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outerfringe ([personal profile] outerfringe) wrote2022-08-13 03:13 am

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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ he raises an eyebrow at jeff, half-smiling but it's confused by him laughing more than anything. ]

What?
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe if we had a good dog we wouldn't be. [ he smiles, looking again at the little dirt drawing ] Closest we've got is, uh...

[ hm ]

Ace.

[ you know 'cause he's always just turning up with random shit he dug up ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ he huffs a small laugh ]

Like he'd give a shit. I've definitely called him worse.
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ he tilts his head as he tries to think if he's called jeff anything before, eyes narrowed for a moment or two and then he shakes his head ]

Probably just 'big quiet bastard' or 'big loud bastard' depending.
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ he shoves jeff's shoulder with a grin ]

Shut the fuck up.
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ david laughs — honestly he's drunk enough it almost comes out as a giggle but if jeff says a thing about it he's getting thrown in the fire — and gives jeff's shoulder a squeeze ]

There's just two sides to you or whatever.

[ hm ]

You contain multitudes.

[ nailed it ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ david's hand lingers a little, but even drunk he's aware that it's a bit long for just a manly shoulder pat and the way he pulls his hand away is maybe a little abrupt ]

Two's a lot considering some of the wankers around here.

[ to say nothing about potential dogs ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
You stand out against a lot.

[ ... well. that was a weird thing to say. ]

[ moving swiftly on. he clears his throat and gestures to the little face jeff's drawing ]


S'at supposed to be me?
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
You're a good person. Few and far between where I'm from.

[ he tilts his head, watching jeff add to the dirt drawing ]

I know plenty of the others are, y'know, good too but you're not... [ he trails off a bit, looking for the words, frowning in concentration ] You're not annoying about it.
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ david huffs a small, amused noise, about to say something suitably sarcastic when he turns his head to look at jeff and-- ]

[ oh ]

[ he's very close all of a sudden. ]

[ like he said, self-control's never exactly been his strong suit and honestly at this point the small reserve of it he has has been ground to a paste. his gaze flicks down to jeff's lips and that's about all the warning jeff gets before david's leaning in quick and rough to kiss him. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ jeff pulls back and david's instant response to that is to panic. full on wide-eyed, pulse in his ears panic that drowns out anything jeff could possibly say in the moment. ]

Sorry, I'm not-- I don't--

[ he stumbles over his words like someone sent a bunch of obstacles sprawling in front of him mid-sprint and eventually settles on: ] Yeah.

[ he... has no idea what he's saying yeah to. ]
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[personal profile] hardlydead 2022-08-18 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's a fight honestly, between the part of him that feels like he owes jeff the decency of some kind of honesty and the part of him that just wants to put that wall right back up where it was and laugh it off. funny joke, right. ]

[ he looks down at his hands, at jeff's little dirt cartoons, and shakes his head. ]


That's not it.

[ not to say he's not lonely because he is, but that's been an affliction since long before the fog. ]

I shouldn't have-- I'm sorry.

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