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Dorian Kasen and Tilly Gelson's Duplex

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Gelson's side || Kasen's side

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There are a few things one notices when one first wakes in the morning. The bright sunlight, birds chirping, and of course the urge to relieve oneself. Dorian's morning had all these things but it was followed by a few other realizations. His back was stiff, he was not in his bed, and whatever was on him was not a blanket. It was heavy, and radiating heat. Oh, it was a person. Almost reflexively his arms tightened around the person, holding them in an affectionate embrace while Dorian inhaled the scent of clean clothes and warm skin. Only then did his dark eyelashes flutter open to let his deep blue eyes meet red hair. Red? His heart slammed against his ribcage so hard it threw the breath from his chest. And impossibly deep ache and equally impossibly thunderous heartbeats rattled around his chest as he stared at the man in his arms. He let everything sluggishly come back to the forefront of his mind, letting the feelings rake over him uncomfortably. Everything with Jade- everything Ate had left him with- ah, but Cash's eyes were closed. He wasn't even sure the man was awake yet. Soothing feelings of what he lay between them, uncertain yet if it was reciprocated, tended to the wounds left by his earlier thoughts as Dorian let an honest smile settle on his lips, somehow both happy and sad. "I love you," he said as quietly as he could, and pressed a kiss to Cash's forehead, distinctly more tender than the playful kisses he usually bestowed. That settled, he switched to debating how long he could linger before he was absolutely going to have to get up to use the restroom.

"Aw..Isn't that sweet!" A voice came from behind them, breaking the surrounding silence. Ate stood, a hand cupping her cheek as she seemed to watching them adoringly before she let out a small laugh and grinned, her hand dropping back to her side. "Good morning! I hope you don't mind, but I let myself in.." She said with a jut of her thumb towards the door. "It seems I should have knocked though." She winked playfully at Dorian.

The red-haired man slumped over Dorian's form was quite accustomed to sleeping through anything that was not blare of his alarm clock or the professional trill of his cell phone. Without either stimuli, Cash merely continued breathing slowly and steadily with the faintest rasp of a snore before unconsciously burying his face farther into the fabric of Dorian's shirt before Ate even spoke.

"Nah..." Dorian replied softly, admiring Cash for a moment longer before he shifted his head slightly and lifted his eyes to look upwards at Ate, who appeared upside down from this angle. His smile was lazy and unperturbed. If an ordinary human had wandered their way into his home, he would be alarmed but this was Ate, the goddess of chaos, and he was far too content this morning to rise to the bait. Instead, he simply switched to rubbing Cash's back as he continued to address the other heavenly creature occupying his living room. "It is a very good morning indeed though. Did you need something? I didn't anticipate going shopping until later today, before the party though of course."

"Not really. I just got bored..as nice as it was lying next to Teos, I needed to find something fun to do. And none of the other occupants of my home were awake so I thought of you!" Ate grinned at Dorian. "We had so much fun yesterday I hoped we could do it again. But it seems you were having fun with someone else." Her grin widened. "Want me to leave you two alone?" She teased.

With his face now directed downward, gravity took advantage of Cash's slightly-parted lips, causing a small puddle of saliva to steadily soak through his curly-haired cushion's shirt.

"Precious," Dorian commented blandly as he felt his shirt become damp, then returned his conversational attention to Ate. "I'm flattered you thought of me, though I can't say I'm much fun at the moment. We were going to hang out later- Weren't there other..." His eyes darted down to Cash, then hesitantly back at Ate. Cash seemed to be well gone still but the man had never stayed the night, so Dorian wasn't sure what might wake him. "People... you needed to meet?"

"Yes probably but until Teos informs me in which order I should visit them, I am without company." Atë sighed deeply. "I plan on visiting Luke at his farm today but I believe he has to wait for Haidee to meet him first. But don't worry, I'll go find someone else to play with, I know when I'm not wanted." She finished dramatically as she turned towards the door.

Very suddenly, all conversation and air about the room halted. One of the stimuli that Cash was so accustomed to waking to--his cell phone--blared from nearby in its usual, shrill ringtone. On the screen was Risk's charming mug, name, and number.

With a weary moan of despair, Cash raised his head just enough to turn it. With his eyes closed, his brow furrowed and his bearded cheek resting in a puddle of drool, he fished out the offending device and raised it to his ear: "Cash Wicker speaking."

