[ Liar. No, don't say that, Cellar. Put the filter back on. ]
Okay.
[ Nailed it. She shifts again, sitting next to Nick in their initial position, until she scoots and nudges him to lie down and rest his head on her shoulder, chest, whatever. The bottle is tucked against her waist with one hand, the other slowly playing with his hair. ]
You wanna skip dinner tonight? I can tell Teddie to bring us something. Or I can tell him to go away.
[ imagine Theo walking in thinking they're gonna bone another twink ]
[ there's no resistance in him, nick is way past that. he's all wrung out and it's so much easier to just go where cellar guides him, head on her shoulder and ear pressed flush against her chest, as if listening to the thud of her heart might settle something in him. ]
I think— [ he's halting, stumbles squarely at the first step. nick is bad at asking for what he wants at the best of times, let alone when he doesn't even know, not really. short of going back to yesterday and remembering to take that stupid question mark out of his answer, there's not a whole lot that will make things better, but there's probably something that might make it worse. ] I think...I don't really want to have to explain to anyone else what's wrong right now. Is that okay?
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Okay.
[ Nailed it. She shifts again, sitting next to Nick in their initial position, until she scoots and nudges him to lie down and rest his head on her shoulder, chest, whatever. The bottle is tucked against her waist with one hand, the other slowly playing with his hair. ]
You wanna skip dinner tonight? I can tell Teddie to bring us something. Or I can tell him to go away.
[ imagine Theo walking in thinking they're gonna bone another twink ]
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I think— [ he's halting, stumbles squarely at the first step. nick is bad at asking for what he wants at the best of times, let alone when he doesn't even know, not really. short of going back to yesterday and remembering to take that stupid question mark out of his answer, there's not a whole lot that will make things better, but there's probably something that might make it worse. ] I think...I don't really want to have to explain to anyone else what's wrong right now. Is that okay?
🎀
[ This girl understands wanting to be left alone. She also happens to be terrified of being alone. Something tells her Nick is the same. ]
I'll text him in a bit.