Leon Magnus | Stahn Aileron | 071

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[this is a catch-all for boyfriends

here's a list

- ice cream ✓
- seasickness
- stahn sacrifice ✓
- reunion: judas ✓
- taming stahn's hair ✓
- piggyback rides ✓
- just imagine
- family dinner
- why is there pow hammer
- possessive leon
- apologies
- post-barbatos afterlife meeting
- AND MORE]

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[... Alright, Judas is snorting at that under his breath.

He can't help it. It hasn't really been 18 years to him, so he still struggles to process that sometimes.]

Ah. Right. I'd forgotten that you have become old.

[old man.]

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It's because I still look as young as you remember, right? Right?

[he doesn't mind being called old, but he has no shame in making jokes about his youthful appearance...

even though he doesn't look 19 anymore, despite that.]

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[Judas takes a moment there before he speaks.]

... No. You look different.

But...

[There's a beat, as if he's reconsidering being as sappy as he was going to be.]

...Even so, you are undeniably still you.

[majinken]

You could've played along at least a little, you know...

[stahn scrunches his nose a bit.

he's definitely still the same old stahn in some ways, that much is absolutely certain.]

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[And Judas snorts, amused.]

Why would I do that? You proclaimed yourself to be old and set in your ways a few moments ago.

Perhaps soon your hair will be going gray.

[It's...good natured ribbing, at least.]

[majinken]

You could have said something like "you don't look old at all! not a day past 30!" and it wouldn't have been so bad.

[but alas...]

Instead, you're trying to make me even older...

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Honestly. Does that sounds anything remotely like something I would say?

[Pls.]

If anything, you are somehow still immature despite your age.

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[it's because he deals with children all day, every day.]

It's okay to play along with a joke sometimes, you know. [some things really don't ever change, even now.]

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[He snorts gently at that, shaking his head, and relaxes fully against the rug. This sort of normal...he could really get used to this, couldn't he?]

No... no, I don't think I'll do that. Not this time.

[But next time...who knows?]

[majinken]

...You're really as ruthless as ever when you want to be...

[so rude, not playing along with his jokes but then snorting about it! rude!!

...even though it's really not a bad thing at all. stahn could get used to this, even with all the play ribbing. the dynamic has changed a little, but not in a bad way by any means. this... this is nice. it's warm and it's comfortable.]

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[Of course he is.]

Honestly, what would you expect? A person cannot change that much in such a short period of time.

[Or...well, it was short to Judas, at least.

(Even though he really has changed that much.)]

[majinken]

I'd say you're right, but you've changed a lot in other ways.

[naturally, stahn will be the one to point it out, because that's the sort of person he is.]

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Don't...be ridiculous...

[That's said...really weakly and not fiercely at all.

Because he sure knows it.]

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Who is being the ridiculous one here?

[he chides, because that's what dads do.]

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You.

[JUDAS ISN'T BACKING DOWN HERE.

You can't possibly be surprised.]

[majinken]

Me?

[yeah, stahn is going to chide him like he does with the kids because he can.]

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Yes. You are the one who is being ridiculous. It must be in your nature, as ever.

[Judas does tend to have a sharper tongue than most kids.]

[majinken]

Maybe, but that doesn't mean you aren't too.

[listen, judas! he also has rutee to contend with and he's learned a lot from her sass over the years. he'd not about to be out-katrea'd so easily.]

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Hmph! I am being nothing of the sort! I have been nothing but reasonable this entire conversation!

[Whatever, Judas..... don't be full of it.]

[majinken]

Is arguing about how reasonable ... reasonable?

[is this a sincere question or a dad question?]

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You...

[........... And stiffly, with all of the dignity he can manage:]

I am going to bed.

[majinken]

Emilioooo...

[come on, judas! have a little bit of fun here1]

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No.

[That's immediate, even as he picks up his empty mug and collects Stahn's as well, to take them into the kitchen.]

Good night.

[What a punk.]