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[helpdesk_hero]

Really? That's seriously over the top, Loki. 'Husband'?

One little date and you're assuming marriage. What the hell?

[He realizes too late that he confirmed a date.]

[ikols]

my housewarming is your SECOND date, then!
things are GOING WELL with balthier! 3:o
oh dear, i shall have to practice my curtsey

[helpdesk_hero]

Brave of you to assume he and I won't find time for each other before your party.
Dear lord do not curtsy. Why would you ever do that?

[ikols]

clearly he is of importance to you
i am but a lowly host before your romantic bubble

[helpdesk_hero]

You're a FRIEND, Loki, That's something else entirely. Romances can fade, or be found lacking. But friendship one fights for. To claim.

[ikols]

david, for good gods sake, i'm teasing

[helpdesk_hero]

Sorry, this is whole thing with him is pretty new. Less than a handful of people know. Bart, suspects, Allison knows, and now you. And Balthier of course. And Matthew clearly knows SOMETHING is up because he saw me in a rush to buy more new clothes.

[ikols]

matthew?
josh doesn't know?

[helpdesk_hero]

Matthew, my roommate. Telepath, telekinetic, fucking asshole.
And no, Josh is still dealig with shit here.

[ikols]

[ Uh oh. Moving swiftly on, ]

dealing with what?

[helpdesk_hero]

Being here. Losing Laurie. The way everything that he'd built is gone. I don't know how to help him other than to try and find a way home.

[ikols]

why hasn't he asked ME for help?

[helpdesk_hero]

Pretty sure he's in hoodie mode.

[ikols]

tell him to text me

[helpdesk_hero]

I'll try, but no guarantees.

[ikols]

he doesn't want my help, most likely
anyway, bring balthier, i'm sure he'll entertain us all one way or another

[helpdesk_hero]

No, it's... Josh and I? When we're upset, when we're hurting, when we're scared? We pull into ourselves. Really badly. Shutting other people out, pushing them away, curling up in the dark or something like that.

So yeah, I'm doing the 'it's not you, it's him' because it's true.

I'm finding that statement ominous.

[ikols]

if you say so
well, i'm here whenever he wants me
just like i have been since day one

we will have fun, fear not

[helpdesk_hero]

I am certain he'll remember that, when he comes out of his hole. He's not in a good place in our timeline, Loki. No Krakoa yet. He doesn't get to have his happiness.

I'm definitely afriad.

[ikols]

yes, very sad
anyway

i'm making macaroons!

[helpdesk_hero]

Oooooh jealous. I can't bake at all.

[ikols]

you're in for a treat!
i'll go and invite some other folks now

say hi to balthier for me 3;)

[helpdesk_hero]

Keep me appraised of when it is.

I'll say hi to him for me, thanks.

Letter 2 - After their date on Feb 12

[portolan]

[While cleaning up the Chinese leftovers at their second date, Balthier slips a poem in David's bag of food that he had written earlier that day in response to David's letter. It's written in sprawling cursive script -- he's good at calligraphy, but this probably took a few tries. ]

O moon you say my candlelight is
Precious for it is mine alone
And yet the tides themselves move
At the command of your throne

O moon you say your light is
Only a reflection of the sun
And yet the way you cast it

Nothing else could have done

O moon you sit above me
The image of a dream
And yet when I awaken
You are still a-gleam

O moon your faces change
With the necessity of time
And yet the man behind them
Is singularly sublime

O moon I sit a-flicker
Awaiting your return
It is your sweet affections
For which I now burn

[helpdesk_hero]

[David of course finds the poem that evening, when he's putting things away. And he reads it. And reads it. Over and over and he smiles and occassionaly hugs it.

God he thought he was truly falling for this man. And, before he gets himself to bed, he does text Balthier briefly.]

Mon trésor, thank you.