the punchline to the joke is asking "someone save us"

[traumatizing]

STILL HERE, HUH?

Looks like you're still on Tera. By choice, or maybe you missed your chance to get home. Doesn't matter really, you're here now and you gotta deal with the fallout one way or another. Here's hoping that works out for you.

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[traumatizing]

Maybe I'll keep it for a bit if you like it.

[notahobby]

I think you're handsome no matter what.

[But honestly try the beard.]

[traumatizing]

Yeah, yeah.

[Terry snorts and shakes his head. Flattery achieves nothing okay.]

[notahobby]

I do.

[He brings his hand up to Terry's face, resting his palm flat on his cheek and brushing his thumb along his cheekbone.]

I know it's something people say all the time but there are so many things about you that are just beautiful.

[traumatizing]

Oh my god.

[Is he blushing, he's definitely blushing. Terry shakes his head and turns his face into the pillow.]

Stop.

[notahobby]

[He drops his hand back to Terry's chest. He's smiling but his hand is still genuine.]

I just want you to know. You should feel good about yourself.

[traumatizing]

[Terry shakes his head, still blushing and not looking at Maxxie. It's not like he's never heard it; he's been called pretty, or cute, or hot, or whatever a million times over, but it's never this genuine and earnest. Generally just someone on twitter who's never even met him.]

[So he handles this as eloquently as possible, by groaning weakly in protest.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie's gonna let up for now, but he does plan on getting Terry much better at taking compliments just by throwing them at him more often than ever before. He shuffles in a little bit and drops the pitch of his voice just a touch.]

Terry, c'mere.

[He wants to be kissed very badly by his gorgeous boyfriend.]

[traumatizing]

[Terry's still making faces of protest, but he will at least turn his head so he can lean in and nose at Maxxie's face as he goes for a soft kiss.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie hums pleasantly and melts against Terry's lips.]

[traumatizing]

[Terry echoes the sound, tightening his arm around Maxxie to keep him close.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie could do this for maybe an hour. He's just craving closeness with Terry right now and he probably won't want to let go at all for a few days.]

[traumatizing]

[That's more than fine with Terry, he has a desperate need to be close to Maxxie at the best of times, and that feeling is in overdrive right now. Tangling a leg with one of Maxxie's to get even more points of contact between them.]

[notahobby]

[He does that for a long time, losing track of time completely after a while. It's ages before he pulls away far enough to say something and break the relative silence.]

We should probably shower.

[traumatizing]

[Ugh. But then he has to get up. Terry hroans in complaint, but he rolls away to get up and waits for Maxxie before he goes to the bathroom to get clean.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie follows him up, taking his hand and starting out the door towards the bathroom. The hot water will be comforting and it's nice to get up and move around a little.]

[traumatizing]

[Terry potters around while he waits for the water to heat up, mostly looking for shaving cream and his non-face razor. If he's gonna shave finally, he might as well do all of it.]

[Goods located, he holds them up and looks at Maxxie with a raised eyebrow.]

So is this relationship gonna be able to handle you seeing me shave my balls or should I wait until you're done?

[notahobby]

[Maxxie thinks about that for a moment, eyes narrowing at Terry as he tries to review the scenario in his head. He finally sighs.]

Maybe you could wait til I'm drying my hair.

[traumatizing]

[Terry nods and puts those aside when he steps in and reaches for the shower gel instead. He doesn't need to do a lot of actual cleaning really, but he's very eager to kiss Maxxie again as soon as his face is close enough.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie grins as he kisses Terry back, humming happily and putting his hands on Terry's hips. He's happy to do this for a little bit before he starts washing his hair.]

[traumatizing]

[Terry hums and drapes his arms over Maxxie's shoulders, careful to keep a grip on the bottle in his hand so he doesn't drop it, but otherwise totally focused on the excellent man in front of him and how good it feels to be able to kiss him again.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie lets that distract him for a couple minutes and then he pulls away, giving Terry a final brief kiss before he turns to find the shampoo. It is very important that he cleans his hair.]

[traumatizing]

[Terry reaches for the body wash and deals with that whole situation first. His hair doesn't really need to be washed anyway, so he's just gonna focus on cleaning up his front here.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie scrubs and rinses his hair, watching Terry idly as he goes and then reaching out for the body wash.]

Here, turn around and I'll do your back.

[traumatizing]

[Now there's a great idea. Terry smiles brightly and hands off the shower gel to Maxxie and turns around.]