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“it’s like you’re avoiding me or something?” he raises an eyebrow, still in a crap mood after james didn’t have the money so he’d resulted in this. “here,” he holds out his lighter to his brother, “wanna light it? it’s fun, i promise.”

“wow, how perceptive of you.” he said in the driest tone he could manage, rolling his eyes. “absolutely not. i actually like having a clean record. besides, i’d get eaten up in prison. some big brolic dude would end up calling me princess.” he hated to admit it, but it was a little too true.

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a cigarette hanging off his lower lip as he furrows his brow and focuses on drenching the house neighbouring the party in fuel, he’d not so much as had a bad night, as this was his idea of ‘fun.’ fun was promised, right? chucking the empty fuel can into the backyard and a shallow smile tugs at his hips when he spots his brother nearby, “hey, duncan, ‘cmere?” 

the smell of gasoline was heavy in the air and at a party this huge that could only mean trouble. he’d completely lost track of time at this point and he’d been abandoned by the one person who’d accompanied him to the party. hearing his name called, he turned toward the sound and grimaced when he saw it was his twin. “what do you want?” he grumbled.

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after seeing duncan’s expression, krissy had felt, more or less, like she’d won. she was a little shocked, though, by his quick comeback. “ you got me there. ” she sighed as she pushed her long hair over her shoulders, watching as he removed his shirt. “ you throw quite the slumber party. ” she complimented. “ and you said you’ve never done this. ” krissy giggled as she took in their situation, leaning down to press their lips together while her hands fidgeted with the button on his jeans. 

he was preparing another witty remark when he was silenced by her kiss, arms instinctively snaking around her back to hold her snug against him. he didn’t want it to end, but he couldn’t just let her start undressing him without making some sort of comment. “hey, now...” he muttered, reaching for her hands and swatting them away. “this is awfully one-sided. no way i’m gonna be the only one shirtless right now.”

krissy wasn’t exactly sure what she’d been doing lately. after the drama had blown over and she’d gotten back from her trip she’d been interested in having fun. but underneath the gemini’s games she knew that duncan was different from tallow’s long list of fuckboys. shocked by his response, krissy shifted onto her knees so that she towered over duncan. “ i can’t believe you’d accuse me of something like that. i’ve been nothing but sweet. ” she shook her head in disbelief as she inched closer to him. she knew that duncan liked games. palms pressed down on duncan’s chest as she threw her leg over him. “ your move?? ” she half questioned, smiling once more now that she straddled him. 

he was preparing for the eye roll of the century, fully expecting her to concede and for them to carry on watching the show but once again he found himself pleasantly surprised. his surprise was painted into his expression when she made herself comfortable on his lap, but he was quick to regain his composure. “well, i can’t really get my pants off anymore..” he muttered before electing to relieve himself of his shirt. “this’ll have to do, i guess.”

krissy grinned excitedly as the show started up, raising her brows at duncan when he unexpectedly wrapped an arm around her. “ it’s just a trash reality tv show. ” she wrapped both arms around his torso now, glancing up from where she rested her head. “ you know, i wouldn’t really take you for the 2 am ‘wyd’ text, but you’ve surprised me in a good way duncan. ” krissy smiled sweetly at him. “ now, i thought you mentioned lounging a lot more comfortably than this. ” she looked down at his jeans to finish her sentence, then she moved her hand to the waistband momentarily. “ come on, get comfortable. ”

he hardly expected her to reciprocate his display of affection yet here she was laying her head on his chest with her arms all around him. it felt nice--the closeness was certainly welcomed after his seemingly endless dry spell. “well, i mean, it was hardly...” he cut himself off, knowing fully well that that was exactly what it was. he found himself catching onto her games relatively quickly, a brow raising when she rested her hand on the waistline of his jeans. “how do i know you won’t just leave me in my boxers?” he challenged.

she shook her head - none of it really mattered, but krissy did have to put in an effort to hide how utterly shocked she was that someone in this day and age didn’t know what a vine was. “ well, just know that she’s iconic. you’ll see her in this. ” she nodded toward the screen.  

he’d almost completely forgotten about setting up netflix until she’d mentioned it, turning his head toward the tv. “oh, yeah, right.” reaching for the controller, he searched for the show and started the first episode before scootching close to her and putting an arm around her shoulders. “what’s this about again?”

krissy sighed - she should have known that duncan wouldn’t be interested in cardi, but she still wanted to make the situation more dramatic than it needed to be. “ cardi is an icon - you don’t know the “ a hoe never gets cold ” vine?? oh my gosh … ” she laughed, shaking her head at him. “ she’s a rapper now, she’s been making a lot of records, too. ”

every second she spoke was like she was an adult in a charlie brown movie; nothing she was saying was making any sense to him. “what’s a vine?” another question he supposed would get him the stink eye, but he wasn’t about to pretend to know anything about topics so foreign to him. ask him about lord of the rings lore and he could talk for days. ask him about mainstream media and you’d lose him.

giggling as duncan made his way into the fort that she’d pretty much claimed, krissy gave him a sweet smile. her expression quickly turned to one of shock when he didn’t know the show. “ not a movie - a tv show. love and hip hop new york?? you know, the birth of cardi b?? ” krissy gasped jokingly, but smiled again rather quickly as she dropped the act, resting her head near his shoulder. 

her adverse reaction to his blasphemy caught him the slightest bit off guard. did he really look like someone who watched a show called love and hip hop new york? “i don’t even think i know who cardi b is, if i’m being honest.” he muttered, brow furrowing. “is she, like, a rapper or something?”

