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 Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:36 am
While theor home was relatively unharmed by the horsemen, looking little more than a house skipped by a tornado, the rest of thr island had a shopping list a mile long worth of repairs. As Life, the Infirmary and many lans were in shambles. That morning Melvin set out to salvage supplies from some rooms and clean up the broken glass and rubble. Having finished 3, he moved to the forth and stopped when he saw someone inside. "Hey."
It was still hard not to want to move in closer when they were alone in a room together, and he gripped the box a bit more tightly as he tried to remind himself that he was single and Lawr was not.
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:34 am
Lawrence wasn't exactly the most helpful person in the world even at the best of times, but the infirmary was his place of work and therefore inconvenient to be completely wrecked. In a rare show of actual effort he'd showed up dressed in a way which didn't look straight out of a catalogue, his long hair tied back out of the way and wearing an old faded shirt - which looked a lot like one of Melvin's - and a pair of durable jeans and boots. He hated to dress like this, hated to look anything like his family and father but needs must as the devil drove.
"Hello." he said to Melvin. "Recovering well from our misadventure I hope?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:40 am
"I'm not dead and don't feel as traumatized as I do from any other time I get my mind and emotions jerled around. Kinda strange but there were parts of it I kind of liked. People were more open and kinder and I was less....limited. What about you? You looked really good with a pair of wings."
He moved to set the box down on a counter. "Not that you don't look good in my shirt."
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:51 am
"I still have wings technically you know." Lawrence said with a smile. "In multiple ways." But here the smile ended as his thoughts shifted to the topic at hand. "I did not enjoy it. That other self was not like a persona, it was not a construct, it was not me, he did not choose like me, none of it made sense. It was all wrong and I cannot line up the fragments."
He wrinkled his nose at Melvin, seemingly disgusted as he remembered something. "You slept with Al?"
He took a few steps away from the other man as if it was contagious.
"I'm glad I got this shirt off you before you made any decisions as horrible as that one."
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:06 am
He bristled when that was brought up and looked over to see Lawr step away. "A FAKE slept with a fake Al in a fake world with fake thoughts and emotions. The real me didn't and never would in a million years. I would think you would know me well enough to know I have standards. I also don't sleep in dirt piles with giant centipedes."
He moved to clear out some cabniets. "I didn't say all of it was good."
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:46 am
Lawrence shook his head. "Even that other me had enough taste to know better than Al." He smirked perhaps a little playfully at him. "Maybe the real you wouldn't but the implication to me is that you may have at least thought about it."
He picked up a broken chair and set it aside. "You sounded pretty perky about it."
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:59 am
He wasn't sure what Lawr's game was but the fact he stepped away struck a painful cord and he didn't like the idea he was being seen as less attractive by him by what some fake memory of him had done. Was it a slippery slope Lawr was creating to help him ease out of being attracted to him and easier to stay faithful? Would he keep himself cold around him with some fabrocated image of that bug and Al?
Turning, he moved over to him, abidding by the strict eules of no touching, but getting as close as he could. "Do you think I'd enjoy garbage when I've had such as an aphrodisiac as you? That I'd take some toe-curling little rookie after the nights we had and feel satisfied? It would be a polluted mouthful of dishwater compared to the nectar we had. Onky a disgusting bug like that fake would have felt anything for it and it's insulting to think that in that world I was with you and at some point thought Al coukd have even scrapped your boot heels from how high up the scale you are."
And he leaned, not touching, but hovering. "Do you find me, the real one that knows better, disgusting?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 12:05 pm
The smile Melvin got was wolfish but he didn't move to close the distance between them even a fraction, resolute and calm, if there was a game to play he was certain he could come out on top. "I admit I'm very flattered, and nor would I consider this you to be capable of such terrible choices any longer. But I will admit it is both hilarious and horrifying that any version of you anywhere in the universe ever considered that to be a viable option."
"You weren't ever bad yourself, you could always aim higher than that, much much higher." He shrugged. "Apparently that other version of me took it far worse than I did. Did you know he was on the verge of asking that other you to have a child with him and settle down? And then that happened and he met an interesting and devoted conquest horsemen and there they were."
He rolled his eyes. "He had feelings I think."
