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]

No idea. I guess? I've been meaning to find an accountant.

[notahobby]

Well, you should get on that, 'cause you're not going to have much time for all that paperwork now that you'll be spending every waking minute with me.

[The smile he shoots Terry is part mischievous and part genuine. He's really looking forward to that last part.]

[traumatizing]

[Terry laughs and pauses in his attempt at 'shaping' (it's mostly just him hesitantly snipping at scraggly hairs,) to think about that.]

We'll see if I can pry you away from Jamie once he finds out you're here first.

[notahobby]

[Maxxie laughs and shakes his head.]

I'll be happy to see him again.

[There's a moment where he thinks about how much he misses his friends from home and how he's not sure that he'll ever see them again, but he can't think about that or let Terry know that it's occuring to him at all, so he forces his smile back and thinks about how good it's going to be to spend his hours with his lovely boyfriend again.]

Plus I don't mind him hanging around, long as he leaves whenever we wanna... [a gesture. you know what it means.]

[traumatizing]

Well, it's down to you to get rid of him when we wanna... [He mimics Maxxie's gesture back at him.]

[notahobby]

[Another laugh.]

I’ll just tell him we wanna have sex. Bet he’ll clear out pretty quickly.

[traumatizing]

He better.

[Terry huffs and gives up on this beard situation, grabbing the shaving foam to just get rid of the whole thing. But not before he shoots another raised eyebrow Maxxie's way.]

Otherwise you're gonna be living a long, blowjobless life.

[notahobby]

Ugh, that sounds awful.

[He gives the beard a bit of a mournful look but doesn’t say anything, happy to see Terry taking care of himself at all.]

Glad I won’t have to endure that.

[traumatizing]

[Maybe he'll give it another go when he has some idea of what he even wants on his face other than "nothing". Either way, bye for now.]

Sounds like you're a lucky man, Mr. Oliver.

[notahobby]

One of the luckiest.

[He gives Terry a sly grin and another glance up and down.]

[traumatizing]

[Terry catches that in the mirror and snorts like Maxxie's told a particularly funny joke, but he won't verbally protest. He's learning.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie smiles affectionately at the laughter, enjoying it just a moment before he turns and puts his hand on the small of TErry's back, leaning in to give him a kiss on his shoulder.]

I'm gonna go order some food, alright?

[traumatizing]

Good idea.

[He pauses to turn his head and smiles at Maxxie.]

Make a good choice, okay?

[He says as if he won't be happy with just about anything.]

[notahobby]

I will.

[He heads out to find the phone, realizing that he doesn't have any clothes other than the ones he came in right now, and that he'll probably have to find his way to the Flashstep penthouse to get something clean to wear. It's weird to remember all the clothes he left behind, how they feel like his and not his at the same time, but for right now he just resigns himself to the fact that he's going to place this order naked and Terry will have to answer the door.]

[traumatizing]

[Terry can live with that, it's not like he's terribly unused to Maxxie lounging about naked anyway.]

[When he comes out, he's looking more like the guy from a couple of months ago; clean shaven all over-- he even took the time to do his eyebrows. Terry pads into his room and pulls on some underwear and a pair of pajama pants and then immediately deposits himself on Maxxie like he's his favorite chair. Which, well. He kinda is.]

What did you order?

[notahobby]

[Maxxie immediately starts kissing Terry's shoulder and neck.]

Bit of everything.

[traumatizing]

Sounds perfect.

[He turns a little on Maxxie's lap so he can put an arm around him and kiss his cheek in return.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie smiles up at him and wraps his arms around his waist, giving him a squeeze.]

You're gonna have to go get me some clothes.

[traumatizing]

Maybe later.

[Right now it's time for cuddling.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie hums, okay with that because he's just okay with being naked. He puts his hand on Terry's jaw, brushing his thumb back and forth.]

D'you feel better?

[traumatizing]

A bit.

[His eyes fall closed with a sigh and he tilts his head a little toward Maxxie's hand.]

More like myself. Which is probably kinda fucked up, but I'm not gonna think about that right now.

[notahobby]

[Maxxie wants to ask about that but respects that Terry doesn't want to think about it. There are a lot of things he doesn't particularly want to think about either.]

That's alright. I just want you to feel good, you know?

[traumatizing]

I want you to feel good too.

[He sounds a little worried he can't do that, but he's trying not to think about that either.]

[notahobby]

[Maxxie shrugs.]

I’m easy to please.

[traumatizing]

Doesn't mean I'm gonna worry about it any less.