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singillatim2024-10-02 09:16 am
friendsfordinner) wrote in singillatim2024-10-02 09:16 am
#LoveWins
Who: Cornelius Hickey & OPEN
What: hey. hey guess who's married. guess. take a guess. bet you can't guess, OKAY it's Hickey
When: early October, post Forest Talker attack
Where: Milton
Content Warnings: as always, the possibility of canon-typical Terror warnings (mentions of gore, cannibalism, period-typical homophobia, murder, all of Hickey's crimes. etc.). Will mention in the thread if they occur.
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Hickey's basically married now!
Yeah, sure he's considered himself basically married ever since Billy arrived here. They're living together, after all, and as long as Hickey's got Billy, he hasn't really felt any lust or desires towards any other people (except Crozier) (that's different). And he does love Billy. At least, he's pretty sure he does. Love's a weird feeling and it's something that Hickey has never really been able to put a name to or identify in himself, so yeah, it might as well be love! And Billy's been wearing the ring that Hickey gave him. And they've both been upfront about it with each other, to the point where Billy said that he and Hickey were together during that awful town meeting.
So yeah, they've been basically married already. But Billy gave him a ring (looted off some corpse, not entirely romantic but something the ever-practical Hickey approves of), so now they're officially married! What do you mean most marriages involve a priest or signing a contract in front of the law, they don't have either of those here! This is as official as it's going to get!
So naturally, Hickey's going to gloat.
He goes about his day to day life in Milton. He'll check out the notice board, he'll rummage through what abandoned buildings he hasn't yet rummaged through, he'll go on a little walk. But every time he spots someone, he adjusts his hair, brushing it behind his ear. And then brushing it behind his ear again. And then he'll lightly scratch his neck. Or he'll wave them over. And hey, just ignore the fact that all of Hickey's obvious stupid little tells are with his left hand and just ignore the fact that all of his obvious stupid little tells are blatantly him just showing off that ring finger. With a ring on it.
Hey did he mention he's married???
What: hey. hey guess who's married. guess. take a guess. bet you can't guess, OKAY it's Hickey
When: early October, post Forest Talker attack
Where: Milton
Content Warnings: as always, the possibility of canon-typical Terror warnings (mentions of gore, cannibalism, period-typical homophobia, murder, all of Hickey's crimes. etc.). Will mention in the thread if they occur.
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Hickey's basically married now!
Yeah, sure he's considered himself basically married ever since Billy arrived here. They're living together, after all, and as long as Hickey's got Billy, he hasn't really felt any lust or desires towards any other people (except Crozier) (that's different). And he does love Billy. At least, he's pretty sure he does. Love's a weird feeling and it's something that Hickey has never really been able to put a name to or identify in himself, so yeah, it might as well be love! And Billy's been wearing the ring that Hickey gave him. And they've both been upfront about it with each other, to the point where Billy said that he and Hickey were together during that awful town meeting.
So yeah, they've been basically married already. But Billy gave him a ring (looted off some corpse, not entirely romantic but something the ever-practical Hickey approves of), so now they're officially married! What do you mean most marriages involve a priest or signing a contract in front of the law, they don't have either of those here! This is as official as it's going to get!
So naturally, Hickey's going to gloat.
He goes about his day to day life in Milton. He'll check out the notice board, he'll rummage through what abandoned buildings he hasn't yet rummaged through, he'll go on a little walk. But every time he spots someone, he adjusts his hair, brushing it behind his ear. And then brushing it behind his ear again. And then he'll lightly scratch his neck. Or he'll wave them over. And hey, just ignore the fact that all of Hickey's obvious stupid little tells are with his left hand and just ignore the fact that all of his obvious stupid little tells are blatantly him just showing off that ring finger. With a ring on it.
Hey did he mention he's married???
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"Now that Billy and I both have rings, closest thing to official, yeah? We're probably the first and only married couple in this town."
Someone is unaware of Bigby's love life.
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"Wow, harsh on all the folks separated from their spouses thanks to world-hopping." Kieren's voice is deadpan, and he pauses to think on it. Is anyone else actually married in this place? He's not actually sure. Still, Kieren's smiling.
"But you're probably right." he muses. "Not much in the way of romance in this place."
Well, here he is, burying people. The height of romance.
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Based on Hickey's cavalier tone, however, he still thinks that everybody's lack of romance is a skill issue. Just work harder!
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But Kieren does laugh a little. "Weirdly, I don't think that's gonna stop some people." People get mad horny when constantly in danger, it seems?
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"Honestly, it's because of the hush-hush of it all that I never thought this would happen. Billy's the sort of man who's careful. He'll look at a situation and analyze all the choices at the expense of actually making one. You know me, I was open about it all the moment you told me this sort of thing is accepted here."
Aggressively open and obnoxious about it but hey, still counts.
"Billy's...guarded. It's not a bad thing. But it is what it is."
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And honestly, Kieren actually respects that. He's careful, too. For the most part. And it's not as if Kieren goes blabbing about his own business regarding relationships, either. It might be 2013 for him, but Roarton might as well be living in the Stone Age.
"Opposites really do attract." Him and Rick were like that, and Kieren smiles. It's bittersweet. That smile turns into a little grin. "So— he get down on one knee, or—?"
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Well, sort of. Kind of. Not really. They were both stolen off corpses though, so that counts.
"Makes it official, yeah?"
feel free to drop this if it's been too long!
Still, he's genuinely pleased for the two of them.
"Very official." he agrees with a nod. "No honeymoon on a tropical island, though. Unfortunate."