Epoch "EJ" Johnson - Coming from his bedchamber - Getting ready for work<br/><br/>EJ strolled across the open room with a book under his arm and sat down at the table by the fireplace.  It was always his custom to begin with a little solitude.  It helped him clear his head and re-group to prepare for the shift ahead.  It also gave him time to reflect on his time spent at the Pleasure Dome.<br/><br/>Tonight for some reason he sat thinking of his first night at the Dome and how grateful he was that Lee Chang took him in.  He often wonders what would have happened if he didn't step in to save his redheaded crush.  Actually, if it wasn't for her, he wouldn't be here.  He's kept his distance from her out of respect for Lee Chang.  In the past that would have been an open invitation for flirting and living on the edge of danger.  But out here, on the edge of nowhere, each friend is a valuable commodity.  You don't bite the hand that feeds you, especially if that hand can turn around and feed you to someone or something else.  Things and people have a tendency to disappear out here.<br/><br/>He's always happy when she comes to the bar to talk when she isn't busy with the guests, to the point that he gets an instant hard-on at the smell of jasmine.  Sometimes he even smells it when she's not around.  She's gotten him out of a couple of close calls too.  As much as he wants to maintain the relationship as it is he can't help but wonder what it would be like if things were different.  For now it's innocent (and sometimes not so innocent) flirting.  He likes his job and he likes staying on Lee Chang's good side.<br/><br/>Taking a deep breath, he sits, quietly, staring at the dancing flames in the fireplace, his hand lying on the closed book.