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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[st least stahn's ready to carry on, too. there's no reason they can't keep walking while they have this conversation.]

I guess he is a lot like me... I can see it. And everyone says it too, that he's just the same.

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... Not the same.

[Judas shakes his head at that, crossing his arms even as he continues. At least the day is pleasant for a trip like this.]

You are both very similar, yes. And he has clearly learned a great deal of his fighting style from you. But even so, you are both distinctly different as well.

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Mm... I think so too. He's his own person, after all.

[it doesn't change that other people say that though. but stahn heaves a quiet breath, and points out one of those things he rarely speaks of.]

Maybe he doesn't remember it all, but I know his journey changed him a lot. I can see that in him every day.

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[It's true. Judas could never deny that, even if he wanted to (which he doesn't). Instead, he nods easily enough.]

It did. He grew quite a bit from start to end.

[Judas is quiet for a moment before he shakes his head, amused and fond.]

He did well. He grew up well, and continues to grow well.

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[stahn is proud of them both, honestly. judas has grown just as much as kyle, and when he turns his head and sees that amused, fond expression...

he knows.]

I'm glad you were there to see it. And I'm glad you were there for him when I couldn't be. [stahn laughs a little, fondly, though it's more to himself than anything else.] I know you won't agree, but that's just as good as replacement to me. For it to be you watching him in my place.

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I absolutely don't agree.

[Unsurprisingly, just as Stahn said he wouldn't... but the thought that Judas could be a stand-in for Stahn is absurd.]

Don't be ridiculous. I was there, yes, but mostly to keep him from throwing his foolhardy self into trouble. The rest was due to your influence on him, or his own personality and beliefs.

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That counts for something!

[stahn will be stahn, and that's why he throws an arm over judas' shoulder.

because, you know. fuck boundaries.]

You made sure he didn't get hurt, and you made sure he wouldn't do something he would regret. That's what matters to me in the end.

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[Ugh.............. he flinches when Stahn throws an arm over his shoulders on automatic, but he at least doesn't pull away. Instead he makes a face.]

... Yes, well. Loni was there to do the same. When he was aware of how to be sensible himself, I suppose.

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[a face doesn't deter stahn, and he's a lot more willing to shatter boundaries than he used to be. it's the dad thing.]

It's different. Loni... Loni's kind of like my son too, I worry about him the same way I do about Kyle.

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[Hm..... Well...]

... I suppose he truly can be an idiot as well, so the concern is warranted.

[Judas that's mean..... just because he still doesn't always get along with Loni.]

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...You don't have to call him an idiot.

[loni's a good kid, okay! stahn will defend all his kids.]

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I am only saying what is clearly true.

[SHUT UP DAD]

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[impossible!]

It's a little harsh, isn't it? [stahn's not mad, but he sure is going to ruffle judas' hair. if he's going to be petty like one of the kids, stahn will take these bare measures to remind judas why he shouldn't behave that way.]

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[NOOOOO

Now Judas properly shoves Stahn away, almost flailing.]

Ugh! Get off of me!

[UGH!!!!!

Immediately, vainly, he sets to fixing his hair.

Some things don't really change.]

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[okay, that...

is exactly what stahn is expecting so he'll recover easily enough with a backstep, laughing loudly in response.]

Oh come on, it wasn't that bad!

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[Ugh.... judas feels so mocked here.

It's terrible.]

... Enough. We should keep going--we will still need to find a reasonable camp ground before nightfall.

[No, he's just trying to protect his fragile dignity.]

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We'll find one, don't worry. There are plenty of places around Harmentz Valley for that.

[listen, okay, he's taken enough trips on his own, he knows how this works. he already knows judas is just mad about it.

rip your dignity, judas.]

You must have had a hard time keeping your hair neat with the mask, huh? [he has to ask, okay.]

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[....... It's a weird question, but Stahn's not wrong.]

...Yes, well. It did not ever come off, so it hardly mattered what my hair looked like underneath.

[though yeah.... yeah it was messy.]

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Then there's not much reason to be so worried about it now, right?

[his logic is completely sound, okay.]

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[???? no it's not??]

I am not currently wearing a mask, so that does not even apply--I was not concerned about my hair regardless!

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You seemed pretty worried about it, though...

[he's so easy to mess with...]

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I was simply ridding myself of your unnecessary insistence on messing with my hair regardless!

[ughhhh!!]

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It's not like it looked bad, you know. It's okay!

[stahn is stahn.]

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I wasn't concerned about it!

[mostly..... but wow Stahn sure can ruffle Judas' feathers even now...]

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[this is what best friends do, isn't it?]

Okay, okay... you don't have to get so mad about it, geez!