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oh dear god this au

CHRONOLOGY
=> Dave & John: Partake in one-sided accidental voyeurism. [ N S F W ]
=> Eridan & Sollux: Get drunk and attempt sexytimes. [ N S F W ]
=> Eridan & Sollux: Deal with hangovers and talk about feelings.
=> Eridan & Sollux: Consummate mutual UST-feelings. [ N S F W ]
=> Sollux & John: Get together.
=> Sollux & John: Roleplay. [ N S F W ]
=> John & Dave: Cry and get together. ==~*~== FINISHED ==~*~==

Comments

AU // Please Please Please || Let me get what I want this time

[knightofcool]

[Dave is slowly starting to heal. Now that he's stable, they've taken to cutting him open periodically, resetting bones and doing any number of other things to piece him back together. Dave still has moments where he wants to pull all of his stitches out and pour his blood and guts over the floor, but his only real attempt at throwing himself out a window had been Dirk's only attempt at visiting. They're not allowing him back until Dave gives his okay, because Dave had undone some serious progress trying to get away from him.]

[His friends, though, are here all the time. John, Jade, Rose, Wayne and Terezi have all visited frequently, although John's the only one who's really moved in. It helps that the nurses help smuggle him in when Dave's prepping for surgery or just out of it. Dave had grown on them fast, with his tragic gay love story (which overheard conversations with Rose had revealed to them) warming many a heart, and they were all eager to help him recover. They'd been cold to John at first until discovering that Dave just did better when he was around, making more effort to move, eat and even smile, once or twice.]

[He's here now, in fact, keeping Dave company and texting Karkat. Dave watches him from the bed, red eyes fully exposed now that the swelling has gone down. They wouldn't have let him wear his shades even if they hadn't gotten lost in the accident.]

[putthebunnyinthebox]

[If anyone in the damn world would have a posse of hospital visitors, it was definitely Dave Strider. John's always pleased when their other friends show up to visit on their way home or after they've finished their school activities, and it feels like he lives with Dave, now. He goes to school, of course, but the instant he's out he goes straight to the hospital to see Dave, toting homework with him every time. Football season is over, so there's no looming danger of missing a practice for the sake of making sure his best-friend-slash-love-of-his-life is always doing alright in his recovery. Not that John would have cared too much, anyway, Dave was worth more than a good season.]

[Right now he's set his homework--and Dave's that he collects daily to bring to him (and, often, he does what he can for him so there won't be so much to do later)--aside to sit at Dave's bedside, arms and chin resting on the bed as he grumbles up at his phone. Texting isn't rare for him to do on his visits, and Karkat tends to be his number one solicitor for whatever reason. Right now, they have a project due in Biology on genetics and Karkat is, of course, flipping his shit over all caps, mult-page text.]

Man, I forget how much of an ass Karkat can be sometimes.

[He furrows his brow again and clicks around on his slider phone keyboard with much more intent. Touchscreens were never his thing, and this is much easier to use with both hands than a flip phone. He sends his message and groans, scooting forward and burying his face in Dave's side. There's a good chance he'll have to leave early to calm Karkat the fuck down since no one else is around to do it. Karkat is also his best friend, and first catalyst into the curiosity of homosexuality thanks to that legendary crush and junior high, very public confession.]

[John's probably implied-admitted his adoration and not-platonic love and attraction to Dave to his face thousands of times on accident while this hospitalization thing has been going on. He just has a lot of feelings for Dave that he knows Dave wouldn't return, and he hates how Rose is right about him trying to fill that sad little void with casual dating and fucking. It's not like he's trying to date and screw all his friends and their brothers, it just happens because they're all great people that John sees the best in and none of them are Dave and that's always the worst part. He doesn't have a "hit list," like someone might have joked once, but if he did Karkat would probably be next on it and now they are texting and John is most likely going to have to come to his rescue and he only minds because Dave is his world right now and he doesn't want to pchooo away from him.]

[He lifts his head up and looks up at Dave with a bit of a pout forming. The process of dealing with Karkat is going through him, and it shows very obviously on his face. Annoyance, exasperation, reminding self that Karkat may possibly be crying yet again, pity, acceptance, wow Karkat is a pretty cool guy once you go through all these emotionally draining steps. And, like every time, John smiles a bit, and he closes his phone with a sigh.]

I guess he wouldn't be Karkat if he were nice and chill all the time, huh?