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Yuri Lowell ([personal profile] vibing) wrote2022-05-17 02:15 pm
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[personal profile] thinkfirst 2022-07-06 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I would have!

[ Actually, now that he thinks about it, Yuri may have mentioned it on that strange ragged morning after the carnival, while Flynn was trying to gather up the edge of his thoughts and put them into something like order. He'd forgotten all about that. Time had moved so strangely that day.

Well. He won't be so careless again. With a huff, Flynn crosses the room to grab for his keys.
]

You'd make a pretty good baker. That cake you sent me the other day—was that yours?
thinkfirst: (skit | alarmed | oh no)

[personal profile] thinkfirst 2022-07-06 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Flynn spent like ten minutes looking at that cake! He whips around, his eyes wide. ]

It was really good! Where did you learn to decorate like that?
thinkfirst: (skit | pleased | smile | well done)

[personal profile] thinkfirst 2022-07-06 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
It's really impressive.

[ Flynn insists quietly. He remembers the first time Yuri made something like that, fried dough dusted in sugar and little flowers, what an impression it had made. Yuri's always been like that: a little more impressive than he lets on, a little more concerned with how things turn out than he'd like everyone to believe.

It's one of Flynn's favorite things about him. That care runs deep, through everything he does.
]

I'll walk back to the shop with you, if you'd like to finish them.
thinkfirst: (smile | helpful | kind)

[personal profile] thinkfirst 2022-07-08 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but I need to get new chairs anyway.

[ Flynn should probably spend more time alone. He should probably think about this unstoppable impulse to stick to Yuri's side, should probably not just follow him around or try to make him stay, but that same urgent need to not let him just walk away bubbles up and Flynn doesn't fight it.

Instead, he falls into step with Yuri, letting his key dangle idly from one finger.
]
thinkfirst: (skit | soft smile | pleased)

[personal profile] thinkfirst 2022-07-09 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There it is, that same little bubble of relief coils through him, and Flynn smiles with it. ]

Which town? There are a lot of towns around here, and I'm not sure we won't get weird looks for carrying a bunch of stools on the train.
thinkfirst: (talking | neutral | worried)

[personal profile] thinkfirst 2022-07-09 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't want them to think I'm some kind of—

[ Some kind of what, Flynn? Is it stupid to worry about what random spirits on the train think about his actions? He's spent so long under scrutiny, with everything up for debate—the tone of his voice, his posture, his food choices—it feels strange to think that they really might not care.

But...

As they walk out the door and Flynn locks it behind himself, it settles in.
]

Maybe you're right.