tfln

[howandwhen]

01. New plan for Halloween: you dress as Waldo, I'll dress as Carmen San Diego. We can just hide in a closet drinking till someone finds us.

02. If we were unicorns we would fly together. Like in a pack. A pack of flying unicorns.

03. Nope. High in the basement. Fruit cups.

04. You got into a heated argument about Frankenstein's intelligence while double-fisting burritos from Taco Bell.

05. [Text her.]

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@winnebagos

[howandwhen]

if we weren't friends, why would I care that someone was making sure you weren't doing something like falling off roofs?
are you saying you aren't friends with all the little troublemakers? their hearts are gonna be broken

you can get new sunglasses, I was a bit more worried about, y'know, your skeleton

[from here]

[winnebagos]

( she's got him there. )

yeah yeah
me and the rugrats are friends
but don't tell the little shits i said that
don't want it going to their shithead
heads

my skeleton will fix itself
but my ray bans, robin
my wayfarerssss

[howandwhen]

I *think* they may already know that
but sure, I'll take it to the grave

your skeleton would NOT fix itself
your sunglasses would definitely be more easily repairable
or replaceable
can't buy new bones

well, at least not ethically

[winnebagos]

my skeleton would totally fix itself
it fixes itself all the time
you know how many bones i've broken?
but i don't think i broke nay
any
this time

( a pause. )

you really think they know?

[howandwhen]

if you're about to tell me you've broken bones and not gone to the hospital I'm going to have to come over and yell at you for a while

that you like them as people? yeah. of course they do

[winnebagos]

i mean
no
okay
it fixes itself with like
a cast and stuff
but it still fixes itself

( technically? whatever, he knows he's right. )

damn
i thought i was subtle

[howandwhen]

it fixes itself with help, it doesn't just fix itself

I'm going to assume that's sarcasm

[winnebagos]

that's a technicalt
tecniclaty
technicality
i'm still right

what
are you saying i'm not subtle

[howandwhen]

buddy
best pal
you're about as subtle as I am coordinated
no, wait
you're about as subtle as I am straight

okay maybe in some scenarios you could be subtle
but when you care about somebody? nah, you're not subtle at all

[winnebagos]

( there's an alarm ringing faintly in the back of his beer-soaked brain. a voice that sounds suspiciously like tommy h. telling him it's uncool to care. he almost types something to that extent, but his fingers tap out a different message instead, seemingly of their own accord- )

am i really your best pal?

[howandwhen]

Steve
Yeah, of course you are
You know that

[winnebagos]

yeah
you're right

you're stuck with me buckley

[howandwhen]

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[winnebagos]

shit
don't make me laugh



maybe my skeleton's not as okay as i thought

[howandwhen]

Steve

do I have to drag you to the ER?

[winnebagos]

i don't think it's a good idea to drag me anywhere
probably should just stay right here

it's fine if i stay perfeclty still
i mean perfectly

[howandwhen]

was this your own roof you fell off, by chance?

[winnebagos]

yes
yes it was