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[kobes]

I have. He looks very nice.

[Time and place for thirsting and all that, can't have a cheeky flirty time when people are dying.]

I wish you'd been right. I wish I wouldn't have had to use it.

[holyposition]

[ Skill issue Tim can ignore his urges when he wants to. He spent his life ignoring them, even when the time and place had been (relatively) safe to indulge them. If it were just about sex, he could wait until this mess blows over. But it's safer in Hawk's arms than anywhere, and that's what he needs more than anything. ]

I know. The more I think about it, the more I think you're right that this place feeds on our misery. It's like it picks our fears and baggage at random and tortures the whole house with them.

[kobes]

[That much Koby can understand, even if his own frenetic anxiety has kept him from doing more than dozing briefly in the protective circle of Quentin’s arms. Sleeping deeply would mean going off high alert, and he can't do that. He can't.]

Something else I wish I'd been wrong about. Still, if that part's true, then that's more than we knew before. That's something.

I'll come to the chapel. I'm out on a supply run anyway.

[holyposition]

Are you sure? I can meet you anywhere, I don't want you to put yourself in danger for this.

[kobes]

I'm sure -- you're due for more food anyway. Besides, maybe I want to see you both all rakish and beardy.

[holyposition]

Rakish? I'm not rakish.

[kobes]

Everyone's rakish with a beard.

[holyposition]

Hawk, maybe.

[kobes]

You're biased. I think you're both very handsome. I wish I could get as scruffy.

[Koby with pink stubble. We know you're imagining it, Tim.]

[holyposition]

Well thank you, but I'm not some kind of rascal.

[ ...no comment. Sorry bestie. ]

Speaking of scruffy, how's Quentin?

[kobes]

No, of course not, but you can LOOK like one if you want. For a little. Very piratey.

He's being very patient with me, as always. I can't feel him like I normally can, so I'm being a little [clingy, panicky, jerking awake and reaching out in the night to make sure Quentin's still there beneath his fingertips] neurotic.

[holyposition]

Why would I want to look like a pirate?

I won't keep you from him long. Promise.

[kobes]

They're very handsome, sometimes. Some of the most handsome people I know are pirates.

I'll bring him along, next time. We can still have nice visits, in the midst of everything. It's reassuring to see one another in person.

[holyposition]

That's one opinion.

I'd like that. Everyone else is falling apart, and I've been on warming duty AND setting fire to the dead duty. I've been so busy I've barely seen him.

[kobes]

What about the broader "sailors". You'd look like a sailor with a beard.

You've been doing really well, Tim. I know you hate it, you have to, but you're giving a lot of people the hope and help they need. I'm proud of you.

After this we'll have dinner. All four of us. Hawk said.

[holyposition]

Maybe. Do all pirates have bright hair?

You have no idea. But thank you. That means a lot.

You got Hawk to agree? I thought he and Quentin were still mad at each other.

[kobes]

Not all of them. Luffy and Usopp don't. Alvida doesn't.

You're welcome. I couldn't do this without you, you know.

It was Hawk's idea. He's
Trying. I can tell he's trying.

[holyposition]

Right. Can I tell you a secret?

We make a good team. You can sense them coming, and I can light them up before they get too close. I'm not surprised at all that we compliment each other.

Oh. Good then. Let's sit them diagonally from each other, just in case.

[kobes]

Of course. Always.

Careful, you'll end up joining my trainings, once this is all over. Awaken some superpowers in you too.

That's a wise idea, yes. "Trying" doesn't mean perfection, after all.

[holyposition]

I think Zoro would be cute with normal hair.

I picked my morning training back up with someone else. But maybe. Every so often.

He's been pretty perfect lately. Except when he's jealous.

[kobes]

You mean not green? Is that the only thing keeping you from thinking he's cute?
But yes, he's very cute. They all are.

Did you? Good, I'm glad. You'll have to keep me posted on what you learn. Still swords?

Are you trying to tell me you don't like when he gets possessive and jealous?

[holyposition]

The green is just a little...shocking.

Mostly. With some other things mixed in.

It depends. If he's taking it out on whoever he thinks he needs to be jealous of, I don't like it.

[kobes]

Oh. Is the pink shocking?

It's good to be comprehensive. Easier that way to figure out what you like. Punching's been the easiest for me, though I do like the mop handle.

Ahhhh. Only when he's using it as motivation, then?

[holyposition]

Not anymore.

The punching worries me. You get too close to them. Someone got his fingers bitten off.

That sounds like I egg him on. I don't do THAT. But sometimes he sees someone flirt with me and gets this idea that he needs to reclaim me. And I like that.

[kobes]

But it used to? How strange. I can't think of myself as shocking.

No, no, with the revenants only the mop handle. Just to be safe. I don't want to get bitten.

Ahhh, that's more what I meant. Territorial with just the two of you.