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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Don't go too far, there could still be monsters around.

[says stahn, lying in the grass without a care in the world. he could just demand judas chill, but he respects that space he probably wants. it's good to just take some time to soak in the sun and the fresh air anyway, stahn thinks. maybe it'll help judas relax a bit?]

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[Judas just waves a hand at that--he won't. He knows better by now, even if he's been lone wolf enough to think he can probably handle it.

Still, he won't put Stahn through that stress.

So he's going to go ahead and just start on a circular loop of the area--nothing particularly distant, though out of Stahn's sight--and take a look around. He's not expecting to find anything, but at the very least, he can keep himself busy this way.]

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[stahn will remain that way for a bit, but ... really, it's not as relaxing alone. judas isn't in his line of sight, and while he knows there's hardly any danger to it, he still...

well, he feels uneasy, like he'll somehow disappear this way.

so he'll push himself to his feet, seeking out judas.]

It's a good place to clear your head, isn't it?

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[Poor Stahn.

Judas wasn't expecting him to join him so quickly, and he isn't aware that it's because he felt uneasy--so he just gives a vague, easy shrug in response.]

It is peaceful enough, yes. I have no issues with this place.

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That's good.

[stahn breathes out a somewhat quiet sigh; it's definitely relieving to find judas still here, even if it's probably a ridiculous thing to worry about in the first place.]

I like to do this. To just... take in the air and clear my head.

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[The sigh gets another quirk of Judas' brow; for some reason, Stahn sounds kind of relieved, but he doesn't really get why.

Nothing has happened to be concerned over.]

It... is admittedly a good activity. [He likes to do it too.] And out here, things are certainly more peaceful.

[Judas loves the orphanage too, but it's definitely not quiet. Ever.]

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Mm... I guess the noise at home is probably a lot for you to get used to, huh?

[stahn's used to all the noise, but he knows for judas, it's a whole different situation.]

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... It can be, on occasion.

[Judas knows he has to admit that one; it'd be silly to try to deny it when Stahn knows his entire history.]

But Kyle and the others... it is not as though they were anything but boisterous too. I've adapted, somewhat.

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You've done well... but I know that you must have times when you want to be on your own. It's okay.

[stahn understands. he wouldn't stop judas from leaving to walk the town or go out somewhere on his own if he wanted that kind of space—much as he'd worry, he respects judas too much to restrict him.]

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[... Admittedly, he can't deny that. He's quiet for a long moment, before he nods a little hesitantly. To him... it feels like he's being ungrateful to admit that he might need some of that alone time. Stahn and the others took him in out of the goodness of their hearts. He doesn't want to snub that at all.]

Admittedly, I... suppose at times, perhaps...

But it is not especially pressing. I am fine with the current arrangement as well.

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It's okay if you need it. We all do sometimes!

[his tone is bright, yet still a bit soft somehow—he's definitely understanding of the situation.]

...It's why I think times like this are nice. So it's okay, Emilio... if you need times like that too.

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[...]

Perhaps I will, then. Even so, I won't need much time alone.

[He won't need as much as he did when he was Leon, in other words.

He's grown.]

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[stahn knows it, and that's why he can stretch his arms out casually over his head.]

Sometimes an afternoon is all you need. The area around Cresta is nice, even if there's no shoreline like there used to be.

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Mm. I suppose that is what I will do on occasion, then.

[Go spend some time by himself on the outskirts of Cresta--he's not worried for his own safety, so this seems fine to him.]

Regardless, shall we continue?

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Mm... it was a good break. It felt good to clear my head and enjoy the weather for a few minutes, but we still have a lot to do.

[this is fine. he feels settled this way, with judas at his side.]

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[This is perfectly fine.

They still have a bit of a journey ahead of them--but Judas finds that he's excited for all of it, and with Stahn at his side, it's inevitably going to be a nostalgic and pleasant one.]