[ keith looks up before he's ready with a response. visibly caught off guard, he blinks, expression owlish for the three beats it takes for his brain to catch up with the current of conversation. ]
Together-together ... as in ...
[ boyfriend. the word keith is looking for is boyfriend, but breathing life into the concept comes with the incredible risk of falling flat on his face if he's misinterpreted. keith isn't sure how else he ought to be taking shiro's words, but if there's one thing keith's learned never to underestimate, it's his debatable social skill.
another beat, and keith is glad he kept his mouth shut. how does one even manage being boyfirneds in a place like this? what would that even mean or look like? and would shiro really want him as a boyfriend if he knew about the many trysts he's had with anon? the note he's still holding onto from that night with the words you mean a lot to me written on them?
boyfriends means a lot of things -- keith would assume monogamy is built into that. of course, polyamory and all that exist, but it's... yet another thing keith had never quite envisioned for himself, despite actively living that messed up reality. uncertain of how to feel, and unable to answer why he hasn't thrown that note away, keith convinces himself boyfriend isn't what shiro's getting at.
what it could be is the other thing that porn prison puts front and center in their daily lives keith's face warms as he subtly ducks eye contact to look at the wall. together-together is a real convoluted euphemism for sex to start with, but would shiro really even be suggesting that now?]
I'm... lost. I think I'm doing that whole more-deeper thing again.
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Together-together ... as in ...
[ boyfriend. the word keith is looking for is boyfriend, but breathing life into the concept comes with the incredible risk of falling flat on his face if he's misinterpreted. keith isn't sure how else he ought to be taking shiro's words, but if there's one thing keith's learned never to underestimate, it's his debatable social skill.
another beat, and keith is glad he kept his mouth shut. how does one even manage being boyfirneds in a place like this? what would that even mean or look like? and would shiro really want him as a boyfriend if he knew about the many trysts he's had with anon? the note he's still holding onto from that night with the words you mean a lot to me written on them?
boyfriends means a lot of things -- keith would assume monogamy is built into that. of course, polyamory and all that exist, but it's... yet another thing keith had never quite envisioned for himself, despite actively living that messed up reality. uncertain of how to feel, and unable to answer why he hasn't thrown that note away, keith convinces himself boyfriend isn't what shiro's getting at.
what it could be is the other thing that porn prison puts front and center in their daily lives keith's face warms as he subtly ducks eye contact to look at the wall. together-together is a real convoluted euphemism for sex to start with, but would shiro really even be suggesting that now?]
I'm... lost. I think I'm doing that whole more-deeper thing again.