bursts into tears

[oversea]

Comments

the more chaste than an hs au college au

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[ the real reason they should never tell anyone they're together is because if someone asked how the relationship was going, all they'd have to offer are answers bordering on e-dating, despite that stretch of time they actually lived together.

still, he likes to think they're fulfilled. as fulfilled as they can be. the bar is subterranean. elysium isn't foolish enough to fall asleep with his phone unplugged, so before checking his messages, he glances at the screen to see if thorns is still on the line. is he? ]

[oversea]

[



thorns was foolish. ]

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[ bursts into tears

he will just type good morning back but in that totally nonchalant way… you know… ]

[oversea]

[ 🥹

the other downside is that it means he has no alarm to wake up... he doesn't necessarily need one while on break, but he has tried to get up earlier to readjust his sleep schedule. it's past 10 when he finally lifts his head from his pillow and plugs in his phone. ]

n

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[ he wanted a verbal good morning from his baby, but was met with cold and hard text instead… he brushes it aside to get ready for his execution. ]

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[oversea]

hello
My phone died

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It took you with it

:(

[oversea]

[ elysium will receive a picture

it is of thorns doing a thumbs up. he lives... ]

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What happened to the rest of you

[ he sends a backseat car selfie… hi…

look how dressed up he is for no reason. ]

[oversea]

Do you have an important meeting or something?

[ he ignores elysium's question. ]

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Lunch with my parents and their colleagues
I might die

[oversea]

[ oh


there is a few minutes with no reply, but then elysium is sent another picture. it's a selfie of thorns doing a thumbs up. he is wearing one of the shirts that elysium had left behind as a sleep shirt...

this could be seen as being romantic and needy but it was really just thorns mixing up laundry. ]

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[

he is so overwhelmed with emotion. he makes such a startled sound the driver asks him if he's okay. he is… he thinks?

reacts to the picture with every heart emoji in existence ]

Nevermind
I'll live

[oversea]

Let me know how things go.

[ thorns will go and try to be a productive member of society in the meantime (it takes him another hour to properly get up and leave his room). ]

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[ pulls himself up from the metaphorical floor to ask a question he nearly forgets to ]

Tell me what you're having to eat and I will

[oversea]

Probably toast or something
Maybe a sandwich.

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Make a sandwich

It's more filling

[ … ]

If I don't put my phone away, they're threatening to take it again so
Talk to you later
hopefully

[oversea]

Okay
Bye.
Don't say hopefully you will.

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[ the lunch takes four hours. do lunches usually take four hours? they do now.

does thorns say anything in between now and then… his messages do not get a read receipt whatsoever. ]

[oversea]

[ he dutifully sends meal pics.......... despite the silence.......

at a certain point he is back to thinking about committing a crime against this company... ]

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[ this is how one gathers the strength to live

well, whenever he gets around to it, anyway. another full hour passes after lunch; it's practically dinner by the time he finally does. but when he does! the first thing he sends is—

a picture of a shooting star. it still has the g*ttyimages watermark plastered right in the middle. ]

Make a wish.

[ don't ruin this and their immersion ]

[oversea]

[ NOT THE FUCKING WATERMARK

thorns just stares at this text. ]

Will the wish be copyrighted?

[transmit]

[ HE HAD ONE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]

Never mind. Privilege revoked.

Are you having dinner?

[oversea]

I'm making it.

Did you make a wish?

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I was gonna say wish granted as a bit but it's too late for that
You didn't answer my question