why is it serious business tho. No don't answer you're drunk!!!!
Why'd you drink so much tho r u ok
[ He wants to talk to her about Klaus. About how he doesn't know the right thing to do, if it's okay to make gestures or if he shouldn't make a big deal out of it. How he feels like the moment of transformation all the time lately but that's not related to anyone else.
It's just that he wants to scream and doing anything but joking around makes him feel that sensation, raw and exposed with no skin to protect him - but emotionally. Damn. What is he even supposed to do here? Coping alone is all he has, if he tried to actually let anyone in he might snap. He definitely snapped on Ryan but he's just going to bury that, just like everything else.
Engage ostrich mode. Better than honesty. Puts off a breakdown for a few more seconds. And when he does? There goes Dylan, they'll say. He might be stupid but at least he didn't throw any of the tantrums he felt constantly inside. Maybe he's gone from pretending to be someone else to others, in a way where he pretends to even himself. Nothing wrong with that if it keeps him ticking on. Old reliable clock, goddamn. ]
you didn’t do them as like SACRED PROMISES when you were a kid? Drunk doesn’t mean dumb
I swear I don’t remember having more than 2 drinks I guess they were extra strong? Idk My head’s kinda fuzzy tho
[Actually, now that she’s thinking about it, she feels kind of weird. Weird in a way drinking doesn’t really do to her, but one she has no words to describe accurately. …that part probably IS because of the drinking. Whoops?]
wait I think somebody sent me one…? idk who it was from bartender said they just called themselves “X” didn’t think much of it lots of ppl are sending drinks around the bar tonight
Oh god Dylan do you think I got drugged or something???
[She moves to perch in one of the booths closest to the front door of the bar as she frantically keys the right things to give him her exact location.]
dylan o think i’m freaking out
Edited (a typo that would haunt me on future re-reads) 2026-01-07 15:24 (UTC)
what is that supposed to mean??? it’s not NORMAL to be drugged, Dylan!! ANYONE would freak out about that!
Plz 😭 Are you sure I should drag her into whatever the fuck this is? I mean W?3 only had 1 coffee date and like some basic messages and flirting on THE APPS I mean maybrkts not that serious
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Why'd you drink so much tho r u ok
[ He wants to talk to her about Klaus. About how he doesn't know the right thing to do, if it's okay to make gestures or if he shouldn't make a big deal out of it. How he feels like the moment of transformation all the time lately but that's not related to anyone else.
It's just that he wants to scream and doing anything but joking around makes him feel that sensation, raw and exposed with no skin to protect him - but emotionally. Damn. What is he even supposed to do here? Coping alone is all he has, if he tried to actually let anyone in he might snap. He definitely snapped on Ryan but he's just going to bury that, just like everything else.
Engage ostrich mode. Better than honesty. Puts off a breakdown for a few more seconds. And when he does? There goes Dylan, they'll say. He might be stupid but at least he didn't throw any of the tantrums he felt constantly inside. Maybe he's gone from pretending to be someone else to others, in a way where he pretends to even himself. Nothing wrong with that if it keeps him ticking on. Old reliable clock, goddamn. ]
we're all coping. It's cool.
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SACRED PROMISES
when you were a kid?
Drunk doesn’t mean dumb
I swear I don’t remember having more than 2 drinks
I guess they were extra strong? Idk
My head’s kinda fuzzy tho
[Actually, now that she’s thinking about it, she feels kind of weird.
Weird in a way drinking doesn’t really do to her, but one she has no words to describe accurately.
…that part probably IS because of the drinking. Whoops?]
wait
I think somebody sent me one…?
idk who it was from
bartender said they just called themselves “X”
didn’t think much of it lots of ppl are sending drinks around the bar tonight
Oh god
Dylan
do you think I got drugged or something???
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Location. Pin drop. Now
I could have Nick get it but then he'd kill everyone there. We don't need him feeling bad about that and you too.
Ain't going to successfully arrest him they're just not
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dylan
o think i’m freaking out
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I'll be there ok. Text girl too she's capable right
I know she punches first.
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it’s not NORMAL to be drugged, Dylan!!
ANYONE would freak out about that!
Plz 😭
Are you sure I should drag her into whatever the fuck this is?
I mean
W?3 only had 1 coffee date
and like some basic messages and flirting on THE APPS
I mean maybrkts not that serious
[Kaitlyn, what???]
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it's not dragging. and if she objects then she's not the right gal. how many crises do we have?
Sit. leave if it's more safe. i'll be like ten. i'm worried. don't die
[ For the love of everything, don't leave him? ]
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i thought it was like
yeah idk im just
plz hurry???
no ok you're right
i just dont... wanna fuck this thing up yanno???
[Priorities, Kaitlyn. Find some slightly higher ones right now???]
im in a booth by the front