Me and My Best Friend Put On A Show That Would Make Freya Totally Jealous [closed post]

[summerdude]

Magnus wakes up, normal again except for how he's in an unfamiliar room. Not Galahad's old room, either. A nondescript one that, as far as he can tell, just has a bunch of clothes and stuff. Also he's wearing silky pajamas he'd never pick out automatically on his own?

It doesn't take long for him to feel like the walls are closing in on him. It's out of respect for Aornis that he stumbles out of her room through the door (barefoot and in the silky pajamas) and goes outside the normal way. Once outside, he flops into the snow, calling summer and feeling the way the snow steams against his skin as it melts.

He's not feeling totally regular again when he sits bolt upright, remembering that Drosera is probably in Galahad's old room with two people that aren't Magnus or Galahad. Existential crisis over, there's a child to retrieve! And hopefully, he'll run into Galahad in the halls.

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[summerdude]

"His whole thing is fashion," Magnus says, and then, thoughtfully, "And smithing magical Expand-o-ducks that jotuns are inexplicably terrified by? But mostly fashion. Lots of, like, chain mail vests and cravats and stuff like that. He's been teaching Alex a few things about how to make that kind of stuff, too." A cuadros, he thinks, and sighs a little -- he really misses Alex, but he also misses all the others, too.

[onthewillowsthere]

"A chainmail cravat?"

[summerdude]

"It sounds heavy, but they actually look super cool and feel fine," Magnus nods.

[onthewillowsthere]

Now that Magnus has introduced this, he really wants to touch one. Instead he takes out a black hoodie with white contrast stitching on the pockets and offers it to Magnus.

[summerdude]

Magnus takes it, and then reaches in and pulls out a thick forest green cable-knit sweater. He squints at it for a moment, reaches back, and pulls out another that looks almost exactly alike except for how it's a sweater dress.

[onthewillowsthere]

"That has really good vibes," earnestly.

[summerdude]

"Thanks," Magnus grins. He decides to start with what he has, even though Galahad has a ton more, and piles his selections over on the bed, pulling off most of his layers and dumping them to the side.

[onthewillowsthere]

In turn, Galahad strips out of his tunic and leggings, leaving him once again in the sensible underwear he put on when he awoke. Mostly naked, it's obvious how delicately he's built, not muscular at all -- less charitably, he's skinny.

He pulls on a sage-colored coatdress with a little half-cape at the shoulders, and begins buttoning it up.

[summerdude]

"Oh, cute," Magnus says, pulling on the regular sweater and the skirt Galahad gave him, first. He frowns with the waistband, trying to decide if he should tuck the sweater in or let it hang over the top of the skirt.

[onthewillowsthere]

"Do it half," looking over at him. "Tuck in one side and let one side loose."

[summerdude]

"Like this?" Magnus asks, tucking in the left side.

[onthewillowsthere]

He's not sure whether he could describe exactly why it looks good to him, but it looks good -- unstudied, casual, a little playful, the way Magnus makes him feel. "Like that."

[summerdude]

"Yeah?" says Magnus, doing a little twirl. "You look good too, man."

[onthewillowsthere]

Galahad smooths down the breast of the coat. On his straight-backed body, it does look perhaps a little more military that it otherwise would.

[summerdude]

Magnus gives Galahad's look another critical once-over, and then goes to the closet again. It gives him a thistle-colored pashmina with a light pink pattern, and then drapes it over Galahad's shoulder. Then he makes a face. "I think I accidentally tried to give you an Alex outfit," he says, apologetic. "But since I am biased, I do think it looks good."

[onthewillowsthere]

But he laughs. "It's a compliment. I like the shawl, I'll keep it," running his fingers over it and lifting the material to rub it against his cheek.

[summerdude]

"Cool," says Magnus, grinning crookedly. He glances over at Drosera, about to try and include her by asking if she has an opinion, but she's curled up in a little patch of sunlight and has started snoozing. Magnus nudges Galahad, nodding at her, and then looks at him, eyes wide. "Do you have your camera?" he asks -- they could take pictures of their best outfits, maybe.

[onthewillowsthere]

"Oh-- I gave it to Claudius while I'm with you. So he takes care of himself."

[summerdude]

"Oh, smart," says Magnus, who doesn't know what Galahad means. "Okay, so we can do the OOTD-gram some other time." He thinks he's using the term right. He hears Alex, Blitz, and Amir talking about that sort of thing sometimes. "Wanna pick stuff out for each other? Or do you wanna try on some of--" he gestures at the pile of clothes Galahad has pulled.

[onthewillowsthere]

"Let's choose for each other." He already knows he likes doing that; he likes considering what he knows of Claudius' preferences and style to put an outfit together, and he's already thinking of what he would choose for Magnus.

[summerdude]

With a grin, Magnus dives into the closet. He emerges with a rich purple wrap dress in a silky thin fabric that he's pretty sure Galahad will like. It's embroidered in yellow with repeating patterns of... some kind of mythological animal he doesn't recognize.

He also finds a chunky necklace and a pair of ankle boots with the slightest heel. They're probably contrasting colors and not in a good way. He doesn't really know that much about coordinating. Whatever, it's a first try.

[onthewillowsthere]

Meanwhile Galahad is busy selecting a pair of brightly floral-patterned leggings that make him think of the summeriness of Magnus, along with a cream wool miniskirt with a very subtle pattern in pale browns and blues, and a matching short-sleeved top with a silver button detail at the collar. For shoes he picks a flat sandal with straps that pick up the browns in the wool.

[summerdude]

Magnus strips down to his boxers again, carefully piling the clothes he'd first tried on next to his backpack. It feels a little wasteful, to have more outfits than he needs, but he intends to give full consideration to everything they try on and maybe pick one or two things to keep.

The sandals are awesome. They're definitely his favorite part of what Galahad chose. The rest is okay, too, but when he looks in the mirror, he makes a face. "Maybe I should brush my hair," he says. "To suit the rest of this."

[onthewillowsthere]

The wrap dress likewise, for all it feels wonderful against his skin, feels too bright, somehow too much. The boots are interesting, and he can see why Claudius likes the ones he wears so much; it's an interesting feeling to be lifted even an inch or two higher than usual, to feel the balance of his body shifted.

"Do you want me to brush your hair?"

[summerdude]

"Yes please." Magnus comes over to Galahad, slinging an arm around his waist, checking them both out in the mirror now that they're side-by-side. Galahad looks great, in Magnus's opinion. Magnus mostly looks awkward, but Magnus has also never worn a miniskirt before, so maybe that's why?