I Deliberately Misinterpret The Nature Of An Agreement

[summerdude]

Galahad probably didn't expect Magnus to come pounding on his door in the middle of the day when they agreed Magnus would try sleeping on his own, especially since Magnus decided pretty quickly that he wanted to sleep outside again (but on purpose because he prefers it, not because it feels like the only option that doesn't end with the walls closing in on him). But here Magnus is, anyway, in the middle of the day, knocking loud enough that he has to force himself to take a step back so he doesn't break the door down.

"Dude, it's me, I need you," he calls, just so Galahad knows for sure it's him, or whatever. "You're in there, right? Galahad?"

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[onthewillowsthere]

"I didn't know it was important." He means that: he only told Claudius because Claudius asked him outright.

[summerdude]

"I think everything about you is important."

[onthewillowsthere]

Galahad turns and hugs him, hard, burying his face in Magnus' shoulder.

[summerdude]

Magnus squeezes him as tight as he dares, moving a hand to Galahad's back so he can stroke it up and down his spine.

[onthewillowsthere]

"I love you," he whispers against Magnus' shirt, tucking himself in a little closer, savoring the pressure and the firmness of Magnus' hand on his back.

[summerdude]

"I love you too," he says, emphatically. He abandons what he'd planned on saying -- you should tell me these sorts of things, I want to know about them -- because it feels kind of silly to bring up right now.

[onthewillowsthere]

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you," softly.

[summerdude]

Magnus takes a deep breath. "I just want you to feel like you can," he decides.

[onthewillowsthere]

"I do." He looks up, surprised. "I can tell you anything."

[summerdude]

Something -- an anxiety Magnus didn't know he even had -- relaxes, and he lets his breath out in one big rush. "Good."

[onthewillowsthere]

"It's okay. We're okay."

[summerdude]

"We're okay," Magnus echoes. "We're -- dude. Idea."

[onthewillowsthere]

"What?"

[summerdude]

"You know graphic novels?"

[onthewillowsthere]

"No," a little amused, because he's pretty sure Magnus knows he wouldn't know.

[summerdude]

"The books I'm always reading," Magnus clarifies. "With all the pictures."

[onthewillowsthere]

"Oh! Yes."

[summerdude]

"We should make one," Magnus says, thoughtfully. "Maybe for Shen Yuan, since he's doing that animation for us? I bet he likes graphic novels, too."

[onthewillowsthere]

Galahad's eyes widen slightly. "Yes. About Pokémon?

[summerdude]

"Yeah, we could do it about Pokemon for sure," Magnus says, enthused. He doesn't know a huge amount about Pokemon but he's picked up a bunch just from hanging out with Shen Yuan.

[onthewillowsthere]

"He likes talking about them. We could ask him what Pokémon he thinks everyone here would have," Galahad says, with the supreme confidence of someone who has been Shen Yuan's friend long enough to know he definitely has Opinions.

[summerdude]

"And make a graphic novel about him, like, hanging out with them?"

[onthewillowsthere]

"Battling with them. He likes battling in games."

[summerdude]

"His guys battling all the other guys," Magnus says, nodding. "There's probably a book somewhere in the library that would tell us about their really cool moves, if we wanted to, like, be subtle about it instead of asking him all our questions directly."

[onthewillowsthere]

His eyes light with pleasure at the idea of surprising Shen Yuan. "Yes."