baltimores: (143; I won’t)
last man standing. ([personal profile] baltimores) wrote in [community profile] aionlogs 2022-06-16 10:02 am (UTC)

[ Gen's unease makes sense. For as much as people apparently do care about him, Amos isn't exactly someone people should be comfortable around. It's probably better for everyone if they retain some sense of unease around him; in a way, it's reassuring.

It's the sense of trust and understanding that blindsides him, leaves Amos blinking disbelievingly at Gen.

In a way, he should've known to expect it. That's what all of this has been about — Gen taking the time to find him, to demand that they have their own talk, all of it. But the fact that he gets why Amos spun off like this. That he isn't going to ask questions about it. (He might tell him, if he did. Not here. Nowhere public. But... he probably owes him that much he likes him well enough to give him answers, if he ever did want them.) Something about it is uniquely touching, so rare and genuine that he doesn't know what to do with it.

So he listens. And while Amos may be more than twice his age and isn't burdened by preconceived notions of what masculinity is, he's no more emotionally intelligent than Gen. This is as good as it gets for him. So Get your shit together, Just take it easy — both are exactly what he needs to hear, after all.

The corner of his mouth quirks upwards slightly as Amos reaches for his glass, downs about half of it. ]


You can mean to kick my ass. It's good having someone around who can do that to me. [ Yes, that is a metaphorical invitation. Literal... he still has his doubts. ] 'cause yeah. You're right. Again.

[ And then he finishes off the rest of his drink. What, like he was going to let any of it go to waste? But as Amos wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, he finds he really doesn't need any more than that. Probably not for a while. ]

'm ready to get out of here if you are. Feels like I could sleep for a couple of days, actually.

[ Yeah, he did that to himself. But resting sounds really good now. ]

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