recollé ic inbox 3.0;

[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER

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

VOICE | TEXT | VIDEO | ACTION

GO HERE FOR NEW THREADS!!!!!!! This one loads slow for me.

Comments

[parodeity]

[ 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. ]

[windeity]

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

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

[parodeity]

Then let's go pretend to sleep.

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

[windeity]

[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...]

[parodeity]

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. ]

[windeity]

[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.

[parodeity]

[ 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.

[windeity]

[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.

[parodeity]

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

[windeity]

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

[parodeity]

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

[windeity]

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.]

[parodeity]

...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. ]

[windeity]

[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.

[parodeity]

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. ]

[windeity]

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.

[parodeity]

[ ...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. ]

[windeity]

[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.]

[parodeity]

...Like the genuine answer or the first thing that came to mind which I then immediately said?

[ beCAUSE THOSE SURE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

and dave doesn't move away, at least, but shifts to let his head rest on john's arm so there's that. ]

[windeity]

[....okay uh. First of all he's just going to let Dave make himself comfortable before also throwing a blanket over them but also he's just sort of eyeballing him carefully.]

...originally it was just the first thing but now you sort of committed to having to tell me both. So. Both?

[parodeity]

[ DID JOHN OR DID HE NOT LEAVE ROOM FOR THIS also what does he smell like i guess. ]

The words "essence d'egbert" and "nerd musk" were used.

[windeity]

[...yeah, he just starts laughing. Like straight-up giggling almost because--]

Nerd musk? Thanks a lot, jerk. [It's fine, John himself probably smells like fresh laundry, sandalwood and slightly like vanilla? So okay, whatever. It's probably pleasant basically.] Did she actually buy that?

[...] And did you say grimbark?

[parodeity]

I did not.

[ and he shifts, moving back closer to the wall, shrugging. ]

- And she accepted it for exactly what it was, really? [ a lie told in irritation that he had to tell a lie about it at all and that jade was, like, evil then or whatever. ] Maybe Rose would have had a different answer, or at least a fancier one. She's usually better at that kind of thing.

[windeity]

Okay. [He'll just leave it alone.] I am not sure I want your sister lying about my scent either so I will pass on that. Sometimes I want to believe that the shit we learn about our other lives is fake but I know better. Which is horrifying.

[He falls silent for a bit as he watches the movie.] ...thanks, by the way.

[parodeity]

For what?

[ completely baffled as he tries to figure out wtf he's done recently to earn a thanks. ]