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Nights were the hardest for Kit. During the day, presenting an easy smile and pretending to be okay was routine. No one could tell that he was breaking because there were just too many people in the world also falling apart in sync. Everything was a matter of life and death and while the sun showed its bright and welcoming smile, Kit offered one of his own. He was a dutiful lover of the beautiful celestial body in the sky. The temptress that was her lover, the moon, curled her skillful fingers around him once the love of her life crested over the horizon. Kit became a slave to her darkness, her whim. He drank until his body felt years away and out of reach. Nothing could hurt him when his eyes were hooded and covered in black.

          there was no way to implicate someone based on scent.  even more so when it was a person,  not an animal,  who relied on this information.  but how could she say so?  she was not going to give herself up as someone with unique abilities,  and this man asking her questions was irritating her.  the one next to him was at least quiet,  observational.  that is until a note makes its way into her hand,  asking her to meet him out back in front when the other is gone. 

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☠  five times my muse thought about hitting yours, and the one time they did.

       ( one. ) jo has never had to try to get along with someone before, it’s the strangest thing he’s ever experienced. he’s never had a problem getting along with people before. he fit home almost instantly in college, and training, as a beat cop he’d ben fine and in homicide — well getting along with layla santos was easy. but it took one look at the smiling face that greeted him when the captain introduced him to conclude that… yeah no…. he wanted to punch the guy in the damned face. but he mimicked the smil, held out his hand and introduced himself anyway. “ joseph chambers. the pleasure’s all mine detective mason. ” 

( two. ) it’s about three am and its certainly the first time that someone else has stayed up this early with him when there’s not a case that needs solving. jo’s sorting through the cold cases and for some goddamned reasons that he doesn’t understand why james mason has decided to stay with him. the guy’s trying to play nice, but all it takes is one offhanded comment about one of the elderly male citizens that had been considered as a subject for jo to get up from his seat and just walk away. because all he’d wanted in that comment was to make his fist collided with the other detective’s jawline. because what kind of bastard accused people that were already cleared ? a family man too.. that had already fucking died ? did he not understand basic civility ? there were other fuckign suspects too… ( or not… that’s why the case was cold though wasn’t it ). 

( three. ) james is — dangling coffee over his desk, and usually while he wouldn’t mind it, and joke with him about it even… he’s not in the mood for it right now. “ james please…”  he mutters, leaning back in his seat and just as he does so the other moves the cup a little too far and — goddamnit. there’s coffee all over the papers that he has on his desk and “ FUCK YOU JAMES. ” he mutters, getting up quickly and pulling the papers from the desk and grabs at the other’s tie pulling him in. mad. but he takes a breath and lets go, shaking his head a bit, “ you’re fucking doing all this paperwork for me. ” he putters, shoving the stack off coffee soaked papers in james’ chest and walking back to get a cup for himself.

( four. ) it’s become very evident that james has no idea how to move boxes. “ james buddy, james… that’s uh… ” how many times have james fucking moved ? it couldn’t be the first time but jo was having a rather fun time watching him. that was until james dropped a fucking box on his foot. which results in jo grabbing the nearest pillow and chucking it at the other’s face. a laugh escaping him, if he could he would have pushed him back, probably pushed him in the shoulder for good measure so he could feel the pain of the box’s weight. “ get this damned thing off my fucking foot you. ” he muttered, as they both reached back down to pick up the box, and get back to work.

jo loved taking gigi to savannah for weekend getaways, they couldn’t really afford it on his salary at the time but luckily the chambers had a beach house in the historic town and jo would just ask to take her there. he was planning to propose to her on the beach. but obviously that never happened.

they met at a bar. and once they started dating jo refused to go to that bar saying that there way no way that he was going to take her to dates at the same trashy place where they met. instead they’d often go get chick-fil-a at 6am after staying out in mechanicsville for an evening walk through the old factories.

gigi is the only person that jo has ever been in love with. not that he ever told her. he still carries a flame for her, even if its small and barely there. 

when jo and james first moved in together the agreement was that they would equally do cooking and cleaning of the kitchen. however as time has passed jo has somewhat taken over cooking and james cleans up the dishes afterwards. jo just enjoys cooking and since for the most part they hold similar hours it’s not a difficult thing for them to match enough to eat together ( or even if it’s separate rooms at the same time )

they’ve taken the wrong badge to work on multiple occasions. showing up at the station and having to have one of their coworkers comment that that’s not the ending to their badge when they flash it.

they both have shown up beat up to the apartment at some point, neither ever says anything, they just sit the other down, grab a beer from the fridge and throw an ice pack at the other’s head. 

31. Is there anything that counts as a “dealbreaker” for them, positively or negatively? What makes things go smoothly, and what spoils an activity or ruins their day? Why?

if someone tries to push a political agenda on someone else, or tries to force someone to change to fit their mold in general that’s an instant dealbreaker for jo. he dosen’t believe relationships should change you unwillingly, if you change in a relationship it’s bcause you want to. and no other reason. 

38. Is there anything they wish they could change about their worldview or thought processes? What, and why?