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[Spreadsheet] Dating?

Summary:

Parker's not sure if any of them are actually dating. She makes a spreadsheet.

Notes:

To Mods: For the tags: Asexual Aromantic Character, Aroace Characters Figuring Out How Their Friendship/Relationship Work

To Windows_to_Nowhere: I was really inspired by your "playing with formatting & using that to bring us inside a character’s unique thought process" like, and I thought Parker in particular might have some interesting processes, so I hope you enjoy!

I've included it as an HTML table below, but it is also available in a spreadsheet interface here

(See the end of the work for other works inspired by this one.)

Work Text:

  Me + Hardison Me + Eliot Hardison + Eliot
Living Together Yes Yes Yes
Going on Dates Often - We have actual times we call "dates", and usually they involve food or movies or when I win our bets things like bungee jumping. Sometimes - We never call them dates but we do some of the same things that Hardison and I do. Less often - I think. But sometimes they go out to dinner or concerts or places that I don't want to go together.
Vent Practice Yes but he hates it Yes and he appreciates it No
Kissing Sometimes No Maybe??
Hugging Several times a day Maybe a few times a week Only when one of them's stressed

Sleeping Next to Each Other

Sometimes Less often Often
Taking Jobs Yes Yes Yes
Pretending(?) to Date for a Con Yes Yes Yes but Eliot grumbles about it for days
Make each other feel "fluttery" I still don't really know what this means, but Hardison's heartbeat speeds up when we touch sometimes. Mine has like five times but it doesn't usually. I don't think so? Not for me. Eliot's better at regulating his breathing and heartbeat though so maybe that's why. Maybe??
Share money (not counting the team money) No but we also don't worry about who pays for stuff when we're out No but we still buy things for each other sometimes I don't think so but they also make stupid bets with each other all the time
Spend time with / care about each other's families Archie likes Hardison and Nana and some of Hardison's siblings like me Archie likes Eliot though not quite as much. Eliot doesn't like to spend time with his dad, so we don't really know him. Nana loves Eliot and some of Hardison's siblings like him too.

Hey babe, we...are definitely dating? As long as you want to be???


Dammit Parker, that's not how dating....do you even want to be dating me? Look, if you have a problem with the way we do anything, tell me, or Hardison, okay? But otherwise? It's us. It's working. As long as it's working, it is what it is.

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