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[dreamforger]

Yeah. It'd change things. Even with the people that tried to be less-awful, they'd still treat me different.

[The fact that Henrietta, and specifically Aglionby, had a sizeable contingent of outright douchebags was something that K felt went without saying. He didn't think he had to point out that there would be fights, that people would act like he'd done something wrong by hiding it from them. It would be a clusterfuck.

So no, he wasn't having sex with people; he wasn't really.

Skov stumbles, clearly trying to ask something but struggling with the words, and Kavinsky presses in closer, settling against him, so that all of a sudden there's the slight weight of a skinny boy straddled across his lap. He rolls his hips, like he's trying to make a point- maybe he is, even if he couldn't put it into words.]

Yeah, you have no fuckin' idea. I'm on hormones, right? So, one of the side effects is quote-unquote increased libido. So yes, it drives me up the walls.

[He nips at his ear, lets his fingers linger against the other boy's collarbone, where he'd left bruises on him the other day. Maybe he was still making a point, or maybe he just wanted to. Or maybe there wasn't much difference between the two right now.]

Even worse if I'm around you or Swan.

[He grins, pleasant, still in a good mood, even if the subject of the conversation could have been a little rough. But it wasn't. Because like he said- he trusted Skov. He pulls back, lifting his fingers for a breath, trying to catch Skov's eyes, because he wants him to be able to really listen.]

Skov- you can ask me shit, you know that, right? I don't care if you say it wrong, because it's you and I know you wouldn't be a dick with this stuff. And.. I wanna have sex with you. And I wanna make that work. So if you wanna ask something-- that's okay, is what I guess I'm saying.

[And he wants to have sex with Swan, of course. But he doesn't say that, because Swan isn't here and so he lets himself think that's a different conversation. And maybe it is, or maybe it's just more complicated. He wants to be ruined by him, and he's never really let himself feel that before. It felt .. like not being masculine enough. Not that he thought there was anything wrong with being a bottom or submissive, but Kavinsky always felt like he had to be more macho, more aggressive than anyone else in a room just to make up for it. To make up for who he was.]

[obedientdog]

[Oh. Oh. Kavinsky was in his lap and immediately, Skov curled his arms around his waist. He was thoroughly, one hundred percent, distracted now. But it was easy to be distracted by Kavinsky, not just because he was physically attractive but because of his magnetic personality. There was just something about him, he had a way that made Skov's legs feel like jelly sometimes. Like right now. It was a good thing he wasn't standing.]

Mhmm.

[Worse, yeah, he could tell. It took Skov's brain a second or two to catch up when Kavinsky pulled back, blinking a few times. He processed what the other by was saying though and- he sort of nodded while sort of blushing.]

They're stupid questions though. I mean, okay, one of them is, the other one's not.

[His brain looped back to I wanna have sex with you and coupled it with K's previous comment about it being worse when he was around Skov or Swan.]

And I wanna have sex with you, too.

[He smirked, mischevious.]

Just like you want to be ruined by Swan, right? Don't lie- I'm not stupid.

[Okay, the last part was arguable, but Skov wasn't stupid all the time.]

[dreamforger]

[Kavinsky could be very charming when he wanted to be, and that was most of the time. He had this way of making people the center of his world that tended to be hard to resist. And it was even more with Skov and Swan, because they were the center of his world -- or at least its beating heart. They turned his charm into something more honest, that wasn't always a showy thing, where it could be soft and quiet. But he always enjoyed making it hard for Skov to talk or just the way that he blushed; K smirked a little, and leaned into his arms.

He was an addict for proximity, for touch and being touched, and Skov was easy with it, even when it had just been the small things. Fingertips that brushed skin and shoulder-touching-shoulder and the way leaning in close enough to tell a secret sometimes felt more intimate than the kisses that Kavinsky had ached for. There's a lightness just from knowing he's allowed. He shrugs easily, playful, trying to cover up the way that his heart jumps when Skov says I wanna have sex with you too. Because sure, he'd known it, but there was also something about having him say it.]

So start with the stupid question, and then you can ask the serious one, and not to have to worry about it too much--

[But instead, Skov brings up Swan, and while Kavinsky doesn't entirely blush there's certainly some awkwardness in how he shifts, not quite meeting the other boy's eyes, how he shrugs his thin shoulders.]

I know you're not stupid.

[And he means it. He just- he hadn't thought that anyone had noticed it. He really hadn't wanted anyone to notice, hadn't thought that he was being obvious. His voice softens when he talks to something just slightly filthy, meeting his eyes and stealing a brief whisper of a kiss, just a slight brush of his lips. Like if he makes it filthy he wont have to talk about his feelings, but it's all feelings, really.]

