[ Eddie's expression melts — she can feel it happening, her stupid expressive face is such a burden and a curse — as he explains his reluctance to let her keep calling him papi. She even goes so far as to bite her bottom lip, just for a moment, just until she can get herself under control.
The laugh still bubbles up in her voice as she responds, though. ]
Tommy. I know that. [ She grins at him, her eyebrows quirking under her wet bangs. ] I may have failed high school Spanish multiple times in a row, but even I know that papi means daddy.
[ She'd been under the impression that it was slightly less charged in Spanish versus in English, just from pop culture osmosis, but it's not like it was a secret as to what the word meant. She stands by her initial joke, though. One look at Tommy Miller all wet and heroic and she knew she'd picked the right nickname for him. ]
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Date: 2025-05-23 10:08 pm (UTC)The laugh still bubbles up in her voice as she responds, though. ]
Tommy. I know that. [ She grins at him, her eyebrows quirking under her wet bangs. ] I may have failed high school Spanish multiple times in a row, but even I know that papi means daddy.
[ She'd been under the impression that it was slightly less charged in Spanish versus in English, just from pop culture osmosis, but it's not like it was a secret as to what the word meant. She stands by her initial joke, though. One look at Tommy Miller all wet and heroic and she knew she'd picked the right nickname for him. ]
But I really will stop if you don't like it.