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[h2no]

Buuuuut?

[no escape]

[flightforfreedom]

[ Poe’s expression shifted, looking pained. ]

I’m on thin ice here, Archie. It’s way too easy to- to just slip into old habits like nothing ever changed. You know?

[h2no]

[he blinks, then frowns. when he speaks, his tone is more genuinely curious than annoyed.]

Is that why I'm here?

[flightforfreedom]

It's why I thought it was a pretty bad idea to take him on my own, yeah.

[ He sighed and took way too long a drink. ]

Look, I'm sorry. If I'd been less of an idiot and planned this I would have invited everyone. Just - make it as normal and open and friendly as possible, you know? I just kind of... panicked.

[h2no]

[archie just shrugs, bending his arm around poe's shoulder at the elbow to put it on his head and ruffle his hair.]

Don't worry about it. I can stay, if you want. Though you two really do need to talk this stuff out, eventually. It's only gonna keep gettin' worse, no matter how much you pretend otherwise.

[flightforfreedom]

We have talked it out, and trust me, it was not a fun time for anyone. [ He tilts his head to give Archie an easier time ruffling his hair though. ]

But at a certain point there's just nothing to say anymore, Arch. Things just - are the way they are.

[h2no]

You don't believe that.

[he says simply, slowing the ruffle down to just gently rubbing his fingers over poe's scalp. pet the dog to calm him down...]

Never in all the time I've known you and everything you've told me about your life have you ever accepted things as just how they are. I feel like that goes against your very nature.

[flightforfreedom]

[ Poe let out a breath through his nose but, hey, the petting seemed to be working. ]

Yeah, well. Most things are because some dick is making life hard for everyone else. But if I actually tried to do anything about this then I'd be the dick. I don't know, Arch. I thought it would just - go away. You know?

Like you said before. I have a boyfriend. And I love my boyfriend.

[ So he should have been able to get over Finn already, right?

Yeah.

Cool. ]

1/2

[h2no]

[IMMEDAITELY:] Oh, this certainly is about a hard dick making things complicated.

[h2no]

[seriously:] You realise what annoyed me before was just how you were talking about what you wanted? You can love more than one person. It makes it complicated, but it's not impossible. I loved Maxie and Matt at the same time.

[though they were different kinds of love... but the same at once. it's complicated.]

Doing something about it doesn't mean sleeping with him or making a romantic move, you know. Feelings like that don't just go away. I mean, shit, I was with Matt for two months over a year ago and I'm only just starting to move on from that.

[flightforfreedom]

Archie, I have a hard enough time making sure I don't inadvertantly hurt one person. Sure, I can be in love with as many people as I want, but that doesn't mean I should act on it. That's why things gotta stay platonic.

[ Because that's what that word means. ]

What else would there be to do about it? He know. Already. There's nothing to do for it.

[h2no]

Y--




[]

You can't... be in love with someone and it be platonic? That's not-- that's not what platonic means. You-- you realise that, right? Platonic means there's no romatic or sexual feelings involved in the relationship.

this conversation was a long time coming

[flightforfreedom]

No, it just means that you don't act on those feelings even if you have them.

[ Said in the tone like Archie is the one being weird, here. ]

[h2no]

[archie says nothing. he just downs the rest of his drink. grabs finn's and downs that one too. pulls out his comm. types something on it. holds it out so poe can see:]

[flightforfreedom]

[ Unfortunately for Archie, this just confirms it for Poe. ]

See! Not sexual!

It doesn't say anything about anything else. Just don't sleep together, that's the rule.

[h2no]

[he grabs poe's drink and drains it.

reading:] Platonic love as devised by Plato concerns rising through levels of closeness to wisdom and true beauty from carnal attraction to individual bodies to attraction to souls, and eventually, union with the truth. This is the ancient, philosophical interpretation. [with more emphasis:] Platonic love is contrasted with romantic love.

Tell me ya know what contrasted means, at least. Fuck, bro, where did you even learn this!? Not every type of love is about sex or romance! You-- when I said ours was platonic I meant it because I don't have feelings for you, dumbass!

[flightforfreedom]

[ Poe's face was starting to get very warm and look very irritated at the same time and he clicked his tongue loudly. ]

Yeah, well, right back at you, buddy. [ He's not hurt at all, thanks. ] I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about Finn. So what if I got the word wrong. My point still stands, okay?

[h2no]

[archie clicks his tongue.]

I mean, I won't talk about Finn because I don't presume to know how he feels. [he platonically™ returns his arm around poe's shoulders.] Anyway, I don't know how that tangent happened.

[he does. it bothers him. but he ignores it, as usual.]

Well, anyway. I lost my point somewhere... with those drinks... ask 622 if you can date Finn too? Fuck. I don't know.

[flightforfreedom]

[ It bothers Poe, too!! He thought they were on the same page, but it's fine!! You don't have to have feelings for him Archie it's fine it's platonic. ]

I can't do it. I tried, sort of. But the guy's never even experienced jealousy, Arch. Why would I want to open him up to it?

Things should just be... uncomplicated.

I just gotta be less complicated.

[h2no]

[barely one brain cell between them]

Yeah, I get ya. I mean, I'm all for him feeling all range of human emotion without repression, but not like that.

[uh oh]

Er. What do you mean by that?

[flightforfreedom]

Yeah. Exactly. Range of human emotion, but would rather not inflict the negative ones on purpose, thanks.

[ He pauses. Shrugs. ]

You know. Just. Keeping my head on straight. Not making things complicated by getting my feelings everywhere. That's all.

[h2no]

[he coughs into his hand, leaning on poe a little harder. whew that drink is going to his head.]

I-- [burp] have heard you say that shit so many times at this point... I think... maybe... just accept you're a messy bitch. With a lot of feelings. Dummy. Also got a power that makes you say whatever you won't nullify. So trying might not even mean shit!

[flightforfreedom]

Nope, I refuse. Only way to be better is to keep trying. [ And he slips out from under Archie’s arm and then waves across the room when he finally spots Finn. ]

Here he is. You get lost, buddy?

[hatejakku]

Hey. Nah, man. You wouldn't believe the line- My drink. [ It's gone. He looks between them but smirks. ] Too sour for me, anyway.

Archie, you still want that dance?

[h2no]

Yes, [he says, pushing himself off poe.] But I have drunk many alcohols... out of despair...

[he's walking fine, at least.]

Let's boogie. [god]