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 Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 1:28 pm
Noah had been back for several days now, long enough they slid back into some semblance of routine again. It was then that certain promises came back to Al's thoughts, ones that excited him and he hoped excited Noah too.
Promises that were blonde.
It was on this day, after Al brought Noah an ice cold can of coke that he decided to finally bring up again. "So... you got plans today?" He was off today and tonight himself.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:48 pm
"Nothing really." Noah eyed the drink he'd been given and Al, recognizing signs of being about to be asked for something. "What's up?"
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:51 pm
"Remember that thing we talked about? That blonde thing?" He tried to smile innocently at Noah, but there just was no innocence in this. He looked downright up to no good with that train of thought. "We are both finally off for the day and well... I was hoping we could unwind?" If you could call that unwinding.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 3:19 pm
Noah reached up and poked Al's cheek. "You're failing at the innocent look thing," he informed him. The suggestion made his stomach feel weird. He'd okayed the idea, but from time to time it made him thoroughly nervous. Maybe it was just that he'd had too much time to think about it; work had interfered with free time far too much, from both sides. "Um, okay," he added after a moment, realizing that he hadn't answered, and sipped from the soda, trying rather inadequately to cover up his nervous expression.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 3:33 pm
Noah wasn't fooling anyone, either. Al got his phone out and texted Mik.
Text to Mikael hey you wanna hang out with me an noah? I got soda room 151
He moved over to sit next to Noah and showed his phone to him. "We can just talk and whatever if you're not feeling it right now, get to know him I guess. I really think it would be fun though and the poor guy is just wanting direction."
Yes, because he totally wants to do it just to help Mik.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 4:14 pm
"I'm okay," Noah said, even though Al hadn't asked that, quite. "That'd be nice. I mean. Friends are good right."
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 4:39 pm
Al didn't buy it and gave Noah a skeptical look but gave him a side hug anyway. "If you decide it's alright, then while he's here just say the word 'milk'. If you decide it's really not for you then say 'oranges'. That way we can just decide without hurting anyone's feelings, okay?"
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 5:46 pm
Noah leaned into Al's side and thought about that. "I think it'd just be better to say it if I feel too weird about it," he said after a few moments of consideration. "Like, I feel like if we're gonna try and do this we should be able to just talk about it without like. Too many euphemisms?"
He had given that some thought as well over time. He was hesitant by nature, or by habit, but that tendency had gotten him into some pretty unpleasant situations which could have been avoided if he'd been more straightforward. It was something he needed to learn to do more.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 5:50 pm
"Whatever works for you, works for me." He nuzzled Noah's cheek affectionately. Very much in a mood from the get go.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 6:19 pm
"Okay." It was always a relief when Noah offered an opinion or a suggestion and Al just ... let him have his opinion. It wasn't like Al ever hadn't done that, not really, but Noah had been so used to his opinions being squashed in one way or another than having them considered and accepted was still -- well, not a novelty any more, but he wasn't sure how long it would take for that not to be faintly surprising, if it ever lost the little sense of surprise. He leaned on Al and just let himself enjoy his boyfriend's company.
He felt safe, and that was why this venture was okay in the first place.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:26 pm
Quote: SURE! biggrin Yaaay soda! Mikael texted back eagerly, he liked free things and he liked hanging out with people too, it was like having actual friends and being popular, something he'd always wanted to do. He showed up, dressed as usual in a little pair of shorts, rainbow trainers and an oversized white t shirt with some kind of pastel rainbow print across it. He was wearing a necklace with a little owl on it. He knocked the door. "Hi!" he said.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 2:03 pm
It wasn't like Noah was wrong, anyway. He was smart, and usually saw the other side of the coin when Al didn't notice it. Two heads are factually better than one.
He slid his hand to intertwine his fingers with Noah's and give his hand a little affectionate squeeze. His phone buzzed and he fished it out with his free hand to show the reply to Noah.
"That guy is fast so I guess we'd better brace ourselves," Al said, not long before the knock at the door came.
He reluctantly untangled himself from the other man to answer and held the door wide open for Mik, eyeing him over as if he was insane. He certainly dressed rather gay, Al decided, reflexively eyeing Mik's butt as soon as he passed by him to enter the room. Booty shorts.
"Welcome," Al replied while waggling his eyebrows playfully at Noah.
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 9:02 pm
Noah stayed on the edge of the bed as Al got up. He flicked a glance around the room, belatedly thinking of its state of cleanliness, and was relieved to find that there were only a couple of miscellaneous articles of clothes on the floor and that he hadn't messed his desk up too badly since the last time he'd cleaned it, and that no used mugs had materialized since he'd cleared them away yesterday. Good enough for someone to visit, or good enough for someone visiting who he didn't want to scare off, anyway.
Mik had an interesting sense of style. Noah decided that he kind of liked it. "Hi," he said, and hoped his smile didn't look too weird or awkward.
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 6:40 am
Mikael had always been wary of Al, there was something insincere about the guy, a lot of enthusiasm but also a lot of something else he couldn't put his finger on. He could never tell whether he was being genuine or if he was just being sized up as a piece of meat. Normally he found the idea of being used a strange twisted sort of erotic, but with Al he wasn't entirely sure if it was. He needed to feel like he was valued as a human being or at least given some credibility, here and now he wasn't sure if he was just being humoured for the hell of it or if they were actually happy to see him.
He didn't show any of it though, extremely good at pushing down his doubts and fears so far that no one else could reach them. He'd feel things out and see how it went, and if he got cute times out of it then who cared?
<> the dark, ancient voice in his head spoke up, quiet at first, as if only realising, before more and more louder and louder.
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Mikael winced at the roar but smiled regardless. "Hey you guys. Did someone say something about free soda?"
To Mik's eyes the whole room was spotless, completely oblivious to what tidy looked like in spite of having lived in Lawrence's house for a good long while. "What you guys been up to?"
<>
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 7:26 am
If Al had to be honest, he was pretty nervous too. People talked about threesomes a lot, but to actually have one felt daunting. It was exciting, don't get him wrong, but there were many ways in which he could just... let everyone down. It was a lot of pressure.
He peered back out into the empty hall, part of him unsure if this was going to be a prank of some sort. That, jokes on him, Mik wouldn't really be interested in playing with them and that things would devolve into humiliation for him - or worse, Noah.
He closed the door and made sure to lock it just in case before turning his thoughts back to the room.
He walked over to open a small cooler that had several flavors of soda in the can and called back to Mik, "what flavour would you like? I made some sandwiches too and some chocolate chip cookies if you want?" He looked at Mik and then at Noah, awkwardly trying to make the offer to both of them.
To Mik's question, Al relaxed visibly. Good, no one was trying to jump right into it. "Working a lot. I'm still trying to figure out what I should specialize in. Everyone seems to have something. Noah here has plants, Melvin has runes and swimming. Me? Nothing."
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