♑ ♥ ♐ | I'll take you just the way you are

[420]

Who: Gamzee and Equius
Where: In the bedroom.
When: Backdated to monday evening after their talk with Darkleer and Gamzee talking to Signless
Style: Fuck your brackets.
Status: closed





GOOD LUCK!

Gamzee glances over that last message send by Signless with a relaxed smile, letting his SFC dangle from his fingers, perched in a loose mess of too long limbs on the window sill of their bedroom. There isn't really a breeze outside, not like there is up on the island or there had been back on his beach, but the small difference in temperature between outside and inside is enough to prickle his bared skin anyway. And he's got a lot of that. Well more than normal, at least; he's wearing no more than what he normally wears to sleep in: a pair of his own boxer-shorts and one of Equius' old tank-tops, one of those just torn enough that Equius can't wear it as normal anymore, but still together enough that he can get away with it as jammies.

Talking with Signless sure had helped mellow things out for him, and make things make sense in his pan. Darkleer had been all sorts of fuckin' helpful too, but there was no adult troll as relaxing as Signless. You couldn't beat Signless to a relax-off. He simply was the best there is.

Either way, that leaves just one thing he still wants to do, that he told Signless he was going to do: talk to Equius. They're in this together, after all. No need to keep any stuff hidden between the two of them. They are motherfuckin' matesprits. They are supposed to be open.

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[stayb100ponyboy]

Equius is around, buried in his own thoughts, in his workshop off the back of the house. The chocobos are with him, in rare moments of good behavior, Darkleer's head resting on his knee as he works on a robot. It's slow, soothing work, nothing that requires intense concentration, and that's exactly what Equius needs right now, as he mulls through everything Darkleer told them.

[420]

Gamzee messes with his SFC a moment more before he turns it over to type out another quick message, though to another recipient this time. Messages are good. Give Equius his own chance to decide whether he wants to jam about this yet or not without any embarrassing staring at each other.

They'll do plenty of that later, after all.


YoU GoNnA CoMe tO BeD SoOn?
WaNnA TaLk.
I MeAn iF YoU AlL Be fUcKiN WaNtInG To.

[stayb100ponyboy]

Equius' SFC pinges, Darkleer's good behavior ends as he tries to bite it, and Equius spends a few moments wrestling it away from the chocobo. His brow furrows a bit at Gamzee's message, but he has an idea what it is he wants to talk about... and he's surprisingly okay with it. He'd like to talk a little more about this too.

D --> Okay
D --> I need to put the chocobos in their pens, but I can be upstairs in about ten minutes
D --> Do you want me to bring you a snack on my way up

[420]

On the one hand, a snack could distract him, on the other hand--


YeSsSsSs!
:o)!

[stayb100ponyboy]

D --<3

And ten minutes later, exactly, the chocobos are safely in their pens for the night, and Equius is climbing the stairs, two mugs of tea (with lemon for him, with sugar and a dash of slime for Gamzee) in one hand and some muffins Gamzee made earlier in the other. He enters their bedroom and smiles, a trifle shyly, at his matesprit.

"Hi."

[420]

"Hey."

Gamzee swings around carelessly on the window sill to face him, his smile warming more at the sight of the tea and muffins. And it is a little bit shy too, cause he know what they are going to talk about, but it is okay. He can do this. With Equius he can.

[stayb100ponyboy]

"I brought you tea." Dammit, Psiioniic, the tea epidemic is spreading! First Equius drank it with Nepeta, then Darkleer started drinking it for reasons unknown, and now all the trolls are tea drinkers, it seems.

Equius sets the tray down on the nightstand, then takes a seat on the bed, looking at Gamzee expectantly. "What did you... wait, hold on." He reaches up, takes his glasses off, and puts them aside. "Okay. What did you want to talk about?"

[420]

Gamzee feels his pump squish a little more when Equius removes his glasses so willingly, pushing away from the window sill. They should be closer than this to talk. Also, his tea and snacks are over there.

He shambles over to the bed, grabbing his cup and a muffin and taking seat on the bed himself. "'Bout what Darkleer was talking about, 'bout some some stuff I all did talk to Signless about too. I mean, if you be wanting to. We ain't gotta if you aren't chill with it being."

[stayb100ponyboy]

"Why did you talk to that guy about it?" It's really only ritual pissiness, though; any advice they can get on this, Equius appreciates, even if it comes from Karkat's ancestor.

He takes a sip of tea and looks at Gamzee over the rim of his mug. "All right, though. Is there anything specific you want to talk about?"

