( because clearly this is the best way to get to know someone, right? oliver takes caleb's hand in his own, grips lightly onto his wrist and uses his other hand to run his fingers over the inside of caleb's. hums soft, before he's tracing his index finger against the line curving around his thumb. )
You've had a lot of experiences in your life, complicated ones, ( running his finger up to where his palm meets his wrist, before he's tracing back over the same line. ) and you're very independent. You like to be able to take care of yourself.
( back down, to the bottom of his palm where it meets his wrist. ) You've had a lot of shit beyond your control happen, that've effected you deeply. ( back up, closer to his fingers. ) Your love life is a little complicated right now. Boyfriend troubles?
( down a little lower, tracing across his palm. )
You're complex; life has thrown a lot of shit at you, but you power through it, even if it sometimes breaks you so completely you don't know if you'll ever recover. Those experiences have made you want to be a little more self-reliant, you and your boyfriend were together, for a while, but shit happened and made staying together more difficult. Heavier.
[ none of what oliver is saying is wrong. the boyfriend stuff is particularly on point, he misses adam very much. ]
I found out I was changing people's feelings without meaning to... Adam knows I'm an empath, but having an output made shit very scary very quick, so I didn't tell him. By the time we broke up it felt natural.
[ he's not super torn up about it, but he still thinks about adam all of the time. ]
[ caleb leaves his hand right where it is because this feels like some kind of dare and he's kind of competitive. ]
That's not really it. I love Adam, but I couldn't know if he loved me or if— it felt like I was holding him back. He had this trip to France coming up, and he was reluctant to go, but he had to, because he was gonna love it. But yeah, I super need therapy.
Not every big life experience is worth it. Sometimes it's better to strengthen bonds you've already got. Because coming back and remembering everything you could have had's depressing.
( another bite of scone, before he reaches for the coffee to wash it down. )
My boyfriend disappeared on me. We'd just signed a permanent contract. He was a bit ahead of me, and was hiding a ton of shit but now who knows when I'll figure out whatever secrets he was keeping. He was supposed to take care of me, and now I've gotta figure out what I'm going to do without him.
I'm sorry he disappeared. My first sub got designation switched, and it's cool because he makes a great dom, but we can't really hang out as much anymore.
( shoving the last of the scone in his mouth, before he's standing up. that edge of mischief never quite goes away, and it's pretty clear oliver is playing. even if he isn't being dishonest. )
We can hang out. Talk about whatever. Who was your sub?
( he. wasn't planning on it originally; nick's place is somewhere down the beach, oliver was planning on using his door in the beach house to get him back to the down before his coffee went cold, but.
now he's thinking about caleb naked, which definitely isn't helping him with keeping himself on track. not that he needs to. like. oliver doesn't actually need to be anywhere, so. he drops his eyes down to caleb's chest, then raises them back up to his face. raises a brow. )
I'm really not going to be able to keep my lewd thoughts to myself if you strip down. So if that's a problem, you'll want to keep your shirt on.
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[ he knows oliver is trying to fuck with him, but he's not getting like, malice from him, so it's fine. ]
What do you wanna know?
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( holding his own out palm out, for caleb to put his into. so he can check out the lines on his palm. )
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[ he holds out his hand. ]
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( because clearly this is the best way to get to know someone, right? oliver takes caleb's hand in his own, grips lightly onto his wrist and uses his other hand to run his fingers over the inside of caleb's. hums soft, before he's tracing his index finger against the line curving around his thumb. )
You've had a lot of experiences in your life, complicated ones, ( running his finger up to where his palm meets his wrist, before he's tracing back over the same line. ) and you're very independent. You like to be able to take care of yourself.
( back down, to the bottom of his palm where it meets his wrist. ) You've had a lot of shit beyond your control happen, that've effected you deeply. ( back up, closer to his fingers. ) Your love life is a little complicated right now. Boyfriend troubles?
( down a little lower, tracing across his palm. )
You're complex; life has thrown a lot of shit at you, but you power through it, even if it sometimes breaks you so completely you don't know if you'll ever recover. Those experiences have made you want to be a little more self-reliant, you and your boyfriend were together, for a while, but shit happened and made staying together more difficult. Heavier.
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I found out I was changing people's feelings without meaning to... Adam knows I'm an empath, but having an output made shit very scary very quick, so I didn't tell him. By the time we broke up it felt natural.
[ he's not super torn up about it, but he still thinks about adam all of the time. ]
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( oliver puts caleb's hand down--drops it onto his thigh, before he's leaning back over the table to grab another corner of the scone. delicious. )
Maybe you need to talk to someone.
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That's not really it. I love Adam, but I couldn't know if he loved me or if— it felt like I was holding him back. He had this trip to France coming up, and he was reluctant to go, but he had to, because he was gonna love it. But yeah, I super need therapy.
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( another bite of scone, before he reaches for the coffee to wash it down. )
My boyfriend disappeared on me. We'd just signed a permanent contract. He was a bit ahead of me, and was hiding a ton of shit but now who knows when I'll figure out whatever secrets he was keeping. He was supposed to take care of me, and now I've gotta figure out what I'm going to do without him.
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I might actually be too vanilla for threesomes. I've never had one.
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( shoving the last of the scone in his mouth, before he's standing up. that edge of mischief never quite goes away, and it's pretty clear oliver is playing. even if he isn't being dishonest. )
We can hang out. Talk about whatever. Who was your sub?
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[ Caleb loves him and misses him. He just can't risk dragging his current partners into shit. ]
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( reaching down for caleb's hand, because they're leaving now thanks. he can hold his coffee in his other hand. )
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When's your birthday?
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( idly swinging their hands together at his side; he's going to wander off towards the beach. )
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[ it's hard to keep track between the time-skips, but 21 sounds right. ]
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( tipping his head in closer as he stops walking for a moment, to press a kiss to caleb's cheek. )
Happy almost birthday.
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[ Maybe he'll even celebrate this year, since it's a big birthday. ]
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( helpfully. if dorian comes too, they can always chat there. if the party exists. )
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[ It'll probably be big and messy. ]
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How do you feel about walks along the beach?
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[ that counts as flirting, right? caleb is capable of doing that. ]
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now he's thinking about caleb naked, which definitely isn't helping him with keeping himself on track. not that he needs to. like. oliver doesn't actually need to be anywhere, so. he drops his eyes down to caleb's chest, then raises them back up to his face. raises a brow. )
I'm really not going to be able to keep my lewd thoughts to myself if you strip down. So if that's a problem, you'll want to keep your shirt on.
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[ oliver's hot, his feelings are blue, and he's a sub. they won't get in trouble over whatever they do. ]
Are you a strong swimmer?
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