❦ Szalinski Household, Day Fifty-Six ❦
tw drugs
“Can I ask you something?” Dax asked when they were done working out. He’d worked up a good sweat, and so had Charlie. He’d enjoyed his time at the gym with his uncle and it had loosened him up a little bit to want to talk to him about this whole Bubbles thing.
“Sure,” Charlie coaxed.
Dax bit his tongue for a moment, thinking about how to ask it, before he just went for it. “Have you ever tried Bubbles? Or...anything like it?”
Lifting a brow in inquiry, Charlie shook his head. “Nah,” he said lightly. “I mean, there was that whole stint with vampirism...” Yeah, Dax had heard about that. “And jail...” He’d heard about that too. “But drugs weren’t ever really my thing. I like being in control of my head, you know?” He paused, looking at Dax. “What about you?”
“Oh, uh, no,” Dax lied and he hated it the moment it was out of his mouth. His parents were one thing. His Uncle Charlie? Lying to him? That was a whole other feeling he hadn’t been prepared for. “It was offered to me, I just...I wondered if you ever had that experience.”
“Well good thing you said no,” Charlie said, the look of pride on his face unwarranted. “That stuff can really mess with you before you know it.”
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