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her pause lasts a second or two past comfortable, like she wasn't expecting ruth's response. underneath the table, her foot twitches involuntarily. she begins to fidget.

" yeah, together. " what was it that greta had called ben giving her a d10, all those years ago? nerd courtship rituals. maybe this is a nerd courtship ritual, too. " i'm a guild member. a family friend pays for it. i don't use it hardly as often as i should. "

something vaguely wistful, in the short sigh that follows. ruth remembers her parents having the equivalent of an annual pass. they could rattle off the plot of carmen faster than they could recall the story of her birth. likewise, she can remember getting to an age, perhaps somewhere around her twelfth year, where she became acutely aware of that pass.

no invite was ever extended to her. that is... until...

so softly: "do you mean -- together?"

#june. #verse three. #freekzout #freekzout: ruth.

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finn winces. i'll go wherever you go. such an expression reads more sympathetic on his face than pained, disapproving. he decides, for both their sakes, that xeno didn't mean it literally.

he lets go of his hand. after a small effort is conceded in reaching for a half-eaten chocolate bar on his bedstand, he breaks it in half and places the other in xeno's still-open hand. " maybe this weekend. " he eats his bit. he hates that he can't offer more. that his answer included a maybe. " seen any good movies lately? "

god, that sounds like he hasn't seen the poor thing in weeks.

even if he would rather be anywhere than in a hospital, there is nowhere else xeno wants to be than by finn's side. aside from the slight wobble in his lip that he swiftly bites down on, he is doing his best to hold it together for finn, squeezing his hand.

"i'll go wherever you go." (he can't stop thinking about how he won't be able to follow finn into death.) quietly, looking at finn with two big eyes, xeno asks, "did they say when you can come home?"

#finn. #inrovina

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#sisters

#yea very june and greta #she was at once part of me and the person i wanted to be.

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" beef stroganoff. " classic eighties.

she has a vague notion that mom also told her this because they were finally going to have something other than soup. tax season turns june into queen of the latchkey kids. " i think a salad, too. you can have just that, if -- if you want. "

LILA BALKS. Her own not-mother-but-basically-mother-and-older-sister-combined would never, ever encourage Lila to invite a friend over. The cncept is so foreign to Lila that, after her initial horrified expression, she just stands silently, monotonously.

Finally, she realizes that June needs something to work with.

<<What are we eating?>> she asks, trying so very hard to be normal about this. <<If I don't like the meal, I don't want to offend anybody.>>

She reallt doesn't want to. Not if it's Junes family on the line. Somehow, that matters.

#june. #verse three. #vitalphenomena #vitalphenomena: lila.

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i don't give a shit about bridg.erton, but i saw this gif on my personal dash and it is sooooo finncoded

#the pinkie ring! the facepalm into a wide smile! #ooc.

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" you sound like my mother. " to soften the blow, though he knows her well enough to know she didn't take any true offense: " on both counts. "

the host pulls out their chairs. the dance of sitting down at a high-end restaurant is performed. " before you say anything, it's on me tonight. "

"have you never heard the phrase, 'respect your elders', my darling dear?" she sweeps along ahead of him nonetheless, lavish but aged fabrics streaming behind in her wake, and cloying perfume wafting along with them. "you're lucky you're cute, you know."

#finn. #verse one. #feminants #feminants: poppy.

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@curiosityshop

" in america, shows have, like, twenty-two episodes per season. "

they're watching poirot. june doesn't think she's seen this episode. it could have aired during those heavy to think about years, and she never caught up. " how come you guys only have about eight? "

#for marilyn because we need to write the girls! #june. #verse three. #curiosityshop #curiosityshop: marilyn.

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@vitalphenomena

" mom wants me to invite a friend over. "

june can't even remember the last time she had a guest at the house. beans, before she'd dumped her, probably, when they were single-digit children. (she started to ask ben. the whole stupid gender thing caused her to backpeddle and chicken out, even if neither of them think about each other that way.)

this is all part of danni's get june back on her feet plan. " so, you want to come over? just for dinner. "

#punching the air rn #june. #vitalphenomena #vitalphenomena: lila. #verse three.

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finn and his beautiful goldilocks hair

#like many things. put this in your pocket it is going to be devastating later #who said that. not me. #ooc.

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@eulogier

he's precariously balancing two paper coffee cups in one large palm. in the other, a rolled-tight bag of pastries. in his mouth, a second bag.

" alright, " terribly muffled, " you've got -- " he sits down, hands and mouth free, so this comes out clear, " options. "

#leaving this open for you to choose who he's treating! #who you have the most muse for atm or whoever you think would get along best (or not...) with toby <3 #toby. #verse one. #eulogier

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@feminants

" oh, please, " his arm makes an after you gesture.

" age before beauty. " shit-eating seems too coarse a word to describe finn weiss and his frequent smiles. and yet.

#POPPY!!! oh she and finn will be like two peas in a pod #finn. #verse one. #feminants: poppy. #feminants

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@freekzout

" have you ever been to the met? the opera house, not the museum. " bit of an exploratory question.

and she shoots... " would you like to? "

#hi for the love of god hello #june. #verse three. #freekzout #freekzout: ruth.

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@inrovina

" hey, xee, thanks for visiting. i know you don't like hospitals. " understatement of the century. to ease some tension, he shakes xeno's hand where they've got their fingers laced together on the bedspread. " it's alright. i don't, either. "

#hello river.... #pre-xeno's terrible horrible no good very bad facility stint but i feel the fear is perpetual #inrovina #finn. #verse one.

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few-liner call. like a one-liner call, but i can't shut up. specify muse, or don't. i'm not your mama.

#i miss the trio + started 'the prettiest star' and i'm getting similar vibes #calls

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Amanda (Mikhaël Hers, 2018)

#oh for real #vibes.

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instinctively, finn's hand reaches up and takes the one xeno had used to grab his arm. their brisk pace is only slightly slowed down. he's used to walking along and holding onto people at once. " of course we're going. i'm afraid to ask what made you think it would be otherwise, " he teases, squeezing twice. before he lets go, he brings the cold hand up to his lips and gives it a kiss.

it's new york city, so there's no dearth to cornerstore pizza joints. in his right jacket pocket is a roll of quarters. that'll be more than enough to cover them both. as finn had humorously observed, as many residents of the big apple had throughout the years, the cost of a single slice was roughly the same as the subway fare.

he holds the door open for xeno, entering behind him. there's two tables open, all tightly packed. it is up to the prodigal son on whether or not they eat in here, or outside. " ooh, look at those, " he gasps, pointing to the array of pastries behind the glass. " i think we'll be getting something sweet, too. at least i will. " he winks, conspiratorial. " don't know about you. "

"twenties are overrated," xeno states matter-of-factly, even though he has never experienced anything other than this immutable youth. "i like sitting around in your apartment, watching television. really. it's way better than what i got up to."

which is, notably, not a topic of conversation he dives into.

instead, he grabs finn's arm, eager. "wait—you said toby's got a gig? tonight? holy shit, we're going, right? we can go?" xeno is fond of listening to toby play anywhere, at any time, but particularly when he can watch others enjoy the performance too.

"big and greasy pizza," cue a contented sigh, "sounds like heaven."

#finn. #verse one. #inrovina

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Siddig el Fadil (Alexander Siddig) in The Big Battalions (channel4)

#good lord. hansom....... #toby. #visuals.