[How Many Misunderstandings Can Happen In One Room: The Thread
Dell wished he could read the expression on that face plate. But he could feel what was on his fingers and he could definitely hear those vents going. Then he finally says something, and the mercenary almost relaxes. Almost, because -
[Engie's eyes nearly bug out of his head. There's a long, stupid silence. Of staring. At the penis.
Then, all of a sudden, he just busts out laughing.
It's a wheezy, all-tension-released at once kind of guffaw, not laughing at Zenyatta himself, but just this stupid, STUPID situation. For all the high-pitched nerves tinged at the end of his laughter, it feels good to laugh, and he bows down with his head in the back of his hand.]
Jesus CHRIST.
[Give him a minute. The last of his laughing sputters in wheezy, high-pitched sounds, and he takes a minute to collect himself. Finally, he lifts his head up, unable to hide the stupid grin on his face as he wipes a tear.]
Okay, okay. We...
[Believe it or not, he feels a little better. Still... awkward, but he can actually goddamn address this.]
Look, you want some help with that?
[He brings a hand up and makes the world's most subtle jerk-off motion.]
QUICK TAGBACK because I had this in my head
Dell wished he could read the expression on that face plate. But he could feel what was on his fingers and he could definitely hear those vents going. Then he finally says something, and the mercenary almost relaxes. Almost, because -
That's a penis.]
Oh.
[Engie's eyes nearly bug out of his head. There's a long, stupid silence. Of staring. At the penis.
Then, all of a sudden, he just busts out laughing.
It's a wheezy, all-tension-released at once kind of guffaw, not laughing at Zenyatta himself, but just this stupid, STUPID situation. For all the high-pitched nerves tinged at the end of his laughter, it feels good to laugh, and he bows down with his head in the back of his hand.]
Jesus CHRIST.
[Give him a minute. The last of his laughing sputters in wheezy, high-pitched sounds, and he takes a minute to collect himself. Finally, he lifts his head up, unable to hide the stupid grin on his face as he wipes a tear.]
Okay, okay. We...
[Believe it or not, he feels a little better. Still... awkward, but he can actually goddamn address this.]
Look, you want some help with that?
[He brings a hand up and makes the world's most subtle jerk-off motion.]