[ Strangely enough, for all of their flirting and their back and forth, something about that trips him up. Makes his glow falter for a second, has him peering up through his lashes at Mace's back. Maybe it's because that implies something a little more than sex, doesn't it? A little more than the implications of the rest of it. Tips toward a little bit more.
Plays a note in his chest, one single ivory piano key.
But it's nothing, and there's no way in hell he can even entertain the notion considering their fucking reality right now.
He lowers his eyes back toward the task at hand. Strikes a match, tips it into the opening of the can. Immediately it flares to life, a small blue cleanly-burning fire. After that comes a low metal stand, simple in construction - just four legs attached to a circle. On top of that, an extremely simple metal bowl.
He pops the top off of two soup cans. Dumps them in. Throws in the vegetables for good measure.
Only when that's done does he settle back against the headboard, shoulder to shoulder, eyeing the peeled fruit Mace offers.
He looks amused, a touch fond, and he says: ]
Split it.
[ He'll eat half if you'll eat half. He holds his hand out for it. Split the sleep with him too, while you're at it, but something tells him it won't end up being even.
Slept pretty soundly next to-- ]
You never told me her name. That girl you're in love with.
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Plays a note in his chest, one single ivory piano key.
But it's nothing, and there's no way in hell he can even entertain the notion considering their fucking reality right now.
He lowers his eyes back toward the task at hand. Strikes a match, tips it into the opening of the can. Immediately it flares to life, a small blue cleanly-burning fire. After that comes a low metal stand, simple in construction - just four legs attached to a circle. On top of that, an extremely simple metal bowl.
He pops the top off of two soup cans. Dumps them in. Throws in the vegetables for good measure.
Only when that's done does he settle back against the headboard, shoulder to shoulder, eyeing the peeled fruit Mace offers.
He looks amused, a touch fond, and he says: ]
Split it.
[ He'll eat half if you'll eat half. He holds his hand out for it. Split the sleep with him too, while you're at it, but something tells him it won't end up being even.
Slept pretty soundly next to-- ]
You never told me her name. That girl you're in love with.