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keith "i didn't come here to make friends" mccree ([personal profile] emblazes) wrote2017-07-02 08:34 am

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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-23 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sitting yes, sitting sounds fantastic, and also probably better for what he plans on doing. not that he hasn't already hecked up his plans just by virtue of this disastrous meeting. ]

Good idea, yeah, let's do that—

[ he'll grab keith's hand with his free one, shuffling over to that sorry excuse for a couch. ain't nobody sleeping on this comfortably...

he plops down with a sigh, leaning his head back to snag a few more breaths of air.

after a moment, he rolls his head over to look at keith. musters up a crooked smile. ]


Hey.
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-23 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing, I'm great. How're you?

[ alright, to be fair, that whole thing was pretty concerning, but c'mon keith like you'd never seen a guy give himself a running cramp before. he keeps a hand around keith's, using that as leverage to weakly tug him onto the couch. ]

C'mon, have a seat—

[ he shifts a little, moving the bag around his shoulders so it sits on his lap. ]
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-23 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he takes in a deep breath, shifting so that he's facing keith a bit more. their knees bump. ]

I messed up.

[ WAIT DON'T GO AWAY THIS ISN'T THAT KIND OF STORY— ]

I started working on it since August, you know? Ever since you told me when it was. I bought the yarn for it the next day, I had this whole idea worked out in my head...

[ he unzips the bag (the very same duffel that they'd used to bring all their possessions in). his smile is sheepish as he draws out a folded up hat. ]

It made sense back in Olympia, when the weather was starting to get cool...

[ but now they're in wyver, where the weather is just hot and humid all day err'day.

...also when keith was still the pilot of the red lion. heh. ]


But, [ and here he perks up a bit. ] I did some digging. I found a leathersmith here once we got settled [ which was literally just a couple of days ago? lance??? ] and I used my charms [ aka lance owes him a lot of free work for the next couple of weeks ] and he agreed to make you something special—

[ he pulls out another item. jfc he realizes he didn't even have time to wrap it. HE LITERALLY JUST PICKED IT UP. ]

It's... you know. For your knife.

[ your first boyfriend. hah. ]

Oh! And I got you a cupcake!

[ he digs in the bag and pulls out a box, its clear plastic window showing something... half-smushed and purple. ]

Or... I think it's a cupcake. The baker said it's a Wyvern delicacy. It's probably only a little made of meat. Oh — I forgot to get a candle, oh shoot...

[ he starts to rummage around in the bag, as if one might suddenly just appear... ]
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-24 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ mid-futile candle search and all lance hears is you have to bring it back. he freezes a little, feeling something cold and heavy drop into the pit of his stomach. when he lifts his head again, he can't even do anything to mask the look of devestation on his face. ]

You don't like it...?

[ he looks down at the sheath, trying to go over in his mind all the ways it had gone wrong. was it the color? the pattern? he's doing the math again and it ain't looking good. ]

I could ask him to change it up — or, or make another one— [ he winces. that'll definitely be another couple if weeks of work, but then again, what does that matter, if he can somehow manage to salvage this dumpster fire disaster of a birthday surprise. ]
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-24 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ both touches are comforting, almost necessary. lance leans into the hand at his cheek, his own falling quickly to curl lightly around the curve of keith's thigh as if to keep him there. he lets out a breath at the verbal validation, too, his relief clear in every syllable of it, but it is sadly short-lived, circumvented by the strangest thing he's ever heard. ]

You.

What?

[ suddenly the thanks is no longer important. he's leaning forward, trying to meet keith's eyes. ]

What are you talking about, you don't deser— Keith, I'd get you seven different ones if I could! One for every day of the week. Heck, I'd make them all if I knew a single thing about leathermaking! [ sadly, he's just a silly knitter... ]
Edited 2017-10-24 14:15 (UTC)
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-24 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ lance is having a harder time understanding than one would think. it isn't as if the concept of wanting a simple birthday, of desiring simpler pleasures is something completely uncommon to him. true, he tends to prefer to be the center of attention, but he'd feel just as good knowing someone's even thinking of him, let alone making a big deal of it.

