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10-22-2021, 10:00 PM
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Paella - 2021
Comorant , Crankshaft Rafflesian
CW: None
A Rabbity Bastard and a Bastardly Rabbit have a talk while making dinner.
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Comorant , Crankshaft Rafflesian
CW: None
A Rabbity Bastard and a Bastardly Rabbit have a talk while making dinner.
Lex: Paella...
Jam: Mmhmm..
Lex: That's looking so good...
Jam: Yeah, took a lot of time and a little help from a good friend, but...
Lex: I mean you did most of the work, I kinda just nudged here and there.
Jam: You did a lot, couldn't do something that needs this kind of work all on my own.
Lex: So what's the occasion anyway? Never really told me why you wanted to make a fancy dinner tonight.
Jam: Well for starters, we both promised that we'd get better about eating healthy and I wanna make good on that.
Lex: Yeeeah. We used to dump so much cash on fast food...
Jam: Exactly, left us hell broke too.
Lex: Yeah... honestly I don't wanna go back to the days of barely making it by every week. Not that we're doing the best right now but it's different lately.
Jam: Both of us got consistent jobs and we moved into a place with Dotty. Massive improvement from a few years ago.
Lex: Really though. Honestly it just... feels nice to like... I dunno. Can't really pin down the words like that.
Jam: Give it a shot anyway, I wanna hear.
Lex: I guess it's just nice to feel like I'm going forward in life. Was hell lost before.
Jam: Lucky you got a navigator around, one who knows you better than anyone else.
Lex: Can't argue with that, you're literally in my head.
Jam: Close as humanly possible, maybe a little more. Makes me feel special honestly. Anyway, the second reason for making something this fancy is 'cause I wanted to treat you and Dotty both to something nice tonight.
Lex: You're not going to be the one out for dinner?
Jam: I mean.. maybe a little but I wanna let you get a taste too you know? Get to see you smile.
Lex: Gonna die when you say stuff like that...
Jam: You absolutely will!
Lex: Fucker.
Jam: Love you too.
Lex: There you go again....
Jam: It's what I do best.
Lex: Maybe.
Jam: ...Was it too much that time? I can stop if it really bugs you.
Lex: I mean... it always feels like too much I guess. You know exactly what I wanna hear and it always gets me but... I don't like being messed with like that. Don't want my feelings to get played with for a reaction.
Jam: What makes you think I don't mean what I say?
Lex: You kinda do it so casually. Do it with me, do it with Dotty, used to do it to a few friends sometimes just to see their faces.
Jam: Ah you remember that last one...
Lex: Little bit. A lot of you being around is kinda lost memory-wise but... I remember enough chunks to know that happened.
Jam: Yeah, that was actually a big bad on my part...
Lex: Think a couple of them asked us out actually... had crushes on them at the time so like... I dunno.
Lex: I guess really I just feel jealous sometimes you know? You got us a consistent job while I was gone, you always made friends easier, I.. I don’t even know for sure if that was me on the first date with Dotty in hindsight.
Jam: Pretty sure it was mostly you.
Lex: Mostly...?
Jam: To be honest, older memories are kinda blurred like that for me since we share them soo… can’t really give you a straight answer there.
Lex: Makes me feel worse honestly. People just seem to like you better at this point and I can’t really blame anyone for that.
Jam: Don’t think that’s true.
Lex: Everyone smiles so much more around you, even Dotty just-
Jam: I’m going to stop you there for a sec. Dotty fucking bawled when you were gone, she missed you so much that she sat down and told me she wanted to move somewhere else because this part of town reminded her too much of you and she had no idea if you were ever coming back.
Lex: ...She what?
Jam: It got that bad, it really did and honestly? I missed you that much too… maybe more if that’s even possible. Shouldn’t really say that but like…. Words feel dumb.
Lex: Keep going.
Jam: I guess it hurts that you always kind of shrugged me off as being goofy but I didn’t want to press further since maybe you just really weren’t into the idea but… I really want to be with you. Like… do you remember all the mystery love letters, the penpal with no address, the random gifts in your locker and all that?
Lex: ...Was that you?!
Jam: Yeah…
Lex: Oh my god…
Jam: At the time though we were pretty disconnected, hell I think you forgot about me… parents sure made a point of trying to gut me out of your thoughts with therapy. Worked pretty well too, scares the shit out of me to think how hard it cut me off.
