@pasta
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-doctorsunshine- 
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18.08.2021
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PastelButter
18.08.2021 16:07
Linki m p a s t a
-doctorsunshine-[OP]
18.08.2021 16:10
Linky u h
I can start, wanna infer someone told Dex?
PastelButter
18.08.2021 16:11
LinkYeah okay-
-doctorsunshine-[OP]
18.08.2021 16:17
LinkIght-
“I thought I told you to update us daily.”
Glory crossed her arms, staring at the auburn haired dragonblood in front of her. He was sitting on the window sill with one of his sleeves rolled up, the steadily bleeding gash exposed. Navarii was upstairs and leaving her to deal with the other two idiots.
“I was planning on it.” He scowled.
“Then why didn’t you?”
“You think I had time?”
Smoke escaped the corners of his mouth.
“.. Fine. Okay. Fine. We’ll talk about,, him, later.” She glanced towards Maddox, who was asleep on the couch, and walked over to the sink to get a wet rag.
(Nermie keeps pressing my keyboard so sorry if stuff sounds weird-
Or takes ages to type-)
Dex is busy trying to get there, venturing his way through places he knows he’s seen before bunt can’t remember in a panic; he just wanted to take Soap for a walk then enjoy a day of nothing. No such luck.
( it’s okay, I’m going to the store anyway )
“Did Navarii tell Dex?”
Fin poked a claw into his own injury, tilting his head slightly. “Ah, that’s deeper than I thought-“
“Finlay.”
“Huh? Oh. Yeah.” His tail thumped against the floor once or twice.
)
shades gonna kill him)
(I left my phone open
She sent my friend a text
I don’t-)
He has managed to walk into a wall. At least he’s found them I suppose.
(“FINLAY YOU DUMB-“
“hOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE I LIVE-“)
Fin glanced in the direction of that bonk sound. Eh not my problem.
( he lives with glory still he’s still trying to get a job-)
(Man be sounding like my uncle, he’s been ‘trying to get a job’ for the past 20 years-)
Recover and knock on the door. C a l m .
( PFF-)
“Open the door Glory.”
She rolled her eyes, going to do so. Open.
“Oh hey-“
Fin waved in the background.
Dex awkwardly waved back, looking at Glory for a moment, just stuttering and not managing to form any actual words.
(Garfield just got stuck behind the piano that was scary-)
(Garfield is fine, we got him out-)
He ran a hand through his hair, shutting his eyes for a moment. “What happened?”
“Hm?
Oh right-“ Glory has not slept in 3 days.
“He was on a mission and got trapped and tortured against his captor’s will. Then Fin had to go and get him out. The entire situation makes no sense.”
His hand froze in his hair. “... Tortured?”
That’s a terrifying word.
“Yeah.”
( I need to cough
So bad
But someone in the car is on a voice call-)
(Success-)
“I don’t think so?” No Finlay, he’s processing information like an old computer.
Please do not reset your Dexter.
(Your Dexter has encountered unexpected difficulty in processing
Your Dexter will now shut down)
He stared at Finlay and shook his head gently.
“Okay then. We just won’t know what you’re saying in that case.” His arm is still steadily bleeding out-
“Just in case you didn’t notice - cos’ you’re a bit too busy taking the piss out of me, could be distracting you from the pain.” Rawr X3 >:3
He rolled his eyes.
“We’ll I’m sorry for saving your idiotic boyfriend then.” Sir I can and will play the ‘he liked me first’ card.
“Don’t call him idiotic.”
(Riley just gonna be like ‘don’t kill my boyfriend’ and ‘don’t kill my best friend’)
“I’ve known him since we were 12, he doesn’t care when I call him dumb.”
Glory forcing back the urge to slap both of them-
Go Glory slap em they’re being stupid-
“Jus’ quit it. Go back to insulting me.”
“Can you two shut up.
You. He’s upstairs.
And you. You inhaled smoke from a fire YOU started. Stop talking.”
She hissed.
This is why she prefers women even though she’s bi-
(w o m e n )
>:(
Angrily go upstairs like a manly man then get scared.
She rolled her eyes.
Meanwhile, upstairs. One door is open with tiny dragon man triumphantly standing guard.
She blinked. Her pupils were currently big, because, cat. Hello floofy wolf man I want to pet you.
“He’s in here. He’s asleep.”
(Dex just crying by the bed n Navarii petting him is an image I think I like)
“… m’ I allowed to see him?”
