day three - watching a movie together
Daycare! This is something that's been half-written in my head for a long time.
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watching a film together (~400)
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"Oh dear god," Charles says, and attempts to burrow into the couch.
"Ssssh," Moira says, "this is important."
"Someone vomiting blood and talking gibberish is important?" Charles says.
"Yes," Erik says. "Be quiet."
Charles huffs and doesn't look up. In fact, if anything, he angles his body further away from the screen, half buried in couch cushions, half tucked behind Erik. It's making sitting largely uncomfortable. It's also hard to focus on the film.
"I don't know why I agreed to this," Charles mutters.
"Because you really wanted me to chaperone the trip to the pumpkin patch and you live under the delusion that I'm much nicer than I am," Erik says. "Believe me, this could be worse."
"Yeah," Moira says. "I also have the new Sam Rami film."
"I don't know what that is," Charles says, "but I can assume it's awful."
Erik can't stifle his laugh and he's temporarily assaulted by guilt. He wraps an arm around Charles, holding him close but still faced away from the screen. This is a torture of Charles' own making--agreeing that if Erik chaperoned a field trip, Charles would sit through the movie night Moira and Erik have been trying to plan since the discovery that they share a love of horror films. Still, Erik is annoyingly sensitive to Charles being upset, and the slow zombification of a tiny town in Canada is definitely grossing him out, if not entirely upsetting him.
"This is an interesting take on the zombie subgenre and commentary on language and culture," Erik murmurs. "It's smart and gross."
"And you're patronizing and mean," Charles retorts.
"You had plenty of time to change your mind," Erik says.
"Both of you shut the fuck up," Moira says.
Charles sighs and presses his face further between Erik's shoulder and the back of the couch.
You can just go inside, you know, Erik thinks. Moira won't care. I don't care. Run to the library if you need to.
No, Charles responds, I made a promise.
You're not actually watching, Erik says.
I made a promise, Charles repeats.
Erik laughs and buries his nose in Charles' hair, kissing the back of his head.
"You're ridiculous," he murmurs.
"You're both more disgusting than this movie," Moira says. Then, "Oh!"
Erik whips around.
"What was that?" he asks.
"She just slammed herself into the booth!"
"Rewind!" he says.
"Ugh, you're both terrible," Charles says.
*
the rest of the days:
1. Holding hands
2. Cuddling somewhere
3. Gaming/watching a movie
4. On a date
5. Kissing
6. Wearing each others’ clothes
7. Shopping
8. Hanging out with friends
9. Making out
10. Eating icecream
11. In a different clothing style
12. During their morning ritual(s)
13. Spooning
14. Doing something together
15. In formal wear
16. Dancing
17. Cooking/baking
18. In battle, side-by-side
19. Arguing
20. Making up afterwards
21. Getting married
22. On one of their birthdays
23. Doing something ridiculous
24. Doing something sweet
25. Doing something hot
***
watching a film together (~400)
***
"Oh dear god," Charles says, and attempts to burrow into the couch.
"Ssssh," Moira says, "this is important."
"Someone vomiting blood and talking gibberish is important?" Charles says.
"Yes," Erik says. "Be quiet."
Charles huffs and doesn't look up. In fact, if anything, he angles his body further away from the screen, half buried in couch cushions, half tucked behind Erik. It's making sitting largely uncomfortable. It's also hard to focus on the film.
"I don't know why I agreed to this," Charles mutters.
"Because you really wanted me to chaperone the trip to the pumpkin patch and you live under the delusion that I'm much nicer than I am," Erik says. "Believe me, this could be worse."
"Yeah," Moira says. "I also have the new Sam Rami film."
"I don't know what that is," Charles says, "but I can assume it's awful."
Erik can't stifle his laugh and he's temporarily assaulted by guilt. He wraps an arm around Charles, holding him close but still faced away from the screen. This is a torture of Charles' own making--agreeing that if Erik chaperoned a field trip, Charles would sit through the movie night Moira and Erik have been trying to plan since the discovery that they share a love of horror films. Still, Erik is annoyingly sensitive to Charles being upset, and the slow zombification of a tiny town in Canada is definitely grossing him out, if not entirely upsetting him.
"This is an interesting take on the zombie subgenre and commentary on language and culture," Erik murmurs. "It's smart and gross."
"And you're patronizing and mean," Charles retorts.
"You had plenty of time to change your mind," Erik says.
"Both of you shut the fuck up," Moira says.
Charles sighs and presses his face further between Erik's shoulder and the back of the couch.
You can just go inside, you know, Erik thinks. Moira won't care. I don't care. Run to the library if you need to.
No, Charles responds, I made a promise.
You're not actually watching, Erik says.
I made a promise, Charles repeats.
Erik laughs and buries his nose in Charles' hair, kissing the back of his head.
"You're ridiculous," he murmurs.
"You're both more disgusting than this movie," Moira says. Then, "Oh!"
Erik whips around.
"What was that?" he asks.
"She just slammed herself into the booth!"
"Rewind!" he says.
"Ugh, you're both terrible," Charles says.
*
the rest of the days:
1. Holding hands
2. Cuddling somewhere
3. Gaming/watching a movie
4. On a date
5. Kissing
6. Wearing each others’ clothes
7. Shopping
8. Hanging out with friends
9. Making out
10. Eating icecream
11. In a different clothing style
12. During their morning ritual(s)
13. Spooning
14. Doing something together
15. In formal wear
16. Dancing
17. Cooking/baking
18. In battle, side-by-side
19. Arguing
20. Making up afterwards
21. Getting married
22. On one of their birthdays
23. Doing something ridiculous
24. Doing something sweet
25. Doing something hot