"You don't seem the type to let someone tell you where to be or who to talk to, let alone when to do those things," Dorian pointed out, quieting his voice while Cash was on the phone and took a moment to observe the ginger haired man with a touch more sobriety. So that was a noise that woke him up. Dorian made a mental note to silence the phone if Cash stayed in his arms again: distracting the lawyer just wouldn't do. That thought aside he glanced at the cable box and sighed through his nose at the time. That was unfortunate. He needed to stop at the office before they went out on the boat and it was already an hour past dawn.

Cash's expression softened a little with the realization that no, this was not a client with an emergency or a judge needing clarification and he responded with his eyes still closed: "Morning Risk. Personal crisis last night. I'll wake Kay and we'll come pick you up."

"I'm also not the type to hang around in the company of others who do not want me there..which happens to me a lot actually.." Ate replied as she stopped and looked back at Dorian, her brow furrowing slightly at her words. Her playful mood was quickly dissolving into annoyance. "Why is that? Am I no fun? I think I'm fun. Do you think I'm fun?" She asked Dorian then shook her head. "Nevermind..I'm in a bad mood. Best not to answer me. It's probably best I do go..don't want me taking my temper out on your friend." Her eyes flicked to Cash as he continued his call.

Dorian regarded Ate quietly during her little rant, looking up at her making his blue eyes seem even bigger. He frowned when she asked him if she was fun, then immediately ordered him not to answer, the expression Looking more like a pout simply from the structure of his face. "I think you're fun," he offered anyway. "I was looking forward to hanging out this afternoon, but how am I supposed to miss you if you won't go away?" That sounded distinctly less like a question and more like he was simply quoting the phrase. "'Absence makes the heart grow fonder.' You know, I'm not even good with girl clothes... do you think Jade would go with you? I can give you my card. You can surprise me with something distracting." He smiled and the easy expression lit up his face with an ease he wasn't showing as well yesterday. He seemed to be feeling better.

One of Cash's eyes opened as he heard Ate's voice. Once it seemed that Dorian offered a reasonable balm for her ire, he finally answered Risk's question with a faint grin: "The only thing you've interrupted is my sleep. Besides, this trip was supposed to be about the three of us catching up~"

"Something distracting?" Atë repeated with a raised eyebrow as a slow smirk spread across her lips. "If you want me to distract you then that's exactly what I'll do." She turned and stepped back towards him then stopped and held her hand out. "Card. Now. I have shopping to do." She finished with a grin.

That was a good question. Where was his wallet? Dorian carefully lifted his head the little he could and let his eyes scan the home, then patted Cash on the back a bit more pointedly. "Hey, sorry, I need to get up," he muttered, encouraging the lawyer to get off of him. Hands took up Cash's shoulders and guided him to a sitting position. He seemed busy with the phone call anyway. He offered the other man a sweet smile before leaving the couch, disappearing to and returning from his bedroom in only a minute, holding a black bank card out to Ate. "Buy yourself something pretty," he encouraged, giving her a bright smile. Although they weren't the same, knowing they were kindred gave him a great comfort. He had never been close with his family, not really, so having someone he could think of as a cousin felt rather... heartwarming. He relished it, at least for today.

Glancing over at Dorian to give him a pout, Cash pushed himself up into a seated position with Dorian's help. "Now, now, isn't that what your pretty new assistant's for? Kay's already up and walking around, so we'll be there to pick you up in a few minutes."

"Oh don't you worry, I will. I'll buy myself many pretty things." Ate joked with a grin as she took the card from Dorian then planted a large lipsticked kiss on his cheek. "I might even pick you out something." She slid the card into her pocket then turned and headed for the door. "You boys have fun now. Though don't do anything I wouldn't.." She glanced back at Dorian and winked before pulling the door open and with a final wave headed out towards BotO Streets of Athens Harbor.

"Maybe just once or twice," Dorian replied to her last remark with a smile of his own, but he waved as she left, immediately turning to head back into his bedroom. When he came back, he was on a call of his own. "Yes, for the next 24 hours, just put a cap on the account. Yes. Yes, $1500. Thank you." A press of a button and he slid it into the pocket of his shorts before he ducked into the bathroom to brush his teeth, wash his face, and tried to shake the majority of sand out of his hair. When he returned he had redressed in a work tee from a different marina and a pair of swim trunks. He leaned against the back of the couch and leaned forward so his arms came to rest around Cash's shoulders, leaving his chin to settle on the other man's shoulder opposite the phone. A little squeeze indicated he was ready to go. A day out on the ocean with his friends always sounded better than a day in the office. He should go grab his laptop though. There was some consulting work he really needed to get back to before the weekend.

