silence is sweet

deacontaker matches with doctorfawn and they hit it off immediately. the two of them are so busy that texting is all they have time for but they’re also so lonely… the textuationship hits them so fast they hardly realize it’s happening until they’re talking every day

they both hide details from each other because they’re nervous that the other isn’t who they say they are, so javadi’s like yeah my parents want me to be a vet but they want me to specialize in, uh, horses? and I really want to do…, dogs?

and dennis is like omg yeah like large animal vets make so much more but you need to do what makes u happy. then he’s like not that I have any experience with large animal vets! hah…. yeah I’m getting out of a weird situation with this girl …. she came into my work at the… uhm…. car mechanic…. and she lost her car and she really loved it so I felt bad and let her use my car but I think it went on for too long and my boss talked to me about it and everything feels weird now

which makes Javadi say yeah like my boss and I are kinda weird too like I think he doesn’t like my mom very much but he wants me to do what I want to do so he’s kind of supportive but also sort of acting weird

deacontaker: my boss is acting weird too????? he just left for this uhhhhh long vacation

doctorfawn: like a sabbatical?

deacontaker: yeah I guess so

Victoria looks up from her phone … that’s weird, she thinks. small world…

It goes on for months. They configure special text tones for each other so they always know when their person is texting them versus someone else. they dance around calling or FaceTiming because Victoria is afraid he’s actually wayyy older and a creep and Dennis is afraid she’ll think he’s ugly or god forbid what if she’s actually an old guy? They both avoid it because it’s easier not to know and they really like each other

Then Dennis is talking to Victoria at work one day and he mentions some small detail that sounds awfully familiar to deacontaker. Victoria pulls out her phone and texts him and ding! there goes her special ringtone off his phone

Victoria stands up and walks away, heart rabbiting in her chest. She told him so much!! she’s texted WHITAKER of all people her entire fucking soul. She told him about her crush on Mateo! They’ve flirted over text for weeks!! She even thought about sending him nudes, though she never would have done it. Now what the hell is she supposed to do? Is it better that deacontaker has a face that she knows well? She didn’t think Dennis could be so cruel. God, he must have thought she was so pathetic!

That evening —

deacontaker: Victoria???? We should talk about this…

doctorfawn: I’m so fucking stupid of course it’s you. Why didn’t you tell me???

deacontaker: I DIDN’T KNOW! I promise!! I wouldn’t do that to you!

What do you mean of course it’s me??

Vic?