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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ okay but what the said is still not wrong ]

Better one of us performs at his peak than the both of us hobbling along.

[ they presumably get to where they need to be, and elysium just takes a seat on the floor, patting his lap. ]

Here. Your pillow.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ when elysium's sober he's going to war with himself on what to do with these dumb photos. will he burn them or carefully pretend all but one or two got lost somewhere? stay tuned.

elysium being elysium, there's a yelp when he's abandoned. he will desperately try to clean up after them and putting things back to their rightful place, but he really doesn't have the coordination or memory to future out what goes where?

he exits… it's at least a slightly more ordered mess than it was before…

thinks about how they probably missed the bouquet and garter toss by side questing outside. sad. they are never getting married in any of these timelines it seems…
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he does not agree with this...

but he will accept his pillow anyway, because he can admit taking turns sleeping is a good idea. his complaint is that he doesn't trust elysium to wake him up. ]


Don't let me sleep for too long.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ stop. they can still get married in the other one.

thorns has wandered back to the bar because he has abandoned being responsible. one of the bride's friends is chatting with him.

or, more accurately, chatting at him. thorns just responds by making noises and nodding as he sips his drink. he has only been away from elysium for a few minutes at most. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he pokes thorns' nose. as much as he'd like to remain stubborn about this, they share the same sentiment. ]

You have to define 'too long'. If I had my way, I'd want you to get seven hours.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ we've invested ?k comments into the other thread and they've never been further from their beach wedding don't lie to me

elysium is back at their table… alcohol has finally conquered everyone else, it seems. but they're currently playing a very interesting game which involves mixing every drink they can get their hands on like they're at a frat party, and elysium's just says that's easy and proceeds to down an entire glass.

his face promptly drops onto the table. goodnight.
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
That's too long. Wake me up in two hours.

[ he knows elysium will make him go over two hours, but thorns can live with that as long as it's not too much over.

he turns so that he can bury his face against elysium. ]


I love you.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ fucking help.

thorns returns to the table just to see elysium dead. ]


Do I need to carry him like this...?

[ imagine if they believed they could just drive back home after this. thank god they got the room. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ they can compromise on three.

but he bends down close enough to kiss thorns' cheek.
]

I love you, too. Here's to our new beginning.

[ new beginning which is just them obsessed with each other. okay ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the dead cannot walk, so. yes. everyone at the table is just looking amongst themselves as they'd only had a shot of the concoction at most and that was already horrendous.

the dead also cannot answer so it is up to thorns to make the executive decision. elysium continues to snooze…
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ their new beginning where they finally managed to cut every other person out of their lives and abandoned all of their responsibilities that were still keeping them grounded to reality. it's fine.

but thorns will eventually fall asleep, holding onto elysium like he is making sure he can't move.


they are so healthy. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he will let him snooze for a bit.

but some people are now starting to leave after a while, so thorns decides that gives them permission to also go. his cousins and others around their age asks if they want to do anything, but thorns just shakes his head... elysium is still dead...

he struggles a bit to get him onto his back because he is not as fit as he is in canon, but he does manage it. piggyback ride back to their hotel. this is so precarious because thorns is also very drunk. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's about to get even more precarious because elysium rouses in the middle of this journey giggling to himself. what's so funny? everything is. they are. it is such an odd, giddy feeling to be carried like this when typically it's the other way around solely due to height. the world sways with thorns' stride, cold air biting at his exposed skin, making reality feel even further away. ]

Am I dreaming…?

[ his voice is muffled as he stares, dazed, at thorns' profile. something warm wells up in his chest, and before he can think better of it, he leans forward, pressing his mouth to the nape of thorns' neck to suck at skin. ]

Heheh… I gotta be…
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ they are very much still grounded to reality, what do you mean!! the moment things quieted down, they started thinking about how to fund their lifestyle, running numbers in their head, and figuring out how to make this all work.

unfortunately for them, elysium finds it both unbearably cute and reassuring that even subconsciously, thorns clings to him. he mutters something gently about never going anywhere, threading his fingers through thorns' hair to soothe him further. this is so, so healthy.

three hours elapse. he leans in again to blow into thorns' ear.
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ by some miracle, thorns does not drop elysium, but be comes very close to.

he just keeps walking, assuming that elysium is just being annoying and trying to bite him like he was biting him earlier. ]


Uh huh.

[ it's kind of cute... ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sooo grounded.

it takes a few seconds, but thorns does wake up. the problem is, he wakes up with a very sudden start and sits up



he just knocks right into elysium. ouch. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ wow… this just convinces him that this really is a dream because there's no way thorns would be this nice to him? he laughs to himself some more, throwing his arms across thorns' front to just

smush his entire face into him, rubbing his cheek affectionately below his shoulder blade.
]

Where're we going?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[




this is how he accidentally bites his tongue and inflicts further damage onto himself. ow. to his credit he just hisses quietly and cups a hand to his jaw… not the brightest idea to wake someone up when they're in the middle of a potentially precarious situation, but thorns' face was so cute… it was worth them almost dying…
]

Morning…

[ he now has the slightest lisp. help ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this can still be platonic.

the moving around does make it a little harder to remain steady, but thorns continues forward. he has to readjust his hold on elysium a few times along the way. ]


Our room.

[ which can sound romantic out of context but no. just their hotel. ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ noooo his baby

thorns immediately just starts to press kisses to the side of elysium's face to repent. ]


Sorry...

[ tries to heal elysium with love... ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that sounds about right. his heart flutters, and he goes slack, seemingly having dozed off again on thorns' back.

their room… where they will do activities… no, he'd just gained awareness after thorns had to shift him around so much and is trying to behave while also shyly thinking about this exact fact.

romantic!!!!!!!!!!
]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you okay?

[ also rubs thorns' head with love. his chin. it's pointy… ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ohhhh they are so stupid.

they eventually make it back to their room, and it takes some fumbling for thorns to get the key out of his pocket to open the door. once inside, he just slowly makes it over to one of the beds and tries to gently deposit elysium onto it.

... ]


We're here.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-04 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[




he's too embarrassed to say anything even drunk out of his mind so he just continues to cling onto thorns. read his mind.
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-04 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[ he rubs at the spot he was hit, but he's had worse injuries. ]

Anything happen?