#red:threads

[mytarnishedsilver]

Red sighed when he heard the rapid knocking on his door. He knew it was either Emmet or Percy and he also knew that they wouldn’t stop knocking until he opened the door. Standing, he stepped over to unlock and open the door, walking away with it open once he saw it was Emmet.

“Come in, I guess,” he said, walking back over to the couch where he’d been sitting with Stray while scrolling through his phone. “Shut the door behind you.”

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[mytarnishedsilver]

It had been some time since Red had seen Percy. He tended to avoid the hybrid these days, rather than seek him out. Ever since the revelation that he and Percy had basically been manufactured for each other, Red didn’t know what to think of him. He had no way of knowing if how he felt was real or not, and he’d had a hard time coming to terms with those feelings in the first place. Looking at Percy just hurt now, a reminder of what he’d lost, of what he might’ve never actually had. If their entire relationship was based on a lie, were they even anything anymore?

However, despite his distance, that didn’t stop Percy from continuing to reach out to him, and sometimes it wore Red down. It was a different Red that let Percy into his apartment now, though. He didn’t flirt, he didn’t try to get into Percy’s pants, he didn’t try to trick the hybrid into staying later.

“She can smell your cat on you,” he stated the obvious as he watched Stray rub her face and body against Percy’s legs. “You thirsty?” He headed for the kitchen.

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[mytarnishedsilver]

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txt to Lesbian Lay: cuz he’s my childhood friend?

txt to Lesbian Lay: dont u have an exception to the rule?

txt to Lesbian Lay: im ur exception to the whole lesbian thing for example

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[mytarnishedsilver]

“Looks like you broke out of your prison cell,” Red said with a grin when he saw Percy. “You come looking for me? You wanna finish what we started on New Year’s?” He looked over Percy’s outfit briefly, standing close to him so the other was forced to look up at him to meet his gaze.

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[mytarnishedsilver]

“Well, if it isn’t Perce’s keeper,” Red said with a smirk, leaning against Len’s table as he looked down at him. He vividly remembered how Len had stormed over to take Percy from his arms, quite literally. It had annoyed him at the time, but now he found the whole thing amusing. “Where’s he now? Locked up in a tower? You gonna keep him there until he dies of old age?”

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[mytarnishedsilver]

“You wear that dress just to get my attention?” Red asked with a faint smirk, as he sidled up to Percy. He was already several drinks in, feeling warm and even more confident than usual, especially considering Percy had gotten him a Christmas present. He was wearing the other down. He could tell.

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[mytarnishedsilver]

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“Trust me, I don’t offer this to just anyone,” Red said with a wink. It was technically the truth. He didn’t offer to just anyone. Just the people he found attractive, which was most people. “You’ll get first seat at the bar, some time to settle in before the rush hits . . . pre-game with some half-off shots.” He grinned. “What do you think? You in?”

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[mytarnishedsilver]

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“Cool,” Red said with another quick smirk, stepping back to open the doors to the club to lead the way inside. He tapped a fellow bouncer on the back and gestured back toward the doors. “Go watch the line. I’ll owe you one.”

The guy rolled his eyes but moved to take over Red’s spot outside. “We’re still just setting up, but now you can get first pick at the bar,” Red said with a grin as he led Cosmo there. He held his arms out to display said bar. “Take a seat. Whatever seat you want.”

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