( :dead:
:waaaah my boyfriend is dead:
: f l u f f y h a i r : )
Quiet chirping. Go inside.
She stepped out of the room.
Riley was asleep, as stated, with no clear injuries- most were on his torso and despite the lack of a shirt he has a blanket over him.
Dex has no idea what to do. Should he get closer? Should he pass out? Should he run away? Should he act like a woman written by a man and make himself presentable and seductive for when he wakes up? He just doesn’t know.
( KWKXKDJD THAT AIGHT ME OFF GUARDPLS)
His hair was a mess, over his eyes. His feathers were bent in unusual ways, from a lack of tending to them and being thrown against the floor. There were also numerous bruises noticeable.
(Pasta
Master of unexpectedness)
He was rather tempted to fix up his feathers, but again didn’t want to get close or touch his sleeping form. It felt wrong.
Very very g e n t l y start adjusting things, starting off with his hair then moving on to his wings when he had the courage. He tried his best to put feathers back into place, but without hurting or damaging them - so basically, yes, he was petting them.
Hell yeah-
I mean.
Uh.
He never once shifted or flinched, staying completely still. Yes, he’s breathing. He’s fine.
So now he’s petting wings, occasionally petting hair, listening to breathing and his heartbeat.
Wonderful.
He’s making sure he isn’t dead and come to think of it he’d probably hear anyone’s heartbeat in silence or if he concentrated enough
Lie detector wolf
WHEN DID HE GET HERE-
He didn’t bother moving.
“Hi.”
His voice was quiet, yeehaw
( why do i feel so tired i might faint its 6 pm )
Blink again
What do you think
(Have a nap)
Grinning. “That’s a bad question. Please don’t answer that.”
( Why is he smiling-)
He gave a little laugh but aldo hes barely conscious so that probably sounded pathetic-
( Fair- )
Riley sat up, flinching at the pain that flared through his chest upon doing so, but not saying anything.
“I know, but... still. Maybe you can sit up... n’ a few days. Maybe tomorrow. Dunno, but for now please just... go back to lying down.”
juSt THe tWO Of US,
(just the two of uss-)
He glanced to the side.
He actually knew where he was for once- he’d been awake when they’d all three gotten here at about 1 in the morning. It was still in the early hours, probably. He doubted Finlay had gotten any sleep yet-
He drummed a rhythm onto his thighs, biting his tongue as he thought of something logical - to say or do, just something. Not cry, not curl up into a ball of fur and hopelessness, not pace backwards and forwards and babble incoherent rubbish. But his mind drew a blank.
(OH
YOU MEANT C L E A N - )
Apart from stare
Or sleep
Or make out dramatically for no apparent reason like they do in movies and shows
( Y E S - )
He just stared at the ceiling now.
Eventually, he spoke.
“Dex?”
“Course I ain’t mad. Why would I be mad?”
(I’m sorry but at first I thought he was just like “aRe yOu mAd?!” like he’s said or done something stupid if you get what I mm trying to say-)
( “ARW YOU MAD”
“YOU JUST COMMIT ARSON YES IM MAD” )
“Because I messed up, and got myself caught.”
“Tha’s good.” His face softened again, not quite a smile but not far off.
“… m’ not sure. Long time though.” He bit his lip as he started thinking about more of an exact answer.
(Was it six months or am I being stupid-)
(Okay then-)
“Couple of... months? Maybe... six? I dunno. Jus’ a long time.”
“.. Damn—“
( pls im making a continuation of. my last art thing
and
im probably gonna have to make a file pf evERYONES DAMN SPRITES)
( its all gonna be the same file
im not happy )
“,, Did I miss anything, like—? Important—?”
( ‘Yeah Cole died and Im looking after his two idiot kids but thats not significant ‘
‘WhAT—‘ )
“Are you /sure /?”
( fun fact: he doesnt want to say it, but he could barely remember peoples faces while he was there :’D )
(‘Found out I used to be part of what’s basically a cult but can’t remember any of it and they want me back but I can’t remember shit so I’m sure it’s fine-‘
‘W H A T ‘ )
“Uh... yeah?” Yep no nothing going on here :’D
(If you were tortured to the brink of death would y o u remember faces-)
) i was half tempted to type kiss and make that how he always threatens dex-)
I dont believe you but okay-
( i will
“STOP OR IM GONNA KISS YOU”
“NOOOOOOOo-“
ez or someone in the bg like- “ the hell-“ )
Couldn’t guess. :)
(YES
Fell in the corner taking notes-)
“Okaystuffdidhappenbutitsnotgoodimeanitsnotthatbadbut-“ and b r e a t h e . “Cole kinda sorta maybe died? Or got killed? By angry ghosts? That may or may not be angry with me too?”
