BECAUSE WE GIVE NEGATIVE SHITS AND LOVE SUBWAYS

[tsuntrader]

IT'S PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY MAN

SILVER'S EXISTENCE CREATES INTERESTING PROBLEMS

SUBWAY DEPOT AGENTS ARE ALL PRECIOUS BABBIES

HILDA IS CRAZY

EMMET IS SAD

INGO IS DATING ELESA?!?!?!

AND SOMEHOW WE WILL ALL WORK IT OUT LIKE A COMPLETELY DYSFUNCTIONAL SUBWAY FAMILY

BECAUSE WE CAN

AND ENTER HILBERT

Comments

[50shadesofnpc]

Yeah? He doesn't seem like the type. [Interesting.

and something else to remember about Emmet.] I guess you kind of have to be immune, what with all the joltik......

[infinitegrin]

Hahah! That's exactly it. They just make you get used to it. Unless you're ultra super ticklish, like Ingo!

[50shadesofnpc]

Is he really? ...Does he laugh when you tickle him?... [Does Ingo even laugh, ever?]

[infinitegrin]

He laughs! If he doesn't squeal...

[YOU SOUND SO DEVIOUS, EMMET...]

[50shadesofnpc]

[sfkjf-- Hilbert has to snicker at the combination of the mental image and Emmet's expression.]

I guess everyone has their weaknesses...

[infinitegrin]

Hahah. I know all of Ingo's weaknesses! And he knows all of mine.

[50shadesofnpc]

Well, yeah. 'Cause you're brothers. [Hilbert's an only child, but he's pretty sure that's how it goes...] Spent your whole life together, right?

[infinitegrin]

Exactly! We're a two-car train.

[He quiets down, a bit, and speaks in a calm and quiet tone.]

...Even as we fall in love with other people... our bond can't be broken.

[He says this, as though truly realizing it for the first time...]

[50shadesofnpc]

Yeah. [...aah, Emmet.]

...They're different kinds of relationships, is all. Not replacements. [Even as he falls in love.... well, that's Elesa for Ingo, so he must be... for Emmet... ah.

....He's glad he's not causing trouble, then, if Emmet understands that.]

[infinitegrin]

Yeah. I was stupid to think otherwise.

[Ah, don't mind him hugging you a little more...]

I won't forget that, again...

[50shadesofnpc]

Not stupid. [It wasn't right to think that way, but it wasn't stupid...]

Just so long as you remember. [Hilbert gently curls his fingers into Emmet's jacket.] That way we can still do this. Right?

[infinitegrin]

[Ah, Hilbert seems frustrated with him...]

Yeah. We can still do this, I won't forget again.

[50shadesofnpc]

[Not quite frustrated, really... just insistent that Emmet understands. ...And doesn't feel dumb for it.]

I'm glad. [He smiles up at Emmet a little, then nuzzles his head back into Emmet's shoulder.] Thank you.

[..hm... speaking of Ingo, though... ... will he even be able to sit at the dinner table for dinners with that wound?....]

...It might be too early to know, I guess... but what do you think Thanksgiving preparation will be like? [Can he help.]

[infinitegrin]

Hahah, well, we already have everything bought. So it just has to be cooked, then we can eat it on tv dinner trays in the bedroom with Ingo.

[50shadesofnpc]

Okay. That doesn't sound bad at all. [It's like regular Thanksgiving without a table!!]

Um. Unless you were gonna make that a family cooking thing with Silver.... maybe I can lend a hand there, too. [...??]

[infinitegrin]

No, we usually like to spoil him rotten... he didn't get that many opportunities to be spoiled before we became his guardians.

[A sort of wistful chuckle. He's not exactly one to pity Silver - right now, his life is pretty good, all things considered. But it's still a pleasing thought to know that he and Ingo were probably doing a much better job than Giovanni and his own world ever could. Even if Silver was feeling incredibly out of place, he was still innately safer and had a much healthier, more productive and promising life.

He couldn't decide if it was selfish to want Silver to stay here and not go home. On one hand, he wanted to be with Silver and to have his son in his life. On the other, he wanted him to stay because he knew that this was Silver's best shot at being able to have a stable and content sort of life, instead of the insanity promoted by his own world. Both were reasons he held strongly.]

[50shadesofnpc]

Yeah? ... [Come to think of it, Hilbert doesn't really know much about where Silver came from. He hasn't really needed to know-- it would be kind of rude to ask about that kind of thing, especially with the serious nature of the snippets he's heard about that nebulous time frame in which something must have happened.

"It's somewhere I never want to see again."
"I don't legally exist."

... ...

He can't pry, it's not his business.]

So you guys are pretty doting parents, huh. [Heh.]

ilu lommy

[infinitegrin]

Yes! But I just like to spoil anyone that I love. You should expect to be spoiled, too!

[He already did things like treat you to lunch and the like...]

ilu too KP!! c: Sorry I missed you last night.

[50shadesofnpc]

Er... ... [Wow, okay, way to bury an "i love you" in there. HOW EMBARRASSING.]

You don't have to... [do that........ aaaa]

<3!

[infinitegrin]

Of course I don't! But I enjoy it. So I hope you enjoy getting a lot of attention.

[50shadesofnpc]

Well, I don't mind... [BUT IT'LL BE SOMETHING TO GET USED TO FOR SURE. his parents' affections were quiet, so this will be a fairly new experience...

BUT HE LOOKS EMBARRASSED ALREADY, CRAP THIS IS GONNA BE HARD]

[infinitegrin]

[Good, good! He cuddles Hilbert close, squeezing but surprisingly gentle.]

For now, this is a good start! Just being here with you makes me happy and it makes me feel calm.

[50shadesofnpc]

[Okay, he can handle hugs. Hugs are nice. Cuddling is A-OK. Plus Galvantula is still on their laps, so he can divert his attention to her if he does get embarrassed.]

I'm glad. [He seems to have the latter effect on a lot of people....] I mean... especially with all the other stuff that's been going on... [Calming him down is especially good, now.]

[infinitegrin]

... I said I'd explain, right? At some point, I'd explain what happened, when we went to that place.

[50shadesofnpc]

[Oh... well, there it is.]

If you're fine with telling me. [Then yes. He would like to know, and if Emmet thinks it's okay to tell him...]