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Tim Stoker ([personal profile] kayakking) wrote2020-12-21 09:43 am

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YET ANOTHER PSL AU POST BECAUSE WE ARE MONSTERS.



LITERALLY.


Kinda the premise.
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
I thought, since you get into so much trouble, you could just--

[he doesn't get to finish the thought, because the set slides out of the wrapping and into his lap. Martin's eyes get very big.]

Oh, Jon...
eyediot: (my name was called by a last call spill)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[He's watching, wary and concerned.]

I thought- You know, since it's cold and you're, you're always running a bit chillier these days.
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[the set gets held to his chest. precious, indeed. Martin is positively glowing with gratitude and softness and color and warmth until the tips of his left hand's fingers.]

No, no, it's. It's perfect. I love it, I really do.

[it may be a typical, normal gift to many, but Martin knows the true thoughtfulness that's behind it, and it means the world.

he clears his throat, but it doesn't banish the thickness in his voice.]


Last one.

[a small jewelry box. inside is a bracelet. the beads are all cubes of sterling silver, with little bumps on them - Braille.]
eyediot: (it just seems unlikely)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[This one does confuse him a bit. He looks at each of the braille letters.]

I... I don't know braille.
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[not yet, anyway.]

It's a, um. Anxiety bracelet. You're supposed to pull on it and snap it against your wrist any time you're feeling unsettled and it's supposed to bring you back to the present moment instead of you getting stuck in your head. And it says-

[stop choking up, Martin, get it together.]

It s-says. "Always with you."
eyediot: (I'd walk through hell for you)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[That's... So stupidly thoughtful. Martin is always like this? He's always been like this hasn't he? It's so much. He holds the little bracelet close, looking over each block carefully.]

Thank you...
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
I just thought-! In future [that unfortunate future], if you ever get in trouble, you can blow the whistle - you can wear it around your neck or attach it to your keys - even though I don't. I'm not going to leave your side, unless you tell me to. A-and the bracelet could be like...a signal to me if you're ever uncomfortable or something, and just a reminder, so you know... [the nervous rush stops, and Martin's voice gets very soft and uncertain.] I'm here. I'll always be here.

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[What did he ever do to deserve this kind hearted, loving idiot next to him? Literally nothing. This is too thoughtful.]

I ... This is the nicest thing anyone has done for me.
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
It's not...too much?
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[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
No. It's just enough.

[He leans up to kiss Martin's cheek.]
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
If that's the nicest thing, then I'm going to have to outdo myself for your birthday.

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
You don't have to do that, Martin, I'm-

[He holds the little pile of thoughtfulness close to himself, like he's afraid it'll get taken.]

I'm happy with this.
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
That's...what I want. F-for you to be happy. So I'll figure something out. How to do it every time.
eyediot: (if I could stop myself I would)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
You do it so well already.
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
I do?

[Martin's everything is so soft.]

I. I hope so.

[a wistful sigh, and Martin's mirroring Jon in holding his set of warm things close.]

No one's ever said...anything that nice to me before. Or given me a gift this nice.

[but it's not about the gifts.]

And, you should know... You should know that- That if it wasn't for everything...else. I've never been....happier. Than these last few months. With you.
eyediot: (I tell myself that everything is great)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
...I'm so glad, Martin. You deserve that. And to have people think of you.
eyediot: (bend the nightmare you control it)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
...Not sure about that when I'm a right prick a lot of the time. Then again, if I wasn't, what would you and Tim have to make fun of?
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Like I'm not an easy target, sometimes.
eyediot: (but I would walk 500 miles)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Only that one time you were trying to mime an ostrich.
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
I-! Look! I was doing my best!
eyediot: (though I know I love you)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
I know. It was... endearing.
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Martin is NOT pouting. he's not.]

W-well. It'd better have been. Otherwise I made an arse of myself for nothing.
eyediot: (oh you are yet to learn how to speak)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-12-30 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't have remembered it if it wasn't, Martin.
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[personal profile] secreteary 2020-12-30 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Glad I'm so endearing at my own expense, I guess.

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