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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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[windeity]

[He lifts an eyebrow, eventually assuming Dave's implying he wants to fool around on his birthday which is, like, way more than fine.] You have a point. I'll see what I can do. I might be able to bribe Shuji with both.

[parodeity]

[ it's a fair guess since he tends to talk himself in circles about that kind of thing and he's studiously avoiding the eyebrow via finishing another sandwich piece. absolutely gonna be twenty. ] We can make pancakes for her beforehand? Do lizards eat pancakes.

[windeity]

[Idiot. But that's fine, John will just deal with that as it comes.]

I have no idea. I have a feeling Casey will eat everything? I remember her being on the ship with me and Jade and Nannasprite when Nannasprite kept making cakes so I assume so. I can make pancakes and leave them with her when we drop her off.

[parodeity]

I meant more what's healthy for them but yeah my consorts ate whatever too I think? [ including (?) almost him (????) ] So...hey. Are you happy?

[windeity]

I'm pretty sure they really run on a separate kind of biology. [Shrug. But he's going to shelf that topic.]

Anyway, of course I'm happy. Are you?

[parodeity]

I'm with you, or course I am. But I meant about like...where things are with us?

[windeity]

Yeah. I knew what you meant. [He's finishing his soup at least before continuing.] We have been together for eleven months. If I wasn't happy, I would think we'd talk about it but I am. I'm happy with you and I'm happy with us and the life we've been making for ourselves.

[parodeity]

So you don't have anything else you wanna do or anything? [ not like dave can think of much himself.

or he can, always, but it's never anything more than a progression of everything they are. ]

[windeity]

...baby, why don't you just tell me what exactly you're thinking about and I'll say yes or no. [Dave seriously what are you doing.]

[parodeity]

Okay, now you're making it sound like I'm up to something. [ which is fair ]

[windeity]

Am I wrong?

[parodeity]

It would totally serve you right if I said yes. [ ...so, no. ]

[windeity]

[He lifts an eyebrow again. Dave???] Probably. But you're not saying yes, so what is it?

[parodeity]

Nothing you wouldn't say yes to?

[windeity]

All the more reason you should tell me what it is then.

[parodeity]

You're terrible, but I still wanna sleep with you.

[windeity]

As long as you don't want to sleep with me because I am terrible.

[parodeity]

I want to have sex with you because I love you and it's fun, sadly.

[windeity]

"Sadly." [Sorry now he's just kind of laughing.] Way to make a guy feel special. But for what it's worth I like it for the same reason. Also your expressions are cute.

[Hot, actually, but he's purposefully using cute to get a rise out of him.]

[parodeity]

Fuck you, I'm hot. [ john knows his buttons. ] And you are special. I want to do things with you I haven't with anyone else.

[windeity]

[There's a grin. Yes, he knows Dave's hot. So what. But he's also tilting his head back to look at the stars below them and also just stretching himself out.]

I mean...that has pretty much been me in our whole relationship. I can't complain about that. Do I get a hint what those things are, or am I going in blind?

[parodeity]

You mean besides marriage and sex? [ a snort. ] We kinda hit uncharted territory for me on the latter. You, too.

[windeity]

So what you're saying is we're both going at it blind even if there's stuff we both want to try. Does that scare you?

[parodeity]

No. Like...it did at first in the way where we were both scared? Of fucking up. But like - I don't know, it's not...scary, exactly, even if nerves still exist. It's awkward sometimes and funny others and maybe sometimes it is a little scary, but it's...you know, enjoyable. Does that make sense?

[windeity]

...yeah. Yeah, I think so. The journey is a lot easier to make together than us just stressing ourselves out. [Close enough.] It's a lot less worrying about scaring the other person off or thinking the other person would think we're weird or whatever.