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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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...you asked me out? [ it's all he's got and admittedly they had. a time. ]

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After debating for like a month and even then I still put off dating for a few weeks after I told you. [...] Sometimes I think if I fought harder I'd at least know where my dad is.

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Whoa, hey. That one ain't your fault. The me thing, yeah, okay, but I don't really give a fuck about it and it ain't like I did any better since all I did was tell you I wouldn't date you without dating you. But your dad? That ain't on you.

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How do you know that, Dave? [Not necessarily accusatory, but questioning all the same. It's a lot to process.] I should have asked Nanna for more answers and maybe if I wasn't...I should have done more to fix it. That is the thing here. But he left and I gave up almost immediately.

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You were a kid, John. You couldn't control what your guardian did, okay? It wasn't a thing that was on you to fix.

[ john laying on top of him isn't working for this so dave tries to sit up. ]

It wasn't on you.

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[Dave's shifting and John reads that as Dave's trying to get up and pull away for something so he goes quiet and moves to give him space.]

I didn't fight to keep Vic either, but that one I feel a lot less bad about now.

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[ not space. he just wanted to be able to look john in the eye. though dave is still in his shades but whatever. ]

Selfishly kinda fine with that one, yeah. So...what are you gonna do?

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Like I said, I feel a lot less bad about it now. [But he looks at Dave and he shrugs lightly.]

...I don't know. I've never really figured out where to go after that.

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Well. If there's something like that again. Someone leaves. What would you do now?

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Depends who it is and why they're leaving.

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If you think there's any scenario where you'd do it different, maybe that's worth the rest of it.

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[...he just kind of scoots closer to kiss him in lieu of answering, so that's apparently the different scenario here.]

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[ okay like john gets away with that for at least a minute because dave unfortunately likes kissing john. but. ]

I'm not going anywhere.

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I know. I am just saying scenarios like that I would fight a lot harder. I have friends here I would fight for.

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I think maybe I'd try to fight for you too.

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I just hope it would never have to get to that point. I somehow doubt it will.

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[ definitely supposed to be having an emotional conversation but WHAT IF they make out instead.

dave is either avoiding his turn again or really just wants to kiss john.

or like, both. ]

[windeity]

[Both is fine, and like. Yeah? They can definitely make out for a little bit since John's not fighting him and easily turning to catch him in a kiss. It's fine, they're fine, but he won't let him escape for that long.]

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[ it's easier to move closer to john while kissing him than it is to try to think about what all he isn't saying? ]

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[He can ask later. As it is he's busy pulling Dave into his lap to keep kissing him, hands fisting in his shirt a little to keep him steady.]

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[ they're really easily distracted when neither of them wants to focus on the topic at hand. at least the marks are...betterish? dave lets himself get hauled into john's lap, easily shifting to settle a bit more comfortably, arms looping over john's shoulders as dave leans into the kiss. ]

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[A hand moves to touch Dave's back and he presses against his spine, the kissing growing a little hungry and harder. They can avoid the topic as long as they acknowledge it later and this is really the first time in their new home they have the space and privacy to do this.

It's why his hand starts to slip up under Dave's shirt to his lower back.]

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[ hahaha

speaking of things they haven't talked about. dave's hand is immediately over john's, although he doesn't stop the kiss and back off like he kind of did one time. there's a certain amount of wavering hesitation because john's an oblivious asshole but dave does not actually think he's stupid.

so. hesitation, before he draws john's hand back to his hip. ]

[windeity]

[Not stupid, no. He moves his hand back to Dave's hip, kiss slowing down to something more apologetic instead before he leans back and pulls Dave with him, keeping both hands on dave's hips to hold him and let his thumbs tap out a slow and steady beat.

Maybe someday. He can wait. ]

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[ honestly he's less worried about the speed and more worried about john connecting the dots if he actually gets the full picture of what all dave has scars wise. which is...sure a thing.

john slows down like he did anything wrong and dave just kisses him harder because he didn't really. ]