(THIS IS AMAZING-)
“I knOw bUt I DidNT waNt tO mAkE yoU wOrRiEd-“ Enter puppy eyes and pathetic whimpering.
“We’ll talk about it more later, m’kay? You need sleep. But there are other people helping, ‘kay? Don’t worry ‘bout it.”
( when he awoke Dexter was gone. The words echoed in his mind; if he tried hard enough he could feel the other’s hand gently squeezing his own.
‘Don’t worry ‘bout it,’ said as softly as one could, a small smile showing off little dimples in blushing cheeks.
These were the last words he ever heard from Slaney; the last time he’d ever see that face creased into a smile.)
(( DONT MAKE ME CRY ))
“.. Are you sure..?” He hesitated. He was worried Dex might leave- he didn’t want to be left alone.
(I’m good at that apparently-)
“Mhm. And I’ll still be here later.” Soap’s babysitting the fish.
“..Okay..”
He went quiet, falling into an uneasy but well needed sleep only a few minutes later.
He looked rather helpless when he was asleep- some might argue that it was hard to believe that this was the same man who confronted people who could easily take him out in one or two hits like it was nothing, or even worked for people as powerful as the MCS. At the end of the day, he was just Riley. Not strong, not impressive, just Riley.
Dex wanted to toy with his hair again, or maybe he dared try tidying up his wings. But he was terrified of waking him or maybe even hurting him, so did nothing. Then he realised he was staring and quickly averted his eyes to the floor. He listened out for anyone coming up the stairs, feeling the need to keep him safe - or more so keep everyone else away. But that wasn’t good either, so he tried distracting himself by unpicking the hem of his shirt.
Maddox’s painstakingly familiar voice was talking about something downstairs, likely with Navarii, who occasionally chimed in. Finlay and Glory were quiet, the only sign of Finlay being awake being his occasional harsh coughs.
He hummed the tune of something or other, focusing on different sounds - be it the sound of talking, his own heart, or the breaths from the bed; each had their own turn.
( i wanna hug him )
Someone walked upstairs at some point, but never walked past the doorway.
Nevertheless his humming stopped and he kept his eyes locked on the doorway, as though whoever might appear was a threat.
(He’d probably appreciate it)
( it has been raining
for over 5 hours )
The sound of them going back downstairs was audible, a brief flutter of feathers making it known it had to be Glory.
(That’s normal-)
Once he settled he went back to humming, continuing his focus on different sounds. Every so often he’d flick his gaze around the room as though someone or something would be there.
( yes but im still mad- )
Its just a sleeping Riley, calm down-
(Why do you want to go outside-)
Somebody could hurt the sleeping Riley >:(
( i d k-)
He mumbled quietly in his sleep, wings shifting ever so slightly.
(Just appreciate the rain-)
Dex is now watching Riley. Are you alright?
( i dont wanna appreciate the rain :(( )
He was still again, sides rising and falling slightly raggedly as they had been this whole time. He occasionally twitched, but that was normal for him.
(Rain is amazing what are you talking about >:( )
He watched him for a moment or two, before coming to the conclusion he was okay. Watching him breathe was oddly comforting - he may not exactly be alright, but he was alive, and Dex was there to see that. It stopped a tiny corner of his mind from worrying and giving him ideas about what might be going on.
( it scares titan :((
hes huddled up to me )
not sure what to type hes just asleep
(That must be some heavy rain then-)
He has now gone back to humming again.
( yep
Sometimes it looks like a white wall-)
:asleep
aka wanna timeskip-:
Okay how long-
Maybe like, sometime the next day-
Yes, he is sleeping a l o t, he was going almost a week without sleeping sometimes- hes been exhausted for months-
This is really less than he should be-
Okay, afternoon the next day-
Riley shifted uncomfortably, pale blue eyes flicking open.
Dex was curled up beside the bed, e v e r so slightly fluffy, sleeping lightly. He practically jumped when Riley shifted around, peering over the edge of the bed again, head tilting curiously.
An ear twitched, hearing him but not fully registering it, staring at the cieling.
He audibly smothered a laugh, because laughing would hurt him-
“It’s okay..” he mumbled, shifting his wings uncomfortably again.
