing the medication for Viktor's ankle. "I think you already have someone in mind that you're interested in."

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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-05-18 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then we can share a drink ans not worry." Gloria had no issue being friends with Viktor, even knowing he just had a fight. Sometimes that was the only way things could be settled.

Drawing some of the anti-inflammatory she giggled. "The other punk. You two harass each other and I've seen how he looks at you."

She was as gentle as she could be giving the injection but it would probably hurt given the swelling. "You both check each other out all the time. I've seen you staring at him too when he's sitting by himself drinking."
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-05-19 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then pour us some drinks." She smiles at Viktor totally willing to do shots with him.

Gloria smirked and looked down to hide it when she saw that blush on the punk. Calling attention to it wasn't the answer but it was remarkably charming to see on someone who acted so impervious.

"I've seen you look him up like a guy does to a woman who has a perfect dress on." She's playful in tone, not overly serious but it was very obvious to Gloria.

Gloria blushed now because of what she was about to say. "I think you make him...ummm.... uncomfortable when he sits around watching you get boisterous and troublemaking."

There's no judgement to what he does, only what she's seen from the punk. "I think he finds you attractive in general, just how he looks at you."
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-05-25 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
She took a drink of vodka Viktor handed her and laughed quietly.

"You know what I mean." She teased. "You know how a man looks at a beautiful woman when she walks into the room where he can't look away? He just stares with a slack jaw and wide-eyed. You two do the same kind of thing when the other walks in the room."

His behavior only made her hold in laughter until her cheeks reddened while she knelt down to wrap his ankle.

"You could just say you like him." She can't hide the huge smile because she knew the talk from the men she ran with back home. "I can't blame you. He's got nice lips. I bet he's a good kisser."

It embarrassed her so much to say that but she was looking down at Viktor's ankle which made it easier to say. Viktor was always on someone else it only seemed fair to turn the tables, besides, she was curous if they were dating and just hiding it.
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-05-26 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"He's yours?" She asks curiously because as far as she has seen they haven't interacted much yet outside of longing eyes and some harsh words, near scuffles. "He checks out your backside a lot."

She laughs over the glass before taking a drink.

"Everyone can see you find each other attractive. Do you want where that leads with him?" That was the logical question after what he had said.
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-06-10 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"I meant your boyfriend." She wasn't about to dance around the subject like the punk was but she could understand, maybe, the reluctance on some level. After all she had hid her relationship with Judith the same way.

"It's good you've found someone like you that you're mutually attracted to." She is not impressed with the attitude and half crosses her arms while drinking from the glass. "You do know that no one thinks less of either of you for thinking the other is attractive? I think they're more cheering for you to get together."

Especially the trashier ones. She had heard parts of conversations that were dirtier than being together.
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-07-13 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
She smiled behind the glass she was sipping from while watching Viktor's amusement.

"You're both good looking men." Gloria said with all seriousness. "So many punk girls are going to be in tears." She had to tease him a little over this because it was very charming to see such a tough man talk about love. It always came from such strange context.
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-07-23 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure they will." She smirked and tried not to laugh. "I bet there will be some crying over you too."

She was beign complimentary but also teasing the punk as they drank together. She went over and sat on the bed next to him. Everyone who knew anything about the two would have agreed that they were meant for each other.

"It's complicated." Weren't all things though? "Ziggy and I have a mutual friend that mentioned his fear of hospitals and they introduced us. Ziggy invited me to join them on the tour and, the sneaky singer, set us up on a blind date."

He was right though that they had a similar temperament. It worked in the way Vars and Viktor worked. The personalities, wants and needs matched.

"Did you know you liked him when you met?" If they were going to drink and talk freely, that was a question she was curious about. While waiting she reached for the vodka bottle in his hand to refill her glass.
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[personal profile] drkenison 2021-07-25 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
She giggled at his stubborn attitude. "Good thing I'm more bullheaded than even you are."

It was said in good nature and a joke on her own life where she was always told her stubbornness was unlady-like.

"I didn't know what to expect really but I'm glad he did." Gloria doesn't mind explaining what is going on. "Well, Ziggy uses he but he likes to be called girlfriend or sister. I think it suits how he looks."

She had noticed that blended tendencies with several of the band and found it interesting and refreshing. Here, the rules of what was right for a man or a woman were blurred. That put Gloria at ease. She's really curious about the punks and their behavior.

"You value his strength most?" It's not that she wants to pry but openly curious. "I can understand that attraction."

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