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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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[He rolls his eyes.] Whatever. I still think it's more your color than mine. [Presents are open and the second song on the flashdrive begins to play as he looks at his gifts.]

...I really do like all of this, Dave. Thank you.

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Sure thing. I like my shit too. [ the letter has disappeared into his sylladex. ] So...last few presents? She looks done.

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[Well okay then. But he turns and clicks his tongue to call to the cat.] Sure. We'll let her open her presents and go from there. Are we crazy for buying the cat Christmas presents?

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Rose wouldn’t think so? [ and dave snaps his fingers and clicks his tongue to get the cat interested. she does like affection so she presumably comes over to them ]

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[He leans down again to scoop up their kitten and drop her in the middle between them.] That's true, but doesn't Rose have a few cats living at your parents' house?

[But he's grabbing one of Dave's presents for the cat first to allow the kitten to sniff before he begins to unwrap it for her.]

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Just the one, but Rox has another. [ and dave's firt cat present is...a cute bow collar. ok. ]

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[...there's a light laugh as he holds it up.] So even the cat's going to look her best. Why am I not surprised?

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[ the other gift from dave for the cat is, for the record, a pack of bell ball things to chase around. what is in john's packages? ]

We cannot have an unfashionable child?

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[John's packages include a catnip mouse toy and also a little ball they can stuff with treats to let her chase it around. There's also a tiny Santa hat for the cat. So much for fashion?]

Says he who has been wearing the ugliest sweaters all month? [...well.] Mostly the ugliest.

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Still a fan of some of ‘em?

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[A pointed stare at the current sweater.]

Maybe a little. You look good, Strider. That is hardly my fault.

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[ he is not sure how to take that still so moving on ]

What’s the plan for the rest of the day?

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Well since it's snowing that kind of puts a damper on my plans for going out, and most places are closed. How opposed are you to staying in for now?

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When have I ever been opposed to staying in?

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Never, I guess. But I can probably improvise a little. Breakfast in bed?

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I’d rather you just stay in bed with me.

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[He looks surprised by that, but there's no immediate rejection to the idea.]

...I guess we could do that, too. A continuation from last night with more movies and just staying in?

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[ look...it’s cold outside their room probably. ]

Sure. Unless that doesn’t work with your plans...?

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No it works just fine. I don't mind not getting dressed and not moving for a while. [Still a little sore even post-massage, but he feels better anyway.] I think Mewpac would probably like it, too, since we ditched her most of yesterday.

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We’re terrible parents. [ but okay. dave just lets himself flop back on the bed, committing to staying in place. ]

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We really are. [He's grabbing the remote and stuff to turn on the TV before he'll let himself lay down again.] Think she'll ever forgive us, or is this pushing her into her rebellious teenager phase?

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I refuse to believe she'll have one. [ he allows the discussed kitten to clamber up onto his chest and headbutt one of his hands. ]

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[Give him a second to watch and kind of be seized with a weird feeling of how much he loves this? Fuck.]

I think you are a little biased. Did you ever have one? [He's turning on Netflix at least.]

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Hm...this year, I guess?

[ except not exactly that. it was just...pulling away, not rebelling. ]

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Still ongoing? Should I be worried? [Gently teasing, but also he's curious. He's scrolling through the selection looking for a show or a movie.]