Cash gave a hum of acknowledgement at Dorian's squeeze before wrapping up his own call and straightening out his shirt, just realizing that he should probably change into something more appropriate for a casual fishing trip when they get to his apartment... "Morning, Kay~ Sleep well?"

"Exceptionally," came the easy reply. "I don't have to ask about you I think. You sleep like the dead. You left quite the wet mark on my shirt." He chuckled and gave another little squeeze before releasing him. "We're headed over to your place then? I need to stop in the office when we get to the marina."

With nothing but a brief wince to acknowledge his sleeping habits, Cash instead addressed the other topic that Dorian so graciously provided: "That's the plan. The rest of our little trio of heartthrobs is already waiting~" The redhead made a show of pouting at his friend, "Kay, are you really going to work on a day like this? I'm even turning off my cell phone!"

"Oh, mon frère, when you love what you do, you never work a day in your life," Dorian declared confidently before holding out a hand to help Cash off the couch, but it paused halfway. His hair, not even his beard, was long enough to be mussed. Not really. He had sleep in the corners of his eyes and a red mark on his face where it had held contact with Dorian's chest that had not yet completely faded. His shirt was a little askew. All of that, but it was the pout that finally broke him. As if it had a mind of its own, Dorian's hand shifted midway and instead found itself resting on the side of Cash's head, cradling his cheek just below his thumb where it brushed affectionately against the ginger haired man's temple. The words fell out of him again as effortlessly as breathing, as if now that he realized it he couldn't understand why he hadn't understood before. "I love you, Cash Wicker."

Even after everything they had discussed the day before, Cash's entire face burned. Well, there are worse things than being frank with one's emotions... "I...believe you. I believe you feel that emotion." But an emotion is not enough for a choice. Especially so soon.

"It's easy to believe the truth," Dorian replied easily, but he did remove his hand, if only to clean up the wrappers and now melted items left on his table the night before, thankfully in the cooler. Thawed popsicles were rinsed clean and put in the freezer. Only once he was finished did he return to the couch and lean on the back again, propping his chin on one hand and grinning at Cash next to him. "Just because I feel it, doesn't mean I expect anything," he pointed out with an easy grin. "Except that you continue to tolerate me, of course."

Immediately, Cash's expression softened and the tension of the moment melted away from his mind. "'Tolerate' isn't the word, Kay. It never could be. There should be more people like you... No, wait. Then I'd be out of a job... Nah, I don't feel like standing in front of a camera all day, making a living off my face. You keep the patent. Nothing wrong with 'one of a kind'~"

Dorian chuckled, rolling his eyes. "I would think if there was more people like me you'd wind up with twice as much business, if not more." He sighed dramatically, tilting his head as if in lamentation. "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride."

"There's got to be something wrong with the grooms, then. I don't know how anyone could be so blind." Cash twisted his body to completely face Dorian, propping his elbow on the back of the couch and his head against his palm.

"How ironic you should say that, since I'm quite certain they were only with me for my looks." He lowered his head so his chin rested on his arms and indulged in another moment admiring his friend before he spoke again. "Hey... Cash...." he said quietly, gently, then furrowed his brow a little. "Weren't we doing something?"

"Then my statement holds true in the figurative sense," Cash nodded decisively with a warm smile. At Dorian's question he blinked. Squinted in thought. Then leapt off the couch at his realization: "Risk! Right! Ok, we gotta go, now."

"It's alright if we're late," Dorian assured his companion as he sat up and started for the door. "I'll just tell him you distracted me." He waved a hand easily and stepped outside, waiting for Cash to join him before he locked the door and climbed into the car so they could go.

"Well...It wouldn't be a lie," Cash pointed out with a grin as he grabbed his keys and remote-unlocked his car as he followed Dorian out the door. Completely abandoning the icebox he carried last night and any leftovers of what he brought in it, he sat in the driver's seat and began the drive to BotO Cash's Apartment.

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BotO Athens Harbor
Blood of the Olympians

2017-01-28 [Painted Autumn]: It's his default. If someone's not excited to see him, they're upset with him.