Lex: Everytime I asked them about it, they said I was yelling about ghosts or something. Put me on some hard antipsychotics…
Jam: Oh, the cocktail? Yeah, I hated that too.
Lex: Didn’t realize I was on the wrong stuff until I got away and talked to a doctor without them over my shoulder…. I mean I’m still taking a lot but at least I got a combo that feels alright these days you know? Anyway, I guess that explains a ton, no idea how some rando could pick a school locker like that..
Jam: Yeah… Always told myself I was doing it because I wanted you to never feel alone or unloved or whatever but.. Honestly I kinda just did it because I was gay? That was kinda the only way to do it, so…
Lex: Honestly? If I knew and we weren’t well… whatever our deal is? I would’ve actually gone to prom…
Jam: You mean you would’ve told your mom and dad you’d go to prom and we’d hang out on the beach getting feelsy over weed and street tacos until midnight.
Lex: Yeah. I mean we could still do that.
Jam: Think your parents would be scared if you asked them about going to prom at this point.
Lex: You know what I mean. Honestly knowing everything though… I want this too. Wanted this for a while really but I also thought you wouldn’t go for it. Guess that really made the teasing hard for me too. Hot best friend asking you to spoon them everytime it rains but not knowing if they’re serious is some deep pain.
Jam: Now you’re messing with me.
Lex: Mean it. Your style, the way you talk, your bastard grin with the little canines...
Jam: Have to gnaw so much to get that look down in person, your overbite grows back so fast…
Lex: It pays off you know? I guess just… we should probably bring this up to Dotty at some point but like…
Jam: I means she knows I got feelings for you if you’re worried.
Lex: Wait… you told her without telling me?
Jam: Yeah? You told her too.
Lex: Yeah… god we’re stupid.
Jam: Two halves of an idiot…
Lex: Speaking of, uh… we should probably check on the paella.
Jam: Ah… yeah that uh… shoot okay.
Lex: Uncover the lid and....
Jam: Oh thank god, didn’t burn.
Lex: Well mostly… bottom is a little crispy but.
Jam: Eh, everyone burns the bottom layer of rice from time to time. We made plenty. You ready to start serving?
Lex: Yeah and uh… thanks for always being here for me you know? Can’t imagine not having you here with me.
Jam: Same. I don’t wanna stop talking about it since it’s still kind of a lot but.. Continue after dinner? Figure out some stuff, get Dotty’s input on this?
Lex: Sounds nice.
Jam: Mmhmm..
Lex: That's looking so good...
Jam: Yeah, took a lot of time and a little help from a good friend, but...
Lex: I mean you did most of the work, I kinda just nudged here and there.
Jam: You did a lot, couldn't do something that needs this kind of work all on my own.
Lex: So what's the occasion anyway? Never really told me why you wanted to make a fancy dinner tonight.
Jam: Well for starters, we both promised that we'd get better about eating healthy and I wanna make good on that.
Lex: Yeeeah. We used to dump so much cash on fast food...
Jam: Exactly, left us hell broke too.
Lex: Yeah... honestly I don't wanna go back to the days of barely making it by every week. Not that we're doing the best right now but it's different lately.
Jam: Both of us got consistent jobs and we moved into a place with Dotty. Massive improvement from a few years ago.
Lex: Really though. Honestly it just... feels nice to like... I dunno. Can't really pin down the words like that.
Jam: Give it a shot anyway, I wanna hear.
Lex: I guess it's just nice to feel like I'm going forward in life. Was hell lost before.
Jam: Lucky you got a navigator around, one who knows you better than anyone else.
Lex: Can't argue with that, you're literally in my head.
Jam: Close as humanly possible, maybe a little more. Makes me feel special honestly. Anyway, the second reason for making something this fancy is 'cause I wanted to treat you and Dotty both to something nice tonight.
Lex: You're not going to be the one out for dinner?
Jam: I mean.. maybe a little but I wanna let you get a taste too you know? Get to see you smile.
Lex: Gonna die when you say stuff like that...
Jam: You absolutely will!
Lex: Fucker.
Jam: Love you too.
Lex: There you go again....
Jam: It's what I do best.
Lex: Maybe.
Jam: ...Was it too much that time? I can stop if it really bugs you.
Lex: I mean... it always feels like too much I guess. You know exactly what I wanna hear and it always gets me but... I don't like being messed with like that. Don't want my feelings to get played with for a reaction.
Jam: What makes you think I don't mean what I say?
