"Yeah, but see that sounds normal. Also everything I did was lawful. It wasn't...right, but it was lawful sorta. That's why Warren was a whatever-you-called it."
He gives him a nudge. "That's why I got my own personal torture ship."
"Not for my sake," he says a little more quietly, "for- for Martin. I just-
"I know how far he'll bend to try and make me happy. I know how much he'll twist himself into pieces. A-and I know how close to the Lonely he is. It all- all of it feels like- like I'll only hurt him no matter what I do."
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Date: 2022-09-01 11:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-01 12:50 pm (UTC)"So a cartoon rabbit and a weird man and knife-fingers Michael. Lovely. And the rest of them was just our people?"
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Date: 2022-09-01 12:51 pm (UTC)"She helped me with the fire."
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Date: 2022-09-01 12:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-01 01:13 pm (UTC)He laughs as they come on the last turn.
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Date: 2022-09-01 01:20 pm (UTC)"Good, good, can't corrupt the youth if they're roasted. I'm assuming your ship was as rebellious as ours was?"
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Date: 2022-09-01 02:40 pm (UTC)And he is eyeing that shell, just in case, as he speeds for the finish.
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Date: 2022-09-01 02:44 pm (UTC)"Fuck."
Second place.
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Date: 2022-09-01 03:06 pm (UTC)He sets the controller down. "Surprised you didn't just cheat again like you always do."
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Date: 2022-09-01 03:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-01 03:38 pm (UTC)He reaches over to pull the blanket over Jon's face. "Shut up."
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Date: 2022-09-01 03:41 pm (UTC)"Being better at getting kidnapped is hard- Daniel!"
He is now covered in blanket.
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Date: 2022-09-01 03:43 pm (UTC)And he wraps an arm around his blanketed friend.
"Also, I'm better at kidnapping, so that cancels out."
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Date: 2022-09-01 03:47 pm (UTC)Things could be worse.
"Shall I count this as a kidnapping, then?"
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Date: 2022-09-01 03:57 pm (UTC)He curls up beside him, feet on the couch, and then adjusts the blanket so that they are both underneath it.
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Date: 2022-09-01 04:53 pm (UTC)"Not that there are very many locations at the moment."
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Date: 2022-09-01 05:00 pm (UTC)"And no. Not that many yet. I should go searching for my cabin but...who cares now?"
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Date: 2022-09-01 05:03 pm (UTC)A soft huff of a laugh.
"Daniel, that's terrible for a new warden. On another ship, you'd have two years added to your sentence."
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Date: 2022-09-01 05:07 pm (UTC)He gives him a nudge. "That's why I got my own personal torture ship."
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Date: 2022-09-01 05:07 pm (UTC)"Oh? Did it have your name on it? Did you put a flag in it?"
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Date: 2022-09-01 05:12 pm (UTC)He leans over and presses a very affectionate kiss on his cheek before pulling out of the blanket. "Come on. That's enough excitement for you."
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Date: 2022-09-01 05:25 pm (UTC)Because pedantics over everything. Especially when he's being coddled. He'll lean into the kiss. And he hates that he has to ask but-
"...do you think I'm doing the right thing?"
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Date: 2022-09-01 05:31 pm (UTC)"Yeah. I do. You aren't - devastated by this, Jon. You've gotten more emotional about random shit than this."
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Date: 2022-09-01 05:33 pm (UTC)"Not for my sake," he says a little more quietly, "for- for Martin. I just-
"I know how far he'll bend to try and make me happy. I know how much he'll twist himself into pieces. A-and I know how close to the Lonely he is. It all- all of it feels like- like I'll only hurt him no matter what I do."
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Date: 2022-09-01 05:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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