Stepping away he moved to right another piece of upturned furniture. "And what if I did find you disgusting now? Imagining you entangled with Al? With Mikael? What if that was so?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 12:23 pm
He watched Lawr go and breathing out, moved to collect any undamaged supplies. It pained him to think any version of himself would think someone could be in the same pool as Lawr as Lawr in any world was an entirely different beast. But the almost teasing idea that anothwr him had been offered the possibility of having a family and Lawr and instead ruining it only made him angry at that other self yet helpless to do anything about it. "It would have been nice to think that in some world, at least one, I would have haf a chance in hell to have a family with you and I hate him even more for ruining that. That Melvin didn't deserve that other you but I don't think anyone there did." And he felt bitter knowing what Conquest horsemen he went with. Would every world have him ruining his chances and was it some design that meant Lawr was somehow destined in all realities to be woth Rodney? He didn't like to think so.
As for the other, he looked back. "I would make you desire me again. I may not be able to have you, but I won't let your affections leave. You gave me wings. No matter the muck and grime, I can always preen them clean and rise."
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 12:47 pm
Lawrence seemed a little placated by Melvin's regret about things not working out, his pride obviously dented by a world where promiscuity was chosen over a life with him. "Well that version of you didn't choose it, so I can't say much about his taste. Then again I suppose that me also was rather pathetic, all soft feelings and no iron."
He did however raise an eyebrow at this. "Well, first goal if you want me to find you desirable is to stop sleeping with absolutely horrendous people." he looked him over. "Maybe a haircut, it's getting a bit split ended."
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 12:55 pm
"Oh, but who would you ever feel even mattered enough to be to our standards? The dating pool is already small and full of litter. Then again, I never did get to see who you hooked up with off island. You could have been nibbling on some rotten treat just to get some flavor."
His hand went to his hair to turn a tip of his hair for inspection before he dropped it and grabbed the hem of his t-shirt. Pulling it out, he leaned against the counter. "If it's so bad, maybe you can cut me again."
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:11 pm
"True, I have high standards. I suppose you are free to sate your needs wherever you wish. It won't make it pleasant for me though, it is like hearing someone say they chose to eat at a fast food outlet. Distressing." He smirked. "Although I suppose yes, by that merit I have stooped to junk food in my time. Off island well..." he shrugged.
"I did tell you I once used to frequent bathhouses didn't I? I've been quite the hedonist in my day. Can't say I knew their names, nor did I want to, off island was much the same."
He shook his head. "No more cuts, you have sufficient." He did look very amused though "Get a hairdresser, all Butch is good for is hedges."
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:33 pm
He let go of his shirt, letting it flick back into place, before going back to pick up a few bottles and move them over to the box.
"I've been debating a different look for a while now. Not to be too preteen over a breakup, but I feel like a physical change to so many in my life. I even debated dying my hair or letting it grow out."
"A good hairdresser could do a lot. And I still have this bad white in my hair." He looked up to the streak.
Looking over, he pulled out a tongue depresser from a container. "I'm sure Butch could be kind with me if you let him, but that would be touching and we can't have that." He pressed the depressor against his tongue before biting it.
"How is your little conquest doing?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 4:45 pm
"Some changes might help you feel differently." he said with a smile. "I think you should..." and he looked him over thoughtfully, trying to think what was the most unappealing thing he could imagine, getting Melvin to go with that would mean he wouldn't have to worry so much about temptation in future. "I think perhaps you need to go more working class. Dress the way a van driver or a ship builder might dress. Maybe short hair, maybe grow some stubble. Relax your hygiene."
He waved his hand. "I hear tracksuits are in these days, the athletic look. Leave the white in your hair, it will add to the overall effect."
Nodding he seemed satisfied with this.
"And do you mean Rodney? He's as fine as always. Sad sometimes but that's for complicated reasons I think. The predicted reasons."
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 4:49 pm
"I said changes. Not looking like trailer trash." He said, taking the suggestions as a joke. "And relaxing hygiene? Really? What kind of person do you think I am? Next you'd say you want me bald and wearing wife beaters and shorts that say Juicy on them."
He shivered at the thought.
"Maybe just....wearing less. I'm kinda glad to be finally comfortable enough to wear t-shirts again out in public." His fingertips gently touched the wing over his neck.
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