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𝓙𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓛𝓮𝓮𝓬𝓱 ([personal profile] terrariums) wrote2023-03-09 04:44 pm

Inbox for Duplicity

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[personal profile] beauman 2024-05-07 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It was truly heart-rending. I know that none of us could possibly have taken his pain from him, of course, just as I can't relieve you of yours, but..... To see him try to save himself at the last moment, once it was far too late..... What a haunting spectacle. Like a classical tragedy played out upon a stage.

[Does it make more sense why he pursued you so fiercely now, Jade? He spent weeks helplessly watching his best friend's slow descent into madness from a front row seat, then plunged into a den of Phantoms full of the collected anguish of tens of thousands of people hardly a week later. He's been quietly shaken, to say the least, no matter how doggedly optimistic he remains.]
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[personal profile] beauman 2024-05-07 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Please do. Now that you're mine, I don't intend to let you go without a fight.

[Oh, is that a gentle flicker of possessiveness helping sweep those memories to the side? Or perhaps simply recontextualize them? Rook smiles in spite of the grim topic, turning his head to nuzzle into Jade's hand and press a kiss against his palm.]

What do you think? Will knowing what's to come help you better understand the others?
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[personal profile] beauman 2024-05-07 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I can only imagine how overwhelming it must be to hear about all at once, rather than gradually over time. What a shock!

[Rook's smile warms in private satisfaction, feeling Jade's pulse race beneath his cheek. It's certainly worth being a little more protective than he otherwise might feel the need to be, to make sure Jade knows he's loved, isn't it? Jade may not be the best at taking care of himself, but he's hardly made of glass, either. He'll need to find a careful balance, watching over him while still giving him the space he needs.

For now, though? Maybe less space, and more cuddles. More claiming Jade's hand for wordless affection, and more shamelessly exploiting this strange compulsion for his own advantage.]


What else do you suppose might help, in that case?
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[personal profile] beauman 2024-05-07 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. But promise you'll let me know before you sleep for the night?

[Not some nebulous "later" that might never come. A specific time frame, to give him the time and space he needs, without giving him enough leeway to squirm his way out of it. That's what Jade needs right now, isn't it? A loose, gentle grip, perhaps, but to be held onto nonetheless, to keep him from slipping away entirely. Will they still feel this compulsion by that hour? He can't help but hope so.]
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[personal profile] beauman 2024-05-07 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Heheheh..... And what if I am, mon contre-courant? Would that truly be so terrible?

[Rook's smile turns mischievous, gaze pointedly sly where he peeks out from Jade's hand.]

In spite of how generous you seem to think I am, I'm terribly greedy, didn't you realize? If I get to have you, I want to have all of you. I intend to learn everything about you, until I know every corner of your heart and soul even more deeply than you do.
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[personal profile] beauman 2024-05-07 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rook only laughs aloud at that, clearly delighted to have earned the protest in spite of the way Jade scolds. How could he not be, when Jade is usually so stoic?]

That's exactly why I'm saving the interesting bits for later, and taking care of all this right now. It seems to me you might find it something of a relief to have the choice of talking things over taken away from you, if you find it distressing enough to leap out a window to avoid a conversation. Am I wrong?