♛ This place is pretty dead ♛

[devouringdeep]

Who: Childe + You!
When: All of November/December/However long I want
What: This is our monthly catch-all
Warnings: TBA, tw childe

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[devouringdeep]

Oh, they probably wouldn't have. They had been too busy fighting at each other's throats to cooperate.

[A bit of warmth creeps into his tone as he continues, a faint but soft smile sliding onto his face.] Then an outlander from beyond the stars swept in like an earthquake, and put everyone in their places. Myself included.

[He lets out an almost wistful sigh.] I've been riding the waves of that particular battle ever since. Someday I hope to get a proper rematch, though I doubt the outcome will change. Somehow that makes it all the better.

[redoutlaw]

[Freak ass.

Childe was such an interesting character. He's pretty sure that's the reason why he's been so drawn to him. That, and of course, Jason has a bad tendency of falling in with the wrong crowd. Considering his best friend shot him in the head, Childe summoning some old god from the depths of the ocean to drown a city felt pretty apt with his friend choice.]

You're a hell of a storyteller.

[that was all he could really say, because all the other comments he wanted to say involved something along the lines of "you got played by both sides" and "dude you seem whipped".

None which he thinks Childe would like to hear right now.]

[devouringdeep]

[The chuckle that leaves him is lighter, clearly exiting whatever mental dip happened there in the middle of all that.]

Like I've told you before, I like being the center of attention. How you feeling?

[redoutlaw]

Been better. Doing better too.

[It's easier to ignore when he was focused on other things. It was also easy to ignore pain after a bit just on principle. Pain was a familiar companion he's kept all his life, after all.]

You're like a guardian angel, Red. Reading me bed time stories and all.

[devouringdeep]

That's a bit far with that analogy, I think. I don't particularly consider myself to be all that angelic.

[He's humming a bit, turning them so that they can start back down the hall the way they came.] I'm glad it's waning, though. When it happened to me it was... Yeah. Pretty bad too.

[There's a brief pause, and then he's letting out a soft sigh.] Zhongli being there helped. Dunno what I would have done otherwise. Lashed out, probably.

[redoutlaw]

The company sure helps.

[Another wave of pain made him stumble, and Jason has never mentally kicked his ass more. He never liked feeling weak in front of others, or vulnerable for that matter.

Might explain why he usually ran away when he was hurt or lashed out. Half the time he just died by himself and didn't have to deal with someone talking to him.]

Thanks for paying it forward.

[He looked up at Childe for a second, then gave him a slight squeeze.]