Jesus, thanks, I thought I was going to drop them.
[ unburdened as he is, there's a brief window of time where nick can unscrew the bottle of--vodka, apparently, not that he's particularly choosy, and take a swig. just a quick one though, because cellar is back and hugging him before he can get too far into it.
nick really means to just give her a quick squeeze, just a brief little hug to say yes, he missed her too, it's nice to see her. it's just that it's been a really long couple of days, and he can't figure out how to tell himself that everything is fine again, so he holds on just a little too long, a little too tight, and it's harder than he'd like to loosen his grip. ]
Me too. I thought this might be fun, you know? It's not the Christmas season unless you're getting wasted for no reason.
[ he can smile, very easily actually. nick is nothing if not good at this part, shoving things down and pretending that there's nothing else going, even if the effort it takes is starting to feel exhausting. there's a tired slump to his shoulders that he can't quite resolve, but well, cellar's seen his lifestyle, surely she'll be able to explain that away. ]
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[ unburdened as he is, there's a brief window of time where nick can unscrew the bottle of--vodka, apparently, not that he's particularly choosy, and take a swig. just a quick one though, because cellar is back and hugging him before he can get too far into it.
nick really means to just give her a quick squeeze, just a brief little hug to say yes, he missed her too, it's nice to see her. it's just that it's been a really long couple of days, and he can't figure out how to tell himself that everything is fine again, so he holds on just a little too long, a little too tight, and it's harder than he'd like to loosen his grip. ]
Me too. I thought this might be fun, you know? It's not the Christmas season unless you're getting wasted for no reason.
[ he can smile, very easily actually. nick is nothing if not good at this part, shoving things down and pretending that there's nothing else going, even if the effort it takes is starting to feel exhausting. there's a tired slump to his shoulders that he can't quite resolve, but well, cellar's seen his lifestyle, surely she'll be able to explain that away. ]