it's a beautiful day for a neighbor

[coopdetat]

It's been one hell of a Saturday, and it's not even noon yet.

He'd been woken up nearly at the crack of dawn by a petite pair of hands--quickly followed by a larger, stronger pair--in bed this morning and the past couple hours had consisted of the kind of vigorous activity Coop can't get out of playing basketball or going to the gym. He'd met the married couple, Sophie and Luka, during his time abroad in France nearly six years ago and when he'd decided to return to Siren Cove, he'd invited them to visit anytime. They'd accepted his offer and every third week in July, Coop takes a few days off from work--aside from emergency calls, of course--to spend some quality time with his friends.

He waves goodbye to them now with the promise of seeing them again next year as their cab pulls off the curb in front of his house. He waves until the car turns a corner and then he drops his arm to his side, rolling his neck and shoulders with a satisfied sigh and smile before offering a wave to a small group of people who pass. It takes him a moment to understand why he's getting stares as they walk by until he looks down and remembers he's not wearing much in the way of any actual clothing, save for the pair of itty bitty briefs that are really just a courtesy anyway.



He gives the group a salute, holding back a laugh at the way a couple of them trip over their own feet before they correct themselves in a hurry, and shifts his attention to the next person who approaches with a bright grin.

"Beautiful day, isn't it?"



[OOC: Be a neighbor, be coming over for a visit, or just be passing by!]

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[weatherornot]

"You do that and I'm telling our grandparents that you get ridden so much the town has nicknamed you Schwinn," she said, grinning as he took her into the house, kicking her heels a bit to make him speed up. Well, actually, just to annoy him some but whatever. He was always good-natured about it and gave almost as good as he got. "Besides, it's not true. I'm mostly using you for letting me stay here rent free."

Which was super generous and why she tried to help out where she could with cooking and cleaning and shopping and stuff like that. She stopped short of doing his laundry though because, well, there were just some fluids she wasn't going to clean up. Really though, she should try and find a job soon.

"And we are very awesome," she added, hopping down from his back once inside. "I am especially awesome because said clothes were ripped off in a fit of passion. This isn't even my shirt. I mean, it is now, but it wasn't a few nights ago. You had fun though?"

[coopdetat]

"Har, har, the bicycle jokes never get old," he tells her, sliding to a quick stop just to give her the jolt before speeding up again. Genevieve's a pain in his ass by virtue of the fact that she's family but if he's honest, he's been having a blast with her around the house. It's not like he has any shortage of friends or special evening companions over but there's something to be said about a consistent presence, even if she leaves her bras out in the worst places. Like the staircase. Or the hammock, the goddamn hammock that he'd been so ready to get busy in with a gorgeous woman he'd met at Watersong before she'd balked and bailed without even letting Coop explain.

He's still a little mad at her for that one, but it has happened since. Mostly because he's grown smarter about inspecting their shared spaces before letting anyone into them.

He makes a show of acting like his back's about to break once she's let go of him, bending over just slightly as he moans and groans before glancing up at her with an arched eyebrow and a crooked smirk. "Did I have fun?" He straights up, pretending to think hard before he continues. "Let's just say there's a part of me that really, really wishes I'd stayed in France."

[weatherornot]

"That's because, like you, bicycle jokes are easy," she said, smirking at him as she punched his shoulder for the injured back routine. Not her best work but the joke was too good to pass up. "I mean, really, I'm surprised all your conquests don't start wearing yellow jerseys around."

Okay, that one was way better. On that note she could set the table before she went to take a shower to help do her part to reduce the orgy smell. Then after breakfast she was going to clean every single surface with disinfectant. Twice.

"I'm glad you got to see them again though. Obviously they really wished you were back in France too if they come all the way out here for the Coop Special."

[coopdetat]

"That's actually not a bad idea, at least the ones who decided the whole casual thing wasn't for them. Would make it way easier for me to remember who's who."

He's mostly joking but there aren't any shortage of people in this town that he's slept with, a fact for which he makes no apologies because he's always upfront about his motivations--sex, just sex, all the sex--and there are some people who can handle it, some who can't, and some who think they can but really can't but totally pretend that they can so it just gets messy in the end. He doesn't love that last one but he runs into those more often than not.

"I mean, who wouldn't want the Coop Special? I'm a total catch, market price only." He reaches for a pair of jeans that had been discarded somewhere between the hallway and the staircase and hops along toward the kitchen as he tugs them on, glancing over his shoulder at his cousin before nodding toward the stairs. "Get your ass in the shower, I'll have your stupid pancakes ready by the time you get back down here."

[weatherornot]

"It's because you're a veterinarian. If you were a fry cook you'd seem like you have less long term potential. But instead you come off all cuddly and caring and perfect for settling down."

Genevieve didn't really have that kind of issue. No one really pegged her as long-term commitment material. Which was good because she absolutely wasn't. The odds of her being around long-term were pretty slim, which is why she tried to live as much as she could now.

"And I will go take a shower, thank you. I'm going to clean it first, just in case, so you have time to make them chocolate chip pancakes. And some of them shaped like dicks."

[coopdetat]

"I would argue that it's because of my irresistible charm and dashing good looks, but I guess the whole thing where I actually do love animals in a non-bullshitty way helps, too. It's the part where I come off as perfect for settling down that sucks ass."

It's really not that much of a problem, but he's had more parterns who'd thought they could change him, thought they could save the wild one, and it's not so much that he's afraid of committment; he's just not interested in being left another goddamn note.

"You disgust me. But okay, I'll do it."

[weatherornot]

"I know, meanwhile there are so many other guys out there looking to settle down that can't land the right person. Maybe it's because one-night-stand standards are different," she mused. It wasn't really something she ever thought or worried about. Must suck for Coop to have to worry about coming off that way.

"And whatever, you love the dick shaped ones too, we both know it!" she said, ducking into the bathroom to clean and then use the shower.