#GODDD skells when i tell u i am holding these two close to my chest rn ..... !!!

[mindsmade]

[ bathroom ] sender and receiver go to a public restroom together and have a normal conversation in between the stalls from v. to v. gender neutral bathrooms let's go

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❛  I will literally pay you to stop cautionin' me about Songbird.  ❜ Typical that his implied complaint comes with a side of toilet-flushing sounds a few stalls away. The ensuing silence is broken by the zipper of his jeans coming down, and all that naturally follows.

'Sure, she's got a pretty face — big doe eyes, pouty lips I know you go all soft-hearted for, but do I really gotta tell ya not to be fooled by all that?' he hears from the other side of the barrier between Viv's and his stalls.

Vince doesn't respond; not for Viv to see or hear, at least. He shakes his head only, suppressing a sigh ( directed mainly at himself for all his naivety ). He realizes all too well she's got a point. He should keep some semblance of distance, at least, but he's instead all too eager to dive headlong into whatever Songbird has ready for him, for them — because somehow, he feels he can just trust her.

Maybe he'll be designated the class clown for it once the end of their collaboration rolls around, yet he's growing more convinced by the day that this won't be the case. He'll get to tell Viv and Val 'told you so' before all is said and done.

❛  Yeah, yeah, I've heard it all before. I'm gettin' better at it though, aren't I? Scepticism and all that?  ❜

'Sure, until you go all googly heart-eyes 'cause you're attracted to someone. Fuckin' gonk.'

❛  Fuck off. I've got a gut feelin' here.  ❜

''Member what I said a while ago? Take your gut feelin' with a massive grain of salt — you of all people.'

He won't. He knows he won't. The current of his fascination with Songbird and her promise is too overwhelming for him to posit himself as some ... deeply-rooted rock, stable and unmoving. He's never been like that, and he won't be anytime soon — not even at Viv's insistence.

❛  Good thing I got you to dump a whole bag of salt on me when I inevitably fail to do as told, huh?  ❜

He pulls up his zipper, flushes, and rushes off to wash his hands ( literally, and of this conversation ). ❛  When you're done shittin' all over me and the toilet, meet me outside. I'm gonna scope out the black market for a new silencer.  ❜