2017-01-28 [ancienteye]: TILLY'S NEVER EXCITED TO SEE ANYBODY! XD

2017-01-28 [Painted Autumn]: That's why he's been trying to hard to impress her! He's literally that little kid that mommy and daddy never had time for so he's always doing things thinking 'are you proud of me now?' 'did i make you happy?'. It hurts him every time she's distant, but he still thinks he can do better, be better.

2017-01-28 [ancienteye]: He's made enough of an impression that the table top isn't just some abstract design that looks good. XD He's pretty close to being what she considers a "friend".

2017-01-29 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian's eyes are blue. I don't know why everyone thinks they're brown. XD Maybe I should just change it.

2017-01-29 [Eyelash-Wishes]: haha XD I'll change it

2017-02-01 [ancienteye]: Fun fact: Some sources claim that ambrosia and nectar are what maintained the youthful appearance and immortality of the Grecian gods.

2017-02-01 [Painted Autumn]:

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: Cash is calling, soon.

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: Feel free to interrupt whenever you feel is most appropriate/interesting, Ancient.

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: Will do. :P

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: I want to see Ate's response before I have him call. :3

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: Wait as long as you like. It won't matter. Dorian's reaction to Cash calling is always the same no matter where he is or what time of day it is.

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD I am so looking forward to seeing that~

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: I'm not sure I can see Ate and Dorian together. They would have this whirlwind of a romance that was mostly physical and probably wrecked his house in the passion of it, leaving any space they are in together in shambles. Or something like that.

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: So...like Tilly and Dorian, but louder and more destructive. XD

2017-02-02 [Eyelash-Wishes]: Yeah I don't think Ate would want to be with any of them. She's just teasing lol

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: Pretty much Ancient xD Yeah Dorian's just affectionate. He's not expecting or really pushing for anything.

2017-02-02 [Eyelash-Wishes]: Yeah. All you really need to know about Atë is unfortunately she doesn't really understand personal boundaries XD so as flirtatious or whatever she may seem, she's probably not even thinking about anything like that

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: She and Dorian really can be besties! Neither is pushing for sex but also neither of them care about personal boundaries! They can be totally comfortable with each other. xD

2017-02-02 [Eyelash-Wishes]: Haha exactly! Is ancient wanting to post?

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: I'll wait and see.

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: SORRY! SORRY! I was cooking dinner...

2017-02-02 [Eyelash-Wishes]: You don't have to apologise :)

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: I do because posts will take longer to make. It's hard to type and hold a bowl at the same time... XD

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: Do I let Ate react, first?

2017-02-02 [Eyelash-Wishes]: No go ahead :)

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: I can see if she wants to cause a chaotic rift though now's probably a good time to be interrupting the call. "Come on Dorian, come back to bed.. I'm looooonely."

2017-02-02 [Eyelash-Wishes]: Just give her a second.. XD

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: Should I wait after Ancient's post?

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: Eyelash or me?

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: "Um, excuse me Ate, but I'm speaking to my future husband. Zip it." xD

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: 1. Is she loud enough for Cash to hear?

2. Has Dorian ever introduced Cash to Jade, 'cause I don't think Cash would know Jade's voice, otherwise?

2017-02-02 [Eyelash-Wishes]: Yeah she's speaking up because she doesn't know where he is

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: Ok, so just need answer 2. XD

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: I think it's up to you Ancient if you want him to know Jade or not. Jade seems to be pretty popular in town, lived there all her life or something, so it's up to you. Either way is fine with me.
.......... I don't even think we established how Dorian knows Cash. xD

2017-02-02 [Eyelash-Wishes]: I'm sure Cash and Jade would have met at least once,with Cash being a good friend of Dorians and Jade working with him :)

2017-02-02 [ancienteye]: I think we said something about Dorian being involved due to a woman divorcing her husband over him. XD XD XD

Ah...So he'd know that's not Jade's voice. :o

2017-02-02 [Painted Autumn]: Oh yeah... Dorian accidentally getting women attached to him... Oh god Ate will have a field day with that information....

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian's life is ruined. He's been trying to woo that man for months! Their dance is full of intricate steps! She just stomps in doing a square dance!

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: Oh. My. God. That last bit. <img:stuff/sh-gif.gif>

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: At least Cash is no longer convinced Dorian's cheating on Jade. XD XD XD He might be curious, though.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: How is Cash going to feel when he finds out Jade and Dorian aren't dating? And weren't at the time of this call? Is he going to get all jealous/mad that Dorian ran to some tart for 'comfort'?

