Hollow Peaces

Casimir or Concord, I don't remember. Call me Alden, please. | 22, Son of Eirene|  "I don't want to fight anymore."

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sebastienlaurent​:

Laurent was giggling the whole time when he pointed at the red frosting on Cas’s cheek, already reaching to wipe it off when at the last minute, he dipped his finger at the purple frosting and made a matching line on Cas’s other cheek. “Of course! And if they like it, we can bake some more too. There’s plenty to go around.”

Cas blinked as Laurent painted a line of purple frosting on his cheek, but he ended up giggling. After a moment, he hesitantly reached forward to put a simple white dot of frosting right on Laurent’s nose. He laughed all the harder after, utterly delighted by it all. “Yes! Baking is fun. With a friend.” He beamed at Laurent after, practically radiating happiness.

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sebastienlaurent​:

Laurent still made a lot of mess but at least he was happy– he was happy with the tea and the cookies and just Cas having a lot of fun too. This was the messiest he’s ever been while baking but there was color everywhere and he was beaming so hard his cheeks hurt. “Hey, are you ready to eat all of this? Or should we stop by and give some to your boyfriend too?” The unclaimed camper joked.

This was going to be a pain to clean up, but Cas liked cleaning, so that was okay. Besides, they were having fun and that was the important part. Unbeknownst to him, he’d been messier than he thought and there was a dollop of bright red frosting on his cheek. He giggled after. “We can. Eat some. And then. Whatever’s left. We can share!”

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sebastienlaurent​:

The high-five just made him grin, but the giggle after just made him laugh because it was cute. He didn’t know that a single high-five could cause that. Once he was done with his own cookie, he brought out a tray full of cookie decorations from the pantry, letting Cas choose and go wild with whatever design he wanted. Even if they’re probably both gonna end up using way too much decoration, the cookie would still be delicious.

Cas grinned as Laurent laughed and beamed at the other camper, happily enjoying the moment. He peered at the various decorations with wide, delighted eyes. He had no idea what most of them were meant to be used for, but they looked like fun. He giggled again as he reached for some, wholly clueless in how to decorate a cookie properly but enjoying himself anyway. Most of them ended up looking messy, a combination of his careless enthusiasm and shaking hands, but that didn’t matter much to him at the moment.

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sebastienlaurent​:

Laurent grinned and held his hand up for a high five since the two of them had made it after all. “We did! And we didn’t manage to burn any of the cookies.” Which still happened to him sometimes, he admitted sheepishly. He usually burnt a few when he baked alone but everything was perfect. “Okay, let me get the sprinkles too.” Reach for them, he grabbed the purple icing first and started to draw a smiley face on the cookie.

Cas looked at Laurent and then hesitantly high-fived him. He giggled after and looked at the cookies. “They look. Very yummy!” He was excited to eat them, actually. He watched Laurent decorate the cookies intently, vividly curious. He didn’t think his own cookies would be nearly as nice, but he was excited to try anyway. “Sprinkles! Those are. Also fun!”

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sebastienlaurent​:

Laurent laughed when Cas said he wouldn’t tell– he didn’t want to attempt that at all because he would definitely get struck by something by some god. Or cause a natural accident just because some god thought it was really funny. “Hey, I’m sure the colors will be pretty. And it’ll be delicious because you made them.” The unclaimed camper assured his friend with a grin. “Are you ready?”

Cas crept over to the cookies and looked at them before looking at Laurent. “We made them!” Well, Laurent had made them and Cas had been there for moral support, but that counted, right? He giggled after and looked down once more. “Yes! Show me?” He hadn’t the faintest idea how to start decorating the cookies, but he was very excited to learn if Laurent was willing to show him. He beamed at the other camper happily.

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sebastienlaurent​:

Laurent felt himself blush because nobody has really told him that before. Nobody has heard him sing like that before, and he only sand alone. It was a surprise to him that he was even humming. “Well, I guess I can just put color then draw smiley faces on the others because I really can’t draw at all. I can try to draw Mr. D for fun but he might trample me because of how ugly the drawing is.”

Cas smiled as Laurent blushed and hoped that the other camper understood that he meant it as a genuine compliment. He looked at the cookies after and giggled. “I won’t tell!” Smiley faces sounded doable, so Cas decided to try that. “Mine probably won’t. Be very good. But they will. Still be tasty!” And that was the most important part, he thought.

