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WHAT what you want
WHERE where you want
WHEN Day ""135""

[The rain has cleared, but it appears to have left some people with a case of the sniffles! The magic sniffles. Even if you've never been sick a day in your life, you might not find yourself immune. Then again, maybe you have a terrible immune system and you're fine. I'm not the magic sniffles police.

Symptoms May Include:

- runny nose
- sore throat
- fever
- thinking you're going to cough or sneeze but actually what comes out is A BURST OF THE TRUTH
- waking up in someone else's bed
- joint aches

At least the sketchy pop-up pharmacy at the mall has a special on tissues and nyquil?]

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[squeezes his hand]

Drink your tea and take a nap.

You should keep your distance, just in case.

Too late. If I get sick you'll just have to look after me.

One day you'll be too old for that.

[he seems to be stuck in this weird sulk loop?]

Edited 2018-06-16 18:15 (UTC)

You're not too old for it.

[rolling back over to face her now]

That's true.

So clearly I have a ways to go.

[hmm

holding his hands out like, com'ere. big brother needs comfort snuggles if you're not going to quarantine yourself]

You big baby.

[but yes okay. sitting on the edge of the couch and draping an arm over him]

You can blame mother for my personality.

You can take responsibility yourself.

[gentle one-handed back of the neck massage. it's lazy but it helps with his stuffy-nose headache.]

I'm tired. I relinquish it.

[sigh]

At least if you're sulking here, I know you're not off breaking into Erik's apartment.

...

I'm sorry, what?

Yes, he told me about that.

You had a non-violent conversation with N'Jadaka? Erik Stevens? Killmonger? Our cousin??

If you discount threats, I've had several.

...

Who in their right mind would discount threats?

Well, then, no, I haven't.

... He's abandoned the idea of staying still, anyhow.

What do you mean by "staying still," exactly? Because if you mean "staying in an apartment," that's because you keep breaking in.

It was—once. Twice. One-and-a-half, if you count—

Nevermind.

Seriously, brother, how is he supposed to ever get a chance to calm down about you if you keep making it clear that you won't respect his boundaries and can invade his space at any time?

...

[he doesn't say anything because she's right and he knows it and he fucked up oops]

[head scritches]

Dial it back a little.