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PETRE DODRESCU,
somewhere in his thirties

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[cacotopia]

nope

just the one!

you got any void besties i should know about?

[ He's not actually asking. ]

by the way i lied, i'm still dying of cringe

[lascivient]

i'm sure it's a feeling that won't go away for some time

i like him

[ If Aegon used smiley faces, there would be one right at the end there. ]

[cacotopia]

[ He stops just before I like him too slips out. This conversation is gay(??) enough. ]

not gonna lie it's pretty funny that he said it to you

[lascivient]

[ For a blink there he thought Petre may have actually said something he shouldn't have. ]

you're the only one laughing

[cacotopia]

?

[lascivient]

would you have killed him were it his name on you

[cacotopia]

no

just like i wouldn't have killed anyone you didn't want me to

[lascivient]

you don't owe me that sort of fealty

i'm not your keeper, petre

[cacotopia]

i mean i know that

[ Then the equivalent of three dots flashing and disappearing before he finally fucking hits send. ]

you don't want it?

[lascivient]

that isn't what i said

[cacotopia]

[ Oh no. His thoughts are turning into static.

It takes him a while to come back. He'll probably regret this the moment he stops to finally blink. ]

ever had something you thought you actually couldn't live without
then one day it was gone and all you could do was pretend that nothing is missing

[ wow weird a sudden switch to present tense? ]

but you keep getting reminded that it is and it really fucking sucks that you can't have it again so you keep doing shit to forget it

[ hHHHhh ]

anyway i think i just realized that i don't have to pretend when it's me and you
thanks for coming to my ted talk i'll just go die now

tex t to voice for real this time

[lascivient]

[ He senses running away from this may cause irreparable damage this time. He knows he doesn't want to risk that, which is telling enough. ]

petre

[ This is so uncomfortable. ]

You are... [ This is so uncomfortable. ] of great importance to me.

[cacotopia]

[ Petre knows how this joke ends, ready for the void to swallow him up after an awkward parting message — but a voice cuts through the static instead, and Petre's second realization is that this is what he hoped he would say. The way only Aegon knows how. ]

… Okay. Good.

[ With the careful optimism of letting a house of cards go. ]

I want to be.

[lascivient]

[ It's that I want to be that he keeps doubting, keeps feeling undeserving of. That he wants but keeps convincing himself it's a trick— Aemond was bound to him by blood, and he often doubts him, too, he's just had a lot more weeks of reassurances. Petre has nothing forcing him to be apart of his life. At least this time, he recognizes that his words to Petre sparked this conversation, his attempt to push him away, to question their closeness. ]

Now's your chance, if there's anything else you need me to say.

[ So they don't have to do this again, preferably (haha). His words are calm, but he also would like to go die now. ]

[cacotopia]

[ If Aegon could see him, this is where he'd break the tension with a conspiratorial smile. The sentiment is there regardless. ]

Nope.

[ Now he can put what happened away where they don't have to look at or talk about it anymore. He only needs to hear it once to make it permanent. Which is the beginning of so many problems when Petre is involved. ]

[lascivient]

You're staying with me tonight?

[ It's not really a question. ]

[cacotopia]

[ It doesn't really need an answer. ]

Still got some weed left.

[ And unbranded snacks. ]

🎀???

[lascivient]

You won't for much longer, then.

[ He'll take a break from thinking about murdering his sister for five seconds just for you and some off-brand Cheetos, Petre. ]