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DAVE STRIDER

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

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[windeity]

[Lmao okay sure.]

Coffee I am fine with. I never said anything about anything else. [There's a pause...and then almost curiously he holds out a hand? The car's not that far but. He's testing things.]

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[ john...what the fuck are you testing? it takes a second for dave to notice since he had his hands in his pockets and was burrowing into his (john's) scarf, but once he does notice he takes the corresponding hand out of his pocket to slide into john's, automatic.

then gives john a ?? glance but doesn't directly ask. ]

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[Yeah he's not explaining, have fun, Dave. Instead, he's wrapping his fingers around Dave's hand for warmth before heading to the car.]

Any preference for which genre of shitty movie I'm subjecting you to?

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[ why ]

Hmm. Something light-hearted.

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[♥]

Shitty comedy it is. Not Dane Cook. Remind me how you feel about Will Ferrell? There is snow on the ground so I feel obligated to watch his Christmas movie.

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[ and yet dave will just let john fuck around with him so whatever ]

I feel he tries a little hard sometimes but he's not completely unfunny. Elf?

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[Spoilers: it's easier to figure out how he'd feel about a date if he treated this kind of like a date. Also he's still of the mind Dave is oblivious and doesn't like him and he's just clingy.]

Yup. I am pretty sure I have the DVD somewhere. [Once they're at the car he'll open the door and everything.]

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[ yes, you nailed it, dave is not into john At All, gold star for absolutely calling that blatant lie?

but he gets in the car as usual and buckles in and sighs. ]

Works for me if that's what you're into? Oh, hey. Next week I think I want to try to like...bake something.

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[And in he goes and starting the car to head back into the busier part of the city.]

Sure. It's a staple of the holidays. What kind of something do you want to try?

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[ dave starts messing with the music. ]

Sugar cookies? Something to bring Malik and just keep around for us?

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Sugar cookies are pretty easy. [Have fun with his stereo, Strider.] Ever done it from scratch before?

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[ he locates Christmas music, laughs, and leaves it. ]

Nah, just those premade rolls. Are you going to wow me with apronless lessons?

[windeity]

[That's fair enough. He seems to relax under that.]

I could if that is what you're angling for. Plus the dough can be kept for a while so we can make as big a batch as you want. You think Malik likes sugar cookies?

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I mean, I would angle for apron-clad lessons but you're a dick, so. [ but he doesn't sound upset...? ] Apparently he'll eat whatever so long as it's not greasy or meat?

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I wore an apron at Sweet Stems, isn't that enough? [Driving along...] Sugar cookies aren't greasy, they're pretty harmless. And also do not require meat so that's good.

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Aprons for flower work and aprons while cooking are two entirely different concepts.

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I don't think I've ever seen anyone in our house wear an apron anyway come to think of it. But you are pretty into that idea aren't you? [That's fair.]

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It’s what they do in the movies.

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[He opens his mouth to argue but...no, Dave has a point. John doesn't know what to say at first and instead he stops at a light and glances out of the corner of his eye.]

I think movies are pretty overblown that way. We wear them at the bakery and like my friends who worked at Starbucks and stuff had aprons but I'm not sure anyone did at home. I definitely don't own one...but I can see why people would? Flour is hard to get out of stuff when there is a ton of it.

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Maybe they’re overblown but I like...I don’t know, I used to kinda want to have shit like that? [ dave’s looking out the window, slouched in his seat. casual. ]

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[Oh. He doesn't ask why or anything but he considers that.]

Something that seems...like standard, you mean.

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The cheesy domestic bullshit, yeah. It's always been a thing that seemed...I dunno, nice? I always liked it [ in this life ] whenever we'd do the stereotypical family crap.

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That's kind of cute. [He says it before he thinks about it.] It sounds like it would be pretty fun with six of you. We did a lot of the stereotypical stuff when Dad was around but when it was just me and Nanna...things kind of changed.

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Yeah. It's a little more...something, now. [ real or not real? ] But it's still the kind of stuff I end up wanting to do with people.

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I guess it makes sense when you put it that way. [They get back to the main part of the city and he parks downtown in the lot for the Verizon store.] Where would you even buy an apron though?