[ Eustace waits patiently until Dokja's clambered into bed after him, then snakes an arm around behind his back so he can settle a hand lightly at the other man's hip. Not out of any desire to keep Dokja chained in place so he can't escape, but simply to try and chase away some of the nervousness quickly filling up the entire room. He doesn't want this conversation to spiral into an argument or another series of petty back-and-forths like they always do, but there's only so much he can control. ]
It came up while we were discussing something else.
[ An unfortunate side effect of everyone in the house being linked in one way or another to each other, and more generally just being around each other 24/7. Things leak out whether or not they're meant to. ]
You weren't exactly subtle about it though.
[ There's the smallest shift in his voice here, from serious to something almost amused. It would have been funny, had the circumstances not been so poor. And then the flicker of humor is gone again, ushering solemnity back in. ]
no subject
It came up while we were discussing something else.
[ An unfortunate side effect of everyone in the house being linked in one way or another to each other, and more generally just being around each other 24/7. Things leak out whether or not they're meant to. ]
You weren't exactly subtle about it though.
[ There's the smallest shift in his voice here, from serious to something almost amused. It would have been funny, had the circumstances not been so poor. And then the flicker of humor is gone again, ushering solemnity back in. ]
Why didn't you just tell me?