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[vexant]

What happened?

( idly, before he shifts his weight over a bit until he's nearly on top of josh.)

[goldtoxicity]

[ mm, a nice julian blanket. ]

World went to hell. Then I went to Hell.

[vexant]

( nope, he's sitting up. weight moving onto his knees and arms over josh. )

World was always hell, it just got worse.

[goldtoxicity]

[ he rests his other hand on julian's hip, tilting his head to look up. ]

Maybe. But normal hell didn't involve the Avengers defending hate rallies, or like, impending extinction.

[vexant]

Avengers are all pieces of shit, so.

( clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth, before he's leaning down a little, until their foreheads touch. )

I want you to fix my hands.

[goldtoxicity]

[ his eyes are drifting shut, content.

and then they snap open. ]

Are you sure?

[vexant]

But if you fuck it up, I'm going to be pissed.

( not a direct answer, maybe. but an answer nonetheless. )

[goldtoxicity]

[ regrowing a limb is pretty easy, honestly. something he'd be able to do in a snap if he were at full strength. ]

I wouldn't.

[vexant]

Don't give me any extra thumbs.

( it's been over a year since he lost his. he's had a shitton of time to adjust to not having--fleshy hands. julian isn't afraid of josh fucking it up, but he is afraid of figuring out what he's supposed to do when things--shift back to normal. "normal". )

[goldtoxicity]

[ he could say a lot to that. how he's touched julian trusts him this much. how he's glad he has him here because everything might suck, but at least he's not in this alone. he could make a joke about how effective julian'd be at hitch-hiking with some extra thumbs.

instead he kisses the corner of julian's mouth. ]

Okay.

[vexant]

( josh goes for a corner. julian turns his head to press in deeper, teeth scraping against josh's lower lip before he sucks it into his mouth and swipes his tongue against it. pulls a little before letting go. )

And don't fuck around with Teddy anymore.

[goldtoxicity]

[ oh, yes. very nice, very wakeful. ]

Dude, I was out of my mind horny. You're the only one I fuck around with.

[vexant]

Yeah, we both know how well that's going to keep up. Look--I don't care. Just not that asshole.

( because teddy made him mad and then he couldn't even beat him up to feel better. )

[goldtoxicity]

I wouldn't have done it if I'd known what an asshole he'd been to you.

[ though you know... shapeshifters have fascinating biology. ]

Won't happen again. I promise.

[vexant]

Whatever. ( rolling alll the way over and off. )

Get out of my bed.

[goldtoxicity]

[ wow he just offered to regrow your HANDS.

okay, fine. okay. getting to his feet and heading for the shower he guesses??? ]

[vexant]

( is josh so used to julian telling him he smells that he automatically heads to the shower when julian tells him to fuck off? like. conditioning josh to shower was part of the plan but not this intensely.

one of his hands reaches out. grabs hold of josh's wrist. )

You're leaving?

[goldtoxicity]

I should probably wake up?

[ what do you want he smells like your sleep sweat.

He's got half a morning routine that's better than sleeping all the time and being in bed all day ]

[vexant]

( the eyeroll he gives is mostly because julian has to be julian, not because josh is wrong. the hand releases him and waves josh off, while julian turns to the dresser to sift through his clothes. )

Don't use all the hot water.

[goldtoxicity]

[ he waves it off. ]

Gotcha. I'll keep it quick.

[vexant]

( well, fine. whatever. josh goes to shower, julian--gets himself dressed and starts sifting through their food stash for snacks. since it's not like there's anything better to do in hell. he's not going out there, who the hell knows what crazy shit lies beyond their dorm-ish room today. )

[goldtoxicity]

[ hello hello hello he's out and toweling off, grabbing some clean clothes out of the drawer.

Give him a second to put on pants before he turns and asks: ]

When do you want to do it?

[vexant]

( yes, thank you for putting on pants like a proper person instead of wandering around nude. julian appreciates it.

not that he isn't already used to josh being a weirdo. anyway--

after shoving a handful of chips into his mouth, )

Now?

[goldtoxicity]

Okay.

[ he's a little nervous. this could backfire, this could seriously hurt julian. where did all this faith in him come from?

then again, he remembers julian was the one to break him out of his coma the first time. promising that he was more than a killer, that he was a healer, and... he'd been right. he'd saved laura that time. ]

Come here.

[vexant]

( it could. josh could fuck up, julian's insides could be even more messed up than before. he could lose more internal organs, more of his arms. or die. or whatever. but here julian is: stepping closer to josh and holding out his arms anyway.

like this is a totally safe thing to do and not going to fuck him over in the slightest. partially because he trusts josh, partially because it's not like his hands can get much worse. they're not there. )

How many limbs have you regrown?