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[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER

consider this your warning about stairs. itll just keep happening bro. im telling you man

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If I knew that someone was going to draw a damn sword on me, I would have drawn my hammer. [There's a frown because he doesn't like the implications, but he doesn't argue either.] I can protect myself fine. I promise.

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Just...what if somethin' happened that made me attack you in earnest, dude? You can't hesitate. Things go strange here every month.

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I can defend without attacking, Dave. And that's what I will do if I need to.

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Just...

[ ... ]

Just, don't let me hurt you if it ever comes up.

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Has that happened before?

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Not to me.

[ a shrug. ]

But this is all about "fear" and messin' with our heads. It's...not improbable that people will go off in the wrong way.

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You raise a good point. I've been having an easier time working with my sylladex and strife deck to get Wrinklefucker immediately but everyone is different.

[But whatever. He's finally getting up and approaching, standing over Dave for a minute before extending a hand.] Come back to the room?

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[ he reaches up to take the hand but his hand ends up hovering just above john’s. ]

Next time you’ll draw? [ there is no part of him that wants to believe in next time or worse but every part of him is a cynic so he can’t drop it. ]

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[...a frown, but he nods.]

Next time I'll draw. I promise. Faster than you can blink.

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Then let's go pretend to sleep.

[ he will stop doing the hover thing and let john haul him to his feet? ]

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[He'll take Dave's hand and pull him to his feet and he doesn't quite let go when they're both standing.]

Okay. Your bed or mine? [Since this seems to be a pattern...]

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Oh. Uh. Whichever you want?

[ he's never going to be not startled by that kind of question or by someone offering him something he wants, but he won't argue the point at least? mostly?

clearly if it is a thing john wants it's ok to accept the affection. ]

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[SIGH. He just starts pulling him toward the door on the roof, scooping up his socks on the way.]

Mine then. I have a better view of my TV from there, we'll put something on and pretend to try to sleep until we have to get up for class and stuff tomorrow.

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[ look at least dave just follows along easy as anything instead of arguing more? ]

Whatever you wanna watch is fine, I don't really care. [ genuinely true? ] Maybe something without much of a plot.

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[Then he'll just lead him by the hand back to their room.]

I think I have a few like that. Comedies and stuff. It'll be fine.

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If you put on something Dane Cook I will sleep in the hall.

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Jack Black? Ashton Kutcher? Seth Rogen? [Anything to get a reaction.]

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If you put those on, you sleep in the hall.

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Would you really kick a guy out of his own bed? Harsh, Dave. [And into the dorm they go and he only lets go of Dave's hand to start rifling through his movie collection.]

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...I almost think you’d let me. [ and he will. head over to get onto john’s bed after losing his shoes, settling in next to the wall. ]

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[There's no response because yes, actually, he probably would if it would mean letting Dave be comfortable. As it is he's taking time and putting The Princess Bride into the DVD player before heading back to his bed and flopping down on the mattress. He's giving Dave space if that's what he wants and letting him stick to the wall, but he's also loosely draping an arm over his head in case he feels like curling up. Options. Why the fuck not.]

Who knows.

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I can't remember you ever seriously sayin' no to me. [ now that he's thinking about it. ] Or if you did, you changed your mind.

[ THANKFULLY

STUPID JOHN EGBERT AND HIS STUPID ROCKETPACK ]

Leavin' me behind and ghosting aside.

[ which dave immediately lied about to jade's face anyway so. dave can read body language but he can't decide what john wants so he stays still, sitting up against the headboard with an arm looped around one knee pressed to his chest. ]

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Doesn't surprise me at all. [Okay, what does that mean, John? He doesn't elaborate and he winces a little because...] I never meant to actually ghost. I think you and I just had a lot of times we had to split up whether we wanted to or not.

[Dave's sitting up and the beginning of the movie plays, but John stares at the screen with half-lidded eyes.] Sitting up isn't the same as pretending to try to sleep, you know.

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[ ...he laughs at some part of that. ]

I'm not actually mad at you turnin' into the breeze. I mean, you had a legitimate reason, even if it meant I had to lie about why the fuck my room smelled like you to the grimbark version of your sister, thanks. God my life is weird.

[ he'll allow himself to slide down to lay down, sure, crossing his arms over his chest. ]

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[He just lets his arm sort of curve over Dave's shoulders, still mostly watching the movie but registering all of that anyway.]

...what do I even smell like anyway? [Yes, that is the question he's going with first.]