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[rules_the_north]

[Considering that I can't write five sentences for a sample post...]

You can either reply to one of the threads that I've set up, or directly to the post with a message/scenario of your own.

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[moimin_papa]

Fair enough. Can I see when it is done, though?

[Timo settles down better, relaxing more now he's reassured that it's all right. He really didn't mean to hurt his friend.] It's not that bad. And I should have been more careful anyway.

[rules_the_north]

Mh.

[After all, it will be given to the other boy as a gift when Björn is done. He carefully sets the box down on his bag and pushes both under the bushes behind him, and then picks the coffee back up.] Coffe's nice, though. [Don't feel bad, he really isn't that hurt and having Timo look after him is nice (even though Björn enjoys looking after Timo even more...]

[moimin_papa]

[Timo's curious about it now, but he trusts Björn enough to wait.] I didn't want you to be stuck out here on your own either, but if you're working I can leave you. [He pauses, and then glances back at Björn's shoulder.] Though you should put something on that first.

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'sn't bad.

[He puts and arm around Finland's shoulders without a warning, pulling him closer just a fraction. Stay, please. But he needs no words to convey that, right?]

[moimin_papa]

Are you sure? I can make another ice ball if you'd like. [He makes a surprised noise when he's pulled in, but really, that seems like a good enough invitation to stay, so he'll settle into Björn's side and finally reach for his own coffee, sipping from it and then resting it on his knee rather than supporting it with his hand.]

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[So... is this okay. Can he leave his arm here. Maybe he should drop it, but where should he drop it too, that would inconvenience Timo, right? He couldn't lean into him anymore like this if he dropped his arm.]

Lat'r. [It's comfortable right now, and he will leave his arm where it is.]

[moimin_papa]

Fine, but when we finish our coffee I want you to come with me to get something to put on it. [Timo mumbles agreeably. He wouldn't normally insist, but he feels guilty because it was his fault in the first place.]

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[And Björn will nod, because he doesn't want Timo to be upset and also because they aren't in a situation where it would do anyone any harm to take care of minor injuries; it will probably turn out to not need much attention, but better safe than sorry (even though he would be much more insistent upon that if it was Timo who was hurt and not Björn...)]

[moimin_papa]

[That's all Timo wanted him to promise, and so he beams, settling in closer.]

I missed this, you know. When you moved. I know it wasn't your fault! But it was weird not being able to see you all the time. [He missed everything, snuggles included.]

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[Because snuggles are awesome. Especially snuggles from Timo.] 's over now. [He wouldn't be here if the other boy hadn't chosen to come here - after all the last thing that he wanted was accepting his powers for quite a long time. But to be with his friend, he would do a lot of things. And it had the additional upside that he wouldn't have Vilmar boast about going to a school abroad while Björn had to stay in tiny Denmark, such a boring guy!]

[moimin_papa]

I know. I'm glad you did come. [Timo pauses, thinking over something that he's been holding back since Björn said that he'd be coming too.] Why didn't you tell me that you'd developed powers? If you wanted to keep it a secret, that's fine, but you know that I would never have told anyone? [The first thing that Timo wanted to do was to share it with his best friend, even though he was warned by his mother not to tell anyone. Björn was different, though. He wasn't everyone.]

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[Björn also had it figured out before Finland what that sensitive hands were about - sometimes he knows his friend better than he himself, but then sometimes he has no clue at all what is going on with him (the latter being the more frequent option) so that averages out.

The question though is hard to answer. Hard to answer because it was something that will probably sound very silly when he says it out loud, but that was immensely important to him at that point. And still is, though he tries to distance his powers from his father's occupation these days. He never wanted to be like his father at all, in any way. He doesn't hate him, but he values loyalty very highly and his father obviously didn't, and then there are other things - he wants to be reliable and trustworthy, he wants to make people feel safe and loved. He wants to make Timo feel safe and loved. And thus, he wants to be nothing like his father.

He shrugs.] Furniture's often wooden. [That probably explains enough, considering that Timo knows that his father was in the furniture business.]

[moimin_papa]

Oh? [A beat, and then,] Oh. [And this time it's filled with understanding, from a boy with a father that he can barely remember. But he can remember those few months after he left in painstaking detail; how thin and frail his mother looked by the end of it, how heartbroken she still looks when any mention of him comes.

His hand finds Björn's, and then squeezes.] You know, it's completely different, making furniture to selling it. I mean, if you're making anything! Because that involves skill and thoughtfulness and creativity. It's like comparing a farmer to a chef - they both work with food, but in very different ways. [Timo brings Björn's hand up so he can kiss his fingers, and then rest his cheek against Björn's hand, smiling at him affectionately.] You'll always be better than him because, well, that's really not hard, but because you worry about being like him. That already sets you above him.

