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[black_hawke]

Who: Hawke and YOU
What: HAWKE IS A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION
When: BBBACKDATED to island vaycay. That entire week.
Where: Everywhere on the island. Wherever you need him to be.
Warnings: FEELINGS

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LAST WEEK

[manlieststarter]

Look, there, on the sands, on his stomach, is your bosom friend Max.

Well. Max with green hair.

And a bitchin' tat.

Something is afoot.

[black_hawke]

Something, indeed.

Obviously Max had fallen into some radioactive sludge. That was the only reasonable explanation for the tanning behemoth in front of him.

"What are you doing."

[manlieststarter]

Hark, a voice.

Max flipped over to lay on his back, so he could look up at who was talking at him. Oh. It was Hawke.

"Sunbathin," Max replied gruffly. "I gotta get in five hours a day, at least. I turned into a venusaur."

Oh look at that, Max has a little pot belly. Isn't that shameful cute.

[black_hawke]

Yes. Probably definitely fell into a vat of toxic sludge. He grimaced and took a step back, obviously not wanting to catch the radioactivity or whatever it was that turned Max's hair a different color and covered him in tattoos. Best to keep his distance.

"Why are you...green."

[manlieststarter]

"Cause I'm a venusaur. Like Vinnie is. Usually. You know Vinnie? I'm like that."

[black_hawke]

That made absolutely no sense at all.

"How?"

[manlieststarter]

"I fell into a pool of water and turned into a venusaur. And then I went in again, which probably extended the stay. And then a third time. That one was by accident."

Max has spent an exceedingly absurd amount of time in and out of this one pool.

[black_hawke]

In that moment, Hawke looked almost uncharacteristically bewildered. His facial expression was changing and everything, something was obviously wrong with him.

"That seems...exceedingly stupid of you."

[manlieststarter]

"The second time I went in to prove that it was the right pool. Bulba was some sorta dead balloon pokemon and he was afraid of goin' in so I went in first to show him it was the right pool. And so he used it and turned into a bulbasaur. It wasn't stupid it was brave," Max said sternly. If Max had been the sort to use the phrase 'a selfless act' he would have used it here.

But he wasn't, so he didn't.

[black_hawke]

No, Max, that was stupid, and the sentiment clearly showed on Hawke's face, perhaps a bit moreso than usual. It was probably slightly disconcerting to see Black Hole's commanding officer emoting like a normal person.

AND THEN

HE LAUGHED.

[manlieststarter]

NOBODY LAUGHS AT MAX.

AND MAX DOESN'T LIKE YOU TO BEGIN WITH.

OH, IT IS ON.

A bright green vine from Max's back slugs you in the chin.

[black_hawke]

The vine struck Hawke squarely in the face, eliciting an almost comical expression of hurt from the other CO.

"That wasn't fair!"

[manlieststarter]

"I'm sorry, but when the hell did you decide to care about what's fair or not?" Max asked as the vine eased back away from stupid Hawke's stupid face.

[black_hawke]

Ordinarily, Hawke was the picture of self-control. Now, however, he could not stop himself as he let his fist fly towards stupid Max's stupid green face.

Clearly this was the best idea.

[manlieststarter]

Max decided to let Hawke have this one.

He took it on the chin. Hawke could reach nothing higher up

This meant something very simple. Hawke had just put himself in prime striking distance. Max punched him in the gut. Hard. With his fist.