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did you want me to leave a fucking note with it
I don't hate you, Dom
I don't hate you, Dom
giving you my ring isn't a threat, dom
I'm giving it to you so you know I don't have it anymore
it's a show of trust
[Or it was supposed to be although he went through the worst possible method of delivering it,, whoppsss]
I'm giving it to you so you know I don't have it anymore
it's a show of trust
[Or it was supposed to be although he went through the worst possible method of delivering it,, whoppsss]
I don't know
I just want you to know I'm on your side
I just want you to know I'm on your side
it's fine
[...]
you need me to come get it or do you have a way to get it to the lake and meet me there
[...]
you need me to come get it or do you have a way to get it to the lake and meet me there
ok
[He didn't really anticipate having to see Dom so soon after - everything. He thought leaving his ring might be enough of an olive branch, so they could just meet up the next time like nothing'd happened. Why that's his MO for navigating life- who knows. But it didn't exactly work and now he's stuck interacting with Dom face to face, which is oddly scary to Julian. He doesn't know how to healthily deal with emotion, nor how to properly apologize. Sooo...
He just shows up, knocking on Dom's door with an flannel shirt over a blank white tee and jeans - hands in his pockets.]
[He didn't really anticipate having to see Dom so soon after - everything. He thought leaving his ring might be enough of an olive branch, so they could just meet up the next time like nothing'd happened. Why that's his MO for navigating life- who knows. But it didn't exactly work and now he's stuck interacting with Dom face to face, which is oddly scary to Julian. He doesn't know how to healthily deal with emotion, nor how to properly apologize. Sooo...
He just shows up, knocking on Dom's door with an flannel shirt over a blank white tee and jeans - hands in his pockets.]
[ So... he guesses he's going out there now, so he's dressed for it, glad that there isn't a roommate around to ask why he was freaking out earlier or to run into the guy he's supposedly been beefing it for... two weeks now? ]
Hey.
[ Cue two awkward teens staring at each other, one of Dom's hands on the doorknob. He sidesteps, head turned to the table for a second. ]
Uhm, come in.
Hey.
[ Cue two awkward teens staring at each other, one of Dom's hands on the doorknob. He sidesteps, head turned to the table for a second. ]
Uhm, come in.
Hey.
[Julian seems tense, shuttered even, but it's just his Dumbass meter being so high. He doesn't quite know where to put his gaze and shifts into the room, trying to appear nonchalant. He moves in toward where he left the ring, staring at it for a beat before scooping it up into his palm. The urge to put it back on is there but he holds off. Gotta prove his point here, instead.]
... You weren't busy or anything, were you?
[Julian seems tense, shuttered even, but it's just his Dumbass meter being so high. He doesn't quite know where to put his gaze and shifts into the room, trying to appear nonchalant. He moves in toward where he left the ring, staring at it for a beat before scooping it up into his palm. The urge to put it back on is there but he holds off. Gotta prove his point here, instead.]
... You weren't busy or anything, were you?
[ Eloquent as ever, Dom shakes his head, looks down and sets his jaw, arms crossed. He doesn't actually know what's gonna happen once Jules picks his secret weapon back up, but he'd like to think that the answer is closer to 'nothing' than not. ]
No. I was kinda holed up in my room for that whole week, then… uhm. I haven't really done anything since, so.
Hey, I got this stupid necklace stuck around my neck. [ He digs it from under his shirt to show the locket, then hides it again. Gold, thankfully. ] You too, right?
No. I was kinda holed up in my room for that whole week, then… uhm. I haven't really done anything since, so.
Hey, I got this stupid necklace stuck around my neck. [ He digs it from under his shirt to show the locket, then hides it again. Gold, thankfully. ] You too, right?
Hm? Oh, no, actually.
[He says after blinking, staring at Dom's neck before silently saying no more on the subject of... why.]
You need to get that off, though. You know how it works?
[He says after blinking, staring at Dom's neck before silently saying no more on the subject of... why.]
You need to get that off, though. You know how it works?
