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general: - casual edgelord x competitive edgelord

- 90% palling around, 10% romance

- age gap of 5 to 10 years in there somewhere

- it is in dude’s nature to be curious and push his luck, and it is in notim’s nature to shut down or lash out when prodded. it took them some time to iron out their differences

- friends with benefits over an actual relationship, mostly because they’re disillusioned and wary people. neither can deny the other makes him feel safe, though

- they share one sour misanthropic braincell, except dude is way better at not letting things get to him. this trait will rub off on notim eventually, but it’s gonna take a long while

- growing closer to dude will inevitably trigger all kinds of insecurities in notim. dude is bound to experience some hot-and-cold treatment from him

- really deep down, notim needs dude more than dude needs him. for notim, being with dude changes his whole world. for dude, notim is just someone to keep around for utility and to dispel boredom

"romance" i guess:

- notim gets jealous easily, even if he denies it

- they sleep separately. notim needs his private space and dude is a restless sleeper

- neither are physically affectionate with each other much, outside of bedroom business. because emotional stuntedness

- dude’s libido is way higher than notim’s, so the desire is one-sided, more often than not