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 Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 12:53 am
It'd been a quiet day for Lorne, finally; he really should've been taking this time to study, but with everything that'd happened - Archer and Nadia and Colin and kind of everything all at once - yeah. Yeah, he kind of just needed to take a day to just relax at home and be in his own space. Kyle wasn't home either, and as usual, hadn't said where he was off to. Lorne could only assume, only hope that he was with his boyfriend. But there were a million things he could have been doing, and Lorne hadn't really had the energy to go chasing after him.
It'd change soon. Once he got more adjusted to the new situation with Nadia and Colin and wasn't freaking out about both midterms and the possibility of his ex popping up everywhere he went. And trying to hide the squire stuff from him. - his life had been quiet this summer by the way. Just lazy dates and patrolling and it'd been very, very swell.
... honestly though, Lorne wouldn't change any of this for the world.
When there was a knock at the door, he didn't really think anything of it; none of his friends had texted him or anything, so he kind of assumed it was either Nadia or the mail or something when he went to get the door.
Surprisingly, when he opened the door, it was nobody he'd expected. At all. "Oh! H-hello!"
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 1:08 am
Kyle was not with his boyfriend - in fact, said boyfriend assumed he was at his apartment with Lorne, which was why he was knocking at the door. Niall had yet to meet the cousin Kyle was living with - not by any particular design, but mostly by chance. It had been his intent to see Kyle, maybe see if he wanted to get dinner and a movie, or something.
It was not Kyle who opened the door, and that was definitely a little startling, but Niall was quick to offer a slightly awkward smile.
"Ah, hi!" He said. "I'm, ah - is Kyle home?" He began, and then he seemed to realize - "you must be Lorne? I'm Niall." He offered a hand, trying to ignore that he was probably being horrifically awkward. Oh God, he hoped he wasn't being too awkward, he really wanted Lorne to like him. Really wanted Kyle's family in general to like him, and he was pretty sure Lorne was going to be the most important part of it.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 2:30 am
Before he even introduced himself, when he asked for Kyle, Lorne already had half an idea who it was standing at their door. Tall, dark-skinned, startlingly blue eyes... not that Kyle had actually told him much about his mysterious boyfriend, but...
"Niall." Lorne's cheeks flushed with his typical shyness, but he fought to push past it, his face splitting into a warm, radiant smile. "Y-yes, I am, " he said, readily accepting the hand in his own, shaking it politely and enthusiastically. "Lorne, I mean. That is who I am. Yes."
Want to talk about awkward?
"I'm so happy to finally meet you, I - I'm so sorry, Kyle's not home right now, but - you're free to come in and wait for him?" he offered. "Or just - come in to come in, that too. That's fine too."
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:26 am
Niall pushed his smile into something a little less awkward, because Lorne was obviously shy too, and it made him feel a little more comfortable.
"I, ah, I've heard a lot about you - it's really nice to finally meet you, too." He said, as he stepped inside. He looked around, taking in the apartment. It felt cozy and homey, just as much as the house he shared with his father and grandfather did. This was somewhere he could stay happily and easily.
"I don't mind waiting - do you know where he is?" He asked. "And I'd like to get to know you, anyway." He laughed, a little. "It's strange that we haven't really met before now."
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 8:28 am
Strange, how two awkward people meeting could beget some odd comfort - but then, not really. It tended to be that way, did it not? Knowing the other person felt as uncomfortable in their own skin as you.
He blushed at the thought that his cousin might have been talking about him, much less at any kind of length to his boyfriend, although he smiled. "I could say the same for you - granted Kyle's a bit secretive about you, too - " He laughed lightly. "But then, he's just a bit that way, isn't he?"
Speaking of being that way. "Not a clue, sadly, " he admitted with a slight sigh, and really did wish Kyle would talk to him a bit more about things like that. He was responsible for him, after all. Then, his smile returned. "But yes, I'd like to get to know you too. - it's overdue."
He motioned towards the living room with a flourish of his hand. "Why don't you go sit down, hm? - do you want anything to drink? - we've got hot chocolate, " Lorne offered.
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:33 pm
Niall laughed, just a bit. Yes, Kyle was that way - he was past the point of worrying about whether his boyfriend might be embarrassed of him, or something like that, at least. "He has been for as long as I've known him." Which was quite a long time, really.
"He'll wander back." A slight shrug of his shoulders. He had sent Kyle a text, anyway, telling him he would be over at his house, so his boyfriend knew where to look for him. When it was offered, he did start walking toward the living room. "Hot chocolate sounds perfect, thank you." And it really did - was there anyone, ever, who would say no to that?
"You lived in France for a while, right?" Because he might as well start in on the "getting to know you" train. "What was that like?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 2:21 am
Lorne couldn't help but smile, feeling the common bond between them - Kyle - and tried to let that relax him a bit.
"He's a bit like a cat that way, isn't he?" he mused as he set to preparing the water and the mugs and all, laughing softly himself. "Coming and going, always back when he gets hungry... "
France. Lorne laughed softly again, although his cheeks burned with a bit of embarrassment then. "I did, yes. Over a year, " he admitted, biting at his lower lip as he tried to think of it - the easiest way to describe France without giving too much away. "It was beautiful there. Delicious food, plenty to do." He shrugged his shoulders. "Like any place though, it was good and bad. I don't especially miss it, bar my family."
Except that now Archer was here, too. His gut twisted at the thought. Better not to mull over it too long.
"So have you always lived here?"
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Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:04 pm
The description felt deeply apt - yes, Kyle was like a cat, coming and going whenever he pleased.
Niall looked a little guilty, watching Lorne talk about France, because it was obvious how badly he was hedging. He could guess he might have touched a nerve, and he hadn't meant to, really. "Are you liking living here better?" He asked, and he hoped that at least had a better answer.
"I grew up here, yeah, but my mom and my grandfather are from the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota, so I've been there a lot. Kind of another country!" Not the same as traveling overseas, but still.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 11:15 pm
Here. Lorne smiled, then, warmly, toying with his lower lip idly between his teeth and blushing lightly as he nodded. "Yes. Yes, I like living here much more, " he said without hesitation, thinking back on all the friends and more that he'd made in the past few months. Even with the bad, he wouldn't have traded it for anything, that much was for sure.
The water was hot by then, and the process of getting the drink together wasn't much of a process at all. "Is it really?" He threw a questioning look back at Niall. "I've never been there myself - what's it like, if you don't mind my asking?"
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