september overflow log

[hownkai]

This is an overflow for the first September Event Log.

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[commontype]

[There are a lot of things that Eggsy's done in his life that aren't the best.

Paths he's taken that he should have avoided. Decisions he's made that he'd known were wrong and didn't give a fuck when he'd made them. A year on the Moira and the people who have influenced him, have slowed him down. He doesn't act as irrationally, though he's still prone to making abrupt decisions.

This, however, doesn't even sink in. He's asking for a kiss and there's nothing wrong with that. Smiling, he lets go of Armin and leans down, gripping both sides of his face. Eggsy presses their mouths together, close mouthed and long, sighing when he leans back.]

There.

[disarmin]

[Armin's heart overflows like a storm in a teacup. He kisses back, never pushing it for it to be more than chaste. He draws in a ragged, stumbling breath once the kiss is over. He traces the line of Eggsy's cheek with his knuckles.]

Okay. [Again, softer:] Okay.

I think I'll walk down to the beach. [Armin pulls away, looking around for the exit.]

[commontype]

[Eggsy’s mesmerized, drawn in and breathless. The knuckles on his cheek are soft, the expression on Armin’s face pulling him in.]

I’ll come with ya.

[His hands follow after, reaching for anything he can.]

Please?

[disarmin]

[Armin lets him catch his fingers, almost out of habit more than anything else. He stops, glancing over his shoulder.]

Y-you're sure you wouldn't rather dance with some other girl or guy? There's got to be other people you've had your eye on.

[The message isn't 'no' so much as 'surely you can do better'.]

[commontype]

Nah, there ain’t.

[Eggsy hasn’t looked at anyone else since him and Armin had started dancing. It’s just not one of those things. He didn’t come here to look for someone to fuck or a quick lay, and he felt like going with the flow anyways. That meant dancing with the first person he wanted to – Armin.]

‘Less you don’t want me to come.

[disarmin]

[Armin is flushed from dancing and drinking, but there's a pause before his words that might be a little like blushing, were his cheeks not already pink.]

No, I was just giving you an out. I don't want you feel obligated to spend time with me, just because... [Of what I said before.] We danced together.

[He holds tightly to Eggsy's hand, though, making his way down those steps into the forest.]

[commontype]

Don't want an out.

[Eggsy grips his hand, following him down the steps into the forest. He doesn't want to spend time with Armin out of obligation, but out of a desire to get to know him better. Another version of himself loved him so much, and in a way, Eggsy can't help but wonder if he will ever feel the same, too. He doesn't know, but he's going to at least give them the chance to be friends.]

We gonna go swimmin'?

[disarmin]

And leave this beautiful dress on the sand? I don't think so. Besides, we're hardly to the point where I'm taking my clothes off. [Wait. That didn't come out right.] I mean, we're hardly to the point where we're getting naked together, uhm, I mean -- damn it, you know. No skinny dipping. An alien shark might bite my junk. That's not how I seek to interact with new forms of life.

[In spite of his awkwardness, Armin holds tight to Eggsy's hand. He relaxes a little as they make it down to the coastline.]

I just... really like the ocean. It makes me think of being free.

[Even in the haze of the party, Armin knows they're not free here.]

[commontype]

Eh, I ain't shy.

[Which is Eggsy's half-arsed reason for why he doesn't care if they take their clothes off in front of each other. He supposes it doesn't really have anything to do with that, but he says it anyways.]

Don't think any sharks gonna come up and bite our junk. How about I go skinny dippin' and you swim in your dress?

[He tips his head at the last comment, teeth worrying his lower lip.]

Never though of the ocean like that, yeah? It's nice.

[He tugs Armin down the last few steps until their feet hit sand.]

What do you wanna do?

[disarmin]

Back home, in my world, it was my dream to see the ocean someday. To get out of the place we're trapped and see everything the world has to offer. I read about the ocean in a forbidden book, and my friends and I vowed to see it. It's gotten us through the war, since we were little.

[Armin lets go of Eggsy's hand.] Being here without them... It feels like freedom, but it isn't. Still, it's great to see a place like this. I can't deny that it's exciting.

[There's a small smile on his face as he hikes up the skirt and goes to wade in the water.]