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Post by Adrien Baillon on Apr 17, 2010 23:36:41 GMT -5
"I wish you'd tell me - " he said before cutting himself off. He didn't really wish that, he realized; then it'd be out in the open, an open secret, something terrible. There wouldn't even be any pretending that it was anything else -
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 17, 2010 23:40:57 GMT -5
"I was-"
He sighed.
"I was trying to moisturize my face."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Apr 17, 2010 23:42:10 GMT -5
Adrien blinked, not comprehending this at first, and then frowning and turning around.
"You were trying to hide some lotion?"
He sounded almost irritated.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 17, 2010 23:44:35 GMT -5
"To attempt to reverse my aging. For your sake."
He shut his eyes, wincing.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Apr 17, 2010 23:50:23 GMT -5
Adrien looked subdued, and then cupped Adrian's cheek, compassionate. "Adrian... Adrian, I adore you just as you look now, and as you will look, no matter how far in the future it is."
Discussing Adrian aging was beyond soothing, as it obviously required Adrian to live that long. This could be nothing more than paranoia on his part, aggravated by too strong a love for him and a feeling of... neglect. Yes, Adrian was at work so often and he had ceased to be coffee boy, and now they spent much of the day apart. That was it.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 17, 2010 23:55:03 GMT -5
"I know you insist that-"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Apr 17, 2010 23:57:03 GMT -5
"Oh, Adrian, I - I don't mind that you use it, of course not, I just don't think you need to... need to keep it a secret from me. I know how old you are, I know you don't wish to age. You don't have to hide anything."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 18, 2010 3:57:14 GMT -5
"It's a bit of an elephant in the room from where I'm standing."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Apr 18, 2010 14:18:11 GMT -5
"A bit of a... what?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 18, 2010 20:25:54 GMT -5
"It's extremely obvious, I mean to say."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Apr 18, 2010 22:03:22 GMT -5
"Adrian, you're... you're hardly aging at all."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 18, 2010 22:06:37 GMT -5
"You've known me for perhaps six months. It would be far more noticeable if you'd known me for years."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Apr 18, 2010 22:11:09 GMT -5
This was awkward to hear, because they were madly in love, or claimed to be, and yet the truth of the matter was that they hadn't known each other long. Adrien gave him a slightly embarrassed look, a bit flushed, and said, timidly, "Roge looked older than you do, Adrian, I... I don't mind."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 18, 2010 22:16:37 GMT -5
"Well," Adrian conceded, "perhaps you don't care, but I do."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Apr 18, 2010 22:23:24 GMT -5
"All right," said Adrien timidly. After a moment, he scooted up to cup Adrian's face.
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