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sebastienlaurent​:

Laurent was happy to wait for the cookies to cool, humming under his breath as the two of them waiting. Though the colors were ready so he was just placing the bowls of colors in their work area so they were already in better reach. “Are you going to just swirl all the colors together? Or are you going to draw characters or something?”

Cas listened to Laurent hum, his fingers suddenly itching for a pencil to write down the music that he could hear. “You have a. Very pretty voice.” He smiled sweetly to Laurent and then looked at the cookies with wide eyes. He hadn’t thought about that. “I don’t know... I’ve never decorated. Cookies before!” At least, not that he could remember, but remembering that he couldn’t remember hurt, so he more or less tried to ignore it now. “What are you. Going to do?”

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sebastienlaurent​:

Laurent revelled in the silence sometimes though he’s had a lot of that in the past. It was different here though because he knew that the silence could be filled by noise, whether it was the forge or just campers cheering. “We can let them cool and then set aside some to be plain and the other for decorating?” He suggested as he looked at Cas, already wanting to taste the cookies because they smelled delicious.

Cas didn’t always like the silence- sometimes it felt oppressive and it pulled on something in the back of his head that just felt bad- but he liked loud noises even less, so quiet was okay. He smiled up at Laurent and nodded. “Okay!” He wasn’t much of a baker, so he’d happily follow Laurent’s decisions, especially because it meant not having to make any decisions himself.

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aldridgedevin​:

Devin would probably end up falling asleep during one of those picnics, the serene and just the overall warmth he was feeling with Cas would do that. With the other camper close to him and Winston snuggling with him, it was the perfect day. “That would be great! And Winston and I can do some exploring, maybe we’ll find new places together.” He would end up probably making a new place, surrounded by flowers and that didn’t seem so bad at all. Although he hoped that Cas would like it.

Cas would be quite content on a picnic with Devin and Winston. He loved them both and they were safe and it was safe here and it was a good feeling. Devin gave him lots of good feelings. He smiled. “That sounds like. Lots of fun!” He wasn’t sure he’d be up for much exploring- while he was more or less healed, he still got tired and it was sometimes overwhelming to go somewhere without a real destination- but he hoped that Devin and Winston had fun!

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sebastienlaurent​: 

Laurent would notice that Cas got startled by the simplest things and he knew that the timer would startle him. While baking sometimes, that even happened to him. “Hey, I’m the one that’s living in your cabin, the least I could do is not make noise. Especially when it gets overwhelming just stepping outside of the cabin.” The loud campers, the sound of weapons hitting other weapons, it overwhelmed him sometimes and the Eirene cabin was one of his safe havens. Turning off the oven, Laurent got the tray and placed it carefully on the cooling rack.

Cas was still extremely startled and he sometimes felt bad about it, especially because he didn’t even know why he was so scared all of the time. It was terrible, but he wasn’t sure how to stop it. He smiled sweetly to Laurent instead of lingering on that because Laurent was very sweet and Cas loved him very much. “You are. Very sweet.” And he was. Cas watched Laurent take the cookies out and admired them with a tiny noise of happiness because they already looked yummy and they smelled even better.

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sebastienlaurent​:

Laurent was looking right at the timer to stop it just before it rang, just so it wouldn’t startle Cas. He knew how easily startled the son of Eirene was and he doesn’t want to ruin this moment. Pulling out the tray from the oven, he placed it on the island to let it cool first. “Okay, we have to let it cool so we can have hugs again.” Laurent didn’t even wait before pulling the other camper into a hug again.

Cas was quietly grateful that Laurent stopped the timer before it actually went off because he really didn’t like the noise, but he’d been prepared to deal with it for Laurent’s sake. Not having to do so was just a blessing and he was more than happy to lean right back into the hug, squeezing Laurent gently. “I like hugs. And thank you. For the noise.” Or, rather, for stopping it, but that was more words and he was pretty sure that Laurent understood what he meant anyway because Laurent was a smart cookie. 

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aldridgedevin​:

“All the picnics with the tea and sandwiches I can fit inside the picnic basket.” Devin joked, even though he would probably end up doing that. Unintentionally because he would be nervous about it. But hey, it was okay, at least he was going to have a picnic with Cas. And Winston. “But I don’t know all the best places to have picnics here in camp cause I don’t spend as much time here. Would you know?”

