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[arachnoble]

[She was trying to resist posting this, but she just saw Strider and she couldn't resist.

The post isn't filtered, either.]

Strider.

You know there are better ways to conceal bruises, don't you? Plus there are spells that will get rid of bruises entirely instead of covering them up.

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[clockspinner]

[Dave can't think of anything he can say to that. There's nothing to say to that. It wasn't always like this. It just seemed like ever since finding out the truth about Rose, the truth about Bro, Dave and Bro had been at each others throats nearly constantly. Dave hated it about as much as anyone else did, but his pride got in the way of him actually trying to fix anything.

Besides that, it seemed like every time they tried, they just found some new way to fuck it up again a few weeks later. It was stupid. It was stupid and pointless, and it had to stop.]

I'm so sorry, Dirk...

Action; sliiiightly late

[plushaeusrumpified]

[Bro shows up a while later, having had to calm himself down enough so that he wasn't a complete and total wreck. The makeup is gone, the bruise plainly visible on his cheek now. He realized he looked like an absolute fucktard with it and the bruise itself looked a thousand times better. It's still embarrassing though.

But when he gets there, he doesn't actually say anything. He doesn't trust himself to say anything, because he would probably lose it again. He just wants to see his boys. He just wants them to know he's sorry and that he loves them.

He approaches the bed almost hesitantly and when he gets to it... he just onto it, positioning himself on his side, before he drapes his arm around the two of them wordlessly.]

[givesyouaboner]

<sub>[Dirk doesn't respond to Dave; he just can't anymore. There's nothing to say even if he could calm himself down. Everything just hurts and he's so sad and hurt. Being close to Dave like this really does help, but all he's really doing apart from cleaning is soaking Dave's shirt with his tears. Maybe this'll be like the other times he's cried himself into exhaustion. The outcome is always a cathartic state and that's what he really needs right now.

That and to know Bro isn't mad at him like he's so sure he is, regardless of what Dave's said.

And then there's a third person on the bed. Dirk doesn't have to turn around to know who it is, because who else could it be? That and as much as he's clung to Bro when he's been upset means it's impossible for him to not know. He's just not sure why that makes him cry even harder.]</sub>