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i won’t cry , promise . ”
then a subtle shift in demeanour , a miniature spike in heart rate and the tell tale signs of a smirk with his words——- seemed like ty wasn’t planning on playing entirely fair himself .
… that’s if he’d get a shot at knocking some down .
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a low whistle slipped past his teeth at the clean shot—— the kind that wasn’t so much admiration as it was disbelief dressed in humour .
he leaned back on his stool , the cue resting lazy against his shoulder . “ ... oh , he’s dangerous , ” murmured under breath , ⤸
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proper . “ last time i played ... man . back in boston , pops played—— yeah , haven’t thought about that in a minute . ”
eyes narrowed with a faint grin , the kind that tried not to give too much away . “ don’t use that to go easy on me , i can take a loss—— ⤸
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gaze drifted , unfocused for a moment , as though cataloguing every flicker of shadow he’d pulled back from the edge .
then , softer , as if to fold the heaviness back into humour : “ nothing too crazy . unless you count tandy threatening to put one on a leash . ”
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a slow exhale left him , shoulders rising and falling beneath the weight of her question ... shadow wraiths weren’t exactly small talk , but mj had that way of asking as if it were just another headline in her editor’s queue .
“ same old , mostly … ” words were easy ⤸
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“ how has that been going? the kicking ass and .. wrangling shadow wraiths? anything new you and tandy have run into? or it’s the same old? ”
mary leans forward to click at her computer, eyes scanning the screen as she makes edits; rearrangements of audio clips and such.
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but laced with something quieter , a sense of fatigue . “ a few strays slipping through , the usual kind of chaos . tan’s firm on naming them , which … ” he gave a faint shrug , lips quirking as if conceding defeat in that battle , “ doesn’t make ‘em less dangerous . ” ⤸
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small shake of his head .
“ it’s fine . i like the calmness . good break from kicking ass and wrangling shadow wraiths . ” the casual cloak experience , as if that were a normal thing to have on rotation .
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a playful grimace tugged across his features at the mention of peter , as if to say 𝒐bviously—— between the two of them , there was no question ty carried the better taste in music .
“ ... definitely , ” he corrected mildly , a quiet chuckle slipping as he gave a ⤸
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maybe even better than peter’s. ”
shaking her head with a certain look on her face. there’s a memory that presents itself in the back of her mind.
“ don’t tell him i said that though .. but seriously—i know you could be busy with a million other things; thanks for the time. ”