nodding at the mention of pizza, krissy turned to examine at his setup excitedly. she smiled as she crawled into the opening and tucked herself under the blankets, waiting for duncan to join. she wasn’t sure what exactly the text had been for. if it’d been any other male in town, she was fairly certain it would’ve been for a quick hookup. but krissy smiled when duncan joined her in the fort shortly after, reaching out to welcome him in. 

duncan made short work of throwing an entire tray of pizza rolls in the oven before returning to their newly constructed fort, shimmying his way inside, controller in hand. making himself comfortable, he glanced in her direction as he turned his playstation on. “what was that movie you were talking about again? i hardly remember the title.” 

she wasn’t exactly sure what a good fort consisted of, so krissy nodded and took duncan’s instructions seriously for probably the first time. she brought back every pillow and blanket she’d spotted in his room, the pile so big that she could hardly carry it. finally she dropped it on the floor in front of him, watching with a grin as he’d started to set up. “ this is gonna be legendary. ” she said to him as she sat on the arm of the couch. 

with a crack of his knuckles he was off to work, setting up the cushions and pillows every which way and draping a sheet over the whole thing, making sure to connect it to the tv so they could see it. once everything was set up to his satisfaction he took a step back to survey his work and nodded in approval. “make yourself at home. i’ll throw some pizza rolls in the oven.” he said, making his way into the kitchen.

at this point, krissy was pretty sure that duncan had been telling a little lie about her THING. “ you know what - you keep the thing. something to remember me by. ” she grinned. maybe she’d forget something for real this time. “ i’m going to leave you in charge of this one. ” krissy gave him a nudge, knowing for a fact that she did not have the skills to make a fort. she shed her jacket and shoes the second she stepped inside, now sporting a silky romper. she was clearly much bolder than duncan. “ what first? ” 

a feeling of relief washed over him when she dismissed the idea of reclaiming her thing. he had half a mind to protest just to make it look like there really was something of hers at his place but he wasn’t ready to deal with the consequences of the case in which she gave into his insistence. “say no more.” he mused, making his way over to his couch and yanking the cushions off. “uh, do me a solid and go in my room and bring over a bunch of pillows and a blanket or two. this’ll be a boring fort if it’s just made out of a few couch cushions.”

zephyr laughs lowly a shrug of his shoulders and his leather jacket squeaks in the silent games store, raising his eyebrows at the people that looked at them - surely twins weren’t that much of a sight? “cat got your tongue?” he turns back to his brother, an amused and almost devilish smirk on his lips. it wasn’t hard to tell the two apart, duncan stood more… awkwardly you could say, and zephyr stood a little too proudly, tattoos covering every spare part of his skin from his neck to his toes. “don’t pretend like you didn’t wanna see me..” 

it was true; he had no idea what to say. or maybe he had too much to say but no way of figuring out which can of worms to open. where did he go? why did he come back to tallow? did he even leave tallow? of course, he had to have left. there was no way they wouldn’t at least run into each other if he stayed. “why are you here?” it came out much more antagonistic than he’d intended. “how are you here?”

she wasn’t sure exactly how she’d gotten herself into this situation. she’d not been to duncan’s house many times before, and when he’d neglected to tell her what exactly she’d forgotten, she had a feeling that this was some sort of tactic - but krissy could play that game well. “ well FIRST you’ll have to give me my thing, and then we can get this party started. ” she raised her eyebrows at duncan as they strolled up to his place. “ can’t we just make a fort or something? watch love and hip hop: new york?? eat a frozen pizza? ”

it was when she mentioned the fictitious thing in question that he realized he still hadn’t thought of a cover story, because, in all reality, she hadn’t left anything at his house. he just wanted an excuse to hang out with her, and now his tower of lies was coming crumbling down. maybe he’d say he just lost it, assuming that was at all believable. “yeah, right. the thing. absolutely.” smooth, duncan. “we can totally make a fort. i used to make couch forts all the time. and yeah, i have plenty of munchies and i have netflix and hulu on my playstation, so we’re pretty much set.” making his way up the steps, he opened the door he’d neglected to lock and stepped inside, kicking his checkerboard slip-ons off and shoving them to the side.

“ and when have i ever listened to a SUGGESTION? ” krissy questioned, raising an eyebrow playfully. her typical gemini antics weren’t for the faint of heart, but she was sure that duncan could handle it. she gave his arm a gentle squeeze of reassurance to be safe. “ never done what before? had a girl over?? ” she shrugged her shoulders, “ you’ll be happy to know that i also enjoy eating doritos, but usually with tv - not video games. ” 

he couldn’t help but roll his eyes when she kept the questions rolling, seconds away from clawing his eyes out. “clearly never.” he grumbled. he felt his cheeks flush a faint shade of red when the topic of girls came up; he’d only ever really had one girl over. “sure i have! i’ve had...y’know, plenty of girls over.” he insisted, pursing his lips. “i have co-op video games, though.”

“ UM, duncan - i do what i want. ” krissy reaffirmed with a chuckle as she grabbed onto his arm, tucking her pillow off to one side. “ you thought i’d listen to what you told me to do?? ” it was rare that krissy did anything that she was told to do, so his remark was rather humorous to her. “ so, tell me what you’ve got planned for this slumber party?? ” she asked excitedly, “ i’ll do anything, so i’m expecting something good. ”

he felt his throat immediately close up when she grabbed for his arm, trying his best to pass it off as a cough. “i mean, i guess you didn’t have to. it was more of just a suggestion.” he was a little too quick to concede. “wait, what?” he asked, head turning to look at her with surprise. “you do remember how i told you i’ve never done this before, right? i don’t know what people do at slumber parties. i just play video games and eat doritos when i’m home.”