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Balthier ([personal profile] portolan) wrote in [personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2023-05-30 08:35 pm (UTC)

There were always options.

"You're dating a pirate, love. One who has had a year and a half to stockpile rare goods, stash away extra money, and has a network of people who own him favors and will buy things under the table."

But -- that does beg another question, one that rises in his throat as he lets David go and follows him toward the lab.

"I had imagined doing this much more romantically, but you could always move in with me."

He doesn't entirely expect how hot his face gets or how tight his stomach feels, even if he manages to make the offer calmly.

"I had been thinking about asking anyway," he adds. It just hadn't made sense with David's lab and kitchen being made to his needs. So he'd already been aware that, if his life went the way he wanted it to, he may have to consider moving in the future regardless.

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