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[justscribing]

WHO: (justscribing) & you!

WHAT: October Catch-All (open + closed)

WHERE: Poison garden, University, Around

WHEN: all through October

WARNINGS: TBA + marked in threads as necessary




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Poison Garden

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[justscribing]

Wait. [Wait wait wait.] I can get back to my apartment without running into anyone else.

[Because Kaveh escorting him means that a) there's a risk of biting Kaveh and b) he'll have to tolerate Kaveh's fussing the whole way and he is in no mood for that. He can also take care of that just fine!

In fact, he's already pushing himself to his feet.]

[nichocolatine]

[ don't get up while he's dailing?? rude af??? ]

Yeah, sure, and who's gonna keep you there, huh?

[ not that badou thinks alhaitham would be able to manage that much anyway... sorry buddy, the trust has been momentarily shattered. he puts the phone on speaker so the ringing can be heard clearly as he levels that stapler towards the other man. ]

Sit down. [ there's a sharpness to his tone that suggests he isn't playing. ] You owe me now, huh? Consider this payin' me back.

[justscribing]

I didn't bite you of my own will. [He is not sitting down.] You want someone to watch me, but that puts them at risk of being bit as well if I lose control again. Rather than asking me for favors, you should expect to owe them.

[Not that Kaveh would ever expect an exchange here.] My apartment isn't far and I can keep myself there.

[nichocolatine]

You couldn't keep yourself there the first time. And I'm pretty sure the person I'm calling has more than enough experience dealing with your stubborn ass to know how to handle you if you lose it again. You don't wanna owe me? Fine. Fuck if I care. But letting you go like you are now is a brand of stupid I don't wanna live with, even if you're more than happy to.

Tell me something — what exactly do you get outta being this thick-headed? You think you're stronger than the shit this place throws at us? You can only say you didn't know any better the first time, y'know.

[justscribing]

[Alhaitham exhales.] You're right, since I know now the extent of its influence. But Kaveh is not going to be able to stop me if I do lose control.

[And it isn't even because he isn't physically capable, although in terms of a wrestle Alhaitham has the advantage. It's because Kaveh will remembers his hands around Alhaitham's throat. He'll remember the potential.

And Alhaitham would only need him to hesitate once.] I fully intend to take precautions so that this isn't an issue again. You should focus on tending to your wound.

[He takes a step back, then turns on his heels.]

🎀

[nichocolatine]

[ badou is not kaveh. he doesn't have experience dealing with alhaitham's stubbornness, a flavor so starkly different from heine's own that it throws him more than it should not to be listened to. not to be heard. in all honesty, alhaitham is far more like dave in that way, but it's been so long since badou had had to deal with his brother that he finds himself floundering all the same. too many "don't worry about it lil' bro" that sound too much like "you don't know what you're talking about."

he watches alhaitham's retreating back, and hates that the slump of those shoulders can look so familiar. he works to fish his cigarette pack out of his pocket. ]

Yeah, yeah, [ he says to the empty office. ] Fuck me, I guess.