I want it, but that- fuck. It's complicated. I don't know how I feel about it. You know, actually doing it. Telling Swan that I want him to do it. Want him to give me his dick until I'm so fucked I can't see straight.

[But now he blushed, pink in his cheeks as he talked. It's a dirty trick and he knows it, but it doesn't even work. Making it sexual and visceral does not actually hide the fact that there's discomfort as much as there's arousal. He had a thought about ending with a line about how much Skov seemed to like it, but even that wouldn't really distract him. His heart races in his chest just from the suggestion, from talking about the crass idea of letting Swan wreck him, and he quiets for a long moment.]

I never thought I was allowed to want that sort of thing. Which is stupid, I know. And now I guess I'm not quite sure what the fuck to do about it.

[obedientdog]

[It sure did have an effect on Skov, mostly because it made him imagine it happening, Swan fucking Kavinsky. He'd never really thought of himself as a voyeur or anything before, but- the idea was hot. Except K seemed a little uncomfortable and Skov wasn't used to seeing him that way. Was it his fault? Should he not have brought this up?

His face scrunched for a moment.]

Why wouldn't you be allowed to want it? Like- being fucked at all or-?

[He felt like there was something he was missing. It wasn't like Kavinsky was saying he didn't want it, just that he didn't think he was allowed to want it, and they weren't just talking about Swan. They were talking about the thing in general, right? As someone who'd never actually fucked someone himself (blowing Swan didn't count), and who enjoyed taking it, he didn't see anything wrong with it.

He was really rattling his brain for an answer but he kept coming up with question marks.]

[dreamforger]

I dunno how to explain it. It's just- it feels...

[He trails off, but he looks a little apologetic about that, not like he's brushing it off or pushing Skov away because it's uncomfortable. It's more like he wants to tell Skov, he wants him to understand, but he doesn't quite know how. How do you explain dysphoria, explain that sense of not being good enough? He doesn't know how. Or he doesn't think that he does, anyway. After a sigh and a few moments while he stumbles a little, he starts with a real attempt, at least. Something that he thinks Skov might just be able to parse out.]

You know how-- So have you ever had those classes, where you're not very good at them? And it's like the teacher knows you don't get it and holds it against everything that you do. Your homework is always wrong, and your tests are lower. Maybe what you're doing isn't even fucking wrong, it's just not how most people got the answer. But because it's you, it's wrong. Because everything has to better. Because if you fuck it up, it's not just that you messed up a quiz, it's like- it's like everyone knows you don't even belong in that class, it feels like.. you're not good enough.

[He cups Skov's face, kisses him like a reassurance, like he wants him to know for sure that K isn't actually talking about the other boy not being good enough. He kisses him again, this time like an apology, and once more, selfishly, for himself.]

That's what being trans feels like, sometimes. Like if I'm not the most assertive, macho guy around, all fucking Chuck Norris and shit, then- am I really a boy at all? And you know, I swear there's more bottoms than tops at Aglionby, but it doesn't fucking matter. It's what someone likes, not who you are. But it feels different for me. Like it wouldn't be the same. If I want Swan to fuck me, then-

[He loses the train of his words, has to adjust a little because he doesn't want to say the words outloud. He hardly knows what the fuck he's saying, but he's trying to say something they don't really have a shared vocabulary for.]

I mean, I didn't mind it the first time, but it wasn't like I was dying for a bunch of repeats, anyway. And it was easier if I was topping. No one tries to grab your breasts when you have them pinned face down and a strapon in their ass. [Which really was less about what position he liked, and more about having control, not being out of control -- he had enough problems with that already. But how was he supposed to tell the difference? And yes he does seem to be implying he'd had a pretty low number of attempts in regards to figuring out what he liked. But it was like he said- Aglionby didn't give him a lot of maneuvering room in that regard.]

But it's not like that with you and Swan. I trust you and I trust him. And that makes it.. I dunno. Harder. Cause I want it. And I don't think either of you would ever look at me like I wasn't good enough. But I'm not quite sure if that make it okay.

[He looks almost chagrined, embarrassed, because he's never let anyone in like this before. Enough to see that he wasn't careless fire and a careless throne. He'd said fuck you to what his father wanted from him, but there were still the standards of everyone around him, and figuring this shit out on his own was hard and K didn't know how to ask for help.

He didn't know that he could.]

[obedientdog]

[He listened quietly, nodding a little at pertinent parts to show he was paying attention- and he was, he really was. He was trying hard to understand because he wanted to get it. He couldn't help but laugh a little though, not at Kavinsk but at the class comparison.]