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: Jealous, yes. Mad, no. It's not cheating, it's just disappointing. XD

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: He might get a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle passive-aggressive if Dorian tries to make a move, though. XD Not like he didn't have commitment issues, already...

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: Well if Cash would let him know he was LEGITIMATELY INTERESTED, Dorian would fall into his bed in a heartbeat. xD

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: Once again. I plead "commitment issues". Is that plead? Imma using it.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian will pursue him forever, it doesn't matter, just like Korgano and Masaka.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: We've lost Eyelash. T.T

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: For now. Eyelash might come back. I had to log back in after making dinner, so...

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: And Cash isn't much of a relationship-instigator, but he'll never /not/ reciprocate entirely. It just varies from INTENSE LEVELS OF AFFECTION to "I have all these things to do and you have all these things to prove to me, but we'll have dinner next week" depending on his mood/how trusting he is towards Dorian at the moment.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian is ok with this, because he loves him. Like.. really loves him.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: The lack of trust should wane over the centuries. XD Then it'll be less "you have all these things to prove to me", but he'll never stop being busy.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: It's ok, Dorian's love won't waver. He'll come running when Cash calls and leave him alone when he wants space.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD Not the healthiest relationship for the first few decades, but it should work for them in the ubsurdly-long-term.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: The god of family and the god of sexual love. It's literally like a family man having a lover on the side. xD Only.. the 'lover on the side' is his husband.. sort of... This is complex. I think a steady love is exactly what Cash needs, and Dorian needs someone that needs large amounts of love, like a funnel for his affection.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: Well, Cash is mainly the god of marriage. Family is sort of/semi-shared with his pseudo-brother Nathan (who's more about organization and family roles than who's related to/vowed to who). So they're basically the union of marriage and sex.

And I totally agree with what they need from each other. But after a century of Cash getting used to this dynamic, those two might be dangerously co-dependent.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: Is it so wrong that "in the future" a physical attraction and marriage will go hand in hand? Isn't that how it is already?

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD It's more to do with "marriage"s commitment issues and "physical attraction"s people-pleaser tendencies.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: ........................................ You may have a point.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: What is Dorian's favorite snack/sweet?

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: Salt water taffy, obviously.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: Obviously.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: No but seriously I don't know, I hadn't thought about it before. He probably likes a lot of different things.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: Chocolate covered strawberries and cherries, saltwater taffy, lemon cake, he probably eats raw chocolate chip cookie dough because he's a dare devil.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: I'll think on it, give me a minute.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: XD Will do.

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: Ok.. so.. I don't know why, I was running through various desserts I could name and the one that won't go away is "popsicles, specifically the clear ones", so that I guess. I can't stop thinking it. I don't even know what that means, I know there are white popsicles but I don't remember what flavor they are, I would GUESS pina colada but I don't actually know.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: Ate had my thoughts, exactly. XD

Pina colada popsicles~ That's my favorite flavor. :P

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: I think when I was a kid there were lemonade ones... but I really don't know. It doesn't matter, it doesn't even have to be real I guess. Dorian likes white popsicles.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: XD Ok.

2017-02-04 [ancienteye]: I'll have Cash pull up after Ate's response. :3

2017-02-04 [ancienteye]: He's a divorce lawyer. He's got spurned middle-aged women coming on to him almost every other case. XD

2017-02-04 [ancienteye]: *almost started posting* Oops! Eyelash's turn. XD

2017-02-04 [Painted Autumn]: I just want to throw them into the bedroom together and get it over with. Cash can protest all he wants, Dorian will ignore it and bestow upon him affection like he has never known. Cash might not know he's a god yet, but he's going to feel worshiped like one nonetheless.

2017-02-04 [ancienteye]: Geez, if those two are flirty now, it's going to be insane once they get together...

2017-02-04 [Painted Autumn]: Cash would be literally fighting him off with a stick. Maybe one of those fireman airbags for heavy debri trying to pry him off.

2017-02-04 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD

Nah, Cash doesn't mind clingy unless he's busy. Jealousy actually makes him feel attractive, so the things that turned Jade off actually turn him on.

2017-02-04 [Painted Autumn]: Oh god they are going to be so consumed with each other.

