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🔱 ... foolish feels his lips pull into a widened grin, teeth glittering like jagged rows of rocks sharpened into points. his arms give a delicate squeeze, not daring to jostle or squeeze too tight to prevent any sort of incident or accidental crushing—but does proceed to let out an exaggerated giggle when parker speaks up. “oh! yeah, I’m fine!” he chimes, voice the same notes of lulling and energetic that they always seem to be.

🔱 it isn't customary for the shark totem to rest. sleep eluded him most nights - far more than any normal mortal. foolish rarely needed to take time to do such things, however, he supposed - there had been times when it was necessary. when the heavy of his bones and the struggles in his heart were too much to carry and he'd lay down somewhere cool and dark and let his mind wander in a state well beyond wakefulness but never quite sleep.

now, he knows, is no different. parker is here and so close, settled against the weight of the god's chest as he runs his fingers and nails up and down the other's back - in slow, comforting circles.

"mmm," foolish starts, pouting with a roll of his head, "I don't really want to sleep though." he informs the mercenary, then squeezes them closer - nuzzling his nose into their hair. the shark's eyes flutter closed, breathing in the scent of the other with a smile. "you're here now, and it feels kind of silly to just... go to sleep when we're spending time together."

@listcners asked: ❝ ahh, so you are taking pity on me, then? ❞ X (Swapped!Apollo to Sapnap)

🔥 the fire demon's brows furrow, expression narrowing in on the other as he takes in aelius' face. his fingers flex, curling one after the other as sapnap locks his jaw and hisses something like a puff of wind through his teeth. "if you weren't aware," he says, voice tentatively and teeteringly harsh, but controlled enough even as his tail flicks and twitches under the strain of his irritation.

"I don't do pity." the demon tells the other, briefly showing the sharpened teeth beneath his lips. "I don't do pity and I wouldn't go around hanging it out like that even if I did."

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🔱 foolish beams down the the other, humming a low tuned frequency that may or may not be only for some other aquatic creatures' ears. still, he can't help it, can't help how giddy and warm it is to feel and see parker relax into him like this. the teasing makes the shark totem practically glow, laughing at the mention.

"it can!" he cries, distressed and confident in himself. "it really can! it helps people feel better, and it helps people who give the hugs too yeah! there's, um, there's like a chemical in the brain that happens when you hug or something too, I think... but, um. I don't know as much about that."

🐦‍⬛ the avian hisses, wings pulling closer to his back as he winces through whatever the piglin was doing against one of his shoulders. the outer layer of his robes abandoned in place of the scarred, tanned skin of an ageless man who'd been working all his life. "by the goddess, tech, it feels more like you're trying to kill me!" the blonde snaps, giggling nervously through his teeth and gripping taloned nails into his arm. "it was a stupid accident, it'll probably be fine in a week."

🔥 ... sapnap felt his skin bristle, tail coiling on itself as he watched the other through wide eyes. the darkened hues settle over apollo's face with considerable ease, taking in the other's posture and way he seems... actually stupidly startled that the demon came back. his eyebrows rise, furrowing together at the spot they nearly meet between them. "yeah, of course I did." he replies, quickly, seemingly worried the hesitation might make him seem ingenuine.

"I mean, I said I would? I told you I was only stepping out for ten minutes. I needed a second to cool my head," the demon informs, relaxing his hold on the doorframe and stepping further into the room. as soon as he's closer, sapnap doesn't wait—instead, folding his hands over apollo's so that he can make the other look at him when he kneels down into a crouch. he has to crane his neck a little to look up at where the other sits, but his lips pull into a carefree smile. "I get a little heated during talks like this, so I just... wanted to give you a second and me too just so I didn't bite your head off or something."

🐍 ... dakota settled back against the large, cracking pine tree that stretched far above his head. his lips pulling into an easy smile as he watched parker rambling into the air beside him.

their shoulders were practically brushing at this angle, with the rabbit-hybrid easing tentatively closer and kicking his feet in a manner that fit a small child—not the known masked assailant who had weaseled his way out of trouble time and time again before now. still, the smaller male watches the way the grass trickles out from beneath his body, hugging fabric and flesh in spots that looks very much like he's being held up by the little blades.

"huh?" he starts when parker's voice cuts away, giving instead into something smaller and more... controlled. an effort to reel themself back. dakota blinks once, twice—and then snorts out a laugh. he leans closer, bumping his shoulder against the other's and smiling. green-silver eyes glint in the light that dappled them through the leaves and brush above, and his nose wrinkles as he jabs his elbow into the other. "hey, come on. don't be like that. you know I like listening to you!"