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Apollo (apollolicious) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2022-02-03 23:48:00

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apollo, avery duffield

WHO: Avery and Apollo
WHEN: Thursday 3rd Feb
WHERE: Avery's place
WHAT: A wedding present!
WARNINGS: TBD

Last time Apollo had been standing here, he’d been in an entirely different mood.

Although if you wanted to get pedantic about it, last time Apollo had been standing here – here being in front of Avery’s door – he hadn’t actually been standing, he’d been crouched at the lock, focusing intently on breaking and entering. Sure, the mood thing held true, but mostly, last time, he’d been busy convincing a lock to bend to his will.

This time Apollo just knocked, and then, when he heard footsteps moving toward the other side of the door, he grinned brightly at the peep hole. He didn’t consider stepping aside so Avery wouldn’t see who it was before he opened the door, because he didn’t consider for a moment that Avery might be reluctant to open said door. Avery had made a very strong impression when he dragged the coffee table aside so he had room to genuflect at Apollo’s feet, and that impression was not of someone who was going to deny Apollo entrance to his apartment.

So he looked straight through the door, and smiled.

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	apollolicious 2022-02-08 11:43 am UTC (link)
	"I didn't think so." Apollo gave his shoulder an approving squeeze, and leaned back to take him all in with one slow nod. "You're gonna do great things," he decided, and as he turned, he slapped the magnum bottle sitting heavily and overlarge on the bench. "Just promise me you'll serve that chilled, alright?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

phantomtruth
2022-02-08 12:09 pm UTC (link)

"Of course," Avery said quickly, like that wasn't even a question, despite his misgivings that it would even fit in the fridge at all. He felt a slight shiver at being appraised by Apollo, and his spine straightened. He wanted to say something witty or impressive to make Apollo look at him in approval, but his mind just went blank and he could only nod like an idiot.

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apollolicious
2022-02-09 02:20 am UTC (link)

Apollo liked the way Avery held himself taller in that moment; it was the same kinda look that ran rife around the boys on rush week, trying to make themselves noticed, trying to be picked. Not just the boys, either, but the same look that so many of his old boys still held, too, the ones who'd known his daddy or his granddaddy and were thrilled to reconnect with a Goldenhawk.

Like Corey Cooper; though they'd only crossed over a year back in Apollo's second time round in the frat, the man still jumped at the chance to do Archer a favour. Those connections, though decades old, never died.

"Attaboy," Apollo said, throwing Avery's straight shoulders and tied tongue a wink and a click of his own tongue like they were gifts from the gods, and let himself out, pleased with his day's work.

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