futilecycle: (Sing it with me if just for today:)
Dr. S. Klim ([personal profile] futilecycle) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol 2014-09-17 02:27 am (UTC)

He should have expected the question, but having forgotten the structure of a typical check-up, it completely blindsides him. In spite of his near 70 years of wisdom, the cyborg begins to blush and fidget awkwardly, clearly uncomfortable. Were he 45 years younger, it would be an easy question. He clears his throat.

"Ah... That is a vague question, isn't it? I mean, if one's partner has been gone for some time, one wouldn't be sexually active, in a manner of speaking..." He's being evasive, not wanting to admit he had been with a woman barely older than his son. All of Panem had seen them together, and it was no secret they were dating, but... Sigma hated being able to travel through time more than he could put to words. He wished they could be an ordinary couple with matching ages and a future ahead of them.

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