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i thirst but also hello

[sheers]

let's go shopping. i want to spend your money.

[sheers]

[ there's a sad cat knocking on your apartment door, jase. a sad crying cat. it's not been a good day. ]

[innerglow]

[ he doesn't like to be spoiled much. it's a pride thing, lingering stubbornness as if to assert himself long after he had given into the cat's relentless affection and pursuit. maybe he's a glutton for punishment, holding things at arm's length even when he knows some of it might actually be good for him. jase has all but told him he's changed his life for the better but briar's noticed the little ways he has shifted, adjusted, not only making room for him in his own life, but also softening his edges in return.

it's getting colder out, which means that they are even more prone to staying in at night. he knows jase likes lingering in the hidden corners of the city, practically thrumming with magic in every corner. so they stay in his apartment when he isn't working, kissing in his pleasantly messy bed after dinner, discarding clothes here and there but not quite getting to the sex part. after all, he likes to take things slow.

however, this time, briar isn't the one gently pumping the breaks. jase has pressed something into his hands – he can already tell it's a jewelry box but he's still very much surprised when he adjusts his position half in jase's lap and pulls out a glimmering, heavy jeweled necklace. holding it up to the dim light in the corner of his room, he can tell it isn't something he would have chosen for himself, but it's something jase clearly saw him in and that might be enough to push him into actually trying it on. ]

Jase...

[ for some reason, he suddenly feels bashful, holding the necklace between two palms as if it's something truly fragile. briar isn't a man of many accessories, sticking to mostly a ribbon around his neck and leaving it at that. a sheepish smile pulls at his lips as he looks to his cat with a question in his eyes. what is the meaning of this? ]