( n o-)
He shrugged, sitting up, ignoring the pain again, don’t yell at me-
“S’ hurting. Lie back down.”
(If Opi ever captured someone
She’s show off her collection of bones, including that of werewolves. I can see her grinning at whoever it is then leading them to a live werewolf.
“They can smell fear, you know,” whispered directly into their ear. “And just about anything else. Pain, joy… you can’t hide anything from them. Beautiful creatures. But you know what he smells right now?” Pause. “You. And he thinks you smell,” laugh. “Delicious.”
Then they get eaten.
I don’t know where this came from but I like it-)
(
stop being poetic )
“All I could do was stay in one spot while I was there,” He retorted, not very efficiently because the pain was showing in his voice. But if I lay down I can’t look into Dex’s eyes :((
(Nah I’m gonna be the next Edgar Allan Poe )
“So you wanna move about now?”
If he were to do that, then this would turn into a bad romance film, and Fin would walk in to see them ✨passionately✨ making out, and then tug Dex away, pressing him up against a wall and screaming about how Riley should be his, and Riley begs them to stop, but they start fighting, punching and kicking until they’re separated by someone who’s probably Navarii, and Riley would be crying, and Dex would sweep back his hair and wipe away the blood from his nose which has magically stopped bleeding by now because we don’t want his appearance to be jarred, whilst Fin has lost a tooth, has a black eye, a broken nose, as well as a busted lip. They glare for a moment before Fin grumbles and leaves the room. Dex holds Riley’s face, shushing his sobbing and places a kiss to his forehead. Then the screen fades to white…
(He doesn’t particularly like anime
He just keeps finding it
And watches it anyway even if it does horrify him-)
“Jus’… don’t hurt yourself too much, yeah?”
(Apparently, yeah-)
“When you’re better we could go on a walk, if you’d like.”
“Not until you’re better though, so don’t go pretending you’re fine. I don’t want you passing out in the middle of nowhere.”
“Fiine,” He mumbled, leaning back. Laying down now. You win.
( I missed 124 texts- )
How does one casually go ‘give me cuddles, peasant’-
(How-)
Maybe either say that
O r
If you want the indirect approach, you could sigh and mumble and huff until he asks what’s wrong and then say ‘I’m cold’ or ‘the bed feels too empty’, making sure to either smile or make a sad little pouty face as you say it. If they still don’t get it then that person is definitely Dex and would either offer to go get a blanket or look at you confused, and ask if you want a smaller bed.
Riley you’re making Dex uncomfortable by just being q u i e t so hurry up and do something-
“Can I have a hug—“ Cuddle me peasant-
( my dad straight up impaled a wire at least 3 inches into his arm made me panic and then went back to yard work after I said he probably shouldn’t I-)
(My dad chopped the tip of his finger off and did the same -)
“Wh-
Like
Now-“
( Why are dads like this?
Mine, like, cooked part of his flesh and mentioned it 2 days later at dinner- )
“,, Yes—?-“
(‘Also, dad, why are you limping?’
‘Oh yeah chopped my foot off in the metal grinder two days ago, I think-‘
‘You
You what-‘)
“... I don’t wanna squish you-“
(My dad just always gets sparks in his eyes cos he either doesn’t wear his welding goggles or he wears the wrong ones-)
He peered over the edge of the bed again. “How would I without... hurting your wings-
Or your chest-“
After a moment or two he reappeared, making his way onto the bed and e v e r so gently hugged him, eyes squeezed shut and mumbling something along the lines of ‘please be okay’.
He was really very scared.
He tried to hide his face as it turned red yet again.
(Magine one day they cuddle and Dex doesn’t purr
Would Riley be mad-)
( maybe- 👀 )
His wings weren’t folded, sprawled awkwardly so Dex wouldn’t touch them too much.
(Cuddling
Happy silence
Riley suddenly pulls away
“Wh- is everything o-“
“Why aren’t you purring?”
“You- I- w h a ?”
“You always purr when we cuddle. It means your happy, I know that. Why aren’t you purring? Are you mad at me? Do you just not like cuddles anymore? Am I doing something wrong?”
“I’m-
You know I’ve been trying to stop doing that, I’m still happy and I still like cuddles, I’m not mad-“
“Why aren’t you purring?”
“Riley-“)
Dex is also doing his best not to touch them anyway.
