Jonathan's Voice Mail

[drivesadesk]

Hey! It's Jonathan Walsh! Super sorry you didn't catch me, but leave me a message and I'll definitely get back to you.

Comments

[drivesadesk]

Great! I like that idea! How do you think we should go about getting in touch?

[ghoulking]

That's the thing, my idea is to answer them the exact same way they contacted us.

Flood some basements of houses with addresses that will form a cipher saying something like "Talk", and then leave a message on the basements' walls to let them know we wish to work things out.

text;

[fireandhoney]

I left you something in the kitchen. Happy Valentines Day.

text 1/2

[drivesadesk]

Thanks!

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[drivesadesk]

OMG these are AMAZING!

Give me forty-five minutes and I'll have something for you, too.

[fireandhoney]

Glad you like them!

That'll give me time to run a quick errand anyway.

[drivesadesk]

Sounds great! See you soon. ;)

[fireandhoney]

Sometimes he wishes he didn't have to be so secretive about his friendship with Lucien, because it would make giving him a cupcake much easier.

Finn returns home after about thirty-five minutes, making his way to the kitchen. "So, what'd you make me?"

[drivesadesk]

"Jalapeno poppers! They're almost done."

A timer beeped, and Jonathan puts on some oven mitts and takes them out of the oven.

"You'll have to wait for them to cool--" Then he remembers who he's talking to. "Well, you might not."

[fireandhoney]

"I love jalapenos!" Finn gently touches one of the poppers, gauging the heat level. "Maybe a minute or two." Fresh out of the oven, he'd probably get a little red on the tongue.

"It's funny, because this Valentines Day thing is about two days off from Tamriel's Lovers Day."

[drivesadesk]

"And this isn't the first holiday you've mentioned with a parallel in your world. Kind of crazy, huh?"

It makes him wonder if there's some kind of a link.

[fireandhoney]

"Weirdly enough, there's no Halloween equivalent in Tamriel." Finn figures the food is cool now, so he pops one into his mouth, chewing it over as he contemplates what he's thinking. Because what he wants to say to Jonathan could end in both of them being embarrassed and avoiding each other for weeks.

"You know, I've been thinking. It's been a few months since we did the horizontal tango." He wonders if he should keep stringing it along or just blurt it out. By Azura, he feels like he's sixteen again. "I guess what I'm saying is that I've come to like you a lot. Like, I feel close to you, especially after last week."

[drivesadesk]

"Yeah?" he asks, moving closer. Thoughts of where Finn's going with this fly through Jonathan's head, but he doesn't want to assume. Jumping to conclusions could just embarrass them both.

"I like you a lot, too. Especially after...I mean, having all that come out, and you being cool with it. That meant a lot."

He hadn't expected Finn to be so accepting of that side of him, after all, and it was an incredible relief.

[fireandhoney]

So far this is going well. Finn defeated the World Eater, this should be a piece of cake. "I'm not exactly in a place to judge, what with what I did to the old lady I told you about."

Finn licks a stray bit of cheese off his finger. "So, maybe you and I could, I don't know, go out some time. Maybe the next time we get naked for each other it can be about more than just sex?"

[drivesadesk]

"Well, yeah. Point taken."

They do have some similarities in their pasts. And honestly, Jonathan feels like what Finn did was certainly admirable, and he knew he did the right thing. It's just nice to know Finn can understand it.

"Yeah," he agrees. "I'd like that. We definitely should do that."

And he feels giddy at the suggestion. He likes Finn, a lot. And he likes the idea of being able to be close to someone in a place where he didn't have to worry about things like the invasion.

[fireandhoney]

Finn honestly feels like he and Jonathan are kindred spirits, now that he knows Jonathan's dark little secret and the other man knows that Finn's not going to condemn him for it.

He breaks out in a wide grin, both relieved and elated.

"You don't know how happy that makes me." Another jalapeno popper, and then he bends his finger in the 'come here a minute' gesture. Might not be the best idea to kiss someone after eating jalapenos, but he's not thinking about that.

[drivesadesk]

Jonathan grins, eagerly moving closer to Finn. He's also not thinking about whether it's a good idea to kiss after eating jalapenos, but hey...he likes them too.

[fireandhoney]

Finn waits until Jonathan's close enough before cupping his cheek in one hand and leaning in to press their lips together. He keeps it chaste for now, so any spicy breath is kept to a minimum. But all Finn can think about is how he honestly missed those scaly lips on his own.

[drivesadesk]

Jonathan returns the kiss, and while the spicy breath is kept to a minimum, Jonathan can still feel a very faint burn of spiciness on his lips.

It's kind of nice.

He slides an arm around Finn as he stays close to him, even after the kiss.

"Happy Valentine's day."

[fireandhoney]

"Happy Valentines day, dear one."

Finn leans in for another literally spicy kiss, his heart now filled with warmth.

[drivesadesk]

Jonathan enthusiastically returns the kiss, smiling once he pulls away. "Spicy."

[fireandhoney]

Finn doesn't know why he waited so long to say all these things. Okay, he knows perfectly well why. Fear of rejection and all that.

"What's say later tonight, you and I go to one of our rooms and get horizontal?"

[drivesadesk]

"That sounds like a plan," Jonathan says, grinning and sliding a hand up Finn's back. "But we might want to drink some milk between now and then. Just to be sure all the spiciness is gone."

Sure, they're talking about later that night so it will probably be gone regardless, but one can never be too careful when it comes to making sure nothing spicy touches certain parts.

[fireandhoney]

"Good point. Talk about a mood-killer." The back of Finn's knuckles touche Jonathan's cheek, using the hand that wasn't touching jalapenos, lest Jonathan get a nose-full of pepper smell.

"You have really lovely eyes."

[drivesadesk]

Jonathan gently leans in to Finn's touch.

"Thanks," he says, looking deeply into Finn's red eyes. "So do you."