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wylan van eck ([personal profile] kidgloved) wrote2021-05-09 10:01 am

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triggerguard: (Not hard to find the weakness)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-26 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not a chance." He murmurs back. There's still a bit of discomfort, being touched, but Jesper is tired of it. He's tired of the distance, the rift, of keeping people he gives a damn about at arm's length. So he forgoes the song and dance and pulls Wylan close, face buried in the juncture of his neck and shoulder.

Fuck pretense and pretending he didn't want this.

"Kept staring at my ceiling. I got tired of doing it alone." He got tired of being alone.
triggerguard: (You're putting up your armor)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-26 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wouldn't mind talking." It's one of the reasons he's here, isn't it? Though that vein of conversation wasn't likely, remotely, anywhere near what Wylan had in mind.

But he had promised this boy--this wonderous boy that still somehow was giving him the time of day after the early messes he'd stumbled into--honesty. He was trying to keep those promises. "We should...We need to talk about the asylum. The Mares." He hates it, breaking this little bit of peace in a matter of seconds, but he was doing it anyway. "I kissed Kaz."

Might as well get that one out of the way from the get-go. Jesper's just holding his breath for the fallout.

triggerguard: (And what will you have left?)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-27 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
The reaction is pretty much what he expected. Surprise--maybe a hint of disbelief--followed up by a breath and Wylan's calm, cool logic. Honestly, his ability to settle into a calm was something Jesper envied and appreciated.

"I ran into one of his nightmares." He wanted to explain more, to talk of what he saw, but that was Kaz's thing. Jesper may have a big mouth on him, but business like that would go to his grave. "Kaz got some of that...Frenzy? Shoved it down my throat. It stopped the nightmares. But it also took down walls? Kaz talked for once."

He sighs, hoping he wasn't saying too much or inviting questions he couldn't answer. "And asked why I stuck around...And I kissed him."
Edited 2021-08-27 00:17 (UTC)
triggerguard: (Acting out of their fears)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-27 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, Wylan picks up on the underlying circumstance. "Yes, Wylan. I kissed Kaz while I was high." Saints, is he ever going to stop falling into trouble here? Unlikely. Hell was a whole deck of cards stacked against him at this point. "He uh...called caring about him torture?"

But that wasn't the biggest part of it all, was it? "He kissed me. So technically we kissed twice."

Jesper has to worry, at that moment, about how this all looks to Wylan. There's a touch of guilt, and a hint of nerves playing across his face, before he chances a question. "And how are you taking...all of this? Because you're being very...calm."
triggerguard: (This is how it feels to take a fall)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-28 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
He could call him on it, on the soft lie of being fine with it all. He could, but he doesn't. He knows Wylan well enough to know he's already up in his own head about it all and that calling him out on it wasn't going to make this any better.

"I don't go looking for trouble if that's what you're asking." Which is absolutely is. Trouble and Jesper always had a way of finding one another, and Hell made that surprisingly easy. Too easy. And he honestly wouldn't hold it against Wylan to hold some kind of grudge against the place--and to give him a bit of the cold shoulder. He's grateful the other boy hasn't resorted to shutting him out.

"Came looking for you." He could be working off this restlessness at some table in the Casino, or in the crowds at some bar or one of the other late-night crapshoots. But he's here, in the quiet, with Wylan instead.
triggerguard: (So take another breath)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-28 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Jesper knows that with all Hell was trying to throw at them, that how Wylan actually felt about it all was going to have to be a more direct conversation in the future. It couldn't be ignored if things kept up as they had been, but for now, he would let it settle--he just hoped it wouldn't fester.

"Frenzy?" That was a good question. Jesper had, as most that had time in the Barrel, encountered a number of things meant to alter moods and make for a good time. Not that he ever fell in with them much, but it's enough for a frame of reference. "It made me feel more awake. There's a bit of a haze to it all, but pleasant. Guess that makes sense for how people end up addicted."

He thought back on that time in the asylum, the small stretch of peace in that room he and Kaz had managed to find themselves in. "Lowers inhibitions and makes it easier to act on impulse I guess."

