Chapter: Chapter 2: Good Morning
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Transcript:
Panel 1 (Alex opening the front door)
Alex: Hello?
Panel 2: (Aidan and Adrian pushing past Alex as they run out the door, shirtless)
Alex: Wah! Naked boys!
Panel 3 (A man, Jonathan, looking over at Alex)
Jonathan: Hey! Don’t go out- oh, hey.
Panel 4 (Alex lookin’ good in the athletic wear)
Jonathan: Wow. Hell-o.
Panel 5 (Jonathan, flirtatious)
Jonathan: You must be Alex. Ginny’s in the…
Panel 6 (Alex, cross)
Jonathan: Uh… the…
Panel 7 (Jonathan calling over his shoulder)
Jonathan: Ginny! Your friend is here!
Panel 8 (Wide shot of the Dawsons’ living room, dining room, and a bit of kitchen)
Imogen: I’m in the kitchen!
Ugh he fits the key aesthetic of my favourite men… but he already grossed me out the first time I see him.
Okay I love this. The mom shade was bang on, as are the parent-kid interactions, and I’m intrigues by Alex’s backstory with her grieving for her parents and her miserable ex. Well done!
XD Alex wasn’t posin for you Jonny boy. She got eyes on a different prize.
Someone needs to grab those boys before they scandalize the neighborhood.
Doing a proper re-read, and *dang* it’s telling that our first meeting with Jon has him not only hitting on Alex, but using a “pet name” that Imogen doesn’t like. This dude is just Grade A slime from the start, and I didn’t even notice. That’s good writing, for you! 😊