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[afineknight]

I'm alive.

[ He says it with a shrug. ]

[leonheartedly]

You are.

[a little cheeky] I checked.

[afineknight]

That's enough to shake anyone awake.

[leonheartedly]

Yeah, it sure woke me up.

[afineknight]

The sex or the alive part?

[leonheartedly]

Yes.

[afineknight]

That's fair.

[leonheartedly]

I'm planning on checking again later.

[afineknight]

Good. I would expect no less from you.

[leonheartedly]

I'm thorough.

[afineknight]

Hmm.

[ He gives him another smile, then tugs at his hand, nodding over at the bed. ]

Oye. We should probably talk about a few things. Nothing serious, but ehh . . . navigating this, moving forward.

[ and then moves to sit at the edge of the bed. ]

[leonheartedly]

[he tilts his head, but he does move to sit next to him]

Nothing serious, he says . . . [but he says it lightly]

[afineknight]

Mostly, ehh, staying together. At night.

[ He leans back, considering. ]

Apparently, it's not a good idea to stay separated from one's flock for days on end.

[leonheartedly]

[his eyebrows furrow a little]

That's - good to know. Where'd you hear that?

[afineknight]

Honestly? I forget. It was something I heard awhile ago.

[ He nudges him lightly. ]

But I think we can make it work, eh?

[leonheartedly]

[he smiles and nudges him back]

I didn't think we'd be able to spend every night together anyway. We can make it work.

[afineknight]

I could stay over in your room at Thistle, for example. Some nights, anyway.

[leonheartedly]

Some nights. The kids wouldn't mind if you did, you know.

[afineknight]

They will absolutely make fun of you, so that sounds like a win-win for me.

[leonheartedly]

Why would they do that? You kissed me in front of them, it isn't like they don't know.

[afineknight]

Because they're teenagers and they love finding things to give adults shit about.

And you are their adult.

[leonheartedly]

You say that like I don't give them shit right back.

They'll get you, too.

[afineknight]

Not my circus, not my monkeys.

[leonheartedly]

[he snorts out a laugh]

You keep telling yourself that.

[afineknight]

In any case, that seems like as good of a compromise as any. If things change, we can figure it out.