Oh, so you mean like, every class for me.

[He knew Kavinsky didn't mean him personally though, but god he knew what it was like to at least wonder what the fuck he was doing in certain classes because he was so bad at them. ...Could you be bad at being trans? Was that what Kavinsky was worried about?

For a moment, he was distracted because he wished Kavinsky had him pinned face down with a strapon in his ass- but that wasn't the point right now, and he was trying not to be horny on main.]

I don't even like boobs. [Was the brilliant thing he ended up saying. He flushed a little but hurried to continue.] I mean, I wouldn't- not unless you asked me to- you know?

[He took a breath.]

I can't imagine how you wouldn't be good enough. Like, maybe if you started wearing sweater vests and ties for fun and stopped throwing parties.

[He was trying to make a joke. Kavinsky would have to stop being Kavinsky for him to not be good enough. Or something like that.]

I don't think you can get a bad grade about being trans, though. Unless you're an asshole about it other people, I guess. Like, other trans people.

[But then, an idea crossed his mind-]

Oh! Couldn't you just like. Dream them away?

[Look, he didn't really know how dreaming worked, but his heart was in the right place. He absolutely didn't realize that he hadn't given proper context for 'them', either, because he definitely didn't mean people.]

reference to murder and suicidal ideation, etc etc

[dreamforger]

I know. I'm not gonna make you.

[He shrugs his shoulders a little bit awkwardly. He almost wants to stop talking, to just curl up in his lap for a while. Get high and watch some stupid movie and throw popcorn at anyone that interrupts. But instead, he tries again, tries to make the effort, because he doesn't want to exclude him.]

I can absolutely get a bad grade in being trans, Skov.

[He spoke slowly, like he was trying to get his attention, trying to get him to understand the pieces. Not really like he was stupid, but Kavinsky knew that he was grappling with something new, that was strange to him. Before all of this, Kavinsky had just been a boy and that had been enough. And it was almost tempting to want to go back to that. To wish he had just let it be, as if he could have.]

Because right now, no one knows except you and Swan. They think I'm like every other boy. So I'm still getting a passing grade in being trans. But there's a line to it, right? A point where I lose too many points. Maybe it dips and it's just rumors and shitty jokes, something I can bounce back from. Or maybe someone tugs my binder out of place in the locker room. Instant fail; can't repeat the class next term.

So part of it is safety -- no one's gonna look at Chuck Norris and wonder if he was born with a girl's body, if that compression shirt is because he's binding his breasts. But, the stereotype of gay men, especially about ones that like getting fucked, is about being effeminate. Girly. You know, like drag queens and the flouncy kid from that TV show where they sing all the shitty music.

And no, I don't think that if I let Swan fuck me, it'll be too much and suddenly someone will string together the pieces. But, it's like I said- it's complicated. Because I always have to be thinking about this shit, you know? Because nothing's ever just easy.

[He sighs, presses his face into Skov's shoulder, trying to not press too close. But at the question he shakes his head, lifting his head so he can meet his eyes, blinking slowly.]

No. It has to- it has to be something that I can bring back with me from the dream, something separate. So if I wanted to get rid of them, I'd have to bring back something capable of getting rid of them. Razors or knives, scissors or lighters. And what does that do to the rest of my body? So I tried fire. I thought it would work, but- hating my body that much, feeling ugly changed it into something ugly, I think. So it was too much; I brought it back wrong.

[It was the night his father had tried to kill him. The night he'd burned him alive. His mother hadn't been such a bitch before she watched his father die, either. But it still didn't really feel like a tragedy. He was alive. There were nights where that felt like a tragedy.]

So no, I don't try to dream them away. I dream my binders, which make them look flat, I dream the hormones- but I try not to change them too much. They work like they do in the dream, but what if I don't know everything that means? The pills and coke and everything are all meant to be temporary. With the hormones I'd literally be making my body run on dreams.

[obedientdog]

[Skov's shoulders sagged, slowly at first then all at once. He'd almost laughed when Kavinsky said you could actually get a bad grade in being trans, but he was so serious about it, Skov didn't dare risk it in case it came across wrong. He was glad he didn't, because when Kavinsky continued- and Skov let him, listening quietly- he realized that this was a lot more complex than he'd originally thought.

He hadn't- it was hard to think of Kavinsky being in danger. He always seemed so strong and sure and- not necessarily dangerous but a protective force. He made Skov feel safe. Skov didn't like the idea of anyone threatening or hurting K, even theoretically. He liked the idea of K hurting himself even less.

