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[polemical]

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[polemical]

well it did great things to your shoulders and basketball did great things for your thighs, so. i SUPPOSE sports aren't all terrible wastes of time.

how about we try some other places first.

[yeahitsme]

now I want to know what you call swimming, if basketball is balls in laundry baskets.

probably a good idea.

[polemical]

i'm afraid you're going to have to work for that knowledge, steven. only the illustrious denizens of our alma mater can hear the forbidden word unassisted.

[ She doesn't have a pithy saying. Yet. ]

look at us being practical. our parents would be proud.

[ Because they both have such shitty parents. Get it? ]

[yeahitsme]

wow ok I see how it is!!

[yet.]

ha, in an alternate universe maybe, yes.

[he's pretty sure his parents would have to do math to figure out how old he is and still get it wrong]

[polemical]

i can't just hand you everything on a silver platter, baby. otherwise you'd lose interest in me.

you think i'd be wearing skirts in that universe? maybe some cute little mary-janes? think i might have graduated on my first try?

[yeahitsme]

nah I wouldn't.

I wouldn't even know where to guess on that one, because this reality might be a hot mess but it's the one that has this you in it and I like this you

[😭😭😭😭😭😭😭]

[polemical]

you say that now.

[ Give her a minute, she has to scream into her pillow. ]

steve. you gotta stop saying shit like that to me.

[yeahitsme]

whyyy. I'm not lying IT'S TRUE

[polemical]

you're ruining cool and aloof reputation.

[yeahitsme]

oops?

I mean you can still be those things though

[polemical]

not if you keep saying nice shit to me i can't!

[yeahitsme]

HOW DOES THAT WORK

i'm not gonna lie omg

[polemical]

[ She types out and deletes about five different things before just hitting send and closing her eyes. ]

you're not lying?

[yeahitsme]

all truths here. Thankfully I have left behind my days of Being An Asshole And Hanging Out With Them, so, insert cliches here about new leafs and stuff.

[polemical]

[ She was pretty sure he wasn't lying, but it's still hard to deal with when he shoves it in her face so plainly. ]

you're so fucking weird, harrington.

[yeahitsme]

yes I call it my ✨charm✨, what about it??

[polemical]

i like it. i'm also really mad at you because of it. how dare you.

[yeahitsme]

I don't know who gave me the audacity but I have it so it's too late

[polemical]

give me some, big boy. let me be audacious with you.

[yeahitsme]

I have enough to share so it's our lucky day.

Aside from everything else but that doesn't count right now.

[polemical]

what's a bad chest cold and a broken nose when held up against audacity?

[yeahitsme]

only one way to find out...?