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[that's what i'm trying to keep from happening, is on the tip of his tongue, ready to be shouted or insisted even if it feels like he's talking to a goddamn brick wall when it comes to this.

but if it's hurting tim worse than the alternative, is it even worth it anymore? he's bone tired, hardly sleeping a wink in the days leading up to the full moons, poring over lore and fiction alike for some silver bullet he's missed to end the werewolf problem on the estate. it's not just for the balfours, it's so he can get back to tim, so everyone can be safe. but his discretion was one of his best strengths here, and he's not quick to lose the trust it's afforded him - just like he would if it were lucy or senator smith. even lenny...he'd done it to spare him the public humiliation and the indignity of exposure.

he's quiet a moment, thinking it over.]

Three more weeks.

[one more moon cycle.]

That's all I'll ask. And I know it's - a lot, to ask of you. Same as if I told you to leave the socks because I want you to think of me like I think about you.

[holyposition]

...three more weeks.

[ It's the closest thing he's gotten to any real explanation since this whole mess started. Such a tiny scrap that he wants to press for more, like what, exactly, is so significant about the three week mark, or whether something is about to happen that he should be worried about. Tim can't trust him with his heart just yet, but he does know that he'd be warned if he were in immediate danger. The overreaction about Danny is proof enough of that.

So he bites his tongue. ]

And then what?

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Three weeks, and then...

[and then he'll let him in. he'll give it a fair chance. he'll try.]

If your lock's still broken, I'm coming home.

And I'm gonna spend the rest of our time here - no matter how long or short - trying to make it up to you.

[holyposition]

It'll take more than playing house for a few weeks.

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I know that, Skip.

Whatever it takes.

[holyposition]

Not just words, Hawk. Action.

[ He shouldn't believe it. He wants to, desperately, but a timeline isn't enough to make the fear go away, that in a few months he'll be right back here again, yearning for someone who drops him when he becomes burdensome. ]

I need a partner. Not a knight.

[ Blame the word choice on Alicent. ]

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Actions. Trust me - I get it. I know what I need to do. For once, it's what I want to do too.

[but he's not going to spoil it by spelling it out. it wouldn't mean anything anyway.]

I'll save the roleplay for - another time.

[holyposition]

...okay. I'll think about it, then.

[homosexuals]

...Thank you.