[420]

"Cause I fuckin' trust him. He don't do none of that motherfuckin' judging shit, babe. He makes it feel like I can all be asking any shit on my pan without getting no attitude for it."

Gamzee pushes up a bit higher on the bed, lounging against the pillows as he sips his tea. "Dunno. Know I wanna jam over this stuff with you, but I didn't all went and picked a motherfuckin' way to."

[stayb100ponyboy]

"Hmmmph." Equius will leave it there, though.

He selects a muffin for himself and takes a bite, chewing thoughtfully before answering. "Well... I thought everything Darkleer said made sense. I mean, he knows about this stuff better than anybody else, right?"

[420]

"Yeah." He takes another sip of tea, before grabbing a muffin. He practically bites the entire top off as he mulls things over in his head. Shut up, okay? Thinking makes him hungry.

"Yeah. So like.. it's chill with you? That stuff what he were saying about me all being in motherfuckin' charge and shit."

[stayb100ponyboy]

Equius chokes on his tea and sputters a little bit when Gamzee asks that.

"Yes, it's fine with me. You... you kind of do that already. Since I can't touch you or anything."

[420]

Careful, Equius. He already left you too breathless once before.

"Never really all thought like that were being in motherfuckin' charge, you know? I mean, you are all like letting me know you be wanting that stuff anyway even without laying fuckin' prong on me."

[stayb100ponyboy]

Ahahaha... yeah, let's not talk about that.

"Yes, but then you're the one who has to do everything." Equius sighs. "I wish it could be different, but for right now, it can't. I'm practicing, though! I can touch the chocobos now!"

Mostly because Darkleer is built like a squawking brick. He's still careful with Pounce.

[420]

Squawking brick doesn't really do him justice. Feathery tank might be more like it.

"I know. Bro, I see you all like getting your fuckin' practise on with Darkleer all the motherfuckin' time. I know you been working at it."

He shuffles a little closer to rest his hand on Equius' arm.

"No worries, yeah? I don't fuckin' mind. I know you gonna figure that shit out."

[stayb100ponyboy]

"I'm trying, Gamzee, I really am." Equius looks at his matesprit, his expression a little desperate. "I'm sorry you have to wait."

[420]

Gamzee nearly spills tea all over himself in his haste to reach up and touch Equius' cheek, stroking his thumb along the cheekbone. "I know, I know. Babe, I like all fuckin' hang with you each motherfuckin' day, okay? I know you be trying so hard."

"And..." He lets that trail off as he pauses, thinking. "I'm cool with waiting some."

[stayb100ponyboy]

"Really?" Because really, this is the source of all Equius' fears and insecurities. He worries that Gamzee will get tired of waiting for him to control his STRENGTH and go off to find someone who can touch him back. "You don't mind waiting?"

[420]

Waiting for things is practically Gamzee's modus operandi. This is the guy who spent hours upon hours just standing on a chilly beach, waiting for a glimpse of his lusus. In comparison, waiting for Equius, when he can see him all the time, and still touch him if not in the way they really want to touch... he can do it. Frustrating sometimes, but no more frustrating than it is for Equius.

"Miracle this amazing, I don't fuckin' mind."

[stayb100ponyboy]

"Th-thank you." Equius' voice shudders a little as he says it, and he covers it by sipping his tea. "That means a lot to me."

Might as well throw this on the table too. "And I like it when you take charge. I'm okay with that too."

[420]

Well, as long as they are baring it all on this metaphorical table.

Gamzee nods slightly, before looking down at his tea. "Aight. I mean, if that all be what gets my brother's motherfuckin' glad on, I'm cool with it. Just... just guessing I'm kinda not being all too fuckin' sure about being good at that kinda shit, you hearing me here?"

[stayb100ponyboy]

"We can take it slow." Equius looks down into his tea, like he's trying to read how to discuss kink in the tea leaves. "I mean, you already do it, and I... I can tell you what kind of things... sound interesting... when we're at that point. We can talk about it before we try anything."

Oh god, his face is so blue right now, he can feel it.

[420]

What do the tea leaves have to say?

"Yeah. Okay. Just... Just wanna be making it good for you. And not like just good for me or any shit like that." He declines to comment on the blueness of Equius' face. He has a feeling his cheeks would be a bit more indigo than normal too if not for the thick layer of paint. "When we are there at."

A pause. "Equius?"

[stayb100ponyboy]

Good Gamzee, best matesprit. Although Equius has an inkling that if Gamzee got really selfish and started making it all about him, he'd get off on that so hard he'd be coming bone marrow. No sense in mentioning that, though.

"Yes?"