EveryMomentADifferentSound



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    Martin understands that Jon's going through a hard time right now - and he's not bothered by the sight of Jon staking out his flat, really, though he's a little embarrassed on Jon's behalf. Still, it's getting cold and Martin hardly wants Jon freezing to death. Maybe if he offers Jon a cup of tea, that'll convince Jon to go on his merry way.

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    “Martin.” Jon stops. “You’re…trans, right?”

     

    Martin stiffens, all the blessed peace that the past few minutes have given him evaporating as his brain shoots off in two separate directions. First is—well, terror, obviously. You take a naturally anxious person and they end up trans, not exactly a recipe for a lot of restful nights, thanks. Jon’s never given any indication that he might be transphobic, never calling Martin by the wrong name even though he hadn’t been able to legally get it changed until six months after he started working at the Archives, and he didn’t so much as blink when he saw Sasha pass a tampon to Martin one time. But still. Martin and fear are old, old friends.

     

    The second direction is just mild incredulity at the tentativeness of the question. No, Jon, I’ve had a transgender pride flag on my desk for the past two years just because I liked the colours.


    Martin gets a call from Jon. Nothing about what follows goes anything like the way he expected.

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    I'm sure given your position you already know about the advent of the General Data Protection Regulation next year, wrote Peter Lukas, to Elias Bouchard. However, the Lukas family wishes to be crystal clear that our continued investment is contingent upon the Institute taking its responsibilities with regards to privacy and confidentiality seriously.

    The Magnus Institute hires a Data Protection Officer. He sets about diligently booking in meetings, writing policy documents, and training all the staff in the importance of confidentiality. Now if only he could get hold of the Head Archivist, who seems to have vanished again...

    (Jon is only trying to save the world, but apparently some people think he should still be doing his day job.)

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    If Jon gets the joke at all, his expression doesn’t show it — a combination of the lighting, the mask, and the way at which Jon often stares at him like he’s got lobsters crawling out of his ears — instead leaning back and crossing his arms over his chest. “How much longer do we have?”
    Martin looks at his wrist. He’s not wearing a watch. He usually doesn’t wear a watch, so he’s not sure why his first instinct is to look at his wrist, but none have manifested there when he checks, just to make sure. “Um,” he says helpfully. “Under seven minutes.” A medical examiner would refer to such as
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    Martin and Jon play a party game.

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