Lex: You kinda do it so casually. Do it with me, do it with Dotty, used to do it to a few friends sometimes just to see their faces.
Jam: Ah you remember that last one...
Lex: Little bit. A lot of you being around is kinda lost memory-wise but... I remember enough chunks to know that happened.
Jam: Yeah, that was actually a big bad on my part...
Lex: Think a couple of them asked us out actually... had crushes on them at the time so like... I dunno.
Lex: I guess really I just feel jealous sometimes you know? You got us a consistent job while I was gone, you always made friends easier, I.. I don’t even know for sure if that was me on the first date with Dotty in hindsight.
Jam: Pretty sure it was mostly you.
Lex: Mostly...?
Jam: To be honest, older memories are kinda blurred like that for me since we share them soo… can’t really give you a straight answer there.
Lex: Makes me feel worse honestly. People just seem to like you better at this point and I can’t really blame anyone for that.
Jam: Don’t think that’s true.
Lex: Everyone smiles so much more around you, even Dotty just-
Jam: I’m going to stop you there for a sec. Dotty fucking bawled when you were gone, she missed you so much that she sat down and told me she wanted to move somewhere else because this part of town reminded her too much of you and she had no idea if you were ever coming back.
Lex: ...She what?
Jam: It got that bad, it really did and honestly? I missed you that much too… maybe more if that’s even possible. Shouldn’t really say that but like…. Words feel dumb.
Lex: Keep going.
Jam: I guess it hurts that you always kind of shrugged me off as being goofy but I didn’t want to press further since maybe you just really weren’t into the idea but… I really want to be with you. Like… do you remember all the mystery love letters, the penpal with no address, the random gifts in your locker and all that?
Lex: ...Was that you?!
Jam: Yeah…
Lex: Oh my god…
Jam: At the time though we were pretty disconnected, hell I think you forgot about me… parents sure made a point of trying to gut me out of your thoughts with therapy. Worked pretty well too, scares the shit out of me to think how hard it cut me off.
Lex: Everytime I asked them about it, they said I was yelling about ghosts or something. Put me on some hard antipsychotics…
Jam: Oh, the cocktail? Yeah, I hated that too.
Lex: Didn’t realize I was on the wrong stuff until I got away and talked to a doctor without them over my shoulder…. I mean I’m still taking a lot but at least I got a combo that feels alright these days you know? Anyway, I guess that explains a ton, no idea how some rando could pick a school locker like that..
Jam: Yeah… Always told myself I was doing it because I wanted you to never feel alone or unloved or whatever but.. Honestly I kinda just did it because I was gay? That was kinda the only way to do it, so…
Lex: Honestly? If I knew and we weren’t well… whatever our deal is? I would’ve actually gone to prom…
Jam: You mean you would’ve told your mom and dad you’d go to prom and we’d hang out on the beach getting feelsy over weed and street tacos until midnight.
Lex: Yeah. I mean we could still do that.
Jam: Think your parents would be scared if you asked them about going to prom at this point.
Lex: You know what I mean. Honestly knowing everything though… I want this too. Wanted this for a while really but I also thought you wouldn’t go for it. Guess that really made the teasing hard for me too. Hot best friend asking you to spoon them everytime it rains but not knowing if they’re serious is some deep pain.
Jam: Now you’re messing with me.
Lex: Mean it. Your style, the way you talk, your bastard grin with the little canines...
Jam: Have to gnaw so much to get that look down in person, your overbite grows back so fast…
Lex: It pays off you know? I guess just… we should probably bring this up to Dotty at some point but like…
Jam: I means she knows I got feelings for you if you’re worried.
Lex: Wait… you told her without telling me?
Jam: Yeah? You told her too.
Lex: Yeah… god we’re stupid.
Jam: Two halves of an idiot…
Lex: Speaking of, uh… we should probably check on the paella.
Jam: Ah… yeah that uh… shoot okay.
Lex: Uncover the lid and....
Jam: Oh thank god, didn’t burn.
Lex: Well mostly… bottom is a little crispy but.
Jam: Eh, everyone burns the bottom layer of rice from time to time. We made plenty. You ready to start serving?
Lex: Yeah and uh… thanks for always being here for me you know? Can’t imagine not having you here with me.
Jam: Same. I don’t wanna stop talking about it since it’s still kind of a lot but.. Continue after dinner? Figure out some stuff, get Dotty’s input on this?
Lex: Sounds nice.
