suitably_heroic | Around Atton's New York, All Day Tuesday

So, Cade was still here. And... damned lucky that Dane had the patience of a saint (or at least a guy with crappy coping methods and a history of poor boundary-setting), or he probably would've been out on his ass by now. Hell, Jack had thought about throwing him out on his ass a few times now. The crossing the streams was just kind of weird.

And Cade could be kind of a jackass.

(But he'd also missed the guy and having him here was a good reminder of their misspent youth and space he really was getting old, wasn't he?)

Anyway.

It was show day. And Jack-slash-Atton hadn't slept a wink last night, so he'd just be on the floor of the living room, where he'd been for the last couple of hours. Ugh.

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"I appreciate it!" Jack said, faux-perkily, and stepped out onto the street. "Really, really appreciate it."

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"Think of it as the encore to your show," Cade said.

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suitably_heroic

"Not really the vibe I was going for," Jack said. He stole a glance towards Cade, and added, "You have an okay time besides the, uh, happy audience?"

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shutupandkillsomething

"Sure," Cade said. "I have seen live music aside from what's inside cantinas in forever."

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"Good," Jack said, nodding maybe a few times too many. "Great."

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shutupandkillsomething

"You don't actually care what I think, do you?" Cade asked, curious.

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"Mostly not." Not as much as he'd cared about Summer's opinion, anyway. "... But maybe, you know. A little."

What with Cade being the only representative of his misspent youth that a) was still around and b) he didn't have some kind of weird will-they-won't-they-oh-I-guess-they-won't situation with.

Edited Date: 2025-03-25 09:23 pm (UTC)

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Cade gave him two mostly not sarcastic thumbs up. "Killin' it, buddy."

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suitably_heroic

"I knew you were an asshole, but I'd forgotten just how much of an asshole you really are," Jack said.

But he was laughing, so.

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shutupandkillsomething

Cade beamed like he'd been complimented. "Thank you, thank you."

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suitably_heroic

Jack rolled his eyes. "Remind me to keep you away from the Central Park Zoo."

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shutupandkillsomething

"I'd pick something much more portable than a camel," Cade promised.

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suitably_heroic

"I don't know if I want a portable Earth animal being shot at by Hutts," Jack retorted. "I feel like that could get me in trouble."

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shutupandkillsomething

"You have lost all joy in your life," Cade told him.

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suitably_heroic

"Yeah, that's me," Jack said, grinning. "Completely joyless. But free."

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shutupandkillsomething

"You'd have more joy with a stolen Earth animal."

Cade Skywalker: Life Coach.

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suitably_heroic

"I have a lot of joy with my record collection and my partner, who hates pets as much as I do," Jack pointed out. Logically.

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"Your records will never hug you back," Cade said airily, ignoring how wild animals would also not hug you back.

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suitably_heroic

"Nah, but the partner will," Jack said, "Unlike a camel, who'll probably just spit on you anyway."

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"Spitting is how a camel shows love," Cade said erroneously.

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"Cade," Jack said, as they crossed the street towards a taco joint up ahead, "I can't say I understand your sexual fetishes, nor do I want to hear about them, but I support your right to have them."

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"That's very enlightened of you," Cade said with a laugh. "Glad to see that living on a backwater hasn't made you close-minded."

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suitably_heroic

"I'm resisting Earth's weird fixation on sex stuff just fine," Jack promised. "Space, who has the time and energy?"

He pulled open the door to the restaurant.