leave me alone, I'm lonely [text - cw: talk of underage drinking.]

[awooligan]

I guess announcing this sort of thing is what you do on here, so
Héctor Rivera-Adlantis and Neko Adobephotoshop aren't here anymore
Yes I know it's Adomaitis and Nekane, I don't care

[But he'll still make it clear who they are, and stuff. Something something jerk was married to a forgotten guy, being remembered is basic decency or something.]

What I care about is that this means someone else has gotta step up and buy my booze for me
Preferably without the lecture

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[astralera]

The more prickly and standoffish you are with him the more effort he'll put into becoming friends. He'll take it as a challenge and never give up. You can fight it all you want but eventually you'll get worn down until it's easier to just accept it.

[ She is absolutely speaking from experience, though her situation was stubbornly rejecting that he actually loved her non-platonically and wanted to be with her.

Sometimes she's still #sus but then he reminds her again. ]

She was best friends with Solus and they both were in love with each other, though it took millennia for them to realize. She noticed how she felt in the midst of a heated argument, and pulled him down for a kiss so hard that she broke his nose on her face.

[ She assumes hearing about her boyfriend getting his nose busted that way might bum Cliff out a bit less. ]

[awooligan]

Ugh
Thanks for the heads up at least

[He's rolling his eyes after he starts to read -- more sappy heartfelt bullshit? Love and the universe, probably torn apart by tragedy? But then she does something she's been doing a lot of in this conversation already: she surprises him. Both with the wild, funny turn, and with the fact that she brought the effort.]

Holy shit
I'm realizing I dodged a bullet because my gf could have absolutely broken my nose on accident

[astralera]

She had fiery red hair and a personality to match. Not the type of person you'd expect Solus to fall for. Then again neither am I lol

There's always the risk of accidental broken bones with a romantic partner. Especially if one is very bad at dancing. Ardbert broke my foot during our wedding dance and I kept it secret for a few hours so he wouldn't feel bad 💃

He noticed eventually and carried me around until I was sober enough to throw curing magicks at it

[awooligan]

Wow thanks 🙄

[As a rowdy redhead, he takes mostly fake offense. Not that he disagrees, either...

-- And then with the dancing, too?! She's doing this on purpose.]

That sounds like a nightmare... I'd hate if that happened to Coco, but if I was in your place instead, id probably do the same
Except for the magic part obvs

[astralera]

??


I knew before marrying him that he was shite at dancing. It wasn't the first time he'd broken my foot, but it was the first time he found out lol. I didn't want him to feel bad about it since he really can't help having no sense of rhythm.

That's what partners do, I think. Make them not feel shite over things like that.

[awooligan]

Era you have SEEN me and KNOW I'm ginger

[And hotheaded sometimes.

...He stays quiet on the other part, though, too conflicted to feel confident in any response. On one hand, absolutely! Yes! This makes sense! Protect their feelings! On the other, he sure has made his loved ones pretty upset by trying to hide when he's hurt. Maybe it's just that he didn't do a good enough job.]

[astralera]

I said she had fiery red hair and a personality to match. Her hair and personality have nothing at all to do with you.

[ She attaches a photo — a selfie — of herself and Hemera pressed cheek-to-cheek in frame. The most eye catching thing is that fiery red hair that makes Cliff's seem brown in comparison.

Aside from the hair (and species), the differences between the two women are miniscule and barely noticeable at this angle. While their skin tones are slightly different they both sport freckles. Their eyes are that same, impossibly bright shade of blue, and their smiles are identical.

Still, there is no denying that her first incarnation was much more vibrant somehow. ]

Your hair and hers are hardly comparable. I had thought your hair a shade of brown.

[awooligan]

[Huh... What a weird...pair. It does feel like it's fitting that Hemera has more life to her, but he doesn't entirely like that he feels that way. It's just unfair, somehow? Whatever. No point in worrying about it. He's just going to pretend that his primary thought at seeing them together was "hot".]

Era let me help you out here
I boiled it down to "loud redhead you don't expect someone to date" and made a joke

[astralera]

Thanks, I appreciate the clarification.

What I meant was 'overbearing redhead you would never expect someone stuffy like Solus to ever fall in love with'.