𝐐.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝐼 𝘩𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑤𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝.ㅤ ㅤ

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ's ɴᴏ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ'ᴍ 'ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ' ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴍ ᴊᴜsᴛ ϙᴜᴇɴᴛɪɴ ᴄᴏʟᴅᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ; ɢᴏᴅ ᴅᴀᴍɴ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄɪᴀɴ.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄɪᴀɴs ᴀᴜ ʀᴘ. ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴀʟʟ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs. sᴇᴇᴋɪɴɢ sʟs ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀɴᴛᴇʀ.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk @DisdainfulVenus {I take a fistful of ice from the nearby cooler and press my cold hands to my face. It... actually helps. Though the mention of jello is far more helpful.}

Oooh, is it red jello? I haven’t had that in years.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@DisdainfulVenus @EpicureanDusk Well why didn’t you say so? {Though I’m definitely not resisting, I let her tug me along anyway. That’s kind of o u r t h i n g, right?}

What’s the occasion? {My brow furrows.} The Fourth already happened, right? I swear it already happened.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk @DisdainfulVenus {I open the door with bleary eyes and not-so-mild gremlin vibes. That’s what happens when it’s summer here and... not summer in Australia. Why did I agree to take remote classes?}

Hmm? {I sniff the air.} I swear I’m hallucinating barbecue...

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

He’ll be around in like an hour. If he doesn’t nap he’s gonna lose his mind.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@DisdainfulVenus When you can actually decipher them...

But I accepted my writing as chickenscratch a long time ago.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

Why am I not surprised to come around and find them talking about how rich they are?

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk @DisdainfulVenus {I don’t even try to twirl her, or flounce him, or however they do their thing. They show each other off best, and I just get to enjoy the view. No sprained ankles involved.

I wait for them to do their thing and try not to (so obviously, anyway) mess myself up too much.}

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

||: Sorry loves. Passing out.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk @DisdainfulVenus Please don’t put a fez on me. {Only because I’m already self-consciously smoothing down some of the baby hairs at my hairline.}

Thanks El. {Honestly because I’d forgotten, so I’m definitely more than grateful in the kiss I give his lips.}

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk @DisdainfulVenus {They can probably time it at this point — ugh. Not that I’m not already pink in the face, though half of it is because it’s been five whole minutes and they haven’t fixed something in my wardrobe.}

Sounds great. You guys are—are great.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk @DisdainfulVenus {I try not to choke on the laugh I shake my head with.} No... no I can’t really pull that off. You guys can — that’s more than enough.

{But, like I always have to when makeup is involved, I have to make sure I navigate the kisses I give to their cheeks light and cautious.}

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

No I have to go with Margo on this one. Edible.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk @DisdainfulVenus Always.

{Not Like is ever day anything else. But I kind of mean it, too. No, I definitely mean it, I just... don’t want to seem as corny as I sound. One day—one day they might have one date where they don’t make fun of him.}

Both of you look... wow.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk @DisdainfulVenus {I hop into the room on one foot, wiggling my leg through the ankle of my slacks and with everything else good but the bow tie hanging loose and undone around my upturned shirt collar. But the hair is managed! Brushed back! So take that!}

Coming, jeez, you guys are fast...

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk @DisdainfulVenus {If I was psychic and knew they were having pizza before what I’m assuming is a dinner date?

But I’m definitely not. I’m awkwardly using both ends of the towel when my phone goes off and — yup, they’re going to kill me. That was their plan all along.}

[TEXT]: K O

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk @DisdainfulVenus Okay. Okay... {Well if there’s one thing I’m sure of, it’s that no matter what I do they’ll find a way to pick it to pieces. There’s something kind of soothing about that. No need to be perfect.

{But if I’m late they’ll never forgive me. So. Shower time.}

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@DisdainfulVenus @EpicureanDusk . . .

{I groan and physically distance myself from the bed with every inch of effort in my body.}

[TEXT]: Shit. This is where the bow tie would work, right?

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

@EpicureanDusk {Scribbles on the back before I send it off to him in a little origami crane.}

I plan on it. Just a weird week. - Q.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

Opera makes me sleepy anyway.

[𝐐. @FaithInFillory]

She did WHAT