selfhelp | [Voice (Locked from Tommy) / Action]

[Oh god, he is really, really hoping that he got the lock right. This will all be kinds of pointless if he did.]

Hey, Lucetians. Or whatever we call ourselves? ...Anyway. This is going to come across as super self-serving, but my birthday's on the 9th. Usually I'd be fine with it breezing by and nobody knowing, but it's also my twin's birthday. Tommy. Local speedster. Kind of a brat, but the good kind, I guess.

I won't go into the gritty details, but I... don't think he got many parties for him, growing up. I'd like to change that. [A pause, and then, quietly-] ...I want to.

[....]

So, we're going to have a party. A surprise party, if that's possible. (Please don't tell him.) This Sunday, February 9th, at the rec center, from 6PM until people are either too drunk or too tired to party anymore. Keyword there is drunk- we'll need to raid the liquor supply. He'd be so mad if I threw a big party and there was no booze.

Basically, this is an open invitation to make it as big and loud as a guy like him would enjoy. We can take care of the decorations and music and food, don't worry about gifts... don't sweat the details, basically. Just show up and have fun, if it sounds like your kind of thing.

This is assuming that the dreaded V-Day doesn't ruin everything, of course. Uh. I'm crossing my fingers. Did I just jinx it? I better not have jinxed it. Sorry in advance.

[After the announcement - and dealing with any relevant responses - Billy's going shopping for supplies for said party. He needs a sound system! He needs catering! He needs decorations! ...He needs help. He doesn't know how to throw a big party at all.]

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Just make it plain what is in each area and have a responsible individual mind the alcoholic beverages. I'm certain that there is someone that would not mind keeping those considered too young to drink from doing so.

Yeah, probably. Worst comes to worst, I could just do it myself.

[Though babysitting a booze table doesn't sound like a fun way to spend his own birthday.]

If you cannot find anyone else, I will be happy to man the table in your stead. An excuse to sit and drink is not one I'll pass up easily.

Wow, seriously? You wouldn't mind? Sounds like it could be a boring way to spend a party...

I get to sit and watch young nubile bodies dance and enjoy the revelry while drinking fine liquors and enjoying new music before returning home to have enthusiastic relations with my husbands. It's a fine way to spend an evening.

...That totally sounds like you.

[Wait, what?]

Husbands?

Mhmm.

[He just spends a long moment thinking over the last part of his plan for the night when Billy's question catches him.]

Yes. I am an elf wed. Fear not for your virtue any longer.

W-well. It's not like I thought you were gonna ravish me in my sleep or anything. But, uh. Congratulations?

While I am a large fan of ravishing- you are a man taken yourself, mm? [Zev cracks an easy smile and reaches up to twist a small stud set into his left ear.]

You've my thanks, my friend. Perhaps one day I might offer the same to you.

I am definitely a man taken. Thanks for remembering, and for respecting it, besides.

[That last part makes him go red again, though.]

Oh god- maybe? I mean- that would be nice, but it's a long way off, I think. We're still pretty young, and... well.

You've your lives ahead of you in this place and in your homeworld, yes? There is much left to experience and life is uncertain.

[All the more reason to enjoy whatever it is that you have regardless of what you might call it, in his mind.]

Er. [Was that encouragement to take his time or get on with it? Billy can't tell.] It's not like either of us are any less committed, or... going anywhere, really. Just missing the rings and the ceremony, really.

[And the title, maybe. "Fiance" or "husband"... they both have such a nice ring to it, a big step up from "boyfriend".]

[It could be one or the other or both at the same. Zevran has no intention of elaborating. However Billy chose to take it- that is how it was meant to be taken.]

I should think it would be something to consider, but no more than your affection for one another dictates, yes? I know many a couple just as content without something physical to mark themselves as one another's. They simply know, and that is enough for them.

[It's definitely worth considering, even if the very idea is also kind of terrifying. The theoretical "no" is part of the equation, after all.]

I do like what we have now. If we weren't ready for it, asking too early could just make it all... kind of awkward. I dunno.

You have each other in your own world, yes? Then there is no need to do anything that you feel undue.

[He however...this place would be all he had with jack and eugene. He intends to make the most of it.]

...Yeah, that's kinda how I feel about it. I'm not in any rush, and I seriously doubt either of us are going anywhere.

[He doesn't want to imagine how different it would be, if that wasn't the case. He knows too many couples in that situation already.]

A wise choice for a wise man.

[He's utterly sincere in this, smile warm and friendly.]

Let me know when you have need of me for this gathering of yours, and I will be happy to attend. Or assist.

You're definitely welcome to come, either way. Sunday the 9th. Bring your guys along, it'll be fun.

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