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Bad End couldn't ban you if they wanted to.
[he never has to even touch the rest of the unit. but he's listening, for when it's safe to sit up.]
[he never has to even touch the rest of the unit. but he's listening, for when it's safe to sit up.]
[thank u for humouring his prudishness,
Nero turns around and scoots to sit with his back against the headboard.]
...You gonna try to sleep again?
Nero turns around and scoots to sit with his back against the headboard.]
...You gonna try to sleep again?
Actually, I wanna get cleaned up. And I brought this.
[he tosses the book at him, sitting up. it's a book. but it looks like it's... pride and prejudice and zombies.
then he stands, pulling off his shirt, next.]
[he tosses the book at him, sitting up. it's a book. but it looks like it's... pride and prejudice and zombies.
then he stands, pulling off his shirt, next.]
[Catches the book and... stares at it. Though he takes a quick peek at Jason's chest, before quickly looking away.]
...I'm almost 100% sure this story doesn't normally have zombies.
...I'm almost 100% sure this story doesn't normally have zombies.
It doesn't.
I'm cursed with whatever Hell's got available.
[he's going!! to use the wash area.]
I'm cursed with whatever Hell's got available.
[he's going!! to use the wash area.]
[GOING TO LOOK AT THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK instead of watching Jason bathe, that's the proper thing to do...]
I thought you normally stuck to non-fiction.
I thought you normally stuck to non-fiction.
Nah, I like the classics too. They're just not really readily available here. At least the ones from back home.
[he doesn't have modesty. you've seen him how many times...]
[he doesn't have modesty. you've seen him how many times...]
[b-but...]
What makes a book a classic, anyway?
[he's just gonna read the first page or something...]
What makes a book a classic, anyway?
[he's just gonna read the first page or something...]
They're the books that define whatever period they were written in.
[yeah, baths take longer, but admittedly, this is nice]
That one's an adaptation?
[the first page is a man dramatically telling a woman to leave to attending his musket when she tries to make smalltalk]
[yeah, baths take longer, but admittedly, this is nice]
That one's an adaptation?
[the first page is a man dramatically telling a woman to leave to attending his musket when she tries to make smalltalk]
[Well. Nero was strangely fixated, once talk of guns and training came about. He goes quiet as he... actually keeps reading.]
Huh...
Huh...
[honestly the lack of response is fine-- give him 20 minutes and. when he's toweling off and presentable just--]
Are you still... reading??
Are you still... reading??
[Doesn't look up.]
Mr. Darcy's kinda an ass.
Mr. Darcy's kinda an ass.
[... just going to scooch back onto the bed next to him and just kinda. be confused.
]
Huh.
]
Huh.
Like, he didn't even help fight off zombies at the ball. And he's rude.
You don't say.
I guess I shoulda brought two books.
[he moves in a little closer after grabbing his cellphone.]
I guess I shoulda brought two books.
[he moves in a little closer after grabbing his cellphone.]
[Glances up for the first time,]
Oh-- you can have your book back if you want.
Oh-- you can have your book back if you want.
Nah. You look like you're enjoying it.
[he'll just do some browsing on his phone.]
[he'll just do some browsing on his phone.]
Mm, okay...
[Scoots further down into the bed so he can be right next to Jason, but keeps reading without further protest.]
[Scoots further down into the bed so he can be right next to Jason, but keeps reading without further protest.]
[he's just quiet as he keeps reading.
though slowly, the phone drops.
then his eyes close.
and before he really knows it, he's out cold.
guess who is still very, very, very tired]
though slowly, the phone drops.
then his eyes close.
and before he really knows it, he's out cold.
guess who is still very, very, very tired]
[...Oh.
When Nero finally notices, he stops - takes it as a cue to put the book aside. His eyes wander over Jason's face for a moment, examining the puffy redness that still lingered... and gives him a light kiss on the forehead.
Then dims the lights and curls up around him, for however much rest his poor boyfriend could get tonight.]
When Nero finally notices, he stops - takes it as a cue to put the book aside. His eyes wander over Jason's face for a moment, examining the puffy redness that still lingered... and gives him a light kiss on the forehead.
Then dims the lights and curls up around him, for however much rest his poor boyfriend could get tonight.]
[it's another-- relatively long sleep. for him. he blinks himself awake in the morning and just... sits up slowly, trying to pick Nero off of him without waking him up.]
[Nero's like, dead asleep this time, because he got woken up in the middle of the night.]
[huh. he ghosts his hand across his hair for the moment.
how is he up first
did he stay up all night reading???]
how is he up first
did he stay up all night reading???]
[well, he will get dressed. who knows if Avante barges into each other's rooms. it could be bad...]
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