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[brushoff]

"You've reached the inbox of one Dorian Gray. Don't forget to leave me a message. If you're interesting, I'll get back to you."

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[brushoff]

a lot?
don't know
too drunk to come up with numbers

[citizendetective]

He'd better know about and be okay with all of them, Dorian.

[brushoff]

yes mom

[citizendetective]

Dorian Gray, do you think I'm joking? He's my warden. You can't treat him poorly.

[brushoff]

oh my god it is midnight
we'll talk tomorrow
or later today
fuck

1/2

[citizendetective]

Fine.

Okay.

audio; the evening after the party

[citizendetective]

Dorian! Are you up yet?

audio

[brushoff]

Barely, [ he yawns, even though it's the evening. ] What are you going to bother me with now, Quigley?

audio

[citizendetective]

I'm just not sure that I made it clear enough that you cannot cheat on my warden.

[It's not a threat if it's nonspecific!]

Re: audio

[brushoff]

It's not cheating if everyone's aware of the arrangement, [ Dorian points out. ] Quigley, I am well aware that Pagan has a few people he fucks outside of our little thing—as do I.

audio

[citizendetective]

You told me you didn't know if he knew about all of them.

audio

[brushoff]

Because we both occasionally have one-night-stands.

audio

[citizendetective]

... Okay. Well. I'm sure you can still understand why I was alarmed!

audio

[brushoff]

You shouldn't be. For once in both of our lives, we're in a healthy place vis-a-vis communication.

audio

[citizendetective]

Good.

I just worry about him a lot, Dorian. I need to make sure that he's okay.

audio

[brushoff]

If you're going to trust me on anything, trust me on this. I won't try to hurt him.

audio

[citizendetective]

I don't want you to hurt him by accident and then go, "Oh, I can't help it; I'm just a jerk!", either.

audio

[brushoff]

Misty, I am a jerk. I am the sort of person you don't want to be around. I might end up hurting Pagan. I won't try, but it might happen.

audio

[citizendetective]

Hurting him because you have a dangerous lifestyle is one thing, but don't hurt him by being a jerk. Do better.

audio

[brushoff]

I'll try not to be a jerk. I promise.

audio

[citizendetective]

[God, she wants to threaten him so badly. It's so incredibly unfair that she can't threaten him.]

Do more than try. I take this seriously, Dorian; I am very protective.

audio

[brushoff]

What the fuck do you want me to say, Quigley? That I promise and cross my fingers that absolutely nothing bad will happen? That's not doable and we both know it.

audio

[citizendetective]

No.

Promise that if you hurt him by accident, you'll care and fix it.

audio

[brushoff]

I promise.

[ and he says it like he means it. ]