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text @ nasir

Nasir: You never know. He has experience

Unsent; I can't believe I said that.

Nasir: Ignore I said that. Anyway yay two arms. I'm glad you are safe Avery.

Avery: Haha gross, man. And I don't have any.

Avery: But yeah, anyway, me too. I got lucky. I really need to learn how to defend myself or something.

text @ nasir

Nasir: Are you a druid magnet?

Avery: Kind of seems that way, but this one was some old guy and definitely not my type.

Avery: But hey at least I have two functioning arms now!

text @ nasir

Nasir: It was a joke.

Nasir: How is your arm?

Avery: Still weird.

Avery: It's good. Perfect, actually. It was weird, this druid found me while I was back home and fixed it, the same one that actually gave me the idea to come here in the first place. I mean, I hadn't known he was a druid then, but...

Maybe.

"Is, uh... is everything alright, man? You seem kind of... I don't know, off. We're still friends, you know, so if anything is bugging you, you can definitely talk to me."

text @ nasir

Nasir: Naw, your assginity will be fine.

Avery: My assginity, really? That sounds horrible.

You should. He’s a good guy.

"Yeah, one of these days, for sure. You guys can swing by the diner or something."

He’s doing okay. Pretty good, actually.

"Yeah? That's awesome. I still haven't met him, which is crazy."

tristanxmcknight

"Honestly our world is not meant for everyone. At least he didn’t decide to commit you somewhere like Eichen House or I wouldn’t have met you. And believe me, I’m glad that I did. And thank you, thank you for at least trying it." Tristan probably should not be doing this, but he grabs Avery’s hand and he crouches a bit so that his eyes meet Avery’s. "There’s no being sorry, dude. You did nothing wrong. I needed you to be hard on me like that. Raleigh is a parasite and if reality didn’t sink in then I would have gone on with my delusional state. I’m just sorry that it had to take you being hospitalized and my powers for me to realize that." Tristan, now standing up properly, rests his thumb under Avery’s chin so he may raise it a bit just so their eyes can meet. "Avery, please be truthful when I ask this— Do you still have feelings for me or are you working on trying to be friends?"

[avery stiffens at the touch. even still, he doesn't draw back. he swallows hard, trying to dampen his throat, which all of a sudden feels as dry and as coarse as sandpaper. he's having a hard time maintaining eye contact, but he's trying. having a hard time keeping enough air in his lungs all of a sudden, too, and you can see the wheels turning in his head as he struggles to put words to his thoughts. when he does speak, his voice is quiet and apprehensive.] "Yeah. Yeah, of course I still have feelings for you, they're not going to just go away. And I mean, yeah, it would be a lot easier if they would, but they haven't. You were my first real... boyfriend, or anything, really."

#c:tristan

text @ nasir

Nasir: she will just hug you.

Nasir: Yeah you do.

Avery: Or grab my butt.

Well good. I’m glad. Normal is relative.

No kidding. If there's one thing I've learned from living here, it's that. How's your husband doing?

text @ nasir

Nasir: dude what?

Nasir: boss let you back? He must like you.

Avery: She doesn't know I'm back yet. Kind of nervous to see how she reacts when she finds out.

Avery: Yeah, let's hope so, because I'm gonna need all the hours I can get.

text @ nasir

Nasir: We were thinking the same thing.

Nasir; Nancy missed you too lol.

Avery: Dude lol.

Avery: I go back to work tomorrow so we'll see how that goes.

tristanxmcknight

"I’m sorry that you had to lie to your old man. Bet it wasn’t not easy to do that to him. Avery, at least try the free week’s session and if it isn’t for you, then I won’t bug you about it again. I, uh—it is because of me. Well, the blockage is because I feel extremely guilty about my part in what happened to you. You reminded me that I promised that I’d be there for you and I wasn’t…."

"He is kind of promiscuous and isn’t really the monogamous type. So a relationship might not ever work, but I know he has feelings for me. Are you sure this won’t be weird? Me talking about other guys like this? Cause if it is, just say the word and I’ll stop.”

"Yeah, no, it wasn't, but it's better than having him thinking I'm going crazy. He used to get really worried when I would tell him about the voices, so he'd probably wanna send me away if I told him about what was going on here. But, uh, yeah, okay, I'll try the one week session. Now that the semester is over I don't have anything going on besides work, so yeah, sure, I'll give it a shot. [avery sighs, lowering his eyes.] "Look, man, I know you feel guilty, but it wasn't your fault. I'm sorry for going off on you the way I did, I was really hard on you, harder than I should have been. I was just... I don't know, I was frustrated. I was angry at myself, and I took it out on you. So, I'm sorry, and if I can do anything to help you get your powers back, just let me know." [he cringes, glancing away.]

"Uh, yeah, look, sorry, but can we not, actually? It's, uh... yeah, still at that point where it's kind of like getting punched in the stomach or something. Probably not the best person to talk about guys with just yet."

#c:tristan

text @ nasir

Nasir: I see. I really missed you man.

Avery: I missed you too, dude. I was kind of worried you wouldn't ever wanna see me again or something.

text @ nasir

Nasir: Not because of what happen. I thought you left because this wasn't your place anymore.

Avery: That wasn't your fault. And yeah, I kind of did. But I realized back home wasn't my place anymore, either. I don't fit in there anymore.

Pretty good, I guess. You? I mean…other than your arm and stuff.

No, yeah, the arm's good. Kind of a long story, but my arm got fixed up while I was back home. So yeah, I'm good. No real complaints. Everything's kind of back to normal. Well, you know, as normal as things can get around here.