2017-02-04 [ancienteye]: Like I said. They're going to be co-dependent once Cash is sure Dorian isn't going anywhere. XD

2017-02-04 [Eyelash-Wishes]: you can post again ancient :)

2017-02-04 [Painted Autumn]: Ancient?

2017-02-04 [ancienteye]: I have the edit page pulled up in another tab! So far he's blushing. >.<

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Take your time, just always good to have you with us. :)

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: *has a hard time figuring out how to flirt*

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: *remembers character has commitment issues and doesn't want to risk being a rebound*

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Problem solved?

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian thinks it's cute.

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Oh, hey. Thank you. XD XD XD

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: That wasn't a refusal so Cash would go next.

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Of course, Cash could just take it with his hand. xD

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: ...I didn't see that until after I posted. XD XD XD I probably would've written that if I thought of it...

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: I deliberately commented after I saw you posting. :P

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: That's a bratty move. XD XD XD

Hey! Is this page closer to the timeline at Sabastion's house, or the timeline at Jade's house?

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Sabastion's I think... it should be around 3 here and Sabastion's, around 1 everywhere else.. I think.

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Early dinner. o.o

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: I tried to imply that Emily and Sabastion have been 'enjoying each others' company' for a little while since they got home.

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Had to edit because I forgot Cash doesn't know who Ate is, yet. XD

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Nathan's pissed.

2017-02-05 [Eyelash-Wishes]: I am very much looking forward to Ate and Nathan meeting XD shall be interesting

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Might happen at the yacht party. :o

2017-02-05 [Eyelash-Wishes]: Ate hasn't actually been invited yet. I imagine Nathan being suspicious of her and Ate just teasing him relentlessly to try and annoy him lol

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: XD Yeah, that's how the first few meetings will definitely go. XD

2017-02-05 [Eyelash-Wishes]: Haha yeah she'll try and drag it out for as long as she can manage XD

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: So long as she doesn't outright piss him off *cough, cough* _{like Cash} *cough, cough* it'll grow on him. He doesn't mind playful people. He just doesn't want her to be a risk to anyone's health or safety.

2017-02-05 [Eyelash-Wishes]: See she'll probably piss him off then XD she'll want to make him believe that she is a risk to everyone but there's nothing he can do about it

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Oh, this'll be fun. XD I might actually write swear words /without/ bleeping them out.

2017-02-05 [Eyelash-Wishes]: And that'll just fire her up even more because she'll know she's getting to him XD

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: This may never end...

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Ancient did you want to post for Cash?

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: I got pulled away. You can go ahead if you have anything.

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Is there a plan, or do Dorian and Cash just chill here until tomorrow's fishing trip?

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: I'm sure Dorian wants to sleep in with his 'captured prize' xD
But this will be quite a surprise when Risk shows up and Cash isn't home...

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD Cash said they'd meet there, not that Risk will be the last to arrive.

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: He will be if Dorian has anything to say about it.

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Ancient it's your turn.

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Should we just have them fall asleep together here?

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Yeah, I'm running out of flirty lines that won't break Cash's "we're just friends for tonight" rule. XD XD XD

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Would it be so bad to break? <img:stuff/mood-gif.gif>

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD It's a writer issue! Cash wouldn't but I'm running out of stalling tactics!

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Maybe Cash needs to be all dominatrix, shut him down firmly, or otherwise just bask in Dorian's affections. He could set limits, like no kissing on the mouth, no touching... areas. No sex, that sort of thing. But that would leave Dorian to touching him and kissing on him.
Or he could stand strong and tell him to stop it.

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: I guess we could say he did that...

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Wouldn't it be in-character to say someone with Cash's commitment issues would, generally, assume Dorian is just messing around, and do a lot of shit to try and 'shake him off', ridiculous requests or always turning him down thinking he'll give up?

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: But I don't think people with commitment issues don't want to be shown adoration.

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: They want to be shown adoration. They just want to know where the "off" switch is--and assume that there is one. So, yeah, like what you described, just not all the time. Just whenever the affection starts feeling too emotionally intimate.

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Hmm and how would Dorian be able to give him that safety? So Cash knew he could stop something if he didn't want it.

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD That's not what I mean, Painted. The "off" switch doesn't mean "I'm not ready for this, could you please stop for now?", it means "Commitment isn't a thing that works. The love has stopped, just like I thought it would."

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: So.. they want to know where the switch is to make the other person stop loving them?

