toyska: urashima_zzz @ twitter (I’m gonna be the anti-hero)

[personal profile] toyska 2025-07-18 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[If only that was the reason he went through all of these lives, instead of the incredibly stupid actual reason of (redacted).

He shakes his head slightly, oblivious to these thoughts.]


No... I want to talk to you. [I missed you.] What have you been doing on the surface? Do you like it here? In this...

[Looks around............. watches a lobster nurse walk by.]

...place?
toyska: _sui112 @ twitter (Welcome to the vortex)

[personal profile] toyska 2025-07-18 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Looking away means that Essek misses the flash of hope in Childe's eyes; it vanishes quickly, as though he's long since used to talking himself out of it. But his grip on Essek's hand does tighten a little, his thumb brushing over one of the rings I assume Essek wears, or at least his knuckles if not.]

...Right. With your brother. [Perhaps a true memory, perhaps an assumption? Hard to say. He takes a shallow breath.] I hate to ask, but did you... visit the graves at all?

[Sorry for the brief thoughtshare of bloody hands and murdered parents Essek you don't deserve this]
toyska: tiniditii @ twitter (He came from the sunset)

[personal profile] toyska 2025-07-18 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Something something abandonment issues that you don't realize you have because you are self-aware of your own insanity. Don't worry about it.

Apparently "sometimes" is good enough, since Childe doesn't look dissatisfied with that answer.]


Just training, mostly... trying to stay alive. [There's a wry smile, like this is funny for some reason.] The Order's been too distracted to try and hunt me down for a while, so I've been alright.
toyska: bear_nyanm @ twitter (My blood makes)

[personal profile] toyska 2025-07-19 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Essek like "get me out of this insane conversation"

Childe looks a little uncertain, but no version of this man would ever ask someone not to leave him out loud, and he also truly is exhausted, so--]


...Alright, if you're sure.
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[personal profile] toyska 2025-07-19 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
[TOE RINGS]
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[personal profile] toyska 2025-07-19 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
[STOP DON'T JUST TAG MY GAGTAG WITH THE FOOT ICON I HATE THIS puts my real tag in a separate comment]
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[personal profile] toyska 2025-07-19 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe he'll feel less bad when he hears that half of Childe's AUs involved pizzerias and a situationship with Bestia and several crashed weddings and getting thrown in the dungeons for treason because of soup

But really--later, when he's not quite so insane, he'll apologize for this. Essek's earned that much sincerity from him, and for all his many, many flaws, Childe tries not to hurt the people he likes. It's why he'll wait until he's absolutely sure that the effects have worn off before he even tries to make up for this; there's no point in destroying his own efforts with a relapse into insanity.

For now, though, he is still very much in the thick of it, so he doesn't flinch away. Instead, he does the opposite, watching Essek with dark eyes. Essek may try to politely leave room between them, but with Childe's false centuries and whatever life he thinks they've shared, he has no such qualms; he shifts onto his side, throwing an arm across him and resting his head against him. ESSEK YOU ARE SO SHORT... I THINK ABOUT IT.

Quietly--]


Thank you.

[For more than simply promising to stay, though he doesn't specify exactly what.]
toyska: (nappin)

[personal profile] toyska 2025-07-19 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Essek, das gay...

AND YEAH LISTEN why would he care about his injuries when he can have this instead? Though, granted, it takes a little adjusting, like it's been an extremely long time since he's been this close to someone and he doesn't quite remember how to manage it. But he's exhausted enough to not fidget too much, and definitely too exhausted to tease. Funnily enough, under normal circumstances, it would take a lot more for him to doze off around anyone here--but right now, he does so with little difficulty.]
toyska: (No time to worry about the past)

[personal profile] toyska 2025-07-19 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[And then 24 hours later he'll learn how close he was to touching the nipple piercings on accident]