see, they are very emotionally supportive, which is great when you've just been tossed into an unfamiliar dimension. they're also very warm, pliable, and enjoy getting you off! orgasms help you sleep.
[ There's a lot of comfort to be found in Iggy being Iggy. He's tempted to invite him over later on that merit alone... but there's an imbalance here. He's already weirdly ghosted him once for mentioning people who know him from other worlds while Stephen wasn't quite ready to manage bursting that bubble, so he figures he owes him clarity before using him as a cure for not-at-all-home sickness. ]
I should probably mention I'm one of the people who knows you from somewhere else. A you.
By Color Me Badd, March 1991, lead single from the debut album C.M.B.? That makes it worse, actually.
[ He's playing, but also the fact that this song is 'really old' and probably older than Iggy himself is a new worst thing unlocked.
He also forgot how easy Iggy finds talking about sex like this. Apparently, it's still not a skill he's learned. ]
How about instead of me answering that you come over later, I'll open some wine, we see how we feel, and I promise to be a better communicator in person.
Edited (British English autocorrect strikes again) 2024-11-25 00:21 (UTC)
[ That'll do it. A couple of seconds to receive the message, crack a smile, and then there's a portal tearing itself out of the air wherever Iggy's standing, spitting harmless amber sparks. Through the circle of torn space, another room: the house's aesthetic relatively undisturbed in here, all antique furniture and heavy fabrics.
Stephen waits on the other side, peering through. ]
Skipped the doors in the end. Hope you don't mind.
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[ There's a lot of comfort to be found in Iggy being Iggy. He's tempted to invite him over later on that merit alone... but there's an imbalance here. He's already weirdly ghosted him once for mentioning people who know him from other worlds while Stephen wasn't quite ready to manage bursting that bubble, so he figures he owes him clarity before using him as a cure for not-at-all-home sickness. ]
I should probably mention
I'm one of the people who knows you from somewhere else. A you.
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it's something in you that makes my soul feel happy.
were we an item? omg was I a fumbling med student you loathed?
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No and no. Friends.
With a shared lover or two. [ Or three. Or more. ]
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wow, really? that's so hot. gosh, other me sounds like he must have been really happy.
so like
is it weird if I sex you up then? I don't have to.
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[ Now. Give or take some worse days. ]
No. Honestly, I think we're overdue.
One favor though.
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anything. I'm very good at favours.
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[ That's the worst phrase he's ever read with his eyes ]
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do you have sexual preferences I should take note of?
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[ He's playing, but also the fact that this song is 'really old' and probably older than Iggy himself is a new worst thing unlocked.
He also forgot how easy Iggy finds talking about sex like this. Apparently, it's still not a skill he's learned. ]
How about instead of me answering that you come over later, I'll open some wine, we see how we feel, and I promise to be a better communicator in person.
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[Iggy wasn't born until 1999. Don't think about it too hard, Stephen.]
I like the way you think. just tell me when and I'll be there. 😘
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Let's say an hour or so after dinner. I'm flexible if you prefer later, just message when you're ready and I can get you some transport door to door.
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that works fine!
[and at the appropriate time:]
🍑
[Yes, that counts as a message.]
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Stephen waits on the other side, peering through. ]
Skipped the doors in the end. Hope you don't mind.
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I can't decide if you're keeping this on the downlow or showing off how magic you are.
[He steps through fearlessly, beaming.]
Hihihi. Gosh, your room is so neat!
[Iggy's is a mess.]