☼☾ Sun & Moon 01 | Apollo and Midnighter

[tochasethesun]

[When the video flips on accidentally, viewers have a pretty good picture of Apollo and Midnighter, sitting on the floor in their room under the soft glow of the sun lamp. There’s a board game set up between them - Candyland, from the obnoxiously pastel and pink looks of it. Yes, they’re playing Candyland. Apollo reaches over to move his game piece

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[audio]

[relightabull]

What are--[Toro chokes on air. When a guy who can set himself on fire is embarrassed you can tell by the way everything around him starts to heat up, not just his face. His eyes go wide and his face lightens up to the orangey red color of something moments it sparks a flame. The video of his face cuts off and he coughs, trying to clear his throat.]--uh. Nice night in?

[audio]

[tochasethesun]

[Hahahah this is kind of funny to listen to you splutter, Tom.]

It was a nice night in until this thing turned on. Too busy fending off people to get to the nice part now, though.

[audio]

[relightabull]

[Hush, he's an old man with old sensibilities. Not that them being well--that is a big issue. ]

Oh-sorry. I'm sure most of us are aren't trying to be Toms. [Can you hear that he's still dying of embarrassment. Because he is.]

[audio]

[tochasethesun]

It's not that big a deal. [Laughing.] People see more of Midnighter at the gym, I don't know why people are so embarrassed for us.

[audio]

[relightabull]

Believe me, lack of clothes isn't a big deal to me. [Says the guy who wore short-shorts and knee-high boots for over a decade.] But it looked pretty...private.

[Which is why he's embarrassed. Private matters should stay well, private. In the bedroom. Where no one else sees them.]

[audio]

[tochasethesun]

It isn't that big a deal. It's not like we're trying to keep our marriage a secret.

[audio]

[relightabull]

[He's getting the riot act from the other spouse right now, but he tries to explain anyway.] Even if a marriage isn't secret things spouses do for...entertainment usually stay behind clothes doors in my time.

[audio]

[tochasethesun]

And your time is...? Look, you all are the ones making a big deal about it, we were more than happy to turn the camera off and get back to business.

[audio]

[relightabull]

I still remember the sixties, so I guess they count? [tries to make it sound light, but it falls flat.]

I'm not trying to stop you or judge you, I was trying to turn it off when it uh, went to the other one. I'm not that good with technology like this. So sorry. You can uh...just forget we had this talk.

[audio]

[grouchinleather]

[Yeah he knows Apollo already messed with him, but...

In his fakest, overexaggerated sex voice.] Oh god Apollo... wait... wait... someone's... nn... someone's talking.

[audio]

[relightabull]

[If he hadn't already talked to him he might think you were serious. He's still embarrassed anyway.]

Why would you--That's not as funny as you think it is.

[audio]

[grouchinleather]

Because if you're anything like your buddy, you're either so deep in the closet you found Narnia or you think we're all dirty, dirty perverts.

[audio]

[relightabull]

What? I don't think anything like that. [He gets a little defensive because where he comes from the closet isn't just for gays.]

Look, you--[tries to think of the words]--what you and your partner do is your business, okay? It's private and should stay between you. I'd say the exact same about me and my wi--ex-wife. Some things aren't meant for other people to ogle at and that's how the relationship between spouses should be. It's just how I was raised.

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[grouchinleather]

[Rubs at his eyes, not that he can see it.] There's only one big problem with that little self-righteous speech of yours--we didn't turn the camera on. It's got a nasty little habit of turning on on its own.

If we were putting on a show, old man, we'd do it in the rec room or the biodome.

[audio]

[relightabull]

Hey, I didn't say anything was done on purpose, but it happened. I wasn't trying to watch, either. [Hence his embarrassment at seeing what he thought was a private moment.]

You're the one that tried to act like you were in the middle of...something else. So don't say it's me judging you when you're judging me before I even said anything.

[audio]

[grouchinleather]

Yeah well, if you weren't so fucking flustered I wouldn't have felt the need. It also helps narrow down the number of guys that want to call me or Apollo a poof, so I know whose arms to break.