Excerpt of AU Homestuck fic that I actually do mean to finish at some point, take one;

[agallimaufry]

"Fuck, Ter," he says. You watch him rip the cords from the auditorium floor. His nails are stained black with gunk from the tape, and you have a sudden urge to grab his fingers and suck on them: he would yell at you, and fall backward, and it would be just like before, and maybe you could pretend for five or ten seconds. "You were my first fucking girlfriend, what did you fucking expect, me to be in love with you forever? I was fourteen. I thought love was like Kay Jewelry commercials."

"Maybe something better," you say, and it’s strange, really: you never feel like you have to lie to Karkat.

"Yeah, well, your fucking mistake."