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[literaryoblivion]

Tornado Warning

Here’s a little belated thing I wrote for @bennguinfest because my original piece was turning long (I hope to finish it soon!). So, have this rather timely (considering the forecast for today) one instead.

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The first time Tyler hears the sirens him (and Marshall) freak out, and he immediately calls Jamie.

“What the fuck is that siren? It doesn’t sound like a fire alarm. What the hell is going on?” he shouts as soon as Jamie picks up.

“Huh? Siren… Ohhhhhhhh, the sirens,” Jamie says and then laughs.

“Dude! What the fuck?”

Jamie’s laughter finally dies down. “Ty, it’s fine. It’s just the tornado sirens.”

“Tornado?! It’s FINE?! Don’t we have to seek shelter?” He looks out his apartment window. “It looks perfectly fine outside? What--”

“No, no, they’re just testing them. They test the tornado sirens every first Wednesday of the month. Don’t worry about it,” Jamie reassures, and Tyler tries to slowly calm his racing heart. The sirens have stopped, and Marshall has stopped barking.

“Seriously? You couldn’t have warned a guy?”

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[afterthefair]

I was thinking about OTP types, and how everyone’s always talking about what dynamic they love best, enemies, best friends, whatever. None of which applies to me.  But I finally figured it out: I’m not necessarily attracted by the relationship dynamics. My OTP is almost always “character I want to dissect to see how their brain works”/”character I want to bone.”