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[ he makes a strangled noise, struggles to swallow, and then flops onto his back. ]
Don't make it sound like you care when you already got what you wanted. You're on the will… Happy?
[ the way they're also larping two entirely different scenarios in both threads. ]
Don't make it sound like you care when you already got what you wanted. You're on the will… Happy?
[ the way they're also larping two entirely different scenarios in both threads. ]
[ their home is a tent and their bath a stream… truly they are living the high life. ]
You've been saying that a lot. Isn't it? We should've done this ages ago
[ if thorns had taken his first offer to run away together, they could've been so much more prepared… but then again, unless they'd literally burned all their bridges, they'd always be connected to their past somehow in occasionally being called back to missions and thorns' former crew with their constant attempts to poach him back. they really just left them with a prototype of a compass.
like this, there isn't going back. so, maybe it had worked out for the best. this is perfectly healthy thinking. ]
You've been saying that a lot. Isn't it? We should've done this ages ago
[ if thorns had taken his first offer to run away together, they could've been so much more prepared… but then again, unless they'd literally burned all their bridges, they'd always be connected to their past somehow in occasionally being called back to missions and thorns' former crew with their constant attempts to poach him back. they really just left them with a prototype of a compass.
like this, there isn't going back. so, maybe it had worked out for the best. this is perfectly healthy thinking. ]
[ he isn't sure what other word to use, because it is nice. he knows that they technically can't consider themselves in the clear until they're both further away and more time has passed, but this is the first time in who knows how long that neither of them have had any actual responsibilities other than taking care of themselves.
is that actually a good thing? maybe, maybe not. but he isn't going to consider morality at the moment. ]
How long have you wanted to?
is that actually a good thing? maybe, maybe not. but he isn't going to consider morality at the moment. ]
How long have you wanted to?
[ in the previous timeline thorns had gone through, he was so sure that elysium was going to change his mind about joining his crew. until he had physically handed in his resignation papers, thorns was waiting for him to say that he couldn't actually just suddenly leave rhodes like that.
he wonders how he didn't realize sooner. then again, elysium didn't want him to. ]
Were you expecting me to go with them?
he wonders how he didn't realize sooner. then again, elysium didn't want him to. ]
Were you expecting me to go with them?
[ everyone has their part to play. elysium isn't expendable, but neither is he irreplaceable the way amiya or the doctor are to rhodes' very identity. their presence defines the organisation; he's always known his journey with rhodes would end one way or another, and when its history is written, his name won't be there and that's how it's meant to be. ]
I gave you that backpack and you're still asking?
[ he draws the last of the fish from the fire, planting their skewers into the earth in front of them. ]
… Funny thing is, it didn't feel all that bad to be wrong.
I gave you that backpack and you're still asking?
[ he draws the last of the fish from the fire, planting their skewers into the earth in front of them. ]
… Funny thing is, it didn't feel all that bad to be wrong.
[ elysium saying this now when at the time he was panicking over how everything was now ruined and he had to get thorns back to sea.
it's strange, since he technically wasn't wrong. the only reason thorns didn't stay with the pirates is because he didn't think doing so would keep elysium alive. ]
Mm? Is that so?
it's strange, since he technically wasn't wrong. the only reason thorns didn't stay with the pirates is because he didn't think doing so would keep elysium alive. ]
Mm? Is that so?
Yeah. What's more to want than this?
[ it's his turn to kiss all of thorns—pressing soft kisses to his forehead, then trailing down to his eyelid, his cheek, and finally his mouth. ]
The answer is nothing.
[ which is rather chilling if you think about it for more than two seconds, but this is their life now. ]
[ it's his turn to kiss all of thorns—pressing soft kisses to his forehead, then trailing down to his eyelid, his cheek, and finally his mouth. ]
The answer is nothing.
[ which is rather chilling if you think about it for more than two seconds, but this is their life now. ]
[ elysium like i need to quit you so bad but i can't. this is just the housewife problem painted a different shade.
thorns your plan to give him space… who knew establishing boundaries after you haven't had them for years upon years was so hard? ]
You're the one who just left.
[ thorns could've resurrected him any time okay ]
thorns your plan to give him space… who knew establishing boundaries after you haven't had them for years upon years was so hard? ]
You're the one who just left.
[ thorns could've resurrected him any time okay ]
[ usually when people say that they don't mean it literally, so it wouldn't even be weird for someone to overhear. however, sometimes you do mean it.
thorns just wraps his arms around him and nuzzles against his cheek. ]
You would have made a hot pirate.
thorns just wraps his arms around him and nuzzles against his cheek. ]
You would have made a hot pirate.
[ thorns is like, maybe he should establish boundaries when they're back home? surely the problem is being on vacation together and not the fact that he has gotten used to constantly being around elysium again in a short span of time. ]
I wanted you to get your rest.
[ elysium can't complain when he let thorns sleep on the car ride. ]
I wanted you to get your rest.
[ elysium can't complain when he let thorns sleep on the car ride. ]
[ it's too bad elysium doesn't share the same frame of reference thorns does. and, even if he did, it isn't hard to imagine that with all the baggage he carries now, between his impatience and his craving for instant gratification, it wouldn't be surprising if he didn't take to the route half as well.
but what-ifs are only what-ifs: the present is all they have, and this is their current reality. ]
What else am I allowed to be good at besides being hot? Warming your bed?
[ alright ]
but what-ifs are only what-ifs: the present is all they have, and this is their current reality. ]
What else am I allowed to be good at besides being hot? Warming your bed?
[ alright ]
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