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Do I look like a guy who uses hairspray?
[ He does, however, have a few cans, they have to be dug out from one of the bags after his cabin got all messed up. A few minutes later he nods. ]
Alright. It is probably best anyway.
[ He does, however, have a few cans, they have to be dug out from one of the bags after his cabin got all messed up. A few minutes later he nods. ]
Alright. It is probably best anyway.
That you're my partner in every sense of that word that I know of. And I was buying you an out if that is not the way you see it or if you don't want Alec to know.
I didn't say it wasn't, just that I don't assume it is
Maybe I haven't been clear. It is.
I'm surprised you're public about it, that's all.
I'm surprised you're public about it, that's all.
[ He takes a breath. ]
It is not like it is a secret that you're important to me. By now everyone knows that thanks to there not being any secrets on the Barge. And... Well, I am tired of pretending it is a deadly secret.
It is not like it is a secret that you're important to me. By now everyone knows that thanks to there not being any secrets on the Barge. And... Well, I am tired of pretending it is a deadly secret.
Sorry. Just not used to seeing it in black and white like that.
A lot of things are different here.
How much fun would it be to go get a bunch of candy for the kids that have never tried it? Make an obstacle course in the Enclosure and then bet on who wins?
How much fun would it be to go get a bunch of candy for the kids that have never tried it? Make an obstacle course in the Enclosure and then bet on who wins?
No. Nobody cares. Don't know why we hid all those years.
No one cares now. It was a little different thirty years ago.
True. But we're not open about it now, are we? Here on the barge yes, but back home?
Back home, I'm dead and you're in and out of both prison and time.
[ That's enough to make him fall silent. He had managed to forget, he hadn't wanted to remember. Then he nods. ]
Yeah.
Yeah.
I just don't want you to be targeted when I'm not there.
Nobody is going to target me, Len. They are all scared of me.
Are they still going to be scared when you show up back to town and word gets out that Heatwave is a fag-loving fairy?
[It sounds strange and uncomfortable to be using the same words that Len's dad used on him, but he has to press, just a little, to know if Mick's going to be able to reign in his temper and consider the situation without him around to strategize]
[It sounds strange and uncomfortable to be using the same words that Len's dad used on him, but he has to press, just a little, to know if Mick's going to be able to reign in his temper and consider the situation without him around to strategize]
[ Mick's eyes flare in anger. He knows exactly who used to use those words and that infuriates him more than the words themselves. It is not that they don't sting, they do, but Len sounding like his dad. His dad who is one of the reasons it took them thirty years and Len fucking dying to admit they actually love each other.
But he grits his teeth and looks away. ]
Then I'll remind them why they should be scared and show them that loving you has made me anything but weak.
But he grits his teeth and looks away. ]
Then I'll remind them why they should be scared and show them that loving you has made me anything but weak.
Edited 2018-09-12 20:09 (UTC)
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