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[ he nips at thorns not in the cute kissy flirty way but annoyingly. ]

Are we going to have to wrestle a burdenbeast.
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[ he does not go blind… but he also does not want to say anything because it seems like thorns is neck deep it work.

he'll loiter around his door for another minute; if he doesn't say anything, he'll shower and get ready for bed, he supposes…
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-21 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Aren't you strong?

[ so

they may. but thorns is so very confident it won't come to that even though, again, he has no way of predicting what their future supply will be. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-21 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[



when elysium steps out of the shower, thorns is peeking out of his room. hi. ]
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[


help.

he rubs thorns' cheek like he's polishing a particularly shiny stone. this is… amore
]

But you're a lot stronger than me. Aren't you?

[ his bbbb larp ]
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[ gets jumpscared by this and almost dies.



just kidding. he just makes something of a strangled noise and covers his face with his towel in embarrassment.



lowers…
]

Was I too loud&hellip?
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-21 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
No... I wasn't asleep.

[ he had just been waiting at his desk, also overthinking it like elysium was. this is a nightmare. ]

How was work?
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-21 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I am.

[ please at least hesitate a little bit before agreeing to that. however he is distracted by the cheek rubbing. ]

Do I need to take care of it for you?
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[ living together is hell. this is skipping way too many steps? how can they slowly learn to increase each other's presence in their lives like this?

he shakes. does thorns still feel bad. is that why he's up. (thorns is usually up late anyway…)
]

Same old, same old. Just with more hours. Are you almost caught up with yours?

[ awkwardly starts toweling his hair more dry. it's already dry. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-21 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ if they ever get into a fight they have to awkwardly go back to the same apartment.

thorns looks back at his laptop. the screen has already gone dark because he has been away from it for so long, standing at the door. it's fine. ]


Yeah... I got a lot of assignments done. They gave me an extension for deadlines I missed because of your dean friend.
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[ adorable… the rubbing turns into pats. thorns his therapy urchin. ]

Not for me, but…

[ he kisses thorns' cheek. what does he mean, not for. ]

You're pretty sexy when you're in your element.

[ the element being wrestling oversized rats. okay ]
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She did that for you? Woah.

[ don't sound so shocked. this is why she hates him. but the toweling slows and he pads to the backpack he'd slung over a chair.

his hair is so messy from the unnecessary toweling… it's bad when he doesn't even realise it himself.
]

Actually… since you're up? I got some more freebies from work. C'mere.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-22 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ this is actually, objectively, an incredibly unsexy image, but thorns is not going to argue with him when he seems pleased. ]

Are you saying that just to flirt with me?

[ okay. maybe he is going to argue just a little. he does not appear to mind despite this though. ]
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[ he will dutifully follow after him. if they were more comfortable with each other, thorns would try to fix his hair for him and be very bad at it. since they are nowhere near that point, thorns allows him to be a mess. ]

What is it?
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[



he goes back to petting as that seemed to be more distracting. fucking help.
]

No… [ yes. ] Who wouldn't think your Destreza isn't attractive? Not that they're allowed to when they aren't me.

[ pat pat. ]
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[ he will scream into a pillow later when he realises he looked liked a wreck. but, anyway. they've known each other for years what is wrong with them.

give him another few seconds of rummagingz and voila! prints and fake polaroids! of both their shots together and of himself. he flares them out like one would a wad of cash.
]

Momentos! I figured you wouldn't care too much about getting the magazine. Whenever you need a pick-me-up, what better to look at than my face?
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-22 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ hmm...

he leans into the pats, like one would expect a cat or dog to. this is sickening. ]


No one but you is allowed to look at me.

[ at least this is said half jokingly because thorns is aware this is literally impossible to accomplish unless he gets cage routed. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-22 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ this is oddly cute.

he will reach over to take them so he can flip through the photos. does he stay on the ones with elysium longer? perhaps. ]


Did you steal these?
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[ his domesticated sea urchin… explodes into hearts.

the only right wrong thing to do is to encourage this behaviour with little scritches. why.
]

Yeah. If anyone's around you should just throw that thing that makes them pass out. That'll show them not to look where they shouldn't.
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[ why is thorns doing this here too? the aura emitting from elysium grows more insufferable for every second thorns' gaze lingers on a picture of him. die. ]

If you don't want them I can always take them back.

[ attempts to swipe them away. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-22 11:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh so NOW he's fine with drugging.

thorns nods his head as if this is a reasonable request. ]


They won't even know what hit them.

[ the temporary memory loss will be a side effect. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-22 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ he holds them away.

but they don't really have photos together, except ones from when they were much younger and before the friend breakup. so this is.... interesting, to look at. ]


You can't just take a gift back.
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[ okay. well. he's taller. so he's just going to go for it anyway, fingertips catching on the edge of one. he tries to yoink—no go.



there is the belated realisation that this puts them in a position where they are pressed incredibly close together and

he's just left staring. hi.
]
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[ drugging is fine when it involves his adversaries (everyone in the world save for their children). ]

What can't you do? Nothing. [ one last pat for the road to express how proud he is before he tugs thorns into his arms to get cozy. bed time. ] Sounds like we've got our plan of attack squared.

[ they really have not solved the issue of docybara's drug addiction but ok ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-22 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ hi...

what do you do in this situation? kick him? should he kick him? this is such a pulling pigtails response, but thorns brain is not working properly.

thorns stares at him. ]


I just almost kicked you.