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Yeah. They want to know were the limit is so that they know what happens to make the relationship end so they can exploit that when they get scared and are ready to jump ship.

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: Then he needs to figure out what that is. (Hint, it doesn't exist... except lying. Dorian wouldn't care that Jade slept with other men if she hadn't asked for a monogamous relationship.)

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: I doubt Cash would ever purposely lie to Dorian. He might misjudge his own ability to be a well-adjusted person in a relationship, but he's seen enough marriages fail to know dishonesty is the first exit.

2017-02-05 [Synirria]: .... ><

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: ...What's wrong?

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: So Cash should just have fun, and only get scared if (when?) Dorian proposes.

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: Or tries to buy a new place with him. Or a pet. Basically anything that seems like a purposeful, planned-out step towards domesticity. If it just happens naturally, like one moving into the other's place or a stray cat or dog following them home, that's fine. It's subtle enough.

2017-02-05 [Painted Autumn]: xD Dorian is not the domestic type. He's definitely more that 'move into one or the other place' 'take in a stray that needs love' kind of guy. It's just a matter of getting Cash to see how perfect he is for him!

2017-02-05 [ancienteye]: XD Apparently~

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: My Cash dialogue and Nathan dialogue is starting to sound too similar. I need to reread some old Cash posts, I think. XD

2017-02-06 [Painted Autumn]: Cash is supposed to be a little arrogant and selfish, your other characters say so and so does his profile. Nathan is just over protective. To me the difference is self preservation vs intense protectiveness.

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: Yeah, but I could swear Cash didn't sound this formal during the first meeting we RPed between him and Dorian. XD

I don't mind them being a little alike. They've spent a lot of time together, consider themselves almost brothers, and actually get along whenever they meet in person once Nathan's done yelling at Cash for whatever he's done since they last met. XD XD XD

2017-02-06 [Painted Autumn]: Maybe it's just Dorian that makes him unlike himself.

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD Maybe. His best friend that he's crushing on just had a break-up, so he's probably trying to be suave, reliable and a bunch of other things he usually fails at outside of work.

2017-02-06 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian loves him just the way he is, no need to change. :D

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: He's in full lawyer mode, now. XD

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: Also...I might have accidently reused a speech that another character-in-a-legal-profession gives in one of my comics. Whoops.

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: On another note, this is actually what I think Cash's role is as the god of marriage. It's not about the ceremony or the legal paperwork. It is mutual respect and devotion.

2017-02-06 [Painted Autumn]: psychologically it's really bad for someone to feel unloved. Dorian's just having a LITTLE break down, he's fine....

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: Cash is...oh, what's the word...blunt. At least when it comes to relationships.

2017-02-06 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian likes it, don't worry. Blunt is typically honest.

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: Like I said. Hates Jade, but gives good advice. XD

2017-02-06 [Painted Autumn]: Ah, crap, made myself sad there at the end.

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: Should we have them doze off, soon? Cash has brought pretty much as much wisdom as he has about this situation out, already. XD

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: THE SIGN OF GOOD WRITING! It's a good thing. Work on something happy now, so you don't get stuck like that, though. XD

2017-02-06 [Painted Autumn]: Yes, Dorian is going to fall asleep like that. Cash can move but I would recommend that whatever he does, he comes back quickly. Either to turn the lights and tv off, and/or help take Dorian to bed.

2017-02-06 [Painted Autumn]: And so begins Dorian's lifelong mission to tell Cash, every time he sees him or leaves him, that he loves him.

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: Cash falls asleep in front of his TV all the time. XD He ain't moving.

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: And what a looooooooooooooooooooong life, too.

2017-02-06 [Painted Autumn]: HIS FIERY PASSION IS ONLY STOKED BY THE CHALLENGE!

2017-02-06 [Painted Autumn]: "Wait, you said you would say it back-"
"I recall no such thing."
"No I definitely remember it. Cash-"
"That's absurd. You were upset. I was comforting you."
"No, you meant it, Wick."
"Get yourself under control, Kay."
"I love you."
"I'm sure you do."
"Then say it back."
"I made no such promise!"
"Tell me you love me too!"
"In your dreams!"
"Every night!"
"Argh!"

2017-02-06 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

He'll look like a hairy strawberry after that last one...

2017-02-08 [Painted Autumn]: That ice cream is gonna be so melted....

