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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
No, this is fine. It's what you wanted.

[ that's enough for him. but he will stand up so that he can go actually out on the suit and let elysium get himself ready. ]

You never put your suit on for me so I need to see it.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't want to.

[ but he realistically knows he has to or else it'll be really awkward to do it. even if they work together, the chain is going to make it difficult to reach certain areas without straining themselves.

he just stares at the handcuffs like a petulant child. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's what he wanted, huh… ]

You'll get to see it all night! If you were that excited to be the first guy to, you could've said something earlier.

It'll be a bit since I'll have to iron it out. Got anything to pass time? Or, you could always take another quick power nap.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you the one acting up now?

[ they can have another terrible conversation about this, why not. he leans as uncomfortably close to thorns' face as he can without bumping their noses.

hi.
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he just hits him again.

thorns has not forgiven him for the nap incident. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thorns will never consider this uncomfortable because he thinks elysium should always be close to him. this is why there are handcuffs involved now.

he opens an eye. ]


I put this on you. I should get to decide when I take it off.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's never opening his heart again

under his breath:
]

Coffee's a crutch…
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ help. okay. they just have no boundaries whatsoever now this is fine.

he squints.
]

I told you not to pick up. [ wrong. he said he shouldn't pick up, but elysium has now learned from his mistakes. ] I should get to decide when you stop paying attention to me.

[ their fucked up exchange ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he hits him again.

and then goes to sit down. ]


... I'm just glad you're having fun.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ can you even have boundaries at this point? it feels like they are trying to intertwined themselves into each other as much as both physically and emotionally possible.

as always, they need help. ]


Next time say it more firmly.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this is abuse!!!!!

… it begs asking since thorns has:
]

Are you?

[ he made thorns eat so much rotisserie chicken, ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ if anyone tries to help them there's going to be a death. it's too late… the only way to fix this is going next and starting all over again from a clean slate. ]

… Okay. I love you too.

[ finally says it back… ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it was so much chicken. imagine every single meal for a week being costco chicken.

he seems to be thinking about that. ]


... yeah. I'm having fun.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thorns lets out a small sigh of relief when elysium says it back, like he was genuinely concerned there could be a difference response. ]

Good. What would I do if you didn't?

[ there was once a time where thorns would have just been fwb even after getting rejected. wow. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ they both are… well, it's hard not to when thorns has that glazed look on his face.

heheh
]

Excited to get groceries again next week?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he owes thorns more than just words. there's something else, too—a hand lifts to cup his cheek and he presses a kiss back in return. ]

What would you do? I'm not letting you fall out of love with me.

[ there was a time when elysium did not want thorns to choose him but unless he is is first and second and third up to tenth priority he might start to freak out a little

no big.
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Just get one chicken.

[ thorns will eve accept two? but they can't do this again.

there's a pause, and then he adds quietly. ]


But, really. It's been fun.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
If you're going to be working out with me, they're good macros…

[ not the gym bro talk.

also. this is starting to get embarrassing. stop that. he starts ironing his shirt more aggressively.
]

Yeah? Wanna keep going? You're not going to find anyone else with as complete a package as I come. How many countries did you save in your last life, huh?
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd never fall out of love with you.

[ a sentiment that thorns had said before, back when elysium very much hated the idea of thorns pining after him. but the feeling only becomes more and more intense. thorns never doubted his feelings, but he was once at least willing to not let their relationship become romantic.

he wonders how did he ever have the resolve for that, despite that also happening in this timeline. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ elysium...

it's a little funny, since if you put someone in a room with the two of them and they'd be so confused over how different they are from each other. thorns has had a few classmates who were always really surprised if they found out that he and elysium were roommates. ]


Well, you're right that I won't ever find someone else like you.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ consider how quickly he went from 0 to 80 to 200 on a scale where the cap is 100. how quickly they both shot to being unhinged, actually, like they knew deep down as they are they'd be better off without each other. funny how that works—but now that they're both this deep, there's nowhere to go but down.

he thinks about how thorns' hand had been around his neck, and his hand trails down to curl his fingers loosely around it. they talked about collars, but what they really have around one another are nooses, don't they?
]

All of me exists for you. Then, now, and in the future. If we never involved ourselves with Rhodes' business, we would've never had to deal with something so annoying…

[ risk looms. he hates it. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't word that more like praise?

[ he tosses a bobby pin a thorns' head. but once the shirt is done, he comes to a stand, disappearing into the bathroom. he emerges, suit and all. it's probably a lot more than two pieces and i am not about to look up proper terminology for menswear mobile.

he rests a hand on his hip and tilts his head—as if asking, happy?
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's so funny to be annoyed at having jobs when they would not be as close as they are if elysium never invited thorns to rhodes. but it just shows how something that was once important can get overshadowed by something else.

amiya does not deserve this....... ]


... We might have run into this eventually anyway.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-08-30 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ hmm. hmmmm.

thorns looks at him, and it is not the first time he has thought that elysium would really look nice in a wedding. ]


Thanks.

[ he is not sure what to say here. thanks. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-08-30 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he laughs. ]

I'm just getting started, buddy. You'll be a lot more thankful to have eyes in just a bit.

[ shut up.

proceeds to do his own makeup and style his hair. it's a little weird considering he's never done any of this in front of thorns before, but he doubts he'll be paying that much attention… it's boring.
]