it's just that he'd worked it up so much in his head. built it up to be this giant thing for over a month now, wanting so desperately to make it perfect that he... completely forgets all the things that would make it perfect for keith. quiet. lowkey. simple.

and here he'd gone, wasting the entire day away scrambling for something that keith maybe appreciates, but definitely didn't even consider wanting until maybe just now. ]


I'll tell you what. Don't worry about any of this—

[ he takes both the sheath and the knit hat from between them, yes even the weird meat cupcake. those things he sets aside, on the ground by their feet. whether or not keith even wants them... it's fine. this day's about him.

lance retakes keith's hands in his, drawing them up to press a kiss over the back of both. ]


There's like five hours left in the day, right? We'll spend it doing whatever you want, just the two of us.

[ a thoughtful pause. ]

Or I can get completely out of your hair. [ he's self-aware enough to know that he's sort of capitalized a lot of keith's time... okay... ] Birthday boy's wish.
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-24 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he makes a low sound in the back of his throat, kind of grateful for being drawn in so close so suddenly. it saves a little of his dignity, given how suddenly dopey his smile turns. how red and warm his face gets.

without hesitating, he wraps his arms snug around keith's waist, and all it takes is a little tug to get the other boy sliding onto his lap completely. he buries his face against the crook of keith's neck, nuzzling the long wisps of thick hair there. ]


You're amazing, you know that?

[ never gonna give you up... never gonna let you down... ]

It's your day, and you're still making it all about me. [ tsk! ] Normally I'd be all about it, but it's not every day someone turns 19.
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-25 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ don't be a brat... ]

I wasn't mad. [ he was mad. ] Anyway, it doesn't matter, cuz i'm still taller.

[ and taller he shall remain, if there's any merciful deity at all in the universe(s). hmph. ]

Anyway, you still haven't told me what you wanted to do. The night is young! [ ish. ] The dragon world is our dragon oyster.
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-25 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing could've ruined that birthday.

[ and he wasn't even in love with you then! god, he's sweet.

anyway, he totally hears the "we" in that statement, but silly loverboy lance hears it more as a let's-do-this-thing-together-as-a-couple rather than if-i'm-going-down-i'm-taking-you-with-me. so he perks up, shifting just enough that he can dip down and scoop up the little container of half-mushed maybe-meat cupcake... he forgot to get any utensils, so when he opens it, he has only his fore- and middle finger to work with. oh well. here comes the choo-choo train...! ]


Say "ahhh"~
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-25 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ don't worry, keith, he's super limber and flexible... he was Fine.

but speaking of fine, not even keith's inherent fineness (hehe, see what he did there) can save him from sampling his birthday cupcake first. lance just holds the finger-scoop a little closer to his face. ]


Nope, birthday boy gets the first dibs! Them's the rules.
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-25 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's not random! it's legitimate!!

also the power of love healed him. or something.

anyway wow... what a lazy boy. but it's fine, it's fine. if he's allowed to be lazy at all, it'd be during his birthday. so with an over-exaggerated sigh, lance makes a big show of angling the finger-scoop closer and closer... till some icing is touching keith's lip —

but at the last second he's swooping his arm around, pulling a quick u-turn, and stuffing said fingers into his own mouth. mm! he laughs, clearly pleased with his playful deceit. what a riot, he's so hilarious! ]


!!

Oh — it's good! [ he sounds.. surprised... ]
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-26 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ lance half-gurgles, half-laughs around his wyver cupcake, still fancying himself a hee-larious guy. this triumph is pretty short-lived, considering keith literally tries to eat out of his own mouth in the next second.

he makes a startled sound, caught in the back of his throat as he's suddenly forced back. honestly, given how small their loveseat is, the whole thing nearly topples them all backwards.

how gross... but also kind of sexy??? he's so confused. ]
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[personal profile] competing 2017-10-26 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Touche...

[ alright alright... you got him there, hmph. lance tries to take his loss with humility, though it's kind of hard to do that when he's got cupcake smeared all over his lips. he tries to wipe most off with the back of his hand. ]

Is it weird I found that kinda sexy?

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