taste for novelty | Glowfic Constellation

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"I'm not really sure I should be doing that without my mother present," he says. "I don't know much about medical exams, and I don't know if she'd want me to go through anything unnecessarily."

"Right, of course, you're a minor—well, I should get your belongings and get this straightened out, then, yes?"

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"Yes, please," he says, biting his lip a bit.

"Very well, I will return momentarily." And off he goes.

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"Still creepy," he comments to Sadde.

subtle_influence

"Mmhm."

And the doctor is back! Now with Belongings™.

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Wonderful! Theo will take the Belongings™ with a thanks.

subtle_influence

And so they can return to Theo's place!

"...it's still kinda funny slash hot that you ran home in the buff."

in-the-breeze

"I was also covered in sand, since I'd just slept in a desert," he says, as they go to his car.

subtle_influence

"That makes it hotter."

in-the-breeze

Pf. "Why does sand make it hotter? Like, the desert makes it physically hotter but–?"

subtle_influence

"Mmm, hard to explain. Sorta like, sexy and dirty and rough and stuff?"

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"Oh, it's the grit," he says as they get to the car, opening the driver's door, getting in, and putting his Belongings™ in the back. "That makes total sense."

subtle_influence

"Exactly!"

in-the-breeze

"I'm not super clear," he says, starting the car after she's in and put her seatbelt on, "whether the fact I probably had blood on me makes it hotter or just ruins it altogether."

subtle_influence

"...under the circumstances kinda ruins it."

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"Sorry about that."

subtle_influence

"Not exactly your fault."

in-the-breeze

"The thing itself, not so much, no. Could've just not brought it up, though."

subtle_influence

"Mm, me finding you hot isn't exactly a very productive avenue of discussion regardless."

in-the-breeze

Shrug.

subtle_influence

"Anyway, now we have your stuff, what's the next item in our schedule?"

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