It's a small wonder Jesper hadn't landed himself in more trouble under that kind of influence.
triggerguard: (And what will you have left?)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-28 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Considering why I had it in the first place?" And the fact that Kaz was right there and likely would have kicked his ass. "I don't think I had much opportunity to get into trouble."

Considering all of the other vices Jesper has, he can understand the underlying concern to Wylan's question. It would be easy, to chase after the drug and the ease it brought. But Jesper's fix had always been on the chase and adrenaline, the steps close to the edge and the risk. Frenzy held none of that thrill for him.

"I'm fine. You don't have to worry about that."
triggerguard: (As I held on tight to you)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-28 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm just saying that Frenzy isn't going to be a thing you need to worry about." Jesper's well aware, too aware, that there's more than enough to be worried about where he's concerned. Adding a potential addiction to that pile was absolutely not needed.

Wylan's kiss would normally be something he chased with something a little more heated, a taste more desperate. But that wasn't what either of them needed in the moment. So he follows the lead laid before him, another kiss just as soft, lingering where Wylan's was fleeting but no less sweet for it. There was still a spark to it, the promise of a wildfire if and when he decided to chase it. It left a budding warmth in his chest, causing a soft, affectionate smile to bloom in its wake.

"Still awake..." He murmurs into the space between them. "But I might actually manage sleep here if we try." He was comfortable enough with Wylan to give that a shot, to hope that maybe sleep might not elude them both and the nightmares might stay well at bay.
triggerguard: (Of who you want to be)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-28 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're learning what?" Jesper's surprise is more along the lines of excitement. He sits up, disentangling from Wylan to stare down at the boy with wide eyes.

"You did not. So what like tricks or something else?" The streets of Ketterdam were littered with street magicians and charlatans peddling their wares and tricks to every gullible sap and Pidgeon from the Lid down into the depths of the Barrel. But here--here he's seen a hint of magic, not the Small Science, but something more unexplained, almost verging on the impossible.

"Show me."
triggerguard: (Keep looking for distraction)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-29 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Jesper settles in, crossing his legs as he watches Wylan expectantly. At first, he can't help but equate the strange movement of his hands to the way he's seen proper Grisha move. Not ones that try to make things work on desperation and a prayer, but the trained and true--It's no wonder other people call Grisha witches. It's hard not to think something like that is magic if you have no idea how it works.

He has to wonder just what Wylan is trying to do as the spectral hand manifests and begins the slow trek across the room and back with Wylan's bag in tow. When the spell drops, his wide-eyed gaze is one of wonder and delight.

"You're absolutely brilliant, you know that?" It's not an empty compliment. He has no idea what is behind work like that, but he knows Wylan has managed to learn something so completely new in a little under a couple of months. "You said this one is what you've been practicing with, you're learning more?"
triggerguard: (That is what they all say)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-29 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
There's something endearing about Wylan's excitement about learning--it's something that wasn't seen often in the time he was with the Dregs, and he isn't too certain about the time after. He hasn't had the chance to see the after yet, but if it's anything like this--

There was a reason he was half in love with this boy before they had ever thought to be a thing.

"Don't let Kaz know about that whole 'Friends' thing. He'll hate the name but he'll definitely start scheming about how to use it. Message will be useful if the tech ever cuts..." He taps his fingers on his knees, obviously thinking about something. "How exactly are you planning on practicing Friends anyway? I mean if the person you use it on knows..."
triggerguard: (You feel it in your chest)

[personal profile] triggerguard 2021-08-29 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
"You can practice with me." He volunteers without thinking about it, about the potential consequences. Wylan is learning something he's interested in, and Jesper wants a part of it. "It's just a minute, right? Shouldn't be too difficult."

Besides, how much could Wylan compel him to do in a minute? Although...that had some interesting implications--probably best not to go down that train of thought right now.

"You're enjoying it." And that's enough to know that he'd encourage it. "Who are you learning this all from anyway?"

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