His arms curled tighter around the other boy's waist and he ducked his head. He was trying, so hard, not to be obvious about the fact he was tearing up. He felt guilty about it, like he shouldn't be the one getting upset when Kavinsky had gone through so much and had to worry about so much. But it was because Kavinsky had gone through so much that Skov was feeling emotional.]

I don't ever want you to have to hurt yourself. Or feel like you have to. [He mumbled, sniffling.] I didn't- I didn't realize things were so hard or complicated 'cause of this. I wish there was some way I could help to make things better.

[More than just being an understanding friend and safe space for Kavinsky. Well, understanding boyfriend, he guessed. Normally, remembering they were dating would fill him with warm, fuzzy feelings but he was too upset for that right now.]

[dreamforger]

[Admittedly, it was a little odd at first when Kavinsky realized that Skov was tearing up, that he was upset. But then after a few moments, he managed to work his way around to the fact that the other boy was upset over him. And the things that he said almost made K tear up, just because- fuck, but had anyone said anything like this to him before? He was quiet just because he didn't know what to say for a moment, and the temptation was just to stay like this, pressed up against Skov, and hope that passed for comfort. But he eventually manages to say something, at least.]

You do. You make me better. You're- kintsugi. The pottery they repair with gold -- I looked it up. You're like the gold. And you're always putting me back together.

[He's quiet for a moment, trying to figure out how to say it, how to say the words that twist around themselves in his chest. He sighs, just leaning into Skov's shoulder.]

I just- faked it, you know? Figured if I pretended to be as confident and careless about everything as I wanted to be, that maybe everyone wouldn't realize what a fucking mess I was. Because I've always thought I was broken. Not just because of my body, but.. you know. My parents couldn't even really pretend to love me, what did that fucking say?

I couldn't imagine being good enough for someone else to care about. I couldn't imagine that I'd ever figure out how to care about anyone else, either.

[I love you. But he doesn't say it.

Instead he presses a clumsy trail of kisses to the side of Skov's neck, mostly just to touch him, because touch and contact was the language that Kavinsky spoke best, especially when he was upset or on-edge. And Skov had always seemed to be just as fluent in it. So he pets his fingers against his hair, curling his fingers against the back of his neck and holds onto him like something precious.]

And now look at me. I have you. And Swan. And I-- care about you. Both of you.

[He sort of wants to just pull their clothes off and touch each other until he feels a little less frayed, or at least a little less worn from so much talking about it in the past few days. But if they're gonna do that here, he wants to be in his bedroom at the least. Not that he thinks his mom will come home early, but it just feels safer that way.]

Do you wanna.. finish our homework later?

[He knew he was being a bad influence, but it's not like he was good at resisting temptation anyway. Kavinsky did well on tests, but he had trouble caring and applying himself when it came to homework and class projects.]

[obedientdog]

[For some reason, Skov was particularly touched that Kavinsky had looked up kintsugi, but he was even more touched that he was the gold and that he could be capable of holding someone together when he felt barely capable of keeping himself in one piece. He didn't want to let go of Kavinsky in this moment, or ever really. Skov just cared about him so much; he wished he could do more to help, to make him comfortable in his own body.]

It says that your parents are fucked up. [The words came out a little vicious, but entirely in Kavinsky's defense.] You're not the problem.

[Every parent should love their family, but Skov was also intimately aware of what it was like to have at least one shitty parent. At least his mom loved him, though.

He took a deep breath, fingers rubbing gently against Kavinsky's back. It was easy to get distracted, especially with the other boy in his lap and his mouth on his neck and just- Skov wanted to curl up around him. Or do other things.]

You don't have to ask me twice; I'm always down for anything that isn't homework.

[dreamforger]

[It means more to him than he can say that Skov declares that he isn't the problem. It makes his eyes shine a little oddly in the lowlight of the living room, but after a moment he laughs it off, just nips at the other boy's neck, sucking against his skin like he could leave a mark on him to say the things he couldn't.

Kavinsky really wanted Skov to curl around him, but he wanted more than that too. So after a moment, he's slowly extricating his body from Skov and the couch. Getting to his feet and reaching out to grab the other boy's hand, tugging in encouragement. Kavinsky's eyes are dark with desire, want electric on his skin, and he just-- he wants to pull him into his bedroom and take their clothes off and pick up where they'd left off at the warehouse, figure out how they fit together.]

C'mon. I wanna take your clothes off and I don't wanna do it out here.

[He knew it was mostly an illusion, but it felt safer in his room. It was his space, not hers. There was a lock on the door, and K was not above climbing out the window if he had to. He looks at him through a flutter of his dark lashes, a filthy sort of smirk on his mouth.]

It'll make sitting in your lap more fun.