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⠀⠀𓈒⠀⠀𓏸 ⠀𝔞𝔯𝔦 ✧ 𝟑𝟏 ✧ 𝔰𝔥𝔢/𝔥𝔢𝔯 ✧ 𝔞𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔞 ✧ 𝔪𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔱 ✧ 𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔟𝔬𝔬𝔨

no, it would be angst city for sure! 😭 probably would kinda tie into that idea we'd discussed forever ago where, after a hit on his life fails, lei goes to talk to roman and they have another heart to heart. imagine, this big blowup happens first, and roman is trying to give lei the space he needs to calm down so they can talk for real, the attempted hit happens, and that's how it all plays out 🥺

"you want to what?"

leelei sighs. is tempted to roll his eyes and almost does as such, but his dad following up and doubling down spares him from some sort of lecturing comment for said eye roll.

"is this some type of fucking joke?"

at that, lei breaks his silence. "since when have you known me to joke?"

wrong son.

it's the retort he keeps to himself, already knowing it would already exacerbate a tense situation.

"lei, i thought you wanted to go straight into college," celeste comments, but a quick look at his mom explains why she sounds distracted. she is. phone in hand, fingers moving easily and speedily. she's texting. or maybe just replying to an email. either way, she's not paying attention.

as per usual.

but it's an unacceptable thing for his dad, "would you put the damn phone away?"