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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 14, 2018 22:53:49 GMT -5
Adrian kissed him back, and then laughed a little.
“Okay, maybe not that, either-“
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 14, 2018 22:58:18 GMT -5
"I'll fix your face, but the hair stays," he said, firmly.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 14, 2018 22:59:30 GMT -5
“Loki,” he said, fond but a little exasperated, “I said no.”
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 14, 2018 23:02:36 GMT -5
Loki rolled off him, though it wasn't in a sulk; he sat directly next to him, leaning against the wall and tilting his head back to look up at the ceiling, pressing his mouth into a firm line for a while. If he tried to say anything, all his anger and bitterness was going to come out in a wave. He felt like Adrian was spiting him intentionally - even though he probably wasn't. All in all, he wanted to throw him out of a window, and he felt an increasingly characteristic stab of shame for his own selfishness and entitlement, and his bad negotiation of boundaries - he felt a cringe of dread at the prospect of Teja finding out and what she'd think of him if she knew, if she'd feel disgust, if she'd trust him less. All in all, best not to say anything.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 14, 2018 23:07:19 GMT -5
“Look,” he began. “I’m sure we can compromise on this-“
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 14, 2018 23:08:55 GMT -5
"Give me a suggestion. You haven't liked any of mine."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 14, 2018 23:11:33 GMT -5
“I don’t know what else might please you,” Adrian admitted. “My inner thigh? A few minutes ago you threatened to cut the rest off yourself, and I suppose if I’m in for a penny I’m in for a pound.”
He punctuated this, somewhat brazenly, by rubbing Loki’s thigh.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 14, 2018 23:17:22 GMT -5
Loki shook his head, biting down nastiness.
After another long moment ticked by of Loki leaning back and looking at the ceiling, trying to stave off what felt like it might be a screaming fit, he let out a long breath through the nose and rubbed the wound on Adrian's face away with his thumb.
"I can fix the hair now, if you don't want to go through the trouble of a haircut," he said, his voice soft and possibly even apologetic, though woe betide anyone who brought that up.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 15, 2018 0:08:32 GMT -5
“Loki...”
Adrian pulled himself up with a resigned sigh and lay his head on Loki’s lap
“I would kneel,” he said, “but we’re already on the ground. Mark me.”
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 15, 2018 8:06:26 GMT -5
He laid his hand in his hair and rubbed his head, then realizing it, patted it awkwardly.
"No, it doesn't matter. We want very different things."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 15, 2018 8:08:44 GMT -5
Adrian considered this with a sigh.
“Maybe so.”
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 15, 2018 8:10:27 GMT -5
"I'm going to go back to the party before you do," he said, though he didn't make any move to get up. "We'll, ah.... We'll have to see about all of this."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 15, 2018 8:15:41 GMT -5
“Mmmh. All right.”
He pushed himself up and wandered back toward the bathroom to make sure he looked at least mostly presentable. He wasn’t in there for long, and when he came back out he pulled on both his discarded blazer and the stray Santa hat he had picked up earlier, to hide the notch in his hair.
“I’m sorry, by the way.”
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 15, 2018 8:16:34 GMT -5
Loki groaned in irritation.
"For what?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 15, 2018 8:17:58 GMT -5
“Not satisfying you. And for that matter, not allowing you to fix me as you liked, either.”
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