[rules_the_north]

[kjahsd stop being affectionate like that you will make him blush and what then

it will be the most embarrassing thing because what should he answer to the "why are you blushing" that will inadvertly come

he can't just say "because I love you" that would be impossible, not because Björn believes that homosexuality is an issue (he knows that there are people who have issues with it, but that was not how he was raised, and how could liking Timo be a bad thing anyway?), but because this is Timo and just. How do you even say such things, and what if he isn't interested, and it might destroy what they have... and really is this even the right time, wouldn't it be better to wait for graduation or for the end of university or... And it would be too much especially since they just got here and everything is new. He could of course always answer that Finland is just cute, because that is the objective truth (and also pretty and beautiful and handsome and so on). But wouldn't that give him away, even when it is just common knowledge people tend to not say it unless they are interested in the other person...

Back on track! Timo gave him actually a few good things to think about. This will take another few moments in which he is just looking at the green hedge in front of them.] Y' think better 's enough even when it's sim'lar?

[moimin_papa]

[By this point, it's questionable if Timo would even notice if Björn blushed. Not because he doesn't care or that he's not observant, but because he's just too used to his reactions. But this is something that Timo feels he needs to give out physical affection for - if he was in Björn's situation, he'd want hugs.]

I think even if you were doing exactly the same thing as him, you'd still be better because you're not him, you're you.

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[And he would get all the hugs. Considering that Björn just really likes hugging his friend, romantic feelings aside - he likes physical contact a lot, but would never initiate with someone where he isn't 150% sure that it is okay and with whom he doesn't feel 200% comfortable, and that reduces it to like, Timo and his mother (and Vil's mother). He does feel the same amount of comfortable with Vil, Sig and Ari, but they are... just not okay with physical contact like that, or at least not that Björn would know of.]

'd never do th' same thing. [His head snaps around and he stares at Finland in horror at that (and you know what kind of expression that means). He would never betray someone close to him like that.]

[moimin_papa]

No! No, Nalle, I know you'd never do that. I meant work as a salesman. But that's my point! You could do exactly the same job as your father and you'd still be nothing like him. So I don't want you to not like a part of you because it reminds you of him because you're already a hundred times better than he will ever be!

[At least he's too busy correcting what he said to notice how scary Björn looks right now, clinging to him closer. There's no way he's going to let his friend think that he ever meant to say that he's like his father.]

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[It will take a bit for Björn to calm down again, but at least the horror fades away a bit as he wraps the other arm around Timo as well, just pulling him close while trying to pull himself together.

He really, really hopes that the other boy's words are true. (The time that his father spent with him and his mother really did not help his opinion of the man at all.)

So yeah, just holding his best friend/crush close for a bit.]

[moimin_papa]

[Timo shifts so that he can wrap his arms around Björn as well, squeezing him in. Hugs are good. So are little, shy nuzzles into the other boy's shoulder.

But he's not one to keep silent.]

Do you have any more classes this afternoon? [Also, moving the subject on.]

[rules_the_north]

[Divinely happy right now, this boy is. (and yes, enough to revert to Yoda speak if that was something that he'd do. Talk, that is.

Which means that he will just shake his head at the question. No, he doesn't, they can stay here some longer.]

[moimin_papa]

Me neither. I was thinking about seeing if I could send a letter home. [He's not going to pull away immediately, but he does take a sip from his coffee.] Do you want to come?

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[A slow nod. Of course he will, and that might be good, because he needs to write home too, so seeing where he can is a good idea. Especially if it is together with someone who can do the talking, and in Björn's opinion, Timo is quite good at that.]

[moimin_papa]

[If there's one thing that Timo's good at, it's talking.] When we finish our coffee and have your shoulder seen to, then. [He says happily.] Oh, but did you need to finish what you were working on?

[rules_the_north]

[Björn shrugs that off.] Lat'r. [There is no exact hurry to finish it, especially when he can trade doing it in for spending time with his best friend.]

[moimin_papa]

Okay! As long as it's not important to finish it today. [That means that Timo can steal a bit of his time, and he makes a pleased noise and snuggles in closer. Maybe he's been just a little bit clingy since they got here, but since he hadn't seen Björn since the summer he thinks that's fair enough. Maybe once he's used to Björn's presence again he'll settle down once more.]

I can't stay out too long anyway. I still have some math work to do. [He groans a little at the thought of it. He's been putting it off maybe a little longer than he should have.]