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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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[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.]

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...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. ]

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[....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?

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[ 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.

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[...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?

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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.

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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.

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For what?

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

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...bringing me back. [It's all he says about it even as his fingers sort of twirl themselves into Dave's hair.] That's all.

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[ john what the fuck. ]

...I'll always come looking for you.

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[There's a nod but that's all he says.]

Let's just pretend to sleep, okay?

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Okay. [ ... ] Thanks.

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[There's not a verbal response, but his arm winds around Dave's shoulders a little tighter to keep him closer and he focuses on the movie entirely. No problem bromigo. This is how things will stay.]

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[ THAT'S COOL. absurdly this is actually one of the one positions in which dave can actually fall asleep without pretending. someone in his space he's more or less okay with, a heartbeat he can track, and background noise that is completely nonthreatening.

so that may actually occur. ]

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[John will literally keep him there all night if he has to to make sure Dave is safe and resting even if he's not asleep. He won't really fall asleep himself until the very, very early morning hours but by then the movie's over and has started over again. Goodnight kids.]