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[eyediot]

sad bad end s5 jon and tim on a monster road trip



[Algric had given the trio a fair warning of what was happening. Not the specific details of what he was coming from, but he was from a little further along Algric's timeline, and came through Hilltop Road. Never pleasant, but he's here now. IT took a few days of settling, readjusting, and putting some firm self-imposed boundaries on himself before Jon felt comfortable enough to see the others.

After a few minutes of surprise and staring, Jon ends up sitting alone with Tim for a few minutes; the others having some things to take care of themselves. He sits there, fiddling a bit with his fingers, trying not to be self conscious. He can't do anything about the myriad of different, newer scars, nor about his black sclera or so many other things about himself now.

But god... Tim. Alive and not shouting at him right this second. How novel.]

Tim... I.. [Where does he even start.]

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[curriculum_fictae]

[ Algric clings, then. ]

I know. I know ... But still. I feel as though I've caused this.

[eyediot]

You didn't. Elias did. He hides what the Institute is. Didn't tell us anything when we moved to Archives. This is his doing.

[curriculum_fictae]

W-well yes, ultimately, but you weren't blinded the first time around.

[eyediot]

I don't see how that's anything you need to apologize for.

[curriculum_fictae]

I ... I just ... it's instinct, I suppose.

[eyediot]

[He squeezes Algric's hand gently, holding it there between them.]

Well. You dont have to. Not for this.

[curriculum_fictae]

Right. Right ...

[ he looks down at their hands. ]

[eyediot]

[Jon follows his gaze sown at their hands.]

Thank you. For everything.

[curriculum_fictae]

Jon...

[eyediot]

Yes?

[He has that same earnest hopeful tone Jonah had when Algric half joked about "husbands".]

[curriculum_fictae]

[ God, he is weak to that? All of that.

He leans forward across the table, hesitating. ]

[eyediot]

[It takes him a flash of a second to realize how selfish he is himself wanting this when Martin is right two rooms away. God, Jon, selfish. Wanting two of him.

He follows, leaning and giving the softest kiss and a shuddering exhale pulling away.]

[curriculum_fictae]

[ Algric just looks terribly smitten for a moment. Staring down at Jon in return. ]

Is ... is there any chance we could - could continue this without being horribly selfish?

[eyediot]

I... I-i don't know.

I mean, I'm not. I'm not your Jon? I-in that.... sense.

[That 'he lived through hell and knows everything and is from your point in time' kind of sense.]

[curriculum_fictae]

No, you’re not. You’re - you’re different. Distinct.

[ He lowers his eyes. ]

I ... I have feelings for you specifically.

[eyediot]

[Jon can feel his face warming a bit at that. He'd thought with Jonah showing up that.... And with the way Algric was talking at the start, they were definitely done.]

I do too. I just... Feel pretty selfish about it as well.

[curriculum_fictae]

R-right, we each have. Ah. Other versions now. Who would almost certainly be jealous.

[eyediot]

Right.

H-how would it even work.

[He's really asking, he desperately wants it to work.]

[curriculum_fictae]

I - well - m-maybe if we ask? If - Martin and Jonah also want to, ah. Cross over...?

[eyediot]

I--

[WOW the way that was worded... did not do it for him. His face is dark blushed and he's squeezing Algric's hand fairly tight for a simple proposition.]

I don't know.

[curriculum_fictae]

[ LOOK. Look. He. Isn’t sure how to phrase it. ]

R-right, it. Sounded stupid the instant it came out of my mouth.

[eyediot]

I didn't say that.

It just, erm. Do we know know how they feel about each other? Maybe we should start there.

[curriculum_fictae]

R-right. That’s. A good idea.

[eyediot]

[Jon aches for him, just a little. A lot. After everything Algric's been through, he deserves happiness and love. Jon squeezes his hand gently.]

We'll figure it out.

[curriculum_fictae]

[ He just wants to love all the Jons. He can’t help it. ]

I’m glad we have a relatively mundane problem to figure out?