Cas giggled softly at Devin’s playfulness and it was nice. Picnics with him and Winston would be so much fun, even if they did nothing but lay on a blanket and cloud watch. Cas would be content with that. “I know. Some places. And I can ask. About others!” Artem would maybe know some good places, Cas could ask him. He was hesitant about asking Hans, as he didn’t want to upset them with pulling on old memories, but it would serve as a good excuse to go talk to them, if he could. In the meantime, Cas would just have to show Devin the spots that he did know about.

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aldridgedevin​:

Devin was close to falling asleep like this, warm, happy, and just overall content with how he was right now. But he wanted to remember how the two of them were right now and how Cas was looking at him like that. So excited and happy. He wasn’t really in a rush to plan everything but he just hoped that the date would come sooner rather than later. “Oh! We can have picnics all the time. I don’t have to go to the city all the time now so I’ll be here.”

Cas squeezed Devin carefully, just happy to be with him, curled up and content and being given all the affection he could ask for. He beamed when Devin agreed to the picnics, lighting up once more. “All the picnics!” He laughed a little after, genuinely excited at the prospect of going on picnics because he really did love spending time with Devin, and anything that gave them more time together was a good thing.

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sebastienlaurent​:

“And you don’t have to ask again if you want to hug me, or if you want hugs. You can just come up to me and then hug.” Laurent assured Cas that he could do that freely. He thrived on contact and he never really got it before but now that Cas was open with affection too, he didn’t see the need to stop it now. “As much as I do love hugging, I think the cookies will be ready in a bit and I have to get them. Then we can hug again.”

Cas hummed happily to Laurent and squeezed him once more. “Okay! And you can. Do the same. I love hugs.” With certain people, at least, but Laurent was one of those people, so Cas didn’t see the point of explaining the semantics of it. He’d be more than happy to give Laurent all the hugs he could, whenever Laurent wanted. “Mmm, okay. Cookies first, then hugs!” That was an acceptable compromise, so he let go and shimmied out of the way, ending up over by the table because he didn’t know where else to go.

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aldridgedevin​:

Devin would just keep himself still forever it it meant that Cas would be as happy and as close to him as he is right now. He just pressed another kiss on the son of Eirene’s forehead and kept his lips against his forehead. “Yes, I’m sure it will be. I’ll let you know when we can go to the museum then?” He hoped it would be soon but he also didn’t want to rush it because of the situation and restrictions outside of camp.

Cas could happily stay right here for forever, if that was something he could do. He didn’t think it was possible, but he’d be more than happy to give it a go. He hummed happily as Devin kissed his forehead and then just stayed there. It was...really nice and Cas was so comfortable here. “Okay!” Devin knew so much more than he did- Cas was still re-learning how to use a computer, much less a phone, so Devin would probably be able to figure out when the museum would reopen a lot sooner than Cas would. “Until then. We can maybe. Have a picnic?” Or maybe just a lot more of this. Cas liked spending time with Devin and Winston.

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sebastienlaurent​:

“Of course! You can give me all the hugs because I love them. I practically thrive on them.” Laurent grew up not getting any affection from anyone just because they thought he was crazy with the ghosts and the monsters. He hated it very much when all he needed was just a hug. Before Cas even leaned towards him for the hug, Laurent was already pulling him into a hug. “All is perfect.”

Cas positively lit up as Laurent gave him permission to give all the hugs. “I love hugs!” And if Laurent wanted, Cas was more than willing to give him all the hugs all the time. Laurent definitely needed the hugs- everyone needed the hugs, but Cas thought that maybe Laurent needed a few more and he was plenty will to give them. He giggled softly as Laurent pulled him into a hug and he squeezed the other camper back tightly, content to stay there for as long as he could.

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aldridgedevin​:

Devin was already wishing that they could stay like this forever, just the two of them cuddling with Winston right between them. Asking Cas on a date was mostly because of whim and he was ready to take it back if the other felt uncomfortable about the offer. Until the son of Eirene said yes, which caused him to beam. “Then it’ll be a date.”

Cas giggled at Devin’s response and hid his face against Devin’s shoulder again, mostly because he could and because Devin was cute and his smile made Cas’ chest feel all fluttery and warm. Those were good feelings, so he wasn’t mad. “I can’t wait. It will be. So much fun!”