On a need to know basis (Leon/closed)

[Stevie-Rae]

Stevie tried to walk calmly, but she was nervous and excited. She even stepped around kids instead of pushing through them. It was still half an hour till the first class started. She knew Leon had to be in his classroom. Getting ready or something. Finally making it to the room, she stopped in front of it, took a deep steadying breath, and opened the door.

“I’d like a word, Leon.”

She wasn’t his student today. Not in that moment, at the very least. Stevie made her way to his desk and stood beside it so nothing was between her and Leon.

[Leon]

Leon was in his classroom ready to instruct the finer lessons of qi flow and interruptions that could halt the build ups of energy and how it translates into the newer technology.

Then Stevie strolls in like she owns a small cottage somewhere in the classroom that she was being allowed to keep her home under very strict circumstances.

"What seems to be the issue?"

[Stevie-Rae]

Stevie takes another deep breath.

“I’m not coming to you as a student right now.”

She swallowed. Why was she so nervous right now. The worst he could say.... well she didn’t want to think about it.

[Leon]

Leon would pause for a second and turn to give Stevie his attention since she wanted to beat around the bush about something she wanted to talk about on some personal level.

"Alright then. Stevie... What's up?"

[Stevie-Rae]

Stevie played with her hands.

“I just-“ she paused again. “How do you feel about me?”

There it was. She said it.

[Leon]

Leon stared, and then a creepy grin crossed his face with some drool and his hands began groping air where boobs should be.

[Stevie-Rae]

This made her a bit uncomfortable. As well as annoyed.

“Leon. Please. I need to know. I don’t want to keep waiting for something that might not be a thing.”

Her chest felt tight. Like someone was pushing down on it.

[Leon]

Leon would stop, taking a deep breath. He put his hands on his hips and shifted his weight from one foot to the other, jutting out his hip a bit.

"Look, Stevie... Unless I'm killed in battle, I will live forever, stuck in the form of my twenty six year old self... I'm fourty nine technically, but I could be five thousand years old and would still be here."

He would fold his arms.

"I am not going to set myself up for that kind of emotional attachment. We love you grow old, you die. I break. I've watched... So many of my friends die. Shot, blown up, hung, burned alive... I now have to watch the few friends and family I have left die as well... I can not provide what you seek."

[Stevie-Rae]

“You age good.”

Stevie atempted a jest. Her toes tingles. She was terrified.

“I didn’t ask to be with you forever.”

[Leon]

Leon would give a half smile at the aging joke.

"If it's a mentor, sex, or a buddy I can do that. I don't do relationships."

[Stevie-Rae]

Stevie deflated. So he wouldn’t...

“You didn’t answer my question though.”

Even if she couldn’t, she still would like to know.

[Leon]

"Would knowing that make it easier?"

He asked waiting to see if she would rationalize or want to know.

[Stevie-Rae]

Stevie straightened her face. Eyes narrowed at Leon.

“I need to know. So, yes. It would make it easier.”

It would also help her decide somethings for herself.

[Leon]

"Very well."

Leon would sigh.

"You are beautiful, powerful, strong willed, and dangerous. I find you compelling, interesting, and attractive."

[Stevie-Rae]

Stevie couldn’t help the smile that crosses her face. After a moment it turned slightly sad.

“But you aren’t willing to do anything about it.”

It was just stating a fact.