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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
I'm careful.

[ also if elysium has a random spot of white somewhere it would build character he thinks.

... the way this would be way more of a dramatic change than thorns just going brown. he is not thinking about it.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ thorns wants to give him white hairs from stress so bad

but the dye is a light brown… cute, maybe, but impossible to judge properly while it's still drying. they'll have to hold their verdict until later.
]

… I'll love you no matter how this turns out and whether you decide to shave your head bald. But if you mess mine up on purpose, I won't forgive you.

[ he says it so, so seriously, clutching the box to his chest after swiping it from thorns' hands. ]

You have to make sure to get my feathers…

[ shakes ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
Uh huh…

[ whatever!!! elysium has his audiobook for company; let him listen to the stormlight archives in peace even if he's too distracted by the disaster of a dinner replaying in his head. he wonders if this will make thorns spiral about their boundaries again… and if maybe he's not thinking hard enough about them himself?

either way, the car ride itself is hell, made slightly better by the emptier roads. what's much less peaceful is the group chat lighting up, everyone asking if thorns or elysium are angry, followed by apologies and claims that their hearts are in the right places. elysium… will do his best to ignore all of the vibrating… dissociates on the spot.
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ his poor feathers

thorns sobers up at the mention of them. he loves those feathers so much. ]


I wouldn't mess those up. They're mine.

[ they are his heart... ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh my god

thorns just picks up his phone and types out that they should leave elysium alone because he doesn't have any romantic feelings for thorns. the problem with this response is that he is not denying feelings for elysium, so the group chat that doesn't have him in it immediately starts going crazy.

to the one with him, they just say they understand and will be more mindful (to his face). ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's going to look so edgy by the time they're done he can join thorns' band.

but he realises thorns is not seeing the real concern here so maybe they can pretend there is no concern…? it really would be so much easier if he did them himself but thorns seemed so distraught about it. this is going to be a real test of love.

very reluctantly, he hands the box back over… thorns will have to pry it a little from his fingers.
]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ literally anyone with eyes can see how wrong thorns is this is so distressing. the way i spent like five minutes deliberating who to yoink for this but assigns rafayel as one of the +1s who now have a vested interest in how this turns out…

i have no idea how to play rafayel except that he's a nosy binch. he personally texts thorns, clearly ready to take a page out of elysium's playbook and annoy this man into reluctant friendship just to dig up the truth i guess.
]

People really are bored these days…

[ all the notifications. wowie.

meanwhile my head swivels to all the gossip in office au. the way i fell off of tagging it but still follow it like it's my morning paper…
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this is so funny

they struggle for a second over this box until thorns manages to yank it out of his hands. he is starting to get offended over this lack of trust. ]


I'm not going to sabotage your hair. I don't want you to be too embarrassed to walk outside with me.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he just sniffs and settles down with his knees drawn up to his chest.

the return of thorns' bbbb…
]

Mm…

[ the sound of a man who will believe it when he sees it ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ is anyone making out in it.

but thorns is just ??? why is someone texting him personally he didn't go to this wedding to make friends. hello. ]


They'll move onto something else eventually.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this is so completely pathetic.

thorns sits up again to squish elysium's cheeks.... ]


Baby.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ wrioha but they moved it to dana's musebox what a mood

also, is he just going to reject rafayel's friend request… or ignore it… that is not how you get annoying people to stop thorns has the biggest example of that right next to him.
]

I hope so… But I wouldn't be so sure about it, either.

[ then, he kind of just sighs, like oh well. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Bully.

[ he pinches thorns' cheek back. he's allowed to mourn his beautiful and todo natural tri-coloured hair, okay.

but also fear for the next half hour of his life.
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he is just ignoring it for now.

thorns glances over at him, not responding right away. eventually though, he will take the leap. ]


Sorry about all of that.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
If I mess up you can just shave my hair off.

[ he says this but like

elysium would end up suffering from that as well. he can't win from this. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh huh.

[ he will not tell thorns not to worry about it because clearly he already is. so, instead, he'll try to make it as small of a deal as possible. ]

Just know you owe me another favour.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's back to sniffling uncontrollably. ]

You could've at least picked something that'd make me feel better…

[ just put him out of his misery ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he wants to argue against this just from reflex, but he also is aware he is not really in the position for that. it's thorns' fault they were even there in the first place.

or in this situation to begin with. ]


... What kind?
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ help

he starts kissing his face, and then pats him consolingly as if he didn't cause this problem in the first place. ]


I'll take care of you.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Who knows? I want to have it hang over your head for a while. You can handle it.

[ when h*rny isn't a solution to all their problems they have to get creative. creative in this case being pvp nine times out of ten, but hey… it works. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a fist bunches up thorns' collar and drags him into a proper kiss. swerves from being depressed into anger.

truly the last 48 hours have been such a ride.
]

Don't forget what you've just said. I'll remember this.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh he is so annoying. thorns stares at that steering wheel like he truly is considering just changing the trajectory of their lives forever. ]

You really have problems.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-09-10 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ why is he acting like this is a life or death situation. in two threads, thorns is thinking elysium is annoying.

he steals a follow-up kiss immediately after. ]


Ready?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there is no forseeable future in either of these threads where elysium will stop being annoying

but he does feel the weight of thorns' stare on the wheel.
]

Don't even think about it. I'd like to save dying with someone for the love of my life, thanks.

[ the irony of this. the more they make jokes of this type, the more comfortable they'll get around each other again, right? ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-09-10 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he hangs his head before the guillotine. ]

Mm…

[ this edging is horrendous. ]