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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:47 pm
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Joanna aimed a small smile at them - warm and a little worried - and then they headed upstairs.
With the door safely closed and locked, Abel sank down onto the bed with a heavy sigh. If he didn't have a drink in his hand, he probably would've flopped over backwards onto it, but as it was he did have a drink, so he took a sip of that instead. "Mmh. It could have been a lot better, but you're right, it could've been worse," he admitted with a breath of a laugh; it had no mirth in it. "Poetry like that would've definitely made it worse." Ugh, that poetry. The verses themselves weren't terrible really - or they were but a different sort of terrible, an acceptable terrible - but more the memory behind them was, how Zevran had come to learn those verses. It wasn't something he liked to think about.
With another sigh Abel frowned down at the glass in his hands, resting his knees on his elbows. "I just... Why's he have to be like that? Like.. like..." Like my feelings don't matter.
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 12:31 pm
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:04 pm
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Abel sighed again and leaned into the affection his boyfriend offered him, then pressed a kiss to his forehead. "Something like that, I guess. I don't really know what to say either," he admitted and shrugged a bit, looking down into his glass again. Did he even want a drink anymore? Not really.
Zevran was trying to help though, even though situations like this weren't his strong point. He was trying though. "I do love you, with all my heart. His behavior won't change that, but I wish he'd just... accept it. He doesn't have to like it, it'd be nice if he did but he doesn't have to, I'd prefer that over.. whatever he's doing now." What, trying to convince him that he'd be happier with someone else? All because he'd rather see his son date a woman instead? Why did he have to be like that?...
"Ah. I'm sorry too, since his attitude affects you too," the taller blond said, removing one hand from his glass so he could wrap his freed arm around his love in return.
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:11 pm
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:22 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:57 pm
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 5:03 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:48 am
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 12:29 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 12:53 pm
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"Ah, true love, just like a fairytale," Zevran crinkled his nose at Abel. "Would you like to be the noble prince or the dashing rogue? I don't mind letting you pick. Alas the poor princess in this piece shall have to remain alone, or perhaps find love with her loyal maid? We can only hope."
Ah. Yes. Zevran sighed. "I had not meant to say that aloud," he admitted with a shake of his head. "As you have asked though, and told me I should speak of such things...." He didn't want to talk about it but talking was good, Abel always said so and sometimes he did feel better after sharing something. Sometimes. "I have been thinking about the two kids, the apprentices. You told me they escaped, but what kind of escape is returning to the Crows?" Zevran leaned his head on Abel's shoulder so that his hair would fall over his face and obscure his expression. "They do things to apprentices before they are allowed to graduate," he said flatly. "With their age it must have started already but it... it gets worse. Only the strongest can be allowed to take the mark of a house. Sitting here with you I... the contrast between what I have now and what they face is difficult to contemplate." It made him feel sick but there was nothing he could do about it.
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:16 pm
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"Oh, I think you'd make a much better dashing rogue than I ever could," the taller blond noted, chuckling a bit at the thought. "I don't know how noble or how much of a prince I am though."
Much as he wanted the conversation to stay light and flirtatious, it was infinitely more important to focus on the worries weighing on his boyfriend's mind. And this seemed like quite a heavy weight. Abel frowned thoughtfully, his thumb running light circles over Zevran's shoulder. He didn't miss the way he tilted his face down a little, to avoid showing his expression perhaps? Probably. "That's... yeah, they did escape, but... From everything you've told me, even before now, I can't help but think they'd have been better off not going back there." And now, knowing it'd be even worse for them... What sorts of things did they do to apprentices? Part of him wanted to know, but a much larger part of him wanted to remain ignorant. He had a sneaking suspicion knowing about it would only make him angry, because not only would that happen to the apprentices... Zevran would no doubt be speaking from experience.
Abel squeezed his boyfriend a little, almost protectively. "I can understand why it'd bother you, it's.. a bit of a difference between you and them, yeah." Oh yes, sitting here in his parents' warm, welcoming house, surrounded by people that cared about them... While the two apprentices would go back to much worse conditions. Briefly he debated saying 'it isn't your fault though' but that didn't seem like the right thing to say. Not that he knew what the right thing to say was, but it probably wasn't that.
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:25 pm
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:38 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 2:04 pm
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 3:01 pm
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