( someone is asking for advice and someone else and I have said go to a doctor without a reply so many times we may just start saying “doctor” with no further context when they continue )
I am tempted for him to just-
Fall asleep-
(Keep doing that if they’re just being a twonk-)
Dex wouldn’t be able to move and then he’d be terrified that someone might walk in-
‘Deeeexter I’m coooooold :(‘
‘What am I supposed to do about that, it’s winter and the heatings broken and-‘
‘🥺’
‘Ooooh-
Why can you never just say you want to cuddle-‘
He very likely felt frailer now. He hadn’t been sleeping or eating as often as he should’ve while he was trapped, so that’s probably not too surprising.
Nobody is allowed to touch him from now on apart from me >:(
Unless it’s very necessary but that’s beyond the point
Fair enough-
I feel like if anyone were to walk in right now Riley would mumble ‘who is it’ then when Dex answers he’d raise his head look them dead in the eye and just say ‘shove off’ and go back to sleep.
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He mumbled something incoherent again, rolling over to face the wall away from Dex a little painfully but not waking.
I mean it’s only understandable that he would. But he’s somehow not.
Dex: please leave bird boyfriend alone
Nightmares: understandable have a nice day
I have never and will never try to market Dex. You’re the only person in this family who dares do such >:(
explain the oc merch and plushie situation then 👀
He mumbled in his sleep, again.
It I ever become popular people might buy them okay-
Who r u talking to in your sleep it better not be other men
sHUt uP tHey dOnT aCtuAllY eXisT-
Better not be Finlay or ima bite him >:(
( sorry abt that had to go to a club meeting )
He shifted again, wings suck.
(Tha’s fine-)
Dexter just silently trying to think of ways to get him more comfortable but can’t think of anything other than lots and lots and l o t s of pillows.
Oh fun fact Riley lost the ability to go invisible :D
He is uncomfy Dexter. Make a decision.
Now I can just see someone doing weird hands above him and everyone just staring and they’re like ‘guys it’s invisible magic I swear I’m doing something-‘
At first, he just tried to tuck him in, hoping it’d make him comfortable.
BAHAHA-
Its mainly his wings being uncomfy, so that mightve made it slightly worse.
What w o u l d make him comfy then
(If one of them were to die
Well
Dex would most likely be t o l d Riley’s dead cos he never has any idea where he is or what he’s doing and knowing his luck the funerals been etc etc
But
Dex would have the chance of either:
a dramatic death with Riley holding him and movie-worthy last words, probably holding his face and saying ‘I’m sorry’ as soon as they :ahem: hold one another, and Riley would be like ‘don’t be, just hold on, okay? You don’t have to be sorry if you don’t go,’ then he says something or other, and closes his eyes, and Riley starts screaming
All because Riley’s either heard somethings going on and Dex’s involved
Or somebody just found em trying to have a nice little time together and decided to ruin it.
O R
Disappearing. Just gone, rotting in some hole somewhere, and one day in the future somebody finds a cool huge werewolf skeleton. Nobody knows how. Nobody knows why. One day he just isn’t there and he never comes back. )
(
Riley would disappear off the face of the earth too tbh-
He does it all the time on the small gamble getting caught = my superiors might not send backup )
:)
(Damn that would s u c k
Jus imagine him doing missing and nobody finding him then one day Dex just does the same
Then he jus appears as a ghost n Riley’s sat there grinning with whatever injuries e had when he died and he’s just like ‘heeeeyyyy’
‘whERE THE F-‘)
A g a i n -
(“YOU COMPLETE UTTER SCUMBAG I HATE YOU WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO GET KILLED”
“wELL SO DID YOU-“
“A F T E R YOU-“)
Do I have to-
Angry ‘mrrrp’. Or he’d say it’s angry, it’s actually a worried ‘mrrrp’. He untucked Riley and tried his best not to disturb him too much, as well as not squish his wings - or just not squish him at all, really. It’s because he’s uncomfortable, it’s because he’s uncomfortable, it’s because he’s uncomfortable-
( riley cant sleep in the positions that he’s comfortable in because his chest will di e rn :’D )
Fit for a king.
Or two.
(He’s a front sleeper?)
Only difference is these two aren’t going to get a happy ending where they live together and have kids and don’t almost die every 10 seconds
( lays on his chest, otherwise he’d crush his wings )
Yeah, true-
They’re sleeping and cuddling and we’re discussing their possible h o r r i b l e future-
The bird is asleep
) here comes the bird
hello bird
welcome )
(That’s wholesome after talking about a hopeless future)
The wolf is slowly doing the same.