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Feb. 23rd, 1998 05:52 pmIt's late at night. The corridors aren't quiet; they're full of men and women restlessly trying to sleep in their quarters. Bossie should be one of them. But instead he slips barefoot down the hallway to Carver's room, where he knocks.
"Hey, man, you up?"
"Hey, man, you up?"
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Date: 2025-02-27 02:56 am (UTC)Because he's fucked up. He's not as strong as the others. He never has been.
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Date: 2025-02-27 03:17 am (UTC)This is family. This is what they've made of themselves.
"You're my favorite," Carver murmurs. "Don't tell."
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Date: 2025-02-27 03:20 am (UTC)No.
What?
"i'm your favorite?" he's grinning so hard it hurts. "I'm your favorite, sir?"
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Date: 2025-02-27 03:22 am (UTC)"Yeah," he murmurs. "Like I said, don't tell. I'm not supposed to have favorites."
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Date: 2025-02-27 03:31 am (UTC)"You're my favorite, too," he admits. "Don't tell."
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Date: 2025-02-27 03:37 am (UTC)Carver smiles a little, stroking Bossie's hair. Listening to Kali purr. For once, he feels calm and contented.
"I won't. Promise."
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Date: 2025-02-27 03:39 am (UTC)Kali is purring between them and they're sitting here, leaned together. He looks at Carver and they're just inches apart.
He steals the lightest kiss, like maybe if it's this light he can pretend it didn't happen if he's called on it.
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Date: 2025-02-28 03:51 am (UTC)For a moment, Carver just holds very still. Wondering what to make of that.
It’s soft. It felt nice, he thinks distantly. Then he closes his eyes and just presses his forehead to Bossie’s again. Breathing slow, and steady.
“Did you want to?” he asks softly. “Or did you just feel sorry for me?”
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Date: 2025-03-01 12:28 am (UTC)"Don't tell Pope?"
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Date: 2025-03-01 01:25 am (UTC)“Won’t tell Pope,” he murmurs. Then he shifts and kisses Bossie back, very gently.
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Date: 2025-03-01 01:34 am (UTC)But here Carver is, kissing him, and after a frantic pause he's kissing him back. Reaching up, stroking his hair gently. "I won't tell either," he promises, and kisses him again, because fortune favors the bold, doesn't it? Even if the 'bold' in this case are red in the face and red in the ears and so, so afraid of being pushed away.
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Date: 2025-03-01 01:44 am (UTC)Who else would? Carver tried to kiss Riley once, just once, and Riley just shook his head.
Carver swallows hard. “I’m all messed up right now,” he murmurs yea they break. “Dunno if I can.”
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Date: 2025-03-01 01:48 am (UTC)He just lays his forehead on Carver's. "Feel how safe you make that kitten feel? That matters. That's how you made me feel when I got here. Even when you hit me in the face."
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Date: 2025-03-01 02:04 am (UTC)“I don’t like hitting you,” he murmurs. “You feel nice, Bossie. Kali’s sleeping now.”
Content. Not wailing in fear or pain.
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Date: 2025-03-01 02:06 am (UTC)He strokes Carver's hair. "Like you're making Kali strong. Feel that? She's gonna be a monster."
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Date: 2025-03-01 02:25 am (UTC)It was against the rules, he knows now. A sin against his fellow students. He didn’t know then. He never said a word.
“She’s so small…” he swallows hard. “But she’s ours. I feel how hungry she is. She’s gonna be a fighter. I knew you could be.”
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Date: 2025-03-01 02:28 am (UTC)"You believed in me when no one else did," he murmurs. "I know that. I knew it even then. I held on because I wanted to make you proud."
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Date: 2025-03-01 02:57 am (UTC)Something good among all the evil.
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Date: 2025-03-01 03:00 am (UTC)He would have broken under anyone else's gaze.
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Date: 2025-03-01 03:51 am (UTC)But God, there’s a part of Carver that needs to hear it. That needs so badly to believe he did something right and pure.
He swallows hard, petting at Bossie’s hair. “Yeah?” he murmurs so, so quietly. “I did that?”
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Date: 2025-03-01 03:54 am (UTC)And here Bossie is, a sniper. A specialist. A master of his craft.
"Every hit I make is for you, sir."
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Date: 2025-03-01 02:41 pm (UTC)That's real, too, isn't it?
Carver breathes out slow and then leans in to kiss Bossie on the cheek. Gentle, like before. "You're one of mine," he murmurs. "Never forget it."
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Date: 2025-03-01 05:59 pm (UTC)He's bared a bit of his soul and he feels raw from it, but Carver hasn't pushed him away. "You're a good teacher."
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