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[fulminants]

i think i'm tired of having you avoid me

you're not gonna keep that up for the next decade, are you? because that's a long time

[benumbing]

of course i'm not. one of us will probably die before then.

[jack benjamin dark humor at its finest.]

[fulminants]

Yeah, and your eulogy for me is gonna be something weird like 'he was a pretty good dude, i'm sorry i haven't spent more time with him'.

[ not that johnny believes he's gonna die, it's just that two can play the same game, jack benjamin. ]

[benumbing]

[as if. johnny's definitely not dying.]

what would you say at mine?

[fulminants]

here lies a much better guy than he would ever give himself credit for

he thought no one should care about him

he was very wrong

[benumbing]

[goddammit johnny. he's been numb to the point where he couldn't even feel his own heart. until you just made it skip a beat.]

do you want to meet somewhere?

[fulminants]

[ love him, jack. they can fix this. ]

yeah

i've missed you, you know. no one to do awesome things with. where you at?

[benumbing]

the orchard. fluffy has a taste for some of the weirder fruits.

[fulminants]

is fluffy a serial killer of other cute pets because i feel like that's the only reason why you'd name something that

[benumbing]

it's irony. what better name for a hairless animal?

cashmere wants to put him in sweaters.

[fulminants]

i have a better name

isn't cashmere already a sweater

[benumbing]

it's her name.

[maybe an alias, maybe not. jack isn't sure.]

[fulminants]

oh

huh

so you seriously dont want to know the better name i have for fluffy?

[benumbing]

i do. don't you recognize playing hard to get when you see it?

[fulminants]

you tease

anyway

it's harry

[benumbing]

you're

so fucking adorable.

[yeah, he said it.]

[fulminants]

[ oh boy

it takes him a minute or so to respond, and it's glib, it's always glib

they haven't talked about it at all, and johnny's not sure if he wants to ]

i think harry's softened you up

[benumbing]

that must be it.

you can call him harry. it'll be like that uncle who always has the nickname for you.

[fulminants]

that sounds really specific

what nickname did your uncle give you?

[benumbing]

my uncle and i weren't close.

but he probably would've called me "puppet".

[fulminants]

and i hope you called him dickface mccallahan

[benumbing]

as long as i never have to call him anything ever again, i'll be satisfied.

you really don't have to get angry on my behalf.