What? No, how — I've been trying to get it off [ badum ] this whole time, dude. I thought we all got one?
[ This is what happens when you self-exile and then sulk as an Olympic sport, apparently. Dom stops, sighs and rolls his eyes. ]
It's got something to do with sex, doesn't it.
[ This is what happens when you self-exile and then sulk as an Olympic sport, apparently. Dom stops, sighs and rolls his eyes. ]
It's got something to do with sex, doesn't it.
I already got mine off. You gotta give away a first of something.
[He shrugs.]
Sexual firsts make it easier, I'll tell you that.
[He shrugs.]
Sexual firsts make it easier, I'll tell you that.
Yeah, let's... go get this settled.
[Fist around the ring, he gestures with it before heading back out into the hall - and toward the lake. Buuuut, of course:]
... You know I can help you. With the necklace thing. Right?
[Fist around the ring, he gestures with it before heading back out into the hall - and toward the lake. Buuuut, of course:]
... You know I can help you. With the necklace thing. Right?
[ Well— ]
You?
[ He's thinking about the disastrous encounter in the forest, he's thinking of the conversations he's had with Felix. The fight that's still recent enough to feel like it happened yesterday. All the ways he declared that no one actually cares about him, which actually did happen the day before. Cringe. ]
But. Why?
You?
[ He's thinking about the disastrous encounter in the forest, he's thinking of the conversations he's had with Felix. The fight that's still recent enough to feel like it happened yesterday. All the ways he declared that no one actually cares about him, which actually did happen the day before. Cringe. ]
But. Why?
[It probably helps that they're talking about this - helps Julian dance around words he didn't know how to say without prompting. Heading out of the manor, he has his hands in his pockets again, feeling the familiar weight of his ring in his palm. Their fight still rings in his ears, too.]
... 'Cause I care about you?
[Ugh, he cringes a little.]
I don't know how to do that kinda thing. Care about people? Whenever I try to do shit for people, I fuck it up. You already know that much. I don't do that on purpose, though. I'm...
... 'Cause I care about you?
[Ugh, he cringes a little.]
I don't know how to do that kinda thing. Care about people? Whenever I try to do shit for people, I fuck it up. You already know that much. I don't do that on purpose, though. I'm...
[ He's got a small frown, as uncomfortable as anyone could expect. Neither of them are good at this, let alone with each other; Julian was sort of at the center of the coven but Dom felt like the one hanging by a thread sometimes. The (boy)friend of a friend, the last piece needed to complete the circle rather than someone who was meant to be there all along, because... Dom was just the new kid who happened to be a witch, right? And barely even one at that. ]
Yeah. I-I get that.
[ Obviously. Blowing up at people, saying the wrong thing even when his intentions aren't bad. Saying the worst things when they are, only to regret it later. ]
Listen, uhm. I'm sorry I said all that stuff to you. It was messed up.
Yeah. I-I get that.
[ Obviously. Blowing up at people, saying the wrong thing even when his intentions aren't bad. Saying the worst things when they are, only to regret it later. ]
Listen, uhm. I'm sorry I said all that stuff to you. It was messed up.
[ felix is unsure if dom and julian still have each other blocked, but he tries anyway: ]
ok so we mite have fucked up tryjng 2 open a portal on that freaky altar but
at least we didnt deep fry some1s asshole lol
ok so we mite have fucked up tryjng 2 open a portal on that freaky altar but
at least we didnt deep fry some1s asshole lol
It's fine.
[That's his answer for most things - it's fine, he'll get over it, he's already over it, there's nothing to dwell on, what happened just happened, that's life, etc. He looks up at the sky from the path toward the lake, stride slow and lazy.]
I shouldn't have blown up at you either. That was my bad, too.
[That's his answer for most things - it's fine, he'll get over it, he's already over it, there's nothing to dwell on, what happened just happened, that's life, etc. He looks up at the sky from the path toward the lake, stride slow and lazy.]
I shouldn't have blown up at you either. That was my bad, too.
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