2017-02-08 [ancienteye]: Cash: ".......Don't tell Nathan."

2017-02-08 [Painted Autumn]: So, while we're waiting for this day to end, I'd like to discuss how this sleepover is gonna go down. Since they fell asleep so early I think one of them should wake up, I think it should be Dorian. He can realize the wrecked food and carefully clean that up and put the rest away, then take Cash to bed where they can sleep without incurable back pain in the morning.
OR
They wake up to the disaster of food in the box and probably stiff from sleeping in an uncomfortable position on the couch.

2017-02-08 [ancienteye]: I think I prefer the second option. XD XD XD

2017-02-08 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian: Next time, I'm taking you to bed.
Cash: Pillow Wall
Dorian: <img:stuff/mood21-gif.gif> Stingy!
Cash: Pervert!

2017-02-08 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

2017-05-08 [Painted Autumn]: Ah Ate, thanks to you there will be no canoodling with these new Greek gods, no siree.

2017-05-11 [ancienteye]: Tempted to make Cash drool on Dorian...

2017-05-11 [Painted Autumn]: I figured you would.

2017-05-11 [ancienteye]: Honestly, if it was Nathan instead of Cash, he would've snored and woken himself up, by now.

2017-05-11 [Painted Autumn]: You want to post or should I go ahead? Or are we waiting for Risk?

2017-05-11 [ancienteye]: There. That's my post. That's literally all Cash is going to do until he wakes up. XD He's a deeeeeeeeeeeeep sleeper.

2017-05-12 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian's actually an incredibly light sleeper, but also an excellent napper.

2017-05-12 [Painted Autumn]: .... I just lost a long phone post. Kill me now.

2017-05-13 [The Black Cat in Your Path]: Oh jeez, Ate and Lena running into one another shopping. XD

2017-06-02 [ancienteye]: Sorry about the wait!

2017-06-03 [Painted Autumn]: Feel free to send them off to Cash's.

2017-06-03 [ancienteye]: Should we reference the fact that Risk's been waiting a while by saying there was traffic or something?

2017-06-03 [Painted Autumn]: We could... or I could edit my post and prolong this... which would you prefer? :)

2017-06-03 [ancienteye]: Well, if we reference it in my post, I'd like a plan of what we're referencing...however, that smiley implies you have a plan for your post. I would love to see that plan. Edit away, good sir~

2017-06-03 [Painted Autumn]: I did not have a plan. >_> But I appreciate your faith.

2017-06-03 [ancienteye]: XD Had to keep it short so Cash wouldn't go: "Not time for that, yet. Let's go fishing!"

2017-06-03 [ancienteye]: Avoiding the word "but" is hard!

2017-06-03 [Painted Autumn]: Hee hee. Butt.

2017-06-03 [Painted Autumn]: Oh, Cash wouldn't know Dorian keeps his picture on his nightstand, since he refuses to go to his bed. xD

2017-06-03 [ancienteye]: XD

2017-06-03 [ancienteye]: Thanks for telling me. :P

2017-06-03 [Painted Autumn]: I want Dorian and Cash wind up living together, so bad. They'd be best room mates, and he has room now that Emily left...

2017-06-03 [ancienteye]: If Dorian moves in with Cash, who will be Tilly's roommate? 3:>

2017-06-03 [ancienteye]: Ok, that emoji looks weird from the wrong angle...

2017-06-03 [Artsy]: Maybe Haidee. I'm sure she'd appreciate the yard, and Luke doesn't want to stay at Jade's and this home has a spare bedroom.. (as they can't share! my god! scandalous!)

2017-06-03 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD So long as they don't make too much noise... I suppose Tilly could adjust. :3

2017-06-03 [Artsy]: They don't strike me as noisy people. And they aren't super outgoing like Dorian, so they might actually be more to her taste. Or at least, her outward taste.

2017-06-03 [ancienteye]: She'd still finish the furniture, by the way. She'd ignore Cash's existence the entire time, but she'd actually deliver the furniture to wherever Dorian's living. XD

2018-06-10 [ancienteye]: http://erinnightwalker.tumblr.com/post/174740245050/noisybrain-pr1nceshawn-dogs-and-cats-by

2018-06-12 [Painted Autumn]: awwwww

2018-06-16 [ancienteye]: Tilly would indeed miss Dorian.

And be no less annoyed upon his return then she was before he left. XD

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